Unit 145

inimical / iniquitous

inimical adj. 有害的，不友好的 (likely to cause damage or have a bad effect) / ɪˈnɪmɪk(ə)l /

• Smoking has many inimical effects, but the most common is lung cancer.

iniquitous adj. 邪恶的，不公正的 (very unfair or evil) / ɪˈnɪkwɪtəs /

• Alicia was deeply upset by the iniquitous pay scale when she found out that her male counterpart was getting paid a third more to do the same job.

abut / abet / abide

abut v. 临接，毗邻 (to touch along an edge) / əˈbʌt /

• Thelma pushed the bed all the way across the room until its edge abutted the wall.

abet v. 怂恿，支持，教唆（犯罪） (to help, encourage, or support someone in a criminal act) / əˈbɛt /

• Clark was sentenced to several years in prison after he abetted his friend by letting him hide at his house after robbing the bank.

abide v. 忍受，容忍 (to accept or bear) / əˈbʌɪd /

• Tom had to leave the fish market because he could not abide the strong smell.

exhale / inhale/inhabit / hale

exhale v. 呼出 (to breathe out) / ɛksˈheɪl /

• Flora exhaled into the balloon in order to blow it up.

inhale v. 吸入 (to breathe in) / ɪnˈheɪl /

• Stanhope inhaled a large breath before diving beneath the water.

inhabit v. 停留 (to stay or live somewhere) /ɪnˈhabɪt/

• About 4.5 million people inhabit the country of New Zealand.

v. 遵守 (to remain or continue)

• In The Wind in the Willows, author Kenneth Grahame's fabulous version of the Thames Valley is inhabited by small furry animals who talk and drive motorcars.

hale adj. 强壮的 (healthy and strong) / heɪl /

• Paul Bunyan was a mythical American woodsman who was so hale that he could fell a tree with a single stroke.

v. 猛拉 (archaic: haul, pull)

• The Clydesdale is a massive workhorse that is bred to hale heavy loads.

v. 迫使 (to compel)

• The criminal was haled to confess to his crimes after he recanted his testimony.