TBC Tier1 -1

sultry

【感觉/语境】
形容气氛闷热、性感或充满激情，常用来描述夜晚、酒吧或某种诱人的氛围。
【原文例句】
I'll say one nice thing about my ex Chris Tuttle: the man was the entire reason I was here, standing at the entrance to the sultry Fleur de Lis hotel bar, wearing a red dress so plunging I kept it in the back of my closet for fear of scandalizing visitors, on the verge of reinventing myself.
【常见搭配】
sultry night, sultry voice, sultry look
【场景句】
The air in the club was hot and sultry.
She gave him a sultry smile across the room.

scandalizing

【感觉/语境】
指让他人感到震惊或道德上不适，通常用于担心自己的行为会引起非议。
【原文例句】
I'll say one nice thing about my ex Chris Tuttle: the man was the entire reason I was here, standing at the entrance to the sultry Fleur de Lis hotel bar, wearing a red dress so plunging I kept it in the back of my closet for fear of scandalizing visitors, on the verge of reinventing myself.
【常见搭配】
fear of scandalizing, scandalizing the neighbors, scandalizing the public
【场景句】
She wore that outfit without fear of scandalizing anyone.
His comments were close to scandalizing the whole committee.

to the nines

【感觉/语境】
形容打扮得非常精致、完美，通常用于正式场合或盛装出席。
【原文例句】
Unfortunately, now that I was standing at the entrance, the sight of all the laughing, drinking, dazzling people—dressed to the nines like me, but looking much more at ease about it—had me momentarily cowed.
【常见搭配】
dressed to the nines, suited to the nines
【场景句】
Everyone was dressed to the nines for the gala.
She arrived at the party dressed to the nines.

yuppies

【感觉/语境】
指年轻的城市专业人士，通常带有追求物质、忙碌的刻板印象。
【原文例句】
My older sister, Lee, and her friends liked to roll their eyes at the entire downtown bar scene, calling places like the Fleur de Lis"meat markets where you go to spend thirty-five bucks on a martini while beating back horny yuppies"(Lee's words) .
【常见搭配】
horny yuppies, young yuppies, typical yuppies
【场景句】
The cafe was full of yuppies working on laptops.
They moved to the city to join the ranks of the yuppies.

dirtier

【感觉/语境】
形容环境或人群更不修边幅、更接地气，有时指更有真实感。
【原文例句】
They preferred the hipster bars on the east side of Austin, where the clientele was cooler yet dirtier (my words) .
【常见搭配】
cooler yet dirtier, dirtier crowd, dirtier bar
【场景句】
This neighborhood is a bit dirtier than the downtown area.
He preferred the dirtier venues where real music was played.

trolling

【感觉/语境】
指主动寻找（通常指伴侣或猎物），带有随意或狩猎的意味。
【原文例句】
Did you lead with it in conversation so all your cards were on the table ("Hi, I'm Alexis; you might be interested to know I'm trolling for a stranger to ravish me"), or did you hold back, let your intention slip out at just the right moment ("I see you're ordering an Uber home; could I interest you in going splitsies back to my place for a wild night of sex")?
【常见搭配】
trolling for, trolling around, internet trolling
【场景句】
He was just trolling for compliments.
Stop trolling for attention on social media.

fortifying

【感觉/语境】
形容给予力量或勇气，常指食物或饮料让人振作。
【原文例句】
I braced a hand on the bar, taking a fortifying sip of my martini.
【常见搭配】
fortifying sip, fortifying meal, fortifying drink
【场景句】
I needed a fortifying cup of coffee before the meeting.
The soup was warm and fortifying.

skewer

【感觉/语境】
比喻严厉批评或攻击某人，像用签子串起来一样。
【原文例句】
Even if I made a complete fool of myself tonight—even if I was roundly rejected by every man I spoke to—coming here alone at least meant Lee and her crew couldn't witness my flop, then use it to skewer me for all eternity like the jackals they were.
【常见搭配】
skewer me, skewer the idea, skewer in public
【场景句】
The critics will skewer this movie.
Don't let them skewer you for one mistake.

