minutiae N. /细节;细微之处/petty details. She would have liked to ignore the minutiae of daily living.
mirage N. /曲解;海市蜃楼;虚影 /unreal reflection; optical illusion. The lost prospector was fooled by a mirage in the
desert.
mire V. /陷入(泥塘);麻烦缠身/entangle; stick in swampy ground. Their rear wheels became mired in mud. also N. mirth N. /欢笑/merriment; laughter. Sober Malvolio found Sir Toby's mirth improper.
misanthrope N. /厌恶人类的人;憎人者/one who hates mankind. In Gulliver's Travels, Swift portrays an im age of
humanity as vile, degraded beasts; for this reason, various critics consider him a misanthrope.
misapprehension N. /错误;误解/error; misunderstanding. To avoid misapprehension, I am going to ask all of you to
repeat the instructions I have given.
miscellany N. /杂记/mixture of writings on various subjects. This is an interesting miscellany of nineteenth –century
prose and poetry.
mischance N. /霉运;不幸/ill luck. By mischance, he lost his week's salary.
misconception N. /误解/mistaken idea. "Sir, you are suffering from a misconception. I do not wish to marry you in
the least!"
misconstrue V. /曲解/interpret incorrectly; misjudge. She took the passage seriously rather than humorously
because she misconstrued the author's ironic tone.
misdemeanor N. /轻罪/minor crime. The culprit pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor rather than face trial for a felony. miserly ADJ. /吝啬的;贪婪的;坏的/stingy; mean. Transformed by his vision on Christmas Eve, mean old Scrooge ceased
being miserly and became a generous, kind old man.
misgivings N. /担忧，疑虑/doubts. Hamlet described his misgivings to Horatio but decided to fence with Laertes
despite his foreboding of evil.
mishap N. /意外，灾难/accident. With a little care you could have avoided this mishap.
misnomer N. /错误的名字;写错名字;用词不当/wrong name; incorrect designation. His tyrannical conduct proved to all
that his nickname, King Eric the Just, was a misnomer.
misrepresent V. /误传;有意制造误解/give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as a
representative. In his job application, Milton misrepresented his academic background; he was fired when his employers discovered the truth. The reformers accused Senator Gunbucks of mis - representing his constituents and claimed he took bribes from the NRA.
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missile N. /投掷物/object to be thrown or projected. After carefully folding his book report into a paper airplane, Beavis
threw the missile across the classroom at Butthead. Rocket scientists are building guided missiles; Beavis and Butthead can barely make unguided ones.
missive N. /信件/letter. The ambassador received a missive from the secretary of state.
mite N. /小东西;小硬币/very small object or creature; small coin. Gnats are annoying mites that sting.
mitigate V. /减轻;减缓;中和/appease; moderate. Nothing Jason did could mitigate Medea's anger; she refused to
forgive him for betraying her.
mnemonic ADJ. /记忆的/pertaining to memory. He used mnemonic tricks to master new words.
mobile ADJ. /移动的/movable; not fixed. The mobile blood bank operated by the Red Cross visited our neighborhood
today. mobility, N.
mock V. /嘲弄，嘲笑/ridicule; imitate, often in derision. It is unkind to mock anyone; it is stupid to mock anyone
significantly bigger than you. mockery, N.
mode N. /时尚;方式;模式/prevailing style; manner; way of doing something. The rock star had to have her hair done in the latest mode: frizzed, with occasional moussed spikes for variety. Henry plans to adopt a simpler mode of life: he is going to become a mushroom hunter and live off the land.
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