Word List 33 obsolete-pacifist
obsolete ADJ. / 过时的;无用的/no longer useful; outmoded; antiquated. The invention of the pocket calculator made the
slide rule used by generations of engineers obsolete.
obstetrician N. /妇产科医师/physician specializing in delivery of babies. In modern times, the delivery of children has
passed from the midwife to the more scientifically trained obstetrician,
obstinate ADJ. /坚定的，倔强的/stubborn; hard to control or treat. We tried to persuade him to give up smoking, but he
was obstinate and refused to change. Blackberry stickers are the most obstinate weeds I know: once established in a yard, they're extremely hard to root out. obstinacy, N.
obstreperous ADJ. /喧闹的，喧嚣的;任性的/boisterous; noisy. What do you do when an obstreperous horde of drunken
policemen goes carousing through your hotel, crashing into potted plants and singing vulgar songs?
obtrude V. /插手，强入，冲出/push (oneself or one's ideas) forward or intrude; butt in; stick out or extrude. Because
Fanny was reluctant to obtrude her opinions about child-raising upon her daughter-in-law, she kept a close watch on her tongue. obtrusive, ADJ.
obtuse ADJ. /钝的，迟钝的;愚蠢的/blunt; stupid. What can you do with somebody who's so obtuse that he can't even tell
that you're insulting him?
obviate V. /消除;排除;避免/make unnecessary; get rid of. I hope this contribution will obviate any need for furth er
collections of funds.
odious ADJ. /可恨的;可耻的/hateful; vile. Cinderella's ugly stepsisters had the odious habit of popping their zits in public. odium N. /讨厌;憎恶/detestation; hatefulness; disrepute. Prince Charming could not express the odium he felt toward
Cinderella's stepsisters because of their mistreatment of poor Cinderella.
odorous ADJ. /有气味的/having an odor. This variety of hybrid tea rose is more odorous than the one you have in your
garden.
odyssey N. /长期的冒险旅行/long, eventful journey. The refugee's journey from Cambodia was a terrifying odyssey. offensive ADJ. /攻击的;冒犯的/attacking; insulting; distasteful. Getting into street brawls is no minor matter for
professional boxers, who are required by law to restrict their offensive impulses to the ring.
offhand ADJ. /即时的;随意的/casual; done without prior thought. Expecting to be treated with due propriety by her hosts,
Great-Aunt Maud was offended by their offhand manner.
officious ADJ. /多管闲事的/meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services. Judy wanted to look over the
new computer models on her own, but the officious salesman kept on butting in with "helpful" advice until she was ready to walk out of the store.
ogle V. /抛媚眼;送秋波/look at amorously; make eyes at. At the coffee house, Walter was too shy to ogle the pretty girls
openly; instead, he peeked out at them from behind a rubber plant.
olfactory ADJ. /嗅觉的/concerning the sense of smell. A wine taster must have a discriminating palate and a keen
olfactory sense, for a good wine appeals both to the taste buds and to the nose.
oligarchy N. /寡头政治/government by a privileged few. One small clique ran the student council: what had been
intended as a democratic governing body had turned into an oligarchy.
ominous ADJ. /有威胁的;恶兆的/threatening. Those clouds are ominous; they suggest a severe storm is on the way. omnipotent ADJ. /无所不能的;全能的/all-powerful. The monarch regarded himself as omnipotent and responsible to no
one for his acts.
omnipresent ADJ. /无所不在的/universally present; ubiquitous. On Christmas Eve, Santa Claus is omnipresent. omniscient ADJ. /无所不知的/all-knowing. I do not pretend to be omniscient, but I am positive about this fact.
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