regal ADJ. /皇家的/royal. Prince Albert had a regal manner.
regale V. /取悦，娱乐，享受/entertain. John regaled us with tales of his adventures in Africa.
regime N. /政体/method or system of government. When the French mention the Old Regime, they refer to the
government existing before the revolution.
regimen N. /舏生法/prescribed diet and habits. I doubt whether the results warrant our living under such a strict
regimen.
rehabilitate V. /恢复;复原/restore to proper condition. We must rehabilitate those whom we send to prison. reimburse V. /偿还/repay. Let me know what you have spent and I will reimburse you.
reiterate V. /重申;重复/repeat. He reiterated the warning to make sure everyone understood it.
rejoinder N. /反驳;回应/retort; comeback; reply. When someone has been rude to me, I find it particularly satisfying to
come up with a quick rejoinder.
rejuvenate V. /返老还童;青春重回/make young again. The charlatan claimed that his elixir would rejuvenate the aged
and weary.
relegate V. /指派;下放;贬/banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign. After Ralph dropped his second tray of drinks
that week, the manager swiftly relegated him to a minor post cleaning up behind the bar.
relent V. /变宽厚;变温和/give i n. When her stern father would not relent and allow her to marry Robert Browning,
Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor. relentless, ADJ.
relevant ADJ. /有关的;相对的/pertinent; referring to the case in hand. How relevant Virginia Woolf's essays are to
women writers today! It's as if Woolf in the 1930s foresaw our current literary struggles. relevancy, N.
relic N. /纪念物;废墟，遗留/surviving remnant; memento. Egypt's Department of Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking
mummies and other ancient relics out of the country. Mike keeps his photos of his trip to Egypt in a box with other relics of his travels.
relinquish V. /不情愿的屈服，放弃(某物)/give up something with reluctance; yield. Denise never realized how hard it
would be for her to relinquish her newborn son to the care of his adoptive parents. Once you get used to fringe benefits like expense account meals and a company car, it's very hard to relinquish them.
relish V. /品味;享受/savor; enjoy. Watching Peter enthusiastically chow down, I thought, "Now there's a man who
relishes a good dinner!" also N.
remediable ADJ. /可挽回的/reparable. Let us be grateful that the damage is remediable.
remedial ADJ. /治疗的，补救的/curative; corrective. Because he was a slow reader, he decided to take a course in
remedial reading.
reminiscence N. /怀旧;回想/recollection. Her reminiscences of her experiences are so fascinating that she ought to
write a book.
remiss ADJ. /玩忽职守的，粗心大意的/negligent. The guard was accused of being remiss in his duty when the prisoner
escaped.
remission N. /减轻，缓解;宽恕/temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or
pardon. Though the senator had been treated for cancer, his symptoms were in remission, and he was considered fit enough to handle the strains of a presidential race.
remnant N. /残留物/remainder. I suggest that you wait until the store places the remnants of these goods on sale. remonstrance N. /抗议/protest; objection. The authorities were deaf to the pastor's remonstrances about the lack of
police protection in the area. remonstrate, V.
remorse N. /懊悔，自责/guilt; self-reproach. The murderer felt no remorse for his crime.
remunerative ADJ. /有利益的;有报酬的/compensating; rewarding. I find my new work so remunerative that I may not
return to my previous employment. remuneration, N.
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