barb 

 【考法1】n.  尖銳而嚴厲的批評： a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment

 【例】delivered one last barb to his ex-girlfriend as he stalked away 在他轉身離去之前，給他前女友留下了最

後一句尖銳的批評

 【近】affront, criticism, offense, outrage, sarcasm, slight

 【反】praise, applause, compliment    稱讚

barbarous  

 【考法1】adj.  野蠻的，兇殘的： mercilessly harsh or cruel

 【例】insulted by barbarous language  被粗暴的語言侵犯

 【近】brutal, atrocious, fiendish, heartless, savage, truculent, vicious

 【反】merciful, benevolent , humane, sympathetic  仁慈的

 【考法2】adj.  未開化的： uncivilized

 【例】some barbarous behaviors such as eating with your fingers 一些沒有教養的舉止，比如直接用手拿東西吃

 【近】wild, uncultivated

 【反】civilized, decent, decorous 舉止得體的

barefaced 

 【考法1】adj.  公然的，厚顏無恥的： undisguisedly bold; brazen

 【例】a barefaced lie     一個公然的謊言

 【近】apparent, plain, bald, evident, manifest, obvious, perspicuous

 【反】secret, furtive, clandestine, surreptitious 秘密的

bargain 

 【考法1】n.  協議： an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction

 【例】They made a bargain that one would help the other next week. 他們達成了一項協定：下周其中一人將幫

助另外一人

 【近】accord, compact, contract, covenant, deal, pact, settlement