Limelight: She claims she never sought the limelight. (p)

        她说她从不爱出风头。

Forbidding: She’s very nice, but because she has a forbidding manner she’s slow in making friends. (p)

          她人很好，但态度严峻，所以不容易交上朋友。

Original: Her Aunt Effie is certainly an original. (p)

        他的姨妈埃菲真是个怪人。

Incarnation: She’s the incarnation of goodness. (p)

          她是美德的化身。

Yellow  yellow-bellied

        懦弱的，卑怯的，胆小的

Gruff  a gruff manner / reply

       粗暴的态度，生硬的回答

Posses

She is possessed of a wonderfully calm temperament.

她性情非常文静

Outre: She likes to shock people with outre remarks. (p)

      她爱出语惊人。

Impossible: You are the most impossible person I’ve ever met. (p)

          你是我新遇到的最难以忍受的人。

Plausible

 She was so plausible- she would have deceived anyone.

她鼓舌如簧，--把谁都能骗到。

His manners are abysmal

他态度极其恶劣

Featherbrained: He was too featherbrained to think of asking for a receipt. (p)

       他笨得都没想到要一张收条。

Mischief  Those girls are fond of mischief.

         那些女孩爱淘气。

Smart aleck  He is a smart aleck.

            他是一个以为自己样样都懂的人。

Aptitude  He has an unfortunate aptitude for saying the wrong thing.

         她有失言的倒霉本事。

Stalwart  a stalwart fighter                                   

          坚定的战士

Sullen  She’s rather sullen.

        她总是生闷气。

Snooty  He’s too snooty to associate with his old friends now he’s rich.

        他现在富了，竟妄自尊大不屑与老朋友来往了。

Misery  It’s no fun being with you, you old misery!

        你老发牢骚，跟你一起真没意思。

Retire  Joanna had a gentle retiring disposition.

       乔安娜性格温柔而腼腆。

camp   his camp mannerisms surprised me a lot.

他的娘娘腔使我吃了一惊

character

she is quite a character—she has us in fits of laughter

她真是个滑稽人，逗的我们阵阵大笑

chatty

he’s a friendly, chatty sort of jerson

他是个待人亲切而又健谈的人

Repository  My father is a repository of interesting facts.

           我父亲有说不完的趣事。

Resource  He is a man of great resource.

          他是个足智多谋的男子。

opinionated

he is the most opinionated men I konw

他是我所认识的最固执己见的人。

offence

she’s quick to take offence

她动不动就生气

Gall 粗鲁无礼， 厚颜无耻

I don’t know how you can have the gall to turn up here again after the way you’ve behaved in the past.

Gave 勇敢的，有胆量的

The little boy was hurt by the fall, but he was gave enough to get up, and tried again.

She is rather full of herself. 她自视过高。

Gasbag 夸夸其谈的人

Tom is a gasbag. He said he swam across the Pacific Ocean at 10.

Gauche 笨拙的， 不善社交的， 不够机智的

He is so gauche that everybody couldn’t stand him.

You’ll get the rough side of my tongue if you’re cheeky again.

如果你再这样没脸没皮的，别怪我不客气。

High-handed 专横的，霸道的

It was rather high-handed of him to take that decision without consulting you first.

She used to have a fierce temper, but she’s got mellower as she’s got older.

她以前脾气暴躁，但随着年龄的增长，她变得较为成熟了。

She overcame many adversities

她饱经祸害而百折不挠

Obstinate

She’s so obstinate---she won’t let anyone help her.

她总是如此固执，她不让任何人帮忙。

Odd man out/ odd one out

I was always the odd man out in my class at school.

在学校我总是跟班上的同学合不来。

Officious

An officious little guard came and told me not to whistle in the museum garden.

一位好用权威的小警卫走过来叫我不要在博物馆花园里吹口哨。

More often than not

More often than not she missed the bus.

她经常赶不上这班公共汽车。

Tribulation

He bore his tribulation bravely.

他勇敢地忍受着困苦。

Q

Quintessence

He is the quintessence of tact and politeness.

他处世谦恭得体。

P (r--u)

Prudish

She gave a prudish refusal to enjoy rude jokes.

她拘谨得听不得粗俗得笑话。

Prudence

He is a person who can rely on the prudence of his decision.

他所做的决定都是非常英明的。

Pseud

She is just a pseud; she knows nothing about art really.

她不过是假充内行，实际上对艺术一窍不通。

Puss

She is a sly puss.

她是个刁滑的姑娘。

B (o--u)

Bold

He’s a bold thinker, with lots of original ideas.

他是个敢于思考的人，富有创新观点。

Bossy-boots

She’s an old bossy-boots.

她是个霸道得老太婆。

Bottom

He pretends to be very tough, but he’s a kind man at bottom.

他装出一副凶相，实际上是个好心肠的人。

Brain

She was the brains behind the whole scheme.

她是整个方案背后的主脑。

Leer

He has a most unpleasant leer.

他目光猥亵，十分讨厌。

I

Imperturbable

She was one of those imperturbable people who never get angry or upset.

她是那种从不生气也不烦恼的人。

Formidable  His mother is a most formidable lady.

            他的母亲是个最令人望而生畏的妇人。

Full   She is rather full of herself.

      她自视过高。

Mellow  She used to have a fierce temper, but she’s got mellower as she’s got older.

         她以前脾气暴躁，但随着年龄的增长，她变得较为成熟了。

High-handed  It was rather high-handed of him to take that decision without consulting you first.

Hyperactive  a hyperactive child