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barron词汇 N
2291. nadir
释义: lowest point
例句: Although few people realized it, the Dow-Jones averages had reached their nadir and would soon begin an upward surge.
2292. naivete
释义: quality of being unsophisticated
例句: I cannot believe that such naivete is unassumed in a person of her age and experience.
2293. narcissist
释义: conceited person
例句: A narcissist is his own best friend.
2294. narrative
释义: related to telling a story
例句: A born teller of tales, Olsen used her impressive narrative skills to advantage in her story "I Stand Here Ironing."
2295. nascent
释义: incipient; coming into being
例句: If we could identify these revolutionary movements in their nascent state, we would be able to eliminate serious trouble in later years.
2296. natation
释义: swimming
例句: The Red Cross emphasizes the need for courses in natation.
2297. natty
释义: neatly or smartly dresssed
例句: Priding himself on being a natty dresser, the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.
2298. nauseate
释义: cause to become sick; fill with disgust
例句: The foul smells began to nauseate him.
2299. nautical
释义: pertaining to ships or navigation
例句: The Maritime Museum contains many models of clipper ships, logbooks, anchors and many other items of a nautical nature.
2300. nebulous
释义: vague; hazy; cloudy
例句: She had only a nebulous memory of her grandmother's face.
2301. necromancy
释义: black magic; dealings with the dead
例句: Because he was able to perform feats of necromancy, the natives thought he was in league with the devil.
2302. nefarious
释义: very wicked
例句: He was universally feared because of his many nefarious deeds.
2303. negation
释义: denial
例句: I must accept his argument since you have been unable to present any negation of his evidence.
2304. negligence
释义: carelessness
例句: negligence can prove costly near complicated machinery.
2305. negligible
释义: so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded
例句: Because the damage to his car had been negligible, Michael decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter to his insurance company.
2306. nemesis
释义: revenging agent
例句: Captain Bligh vowed to be Christian's nemesis.
2307. neologism
释义: new or newly coined word or phrase
例句: As we invent new techniques and professions, we must also invent neologisms such as "microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.
2308. neophyte
释义: recent convert; beginner
例句: This monuntain slope contains slides that will challenge esperts as well as neophytes.
2309. nepotism
释义: favoritism (to a relative)
例句: John left his position with the company because he felt that advancement was based on nepotism rather than ability.
2310. nether
释义: lower
例句: Tradition locates hell in the nether regions.
2311. nettle
释义: annoy; vex
例句: Do not let him nettle you with his sarcastic remarks.
2312. nexus
释义: connection
例句: I fail to see the nexus that binds these two widely separated events.
2313. nib
释义: beak; pen point
例句: The nibs of fountain pens often become clotted and corroded.
2314. nicety
释义: precision; minute distinction
例句: I cannot distinguish between such niceties of reasoning.
2315. niggardly
释义: meanly stingy; parsimonious
例句: The niggardly pittance the widow receives from the government cannot keep her from poverty.
2316. niggle
释义: spend too much time on minor points; carp
例句: Let's not niggle over details.
2317. nihilism
释义: denial of traditional values; total skepticism
例句: nihilism holds that existence has no meaning.
2318. nirvana
释义: Buddihist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude
例句: Despite his desire to achieve nirvana, the young Buddhist found that even the buzzing of a fly could distract him from his meditation.
2319. nocturnal
释义: done at night
例句: Mr. Jones obtained a watchdog to prevent the nocturnal raids on his chicken coops.
2320. noisome
释义: foul smelling; unwholesome
例句: I never could stand the noisome atmosphere surrounding the slaughter houses.
2321. nomadic
释义: wandering
例句: Several nomadic tribes of Indians would hunt in this area each year.
2322. nomenclature
释义: terminology; system of names
例句: She struggled to master scientific nomenclature.
2323. nominal
释义: in name only; trifling
例句: He offered to drive her to the airport for only a nominal fee.
2324. nonchalance
释义: indifference; lack of interest
例句: Few people could understand how he could listen to the news of the tragedy with such nonchalance; the mahority regarded him as callous and unsympathetic.
2325. noncommittal
释义: neutral; unpledged; undecided
例句: We were annoyed by his noncommittal reply for we had been led to expect definite assurances of his approval.
2326. nondescript
释义: undistinctive; ordinary
例句: The private detective was a short, nondescript fellow with no ourstanding features, the sort of person one would never notice in a crowd.
2327. nonentity
释义: person of no importance; nonexistence
例句: Don't dismiss John as a nonentity; in his quiet way, he's very important to the firm.
2328. nonplus
释义: bring to a halt by confusion; perplex
例句: Jack's uncharacteristic rudeness nonplussed Jill, leaving her uncertain how to react.
2329. nostalgia
释义: homesickness; longing for the past
例句: The first settlers found so much work to do that they had little time for nostalgia.
2330. nostrum
释义: questionable medicine
例句: No quack selling nostrums is going to cheat me.
2331. notoriety
释义: disrepute; ill fame
例句: To the starlet, any publicity was good publicity: if she couldn't have a good reputation, she'd settle for notoriety.
2332. novelty
释义: something new; newness
例句: The computer is no longer a novelty around the office.
2333. novice
释义: beginner
例句: Even a novice can do good work if he follows these simple directions.
2334. noxious
释义: harmful
例句: We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.
2335. nuance
释义: shade of difference in meaning or color
例句: The unskilled eye of the layperson has difficulty in dicerning the nuances of color in the paintings.
2336. nubile
释义: marrigeable
例句: Mrs. Bennet, in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, was worried about finding suitable husbands for her five nubile daughters.
2337. nugatory
释义: futile; worthless
例句: This agreement is nugatory for no court will enforce it.
2338. nullify
释义: to make invalid
例句: Once the contract was nullified, it no longer had any legal force.
2339. numismatist
释义: person who collects coins
例句: The numismatist had a splendid collection of antique coins.
2340. nuptial
释义: related to marriage
例句: Their nuptial ceremony was performed in Golden Gate Park.
2341. nurture
释义: nourish; educate; foster
例句: The head Start program attempts to nurture prekindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter public school.
2342. nutrient
释义: nourishing substance
例句: As a budding nutritionist, Kim has learned to design diets that contain foods rich in important basic nutrients.
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