8天攻克8000词汇句子94

2201. militate : work against

* Your record of lateness and absence will militate against your chances of promotion.

2202. millenium : thousand-year period; period of happiness and prosperity

* I do not expect the milennium to come during my lifetime.

2205. mincing : affectedly dainty

* Yum-Yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.

2207. minuscule : extremely small

* Why should I involve myself with a project with so minuscule a chance for success?

2208. minute : extremely small

* The twins resembled one another closely; only minute differences set them apart.

2209. minutiae : petty details

* She would have liked to ignore the minutiae of daily living.

2210. mirage : unreal reflection; optical illusion

* The lost prospector was fooled by a mirage in the desert.

2213. misadventure : mischance; ill luck

* The young explorer met death by misadventure.

2214. misanthrope : one who hates mankind

* We thought the hermit was a misanthrope because he shunned our society.

2215. misapprehension : error; misunderstanding

* To avoid misapprehension, I am going to ask all of you to repeat the instructions I have given.

2217. mischance : ill luck

* By mischance, he lost his week's salary.

2218. misconstrue : interpret incorrectly; misjudge

* She took the passage seriously rather than humorously because she misconstrued the author's ironic tone.

2221. miserly : stingy; mean

* The miserly old man hoarded his coins not out of prudence but out of greed

2223. mishap : accident

* With a little care you could have avoided this mishap.

2224. misnomer : wrong name; incorrect designation

* His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname, King Eric the Just, was a misnomer.

2226. misogynist : hater of women

* She accused him of being a misogynist because he had been a bachelor all his life.

2227. missile : object to be thrown or projected

* Scientists are experimenting with guided missiles.