argot  

 【考法1】n.  隱語，黑話，行話：a specialized vocabulary or set of idioms used by a particular group

 【例】groups communicating in their own secret argots  用他們秘密的行話交流的團體

 【近】argot, cant, jargon, shoptalk

 【反】standard language  標準的語言；common verbalism 大眾的言語

arrest   

 【考法1】vt.  使不活躍：to make inactive

 【例】arrest the growth of the tumor  抑制腫瘤生長

 【近】check, rein, curb, contain, hamper, thwart, bring to a halt

 【反】vitalize, activate, animate, invigorate  使有生氣；prod, goad, spur, galvanize, provoke, stimulate  刺激

 【考法2】n/v.  停止：the stopping of a process or activity; to bring to a standstill

 【例】Science cannot yet arrest the process of aging.      科學不能阻止衰老。

 【近】cease,   cessation,   closure,   conclusion,   discontinuance,   discontinuation,   ending,   halt,   stop,   termination;

check, stop
 【反】continuance, continuation  繼續

 【考法3】v.  逮捕：to take or keep under one’s control by authority of law

 【例】She was charged with resisting arrest.  她因為拘捕受到起訴。

 【近】apprehend

 【反】discharge  釋放

 【考法4】v.  吸引注意力：to hold the attention of as if by a spell

 【例】The behavior of the daredevil arrested pedestrians.     冒失鬼的行為吸引了行人們的注意力。

 【近】enchant, fascinate, bedazzle, grip, hypnotize, mesmerize

arresting    

 【考法1】adj.  吸引人的：attracting and holding the attention; striking

 【例】an arresting spectacle      吸引人的奇觀

 【近】absorbing, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, gripping, immersing, intriguing, riveting

 【反】boring, drab, tedious, monotonous, uninteresting  乏味的，單調的

arrhythmic   

 【考法1】adj.  不規律的：lacking rhythm or regularity

 【例】arrhythmic pulse  不規律的脈搏

 【近】irregular, disorderly

 【反】regular, orderly        規律的

arrogance    

 【考法1】n ．傲慢，自大：overbearing pride

 【例】Her arrogance has earned her a lot of enemies.        她的傲慢給她帶來了很多敵人。

 【近】assumption, bumptiousness, haughtiness, hauteur, imperiousness, loftiness, peremptoriness, pomposity,

pompousness, presumptuousness, superciliousness
 【反】humility, modesty, humbleness, unassumingness  謙虛

articulate  

 【考法1】v.  清晰地表達：to utter clearly and distinctly