reprimand V. /谴责/reprove severely; rebuke. Every time Ermengarde made a mistake in class, she was afraid that
Miss Minchin would reprimand her and tell her father how badly she was doing in school. also N.
reprisal N. /报复/retaliation. I am confident that we are ready for any reprisals the enemy may undertake.
reprise N. /年金;重奏;重复的行动/musical repetition; repeat performance; recurrent action. We enjoyed the soprano's
solo in Act I so much that we were delighted by its reprise in the finale.
reproach V. /表示失望;责备/express disapproval or disappointment. He never could do anything wrong without
imagining how the look on his mother's face would reproach him afterwards. reproachful,ADJ.
reprobate N. /有重罪的人;道德败坏的人，无耻的人/person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency. I cannot
understand why he has so many admirers if he is the reprobate you say he is.
reprove V. /责备/censure; rebuke. The principal severely reproved the students whenever they talked in the halls. repudiate V. /批判/disown; disavow. On separating from Tony, Tina announced that she would repudiate all debts
incurred by her soon-to-be ex-husband.
repugnant ADJ. /不一致的;令人讨厌的/loathsome; hateful. She found the snake repugnant and looked on it with loathing
and fear.
repulsion N. /排斥;反驳/distaste; act of driving back. Hating bloodshed, she viewed war with repulsion. Even
defensive battles distressed her, for the repulsion of enemy forces is never accomplished bloodlessly.
reputable ADJ. /著名的;令人尊敬的/respectable. If you want to buy antiques, look for a reputable dealer; far too many
dealers today pass off fakes as genuine antiques.
reputed ADJ. /名誉好的;有名气的;名誉的/supposed. Though he is the reputed father of the child, no one can be sure.
repute, N.
requiem N. /安灵弥撒;安灵歌，挽歌/mass for the dead; dirge. They played Mozart's Requiem at the funeral.
requisite N. /必须品;必要的/necessary requirement. Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a
language as a requisite for admission.
requite V. /报答;酬谢/repay; revenge. The wretch requited his benefactors by betraying them.
rescind V. /取消/cancel. Because of the public outcry against the new taxes, the senator proposed a bill to rescind the
unpopular financial measure.
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resentment N. /怨恨;愤恨/indignation; bitterness; displeasure. Not wanting to appear a sore loser, Bill tried to hide his
resentment of Barry's success.
reserve N. /自我控制;疏远/self-control; formal but distant manner. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's air of
reserve, Judy was put off by it, for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness. reserved,ADJ.
residue N. /残留物;余额/remainder; balance. In his will, he requested that after payment of debts, taxes, and funeral
expenses, the residue be given to his wife. residual,ADJ.
resigned ADJ. /认命，顺从;听天由命/accepting one's fate; unres isting; patiently submissive. Resigned to his
downtrodden existence, Bob Cratchit was too meek to protest Scrooge's bullying. resignation, N.
resilient ADJ. /弹性的/elastic; having the power of springing back. Highly resilient, steel makes excellent bedsprings.
resilience, N.
resolution N. /坚定;决心;决定/determination; resolve. Nothing could shake his resolution that his children would get
the best education that money could buy. resolute, ADJ.
resolve N. /决心;解决/determination; firmness of purpose. How dare you question my resolve to take up sky-diving! Of course I haven't changed my mind!
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