bale  

 【考法】n.  痛苦，悲哀：woe, sorrow

 【例】relieve spirit from the bale   從悲痛中解脫

 【近】misery, suffering, anguish, grief

 【反】joy      快樂               

 baleful 

 【考法1】adj.  有害的： harmful or malignant in intent or effect

 【例】a policy with baleful effects  一個帶來不良後果的政策

 【近】harmful, pernicious, detrimental

 【反】beneficent        有益的

 【考法2】adj.      凶兆的：foreboding or threatening evil

 【例】a baleful look    面露凶色

 【近】direful, doomy, ominous, ill-boding, minatory, portentous, sinister

 【反】unthreatening 不構成威脅的

 【考法3】adj.  致命的： likely to cause or capable of causing death

 【例】a medicine that is beneficial in small doses but baleful in large 是藥三分毒

 【近】deadly, fatal, lethal

 【反】healthy, wholesome         有益健康的

balk  

 【考法1】v.      阻礙：to check or stop by or as if by an obstacle

 【近】circumvent, frustrate, foil, thwart

 【反】advance, forward, foster, nurture, promote 推進

 【考法2】v.  不願接受，拒絕：to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

 【例】She balked at the very idea of compromise.      她固執地拒絕妥協的想法

 【近】decline, refuse, spurn, repudiate, turn down

 【反】accept, approve     同意

 【派】balky      adj.  倔強的