Unit 92

expiate / expatriate / expatiate / expedite / extirpate / mandate / mendacious

expiate v. 赎罪 (to do something as a way to show that you are sorry about doing something bad) //ˈɛkspɪeɪt/

• According to Catholicism, a priest can expiate his parishioners' sins if they give their confession.

expatriate v. 驱逐 (to send abroad) /ɪksˈpatrɪeɪt/

• Napoleon Bonaparte was famously expatriated from France and forced to live out his remaining days as an exile on the island of Saint Helena.

expatiate v. 详细，细说 (to speak or write at length or in detail) /ɪkˈspeɪʃɪeɪt/

• Our teacher wrote a book expatiating the history of automobile design in the 20th century.

expedite v. 加速，加快 (to cause (something) to happen faster) /ˈɛkspɪdʌɪt/

• Ned expedited his success within the company through a combination of networking and excelling at his job.

extirpate v. 根除 (to destroy or remove completely) /ˈɛkstəːpeɪt/

• Following a termite infestation, we hired an exterminator to extirpate the insects from our home.

mandate v. 授权，正式命令 (to officially demand or require something) /manˈdeɪt/

• The courts mandated that actor Mark Wahlberg spend two years in jail after he attacked a man on the street.

mendacious adj. 欺骗的，不诚实的 (not honest) /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/

• My little brother is so mendacious that we are beginning to think that he is a pathological liar.

manacle / menace

manacle v. 限制 (to restrain from movement, progress, or action) /ˈmanək(ə)l/

• The serial killer was manacled with metal cuffs on his ankles and wrists.

menace v. 恐吓，威胁 (to threaten harm to (someone or something)) /ˈmɛnəs/

• The man was arrested after menacing a woman on the street by making threatening comments.