jackals

【感觉/语境】
比喻贪婪或伺机攻击的人，形容不可信任的同伴。
【原文例句】
Even if I made a complete fool of myself tonight—even if I was roundly rejected by every man I spoke to—coming here alone at least meant Lee and her crew couldn't witness my flop, then use it to skewer me for all eternity like the jackals they were.
【常见搭配】
like jackals, political jackals, media jackals
【场景句】
They circled like jackals waiting for a mistake.
Don't trust them, they are jackals.

provocation

【感觉/语境】
指挑衅或激起某种反应的行为，常用于情绪失控的语境。
【原文例句】
But I couldn't—at the slightest provocation, old, sad, doormat Alexis had quickly jumped back in charge.
【常见搭配】
slightest provocation, without provocation, cause provocation
【场景句】
He attacked without any provocation.
She remained calm despite the provocation.

boredom

【感觉/语境】
形容无聊、厌倦的情绪状态。
【原文例句】
He made a little"come on"gesture that conveyed utter boredom.
【常见搭配】
utter boredom, deep boredom, fight boredom
【场景句】
She sighed with boredom during the lecture.
The boredom was unbearable.

utter

【感觉/语境】
强调程度，表示完全的、绝对的，常修饰负面名词。
【原文例句】
He made a little"come on"gesture that conveyed utter boredom.
【常见搭配】
utter boredom, utter chaos, utter nonsense
【场景句】
It was utter madness to go out in this storm.
He felt utter despair.

virgo

【感觉/语境】
指处女座，常用于描述性格特质（如内向、细节控）。
【原文例句】
As an introverted Virgo, I often had to remind myself to not let speculations and anxieties about other people's thoughts and feelings derail my life.
【常见搭配】
introverted Virgo, typical Virgo, Virgo season
【场景句】
She is a perfectionist, typical Virgo.
As a Virgo, I worry about details.

derail

【感觉/语境】
比喻使计划、生活或思绪脱离正轨。
【原文例句】
As an introverted Virgo, I often had to remind myself to not let speculations and anxieties about other people's thoughts and feelings derail my life.
【常见搭配】
derail my life, derail the plan, derail the conversation
【场景句】
Don't let stress derail your progress.
The scandal derailed his career.

gruff

【感觉/语境】
形容声音粗哑或态度生硬，但未必不友善。
【原文例句】
His voice was gruff.
【常见搭配】
gruff voice, gruff manner, gruff exterior
【场景句】
He has a gruff way of speaking.
The gruff old man helped her.

fold

【感觉/语境】
比喻在压力下屈服或放弃。
【原文例句】
Guys like that fold when challenged.
【常见搭配】
fold when challenged, fold under pressure, don't fold
【场景句】
He will fold if you push him.
Don't fold now, keep going.

contemplatively

【感觉/语境】
形容沉思地、若有所思地做某事。
【原文例句】
He rubbed contemplatively at the stubble on his jaw.
【常见搭配】
stare contemplatively, rub contemplatively, sit contemplatively
【场景句】
She looked contemplatively at the painting.
He nodded contemplatively.

excruciatingly

【感觉/语境】
形容程度极其强烈，常指痛苦或尴尬。
【原文例句】
The bartender was heading to the other side of the bar, meaning I'd have to wait in excruciatingly awkward silence next to the dark-haired man if I didn't make this happen now.
【常见搭配】
excruciatingly awkward, excruciatingly painful, excruciatingly slow
【场景句】
The wait was excruciatingly long.
It was excruciatingly embarrassing.

goons

【感觉/语境】
指打手或粗鲁的人，带有轻蔑意味。
【原文例句】
"What brings you out among the goons and buffoons tonight, Ruby?"
【常见搭配】
hired goons, big goons, among goons
【场景句】
The boss sent his goons to collect the money.
Avoid the goons hanging around the corner.

