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今日单词：

froward  adjective:

not easily managed; contrary a.难驾驭的;刚愎的，抵触的

例句：
The mule is a froward animal.


词源：
c. 1300, Old English fromweard "turned from or away," from from + -weard. The opposite of toward, it was Latin pervertus in early translations of the Psalms, and also meant "about to depart, departing," and "doomed to die."

今日单词：

incisive [inˈsaisiv] adjective:

1. penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant 锋利的
2. remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute 敏锐的
3. adapted for cutting or piercing
4. of or pertaining to the incisors

例句：
It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.
-- Rod Serling

词源：

by 1528, from Latinincisivus, from incis-/incidere "to cut into"

wanderlust [wan·der·lust ||, noun:

a strong desire to wander or travel 流浪癖

例句：
There are as many explanations for acute wanderlust as there are Travelers who suffer from it. But common to them all is the desire to break through the protective bubble that surrounds ordinary tourists as they move from one homogenous, CNN-wired hotel to another.
-- Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post, 1998-12-27

词源：
Life in Ardmore suited him-the slow pace of it, the sweep of sea and cliff, the roll of green hills that went shimmering toward shadowed mountains. The wanderlust that the Gallaghers were famed for had skipped over him, and Shawn was well rooted in Ardmore's sandy soil.
-- Nora Roberts, Tears of the Moon, 2000-08-13

stanleysan

lz单词背得是越来越晚啊，保重身体哦

sandianyu

能坚持下来吗？ 好难啊

stanleysan

搂主已被禁言了。不知还有多少个马甲。