Unit 65

exclaim / acclaim / reclaim / proclaim / declaim / claim

exclaim v. 呼喊，惊叫 (to say something in an enthusiastic or forceful way) /ikˈsklām/

• Jun exclaimed loudly when the swinging door hit him fully in the face.

acclaim v. 欢呼，喝彩 (to praise (someone or something) in a very strong and enthusiastic way) /əˈkleɪm/

• The film Moonlight was so acclaimed by audiences and critics alike that it received the award for Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars Ceremony.

reclaim v. 要求收回 (to get back something that was lost or taken away) /rəˈklām/

• The home owners did their best to reclaim their property, but the court ruled that the squatters could stay because they had been there so long.

proclaim v. 宣布 (to say or state (something) in a public, official, or definite way) /prəˈkleɪm/

• The people rejoiced when the King proclaimed that their taxes would be cut in half.

declaim v.（像演讲般）说话 (to say something in usually a loud and formal way) /dəˈklām/

• Craig declaimed his love for Chun by formally asking her to become his fiancé in front of all their friends.

claim v. 声称，断言 (to say that something is true when some people may say it is not true) /kleɪm/

• My little sister claimed that she saw the tooth fairy flying out of her room last night.

perilous / peculiar

perilous adj. 危险的 (full of danger) /ˈpɛrələs/

• Homer's epic tale, The Odyssey, relates Odysseus's perilous exploits on his dangerous, multi-year journey from Troy to Ithaca.

peculiar adj. 不寻常的 (not usual or normal) /pəˈkyo͞olyər/

• Apple founder Steve Jobs had the peculiar habit of eating the exact same foods for many days in a row.

philistine / philippic

philistine n. 庸俗的人 (a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values) /ˈfiləˌstēn/

• Although business people are often seen as philistines with purely pecuniary interests, billionaire investor Eli Broad has such a large art collection that he has opened an eponymous museum in L.A.

philippic n. 猛烈的抨击，痛斥 (a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation) /fəˈlipik/

• History's most famous philippics include Demosthenes's declamations of the Macedonian tyrant Philip II and Cicero's discourses against Mark Antony.