boor
【考法1】n. 粗魯的人,不敏感的人: a rude or insensitive person
【例】acting like boor 表現得很粗魯
【近】peasant, barbarian, buffoon
【反】sentimentalist 多愁善感的人
bootless
【考法1】adj. 無用的: useless, unprofitable, futile
【例】The meeting turns out to be a bootless attempt. 這個會議被證明是一次徒勞的嘗試
【近】barren, ineffective, futile, abortive, fruitless, vain
【反】worthy, virtuous 有價值的
bound
【考法1】n. 界限: a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go
【例】The language in the novel really is beyond the bounds of decency. 這本小說的語言實在太不得體了
【近】environs, limits, confines, perimeter
【反】unrestrainedness 無邊無際
【考法2】vt. 給…設置限制:to set limits or bounds to
【例】The country is bounded by river. 這個國家的領土以河水為界
【近】limit, demarcate, delimit
【反】enfranchise, free, liberate 釋放
【考法3】adj. 投入的,堅定的:fully committed to achieving a goal
【例】I am bound and determined to write a novel before I turn 30. 我下定決心在30 歲之前要寫本小說
【近】resolute, determined, single-minded, bent on
【反】faltering, hesitant, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed 動搖的
【派】boundless adj. 無邊無際、無約束的
boycott
【考法1】vt. 聯合抵制,拒絕參與:to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a person, store,
or organization) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions
【例】This brand is being boycotted for damaging environment. 因為破壞環境,這個品牌正在被抵制
【近】refuse
【反】patronize 經常光顧