buffoons

【感觉/语境】
指愚蠢可笑的人，常用于贬低他人。
【原文例句】
"What brings you out among the goons and buffoons tonight, Ruby?"
【常见搭配】
clownish buffoons, act like buffoons, among buffoons
【场景句】
They acted like buffoons at the party.
Don't listen to those buffoons.

slang

【感觉/语境】
指非正式的语言或俚语。
【原文例句】
Mostly, my mum's slang and my dad's obsession with the Hotspurs.
【常见搭配】
mum's slang, use slang, local slang
【场景句】
He uses too much slang in formal writing.
I learned some new slang today.

blip

【感觉/语境】
比喻短暂的小事或插曲，不影响整体。
【原文例句】
Sure, I was lying, but what did lying matter on a night I'd specifically carved out to be a blip in reality, an island of time disconnected from every other day?
【常见搭配】
blip in reality, minor blip, just a blip
【场景句】
This error is just a blip in the system.
It was a happy blip in a hard year.

wittier

【感觉/语境】
形容更机智、更风趣。
【原文例句】
Mostly, though, I found myself telling him true stories, with the edges blurred—my past actions more heroic, my comebacks wittier, me the star of the shenanigans and my siblings the sidekicks, all the ways I'd wished life had gone.
【常见搭配】
comebacks wittier, wittier remarks, wittier than
【场景句】
She is wittier than her sister.
He tried to be wittier in the interview.

shenanigans

【感觉/语境】
指胡闹、恶作剧或可疑的活动，常用于轻松语境。
【原文例句】
Mostly, though, I found myself telling him true stories, with the edges blurred—my past actions more heroic, my comebacks wittier, me the star of the shenanigans and my siblings the sidekicks, all the ways I'd wished life had gone.
【常见搭配】
star of the shenanigans, up to shenanigans, no shenanigans
【场景句】
What shenanigans did you get into?
No shenanigans in the classroom.

sidekicks

【感觉/语境】
指配角或助手，常指朋友中的跟随者。
【原文例句】
Mostly, though, I found myself telling him true stories, with the edges blurred—my past actions more heroic, my comebacks wittier, me the star of the shenanigans and my siblings the sidekicks, all the ways I'd wished life had gone.
【常见搭配】
siblings the sidekicks, loyal sidekicks, hero and sidekicks
【场景句】
He is always the sidekick in their group.
Batman and his sidekicks.

goose bumps

【感觉/语境】
指因寒冷或激动起的鸡皮疙瘩。
【原文例句】
I can see your goose bumps.
【常见搭配】
see your goose bumps, get goose bumps, give goose bumps
【场景句】
The cold wind gave me goose bumps.
That song gives me goose bumps.

simmering

【感觉/语境】
形容情绪（如愤怒、欲望）在内部酝酿、沸腾。
【原文例句】
His tongue in my mouth shot white-hot electricity through me, all the lust that had been simmering all night boiling over, and I thought, He would kiss like this.
【常见搭配】
simmering all night, simmering anger, simmering tension
【场景句】
Anger was simmering beneath the surface.
The conflict has been simmering for years.

scoff

【感觉/语境】
指轻蔑的笑或嘲弄的声音。
【原文例句】
"Oh, let me—"I started, but stopped when his protesting scoff actually echoed off the walls.
【常见搭配】
protesting scoff, let out a scoff, hear a scoff
【场景句】
He let out a scoff at the idea.
She responded with a scoff.

incredulous

【感觉/语境】
表示难以置信的、怀疑的。
【原文例句】
He looked at me with an incredulous expression, wanting me to share his outrage, and I couldn't help it—I laughed.
【常见搭配】
incredulous expression, look incredulous, incredulous laugh
【场景句】
She was incredulous at the news.
He gave an incredulous stare.

resigned

【感觉/语境】
形容顺从的、无奈的、接受现实的。
【原文例句】
His eyes caught on my smile and he turned back to the woman with a resigned sigh.
【常见搭配】
resigned sigh, feel resigned, resigned acceptance
【场景句】
He was resigned to his fate.
She gave a resigned nod.

