Unit 48

impressive / impressionable

impressive adj. 给人以深刻印象的 (deserving attention, admiration, or respect; making a good impression) / ɪmˈprɛsɪv/

• Mount Everest is an impressive mountain by virtue of the fact that it that stands 29,035 feet above sea level.

impressionable adj. 易受影响的 (easy to influence) / ɪmˈprɛʃ(ə)nəb(ə)l/

• Cults prey on impressionable people who are easy to influence.

legal / lethal / regal

legal adj. 合法的 (conforming to or permitted by law or established rules) /ˈlēɡəl/

• The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the Trump administration's immigration ban was legal under certain circumstances.

lethal adj. 致命的 (causing or able to cause death) /ˈliθəl/

• Dr. Kevorkian was a proponent of euthanasia who served jail time for giving terminal patients lethal doses of painkillers.

regal adj. 王室的，帝王的 (relating to, or suitable for, a king or queen) /ˈrēɡəl/

• On the Queen's birthday, we joined the throngs of well wishers who cheered the regal procession that made its way down the mall.

morality / mortality

morality n. 道德，品行 (beliefs about what is right and wrong behavior) / məˈrælədi/

• World religions may differ greatly, but they tend to agree on the basic tenets of morality, particularly that unlawful killing is immoral.

mortality n. 死亡率 (the quality or state of being a person or thing that is alive and therefore certain to die; the quality or state of being mortal) / môrˈtalədē/

• The philosopher Socrates counseled that human mortality should not be feared because death may simply be a long, dreamless sleep.

strident / stringent

strident adj. 尖锐的，刺耳的 (sounding harsh and unpleasant) /ˈstraɪdnt/

• The angry teacher's strident voice grated on the students' ears.

stringent adj. 非常严格的 (very strict or severe) /ˈstrinjənt/

• The principal's insistence on stringent adherence to the rules made our school days quite stressful.