David老师的SAT部落---巴郎3500音标版(Word List 3-Wor(8)

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revelations. The crowd jeered at the street preacher's apocalyptic predictions of doom. The Apocalypse or Book of Revelations of Saint John prophesies the end of the world as we know it and foretells marvels and prodigies that signal the coming doom.

apocryphal [ 'p krif l] ADJ. /假的，捏造的/untrue; made up. To impress his apogee

apolitical

apologist

apostate

friends, Tom invented apocryphal tales of his adventures in the big city. ['æp ud i:] N. /顶点/highest point. When the moon in its orbit is far-thest away from the earth, it is at its apogee. [,eip 'litik l] ADJ. /不问政治的/having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs. It was hard to remain apolitical during the Vietnam War; even people who generally ignored public issues felt they had to take political stands. [ 'p l d ist] N. /辩护者/one who writes in defense of a cause or institution. Rather than act as an apologist for the current regime in Beijing and defend its brutal actions, the young diplomat decided to defect to the West. [ 'p steit] N. /变节者，脱党者，叛徒/one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs. Because he switched from one party to another, his former friends shunned him as an apostate. apostasy, N.