fleece

【感觉/语境】
比喻敲诈或骗取某人的钱。
【原文例句】
Go ahead and fleece me.
【常见搭配】
fleece me, fleece the customers, fleece someone
【场景句】
They tried to fleece tourists.
Don't let them fleece you.

mortifying

【感觉/语境】
形容极其尴尬、丢脸的。
【原文例句】
I fought the sudden urge to cry—not because of the pain, but because I'd committed the mortifying faux paus of becoming a burden.
【常见搭配】
mortifying faux paus, mortifying moment, absolutely mortifying
【场景句】
It was a mortifying experience.
I felt mortifyingly shy.

budge

【感觉/语境】
指移动或改变立场，常用于否定句。
【原文例句】
It didn't budge.
【常见搭配】
didn't budge, refuse to budge, budge an inch
【场景句】
The door won't budge.
He refused to budge on the price.

franticness

【感觉/语境】
形容疯狂、慌乱的状态。
【原文例句】
He spoke at twice his normal volume and with a rushed franticness, like he was hopped up on speed.
【常见搭配】
rushed franticness, sense of franticness, pure franticness
【场景句】
There was a franticness in her voice.
The franticness of the crowd grew.

trendier

【感觉/语境】
形容更时尚、更流行的。
【原文例句】
Despite the fact that we'd been downsized a few years ago to make room for the trendier engineering lab, and were now squished into a shoebox-sized hobbit hole that smelled faintly of mothballs and could barely contain our impressive beanbag collection, there was no place on earth I loved more than the Barton Springs Elementary school library.
【常见搭配】
trendier engineering lab, trendier spot, trendier than
【场景句】
This cafe is trendier than the old one.
They moved to a trendier neighborhood.

telltale

【感觉/语境】
指暴露真相的、泄露秘密的。
【原文例句】
I was hot glue gunning to my heart's content—while avoiding any thoughts, whatsoever, about my disastrous attempt at a one-night stand this past weekend—when I heard the telltale sounds of students arriving, aka the trampling of a small herd of elephants.
【常见搭配】
telltale sounds, telltale signs, telltale mark
【场景句】
There were telltale signs of trouble.
The telltale evidence was found.

quirk

【感觉/语境】
指怪癖或独特的性格特征。
【原文例句】
And I did used to request my family call me by the names of my favorite novel heroines (which I still maintain was an adorable quirk, despite my family's insistence otherwise) .
【常见搭配】
adorable quirk, strange quirk, personality quirk
【场景句】
It's just a little quirk of hers.
He has a funny quirk.

ringleader

【感觉/语境】
指带头的人，常指团体中的领导者。
【原文例句】
Sable, Larkyn, and Brynlee were popular sixth graders, with Sable as the ringleader, but Mildred was a shy girl who spent an inordinate amount of time in the library alone.
【常见搭配】
Sable as the ringleader, the ringleader of, catch the ringleader
【场景句】
Who is the ringleader of this group?
They caught the ringleader.

kindred

【感觉/语境】
指志趣相投的、同类的。
【原文例句】
A kindred spirit, you might say.
【常见搭配】
kindred spirit, kindred soul, kindred minds
【场景句】
We are kindred spirits.
She found a kindred friend.

privy

【感觉/语境】
指知情的、参与秘密的。
【原文例句】
Of course, I wasn't privy to those shenanigans, since as Lee's little sister, I'd been shooed out of her bedroom the moment it was time for the real juicy stuff to begin.
【常见搭配】
wasn't privy to, privy to information, keep privy
【场景句】
I wasn't privy to the decision.
Only a few were privy to the plan.

zinger

【感觉/语境】
指机智的妙语或讽刺的话。
【原文例句】
That zinger got a laugh from everyone, which, no surprise, because it was a pretty good one.
【常见搭配】
That zinger got, deliver a zinger, good zinger
【场景句】
He delivered a great zinger.
She ended her speech with a zinger.

