nondescript（script：脚本；
ADJ If you describe something or someone as nondescript, you mean that their appearance is rather dull, and not at all interesting or attractive. 毫无特色的; 毫无兴趣的; 毫无吸引力的
In another experiment, participants typed the statements and saved them to folders with nondescript names, such as “facts,””data,” and “info.”
而在另一项实验中,参与者把这些语句分别保存在以“事实”“数据”“信息”等不可名状的名字命名的文件夹中。
scribe：写下，记下；用划线器划;
N-COUNT In the days before printing was common, a scribe was a person who wrote copies of things such as letters or documents. (印刷术普及前的)抄写员
This is what Jesus was, Jesus was a good scribe.
这就是耶稣，耶稣是优良的文士。
subscribe:订阅；
- V-I If you subscribe to an opinion or belief, you are one of a number of people who have this opinion or belief. 持有 (意见或信仰)
I’ve personally never subscribed to the view that either sex is superior to the other.
我个人从未持有过一种性别比另一种性别优越的观点。 - V-I If you subscribe to an online newsgroup or service, you send a message saying that you wish to receive it or belong to it. 申请加入 (在线新闻组); 申请 (在线服务)
Usenet is a collection of discussion groups, known as newsgroups, to which anybody can subscribe.
新闻组网络是由称为新闻组的讨论组组成，任何人都能申请加入。 - V-I If you subscribe for shares in a company, you apply to buy shares in that company. 申购 (股份)
Employees subscribed for far more shares than were available.
雇员们申购了远比实际数额还多的股份。
ascribe：归因于； - V-T If you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing. 将…归因于
An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby’s death to sudden infant death syndrome.
一次尸检最终把这名婴儿的死亡归因于婴儿猝死综合症。 - V-T If you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it. 将…归属 (于某人)
We do not ascribe a superior wisdom to government or the state.
我们并不将胜人一筹的智慧归属于政府或国家。
inscribe：题字； - V-T If you inscribe words on an object, you write or carve the words on the object. 题写; 刻
Some galleries commemorate donors by inscribing their names on the walls.
一些展览馆把捐赠者的名字刻在墙上以纪念他们。 - V-T If you inscribe something in the front of a book or on a photograph, you write it there, often before giving it to someone. 题赠
On the back I had inscribed the words: “here’s to Great Ideas! John.”
在背面我题写了这样的话：“献给伟大的思想！约翰”。
transcribe：抄写；
V-T If you transcribe a speech or text, you write or type it out, for example, from notes or from a tape recording. (根据笔记或磁带录音等) 写下; 用打字机打出
She is transcribing, from his dictation, the diaries of Simon Forman.
她正在根据他的口述记录西蒙·福曼的日记。
prescribe：vi. 规定；开药方 - V-T If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells you what medicine or treatment to have. 开 (药、处方)
She took twice the prescribed dose of sleeping tablets.
她服用了所开剂量两倍的安眠药。 - V-T If a person or set of laws or rules prescribes an action or duty, they state that it must be carried out. 规定
… article II of the constitution, which prescribes the method of electing a president.
…规定总统选举办法的宪法第二条。
proscribe：禁止；
V-T If something is proscribed by people in authority, the existence or the use of that thing is forbidden. 正式宣布被禁止
In some cultures surgery is proscribed.
在有些文化里，外科手术是被禁止的。
circumscribe：外接；
V-T If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted. 限制
The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed.
军方明显担心，在他的管辖下，各种活动都将受到严格限制。
conscript：应征入伍者）
N-COUNT A conscript is a person who has been made to join the armed forces of a country. 被征入伍者
Most of the soldiers are reluctant conscripts.
大部分士兵都是不情愿的被征服役者。
nonplus n. 迷惑；困惑
The professor is never at a nonplus, and never perplexed by a problem.
那位教授从未感到困惑，也没有被任何问题所难倒。
surplus盈余； - ADJ Surplus is used to describe something that is extra or that is more than is needed. 过剩的; 多余的
Few people have large sums of surplus cash.
几乎没人有大笔的闲钱。 - N-COUNT If a country has a trade surplus, it exports more than it imports. 顺差
Japan’s annual trade surplus is in the region of 100 bilion dollars.
日本每年的贸易顺差约有一千亿美元。 - N-COUNT If a government has a budget surplus, it has spent less than it received in taxes. 盈余
Norway’s budget surplus has fallen from 5.9% in 1986 to an expected 0.1% this year.
挪威的预算盈余已从1986年的5.9%下降到今年预计的0.1%。
nonconformist：异己； - ADJ If you say that someone's way of life or opinions are nonconformist, you mean that they are different from those of most people. 不随主流的
Their views are nonconformist and their political opinions are extreme.
他们的看法与众不同，政治观点也很极端。 - N-COUNT A nonconformist is someone who is nonconformist. 不墨守成规者
Victoria stood out as a dazzling nonconformist.
nonsuch：无与伦比的事物
And so it was named “Nonsuch,” as in no other palace could ever equal its magnificence.
因为再没有哪座宫殿能与它的壮丽齐肩，所以它被命名为“无双”。
nonpareil：无比；
But this nonpareil, which never needed sharpening and would never break.
