emendation N. /改进;修订/correction of errors; improvement. Please initial all the emendations you have made in this
contract.
eminent ADJ. /高的/high; lofty. After his appointment to this eminent position, he seldom had time for his former
friends.
emissary N. /代理;信使，使者/agent; messenger. The secretary of state was sent as the president's special emissary to
the conference on disarmament.
emollient N. /缓和，安抚/soothing or softening remedy. The nurse applied an emollient to the inflamed area. also ADJ. empathy N. /移情作用，心入/ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc. What made Ann such a fine counselor
was her empathy, her ability to put herself in her client's place and feel his emotions as if they were her own. empathize, V.
empirical ADJ. /经验主义/based on experience. He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance
entirely on empirical data.
emulate V. /仿效;抗衡/imitate; rival. In a brief essay, describe a person you admire, someone whose virtues you would
like to emulate.
enamored ADJ. /爱情的;坠入爱河的/in love. Narcissus became enamored of his own beauty.
encipher V. /编码/encode; convert a message into code. One of Bond's first lessons was how to encipher the
messages he sent to Miss Moneypenny so that none of his other lady friends could decipher them.
enclave N. /飞地/territory enclosed within an alien land. The Vatican is an independent enclave in Italy.
encomium N. /赞美之词/high praise; eulogy. Uneasy with the encomiums expressed by his supporters, Tolkien felt
unworthy of such high praise.
encompass V. /包围/surround. Although we were encompassed by enemy forces, we were cheerful for we were well
stocked and could withstand a siege until our allies joined us.
encroachment N. /侵蚀;“和平演变”/gradual intrusion. The encroachment of the factories upon the neighborhood
lowered the value of the real estate.
Word List 17 encumber-etymology
encumber V. /拖累，负担/burden. Some people encumber themselves with too much luggage when they take short
trips.
endearment N. /爱慕;爱的表示/fond statement. Your gifts and endearments cannot make me forget your earlier
insolence.
endemic ADJ. /地方的;小范围内流行/prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country. This
disease is endemic in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the population are at one time or another affected by it.
endorse V. /认可，默许;支持/approve; support. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for the city
council the mayor would endorse. (secondary meaning) endorsement, N.
enduring ADJ. /持久的;不朽的/lasting; surviving. Keats believed in the enduring power of great art, which would outlast
its creators' brief lives.
energize V. /鼓舞/invigorate; make forceful and active. Rather than exhausting Maggie, dancing energized her. enervate V. /使变弱/weaken. She was slow to recover from her illness; even a short walk to the window would
enervate her.
enfranchise V. /赋予公民权(投票权)/to admit to the rights of citizenship (especially the right to vote). Although Blacks
were enfranchised shortly after the Civil War, women did not receive the right to vote until 1920.
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