pariah

【感觉/语境】
指被社会排斥的人。
【原文例句】
To my horror, she refused to cancel—instead, she got on the phone with Kristen's and Gloria's mothers, and before I could say social pariah, Kristen, Gloria, and every other girl in my grade had been handed an edict by their mothers to attend my birthday.
【常见搭配】
social pariah, become a pariah, treat like a pariah
【场景句】
He became a pariah in the industry.
Don't treat her like a pariah.

pandemonium

【感觉/语境】
形容喧嚣、混乱的场面。
【原文例句】
Literal pandemonium.
【常见搭配】
Literal pandemonium, cause pandemonium, pure pandemonium
【场景句】
The classroom was in pandemonium.
Pandemonium broke out.

pizazz

【感觉/语境】
指活力、魅力或风格。
【原文例句】
It was simply good to know where you fell on the scale so you could adjust accordingly, perhaps become a more accommodating person to make up for your lack of pizazz, which I'd been trying to do since roughly the age of twelve.
【常见搭配】
lack of pizazz, add pizazz, full of pizazz
【场景句】
The performance lacked pizazz.
She has lots of pizazz.

register

【感觉/语境】
指被注意到、被理解或意识到。
【原文例句】
I resisted the urge to say something sarcastically scolding to them about their behavior, even though they probably wouldn't register the full meaning until years later, when it finally clicked and delivered a delayed moral lesson from a source they could no longer remember, thereby making it the perfect crime.
【常见搭配】
wouldn't register, register the meaning, fail to register
【场景句】
The danger didn't register at first.
His words finally registered.

reverently

【感觉/语境】
形容恭敬地、虔诚地。
【原文例句】
She dropped my hand and seized the book, holding it reverently.
【常见搭配】
holding it reverently, speak reverently, look reverently
【场景句】
He touched the artifact reverently.
They stood reverently during the ceremony.

sheepish

【感觉/语境】
形容尴尬的、不好意思的。
【原文例句】
She spun on her heels and started to charge toward the beanbags—then spun back, looking sheepish.
【常见搭配】
looking sheepish, sheepish grin, sheepish smile
【场景句】
He gave a sheepish apology.
She looked sheepish about the mistake.

melancholy

【感觉/语境】
形容忧郁的、悲伤的情绪。
【原文例句】
I wish I could shield you and keep you this happy, I thought, then startled at my sudden melancholy turn.
【常见搭配】
melancholy turn, feel melancholy, deep melancholy
【场景句】
A sense of melancholy filled the room.
He was in a melancholy mood.

tizzy

【感觉/语境】
指慌乱、兴奋或焦虑的状态。
【原文例句】
Everyone's in a tizzy."
【常见搭配】
in a tizzy, get into a tizzy, all in a tizzy
【场景句】
Don't get into a tizzy over nothing.
She was in a tizzy before the show.

shoestring

【感觉/语境】
指预算非常紧张。
【原文例句】
But we're already on a shoestring budget.
【常见搭配】
shoestring budget, on a shoestring, tight shoestring
【场景句】
They traveled on a shoestring.
We run the project on a shoestring.

advocates

【感觉/语境】
指支持者、倡导者。
【原文例句】
Everyone was so scared of being let go that no one dared complain, except to the Texas Educators Association, our advocates to lawmakers.
【常见搭配】
our advocates to, strong advocates, patient advocates
【场景句】
They are advocates for change.
The group advocates for rights.

tack

【感觉/语境】
指方法、方针，或指图钉（此处为习语 sharp as a tack）。
【原文例句】
Despite that, she was sharp as a tack at sixty-eight.
【常见搭配】
sharp as a tack, change tack, wrong tack
【场景句】
He is sharp as a tack.
Let's try a different tack.