但是这支铅笔不一样，它不需要削而且也不会断铅。
nonentity：不存在；虚无；无足轻重的人
N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a nonentity, you mean that they are not special or important in any way. 无足轻重的人表不满
Amidst the current bunch of nonentities, he is a towering figure.
在目前这帮无足轻重的人里面，他算是鹤立鸡群了。
entire：整个；
ADJ You use entire when you want to emphasize that you are referring to the whole of something, for example, the whole of a place, time, or population. 全部的; 整个的强调
He had spent his entire life in China as a doctor.
他整个一生都在中国做医生。
mystify：故弄玄虚；
V-T If you are mystified by something, you find it impossible to explain or understand. 使困惑不解
The audience must have been totally mystified by the plot.
观众肯定对该情节困惑不解。
confound：惑；
V-T If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong. 使吃惊; 使困惑
He momentarily confounded his critics by his cool handling of the hostage crisis.
他通过冷静处理人质危机顿时使他的批评者们大吃一惊。
confuse：惑 - V-T If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one. 混淆
I always confuse my left with my right. - V-T To confuse a situation means to make it complicated or difficult to understand. 使复杂化
To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with.
使这个问题进一步复杂化的是，人们感觉愉快的睡眠时间相差很大。
novice n. 初学者，新手
N-COUNT A novice is someone who has been doing a job or other activity for only a short time and so is not experienced at it. 新手
I’m a novice at these things, Lieutenant. You’re the professional.
在这些事情上我是一名新手，中尉。你是行家。
renovate：修复；
V-T If someone renovates an old building, they repair and improve it and get it back into good condition. 修复; 整修
The couple spent thousands renovating the house.
这对夫妻花了几千元来整修房子。
innovate：创新；
V-I To innovate means to introduce changes and new ideas in the way something is done or made. 创新; 革新
What sets Rice apart from most engineers is his constant desire to innovate and experiment.
赖斯与大多数工程师不同之处在于他不断地渴望创新和实验。
veteran：老将； - N-COUNT A veteran is someone who has served in the armed forces of their country, especially during a war. 退伍军人
They approved a $1.1 billion package of pay increases for the veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
他们批准了为参加过波斯湾战争的退伍军人增付11亿美元的一揽子计划。 - N-COUNT You use veteran to refer to someone who has been involved in a particular activity for a long time. 经验丰富的人
The baseball veteran loved to coach young players.
这位棒球老手喜欢指导年轻选手。
inveterate：根深蒂固；
ADJ If you describe someone as, for example, an inveterate liar or smoker, you mean that they have lied or smoked for a long time and are not likely to stop doing it. 根深蒂固的
Cynics might find Russian support for a stringent anti-bribery regime akin to an inveterate alcoholic joining a campaign for total abstinence.
在怀疑论者看来也许俄罗斯加入这样一个严厉的反贿赂制度，就如同于一个嗜酒成瘾的家伙，加入完全禁欲运动。
noxious adj. 有害的；有毒的；败坏道德的；讨厌的
ADJ A noxious gas or substance is poisonous or very harmful. 有毒的; 有害的
Many household products give off noxious fumes.
很多家用产品散发有害气体。
deleterious：有害的；
ADJ Something that has a deleterious effect on something has a harmful effect on it. 有害的
Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life.
轻罪对于社区生活正在产生有害影响。
detrimental：不利；
ADJ Something that is detrimental to something else has a harmful or damaging effect on it. 有害的
Many foods are suspected of being detrimental to health because of the chemicals and additives they contain.
许多食物因所含的化学成分和添加剂被怀疑有害健康。
nocuous：有毒的；
The advanced treatment of the nocuous organics in water is vital to environmental protection.
水中有毒有机物的深度降解是近年来环境治理的重点和难点。
obnoxious：讨厌的；
Being honest does not mean you go on and on about your obnoxious ex or your passionate one night stand years ago.
诚实并不意味着你要一直唠叨讨厌的前任伴侣或者几年前的那次激情的一夜情。
noisome：adj. 恶臭的；有害的
The growing protectionist sentiment in the US and Europe is particularly noisome because it reeks of so much hypocrisy.
在美国和欧洲，正在滋生的保护主义情绪是极端有害的，因为其中掺杂太多伪善。
pernicious：有害；
When this phenomenon occurs, it produces a pernicious level of debt to pervade throughout the economy.
一旦这个现象发生，将会产生恶性的负债水平，并蔓延到整个经济体。
internecine：自相残杀
No one expects us to choose sides in internecine mommy battle.
没人期待自相残杀的妈妈们战斗中选择离场。
numb vt. 使麻木；使发愣；使失去感觉
Now they can have sex with anyone because they’re numb.
现在她们可以和任何人发生性关系，因为已经麻木了。
dumb：adj. 哑的，无说话能力的；不说话的，无声音的
Every office has its share of favoritism, inefficiency and dumb decisions.
每个公司都有他的偏袒、无效率和愚蠢的决定。
anesthetic：麻醉剂；
What type of anesthetic will be used? How will it affect me?
手术过程中我将使用什么麻醉药？它会对我有何影响？
