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Adj.愠怒的，不高兴的，阴沉的

a)Sullen clouds are gathering fast over the black fringe of the forest.

乌云很快地集拢在森林的黝黑的边缘上。（《新月集》18）

b)Her tranquillity（安宁） was like the sullen calm that broods over an island which had been swept by a hurricane.

她的安详沉默就像笼罩着暴风雨袭击后的岛屿上的凄清宁静。

14【penalty】

N.处罚

a)You know the penalty if you fail.

如果你失败了，后果你是知道的。（《白雪公主》）

b)The penalty is death.

惩罚是死亡。

15【shrewd】

N./Adj.精明的，机灵的

a)Mrs. Mooney, who was a shrewd judge, knew that the young men were only passing the time away: none of them meant business.

穆尼太太精明得很，她看得出，小伙子们只是寻开心，消遣而已，没有一个是真心诚意的。

b)It is known to all that she is a shrewd and obstinate（顽固的） girl.

大家都知道她是一个刁蛮的丫头。

16【obedient】

Adj.顺从的，孝顺的

a)I have been a true, obedient wife.

我是你真正的贤妻。（《另一个波琳家的女孩》）

b)The outcome of the evaluation of performance controlling leads to a teachers\'' obedient personality.

行为控制的评价结果导致了教师的顺从人格。

17【falsehood】

N.谎言，不真实

a)Just as a liar is unable to reverse the order of events in a falsehood, he also has trouble adjusting when one component is disproven.

正如撒谎的人没办法倒着讲述一个谎话，当证明不了某句话时，同样地他也没办法调整过来。

b)But only a philosopher would see a difficulty. Truthfulness is a state of mind rather than observance of prohibition of falsehood.

但只有哲人才看得出其中的难处。求真是一种思想状态，而不是奉行错误的禁令。

18【crest】

N.冠，山顶，顶饰 V.到达绝顶

a)Thus, the crest of the mountain is covered by snow most of the time.

山顶常年积雪。（《美丽中.国》）

b)It seemed as though two immense adders（蝰蛇） of steel were to be seen crawling towards the crest of the table-land.

远远望去，好象两条钢筋铁骨的巨蟒爬向那高地的山脊。

19【constitute】

V.建立，组成，构成，任命

a)Plastics constitute 90% of all trash floating in the world ocean.

全球海洋垃圾中有90%是塑料制品。

b)Your reactions to any person constitute the only factor that determines your rel