unorthodox

【感觉/语境】
形容非传统的、独特的。
【原文例句】
"It means a young person who's so unorthodox they're a pain in the ass,"I murmured, forgetting the rule not to curse on school grounds.
【常见搭配】
so unorthodox, unorthodox method, unorthodox style
【场景句】
She has an unorthodox approach.
It was an unorthodox decision.

backstabbing

【感觉/语境】
形容背信弃义的、暗中伤人的。
【原文例句】
The truth was, besides paying attention whenever Lee called to vent about being surrounded by useless, backstabbing lawmakers, I didn't follow politics all that much...in fact, in a secret I would take to my grave, sometimes when Lee started waxing on about policy change my eyes sort of just...glazed over.
【常见搭配】
backstabbing lawmakers, backstabbing friends, backstabbing behavior
【场景句】
I hate backstabbing colleagues.
It was a backstabbing move.

backers

【感觉/语境】
指支持者、资助者。
【原文例句】
Although rumors of Arthur's playboy past have dogged his candidacy (as they once did, coincidentally, to the now-married Governor Mane), Arthur's team has repeatedly assured high-profile backers the rumors are unfounded.'"
【常见搭配】
high-profile backers, financial backers, loyal backers
【场景句】
The project lost its backers.
We need more backers.

crispest

【感觉/语境】
形容声音最清晰、干脆或态度最果断。
【原文例句】
"Good morning,"said just about the crispest, most assured voice I'd ever heard.
【常见搭配】
crispest voice, crispest uniform, crispest air
【场景句】
He spoke in the crispest tone.
This is the crispest apple.

home turf

【感觉/语境】
指自己的地盘、熟悉的环境。
【原文例句】
It's the one-year anniversary of the night Arsenal crushed Tottenham on their home turf.
【常见搭配】
on their home turf, defend home turf, return to home turf
【场景句】
They are strong on their home turf.
Don't challenge him on his home turf.

tie one on

【感觉/语境】
指喝醉、狂欢。
【原文例句】
If that's the reason you're here, you're clearly looking to tie one on.
【常见搭配】
looking to tie one on, go out and tie one on
【场景句】
They went out to tie one on.
He decided to tie one on tonight.

cocoon

【感觉/语境】
比喻保护性的环境或孤立的状态。
【原文例句】
Given the choice between sitting alone at the bar—technically, what I'd come here to do—or remaining in the cocoon of this strangely acerbic man, I chose the cocoon.
【常见搭配】
cocoon of, safe cocoon, wrap in a cocoon
【场景句】
She stayed in her cocoon all day.
He built a cocoon around himself.

acerbic

【感觉/语境】
形容言辞尖刻的、辛辣的。
【原文例句】
Given the choice between sitting alone at the bar—technically, what I'd come here to do—or remaining in the cocoon of this strangely acerbic man, I chose the cocoon.
【常见搭配】
acerbic man, acerbic tone, acerbic wit
【场景句】
He is known for his acerbic comments.
Her reply was acerbic.

wry

【感觉/语境】
形容歪曲的、哭笑不得的（常指笑容）。
【原文例句】
I was closer to him now, separated by nothing more than a small circular table, so I could see the tiny details of his face: the soot-dark lashes tipping toward his strong brow, the amber ring around his pupils, the Cupid's bow of his upper lip, topping his wry smile.
【常见搭配】
wry smile, wry look, wry humor
【场景句】
He gave a wry smile.
She made a wry comment.

wolfish

【感觉/语境】
形容像狼一样的，常指贪婪或性感的笑容。
【原文例句】
His smile remained wolfish.
【常见搭配】
smile remained wolfish, wolfish grin, wolfish eyes
【场景句】
He gave a wolfish look.
The smile was wolfish.

faux

【感觉/语境】
指假的、伪造的（常指时尚或错误）。
【原文例句】
I fought the sudden urge to cry—not because of the pain, but because I'd committed the mortifying faux paus of becoming a burden.
【常见搭配】
faux paus, faux fur, faux leather
【场景句】
It was a faux pas.
She wore faux pearls.