mercenary ADJ. /唯利是图/interested in money or gain. Andy's every act was prompted by mercenary motives: his first
question was always "What's in it for me?"
mercurial ADJ. /善变的;无常的/capricious; changing; fickle. Quick as quicksilver to change, he was mercurial in nature
and therefore unreliable.
merger N. /合并;吞并/combination (of two business corporations). When the firm's president married the director of
financial planning, the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage, it was a merger.
mesmerize V. /施催眠术/hypnotize. The incessant drone seemed to mesmerize him and place him in a trance.
metallurgical ADJ. /冶金的/pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores. During the course of his metallurgical
research, the scientist developed a steel alloy of tremendous strength.
metamorphosis N. /变形/change of form; major transformation. The metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly is
typical of many such changes in animal life. metamorphose,V.
metaphor N. /隐喻/implied comparison. "He soared like an eagle" is an example of a simile; "He is an eagle in flight,"
a metaphor.
metaphysical ADJ. /形而上学的/pertaining to speculative philosophy. The modern poets have gone back to the fanciful
poems of the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century for many of their images. metaphysics, N.
methodical ADJ. /方法论的;系统化的/systematic. An accountant must be methodical and maintain order among his
financial records.
meticulous ADJ. /小心翼翼的/excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous. Martha Stewart was a meticulous
housekeeper, fussing about each and every detail that went into making up her perfect home.
metropolis N. /大都会/large city. Every evening the terminal is filled with thousands of commuters going from this
metropolis to their homes in the suburbs.
mettle N. /勇气;精神/courage; spirit. When challenged by the other horses in the race, the thoroughbred proved its
mettle by its determination to hold the lead.
miasma N. /沼气;瘴气，毒气;天然气/swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter;
pervasive corrupting influence. The smog hung over Victorian London like a dark cloud; noisome, reeking of decay, it was a visible miasma.
microcosm N. /微观世界/small world; the world in miniature. The small village community that Jane Austen depicts
serves as a microcosm of English society in her time, for in this small world we see all the social classes meeting and mingling.
migrant ADJ. /移居的;候鸟的/changing its habitat; wandering. These migrant birds return every spring. also N.
migratory ADJ. /迁徙的;流浪的/wandering. The return of the migratory birds to the northern sections of this country is a
harbinger of spring. migrate, V.
milieu N. /环境;(社会)背景/environment; means of expression. Surrounded by smooth preppies and arty bohemians,
the country boy from Smalltown, USA, felt out of his milieu. Although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs, his proper milieu is watercolor.
militant ADJ. /好战的/combative; bellicose. Although at this time he was advocating a policy of neutrality, one could
usually find him adopting a more militant attitude. also N.
mimicry N. /模仿/imitation. Her gift for mimicry was so great that her friends said that she should be in the theater. mincing ADJ. /装腔作势的/affectedly dainty. Yum-Yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.
minuscule ADJ. /极小的/extremely small. Why should I involve myself with a project with so minuscule a chance for success?
minute ADJ. /极小的/extremely small. The twins resembled one another closely; only minute differences set them apart.
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