Beleaguer (充滿 滲入發散 風浪 強度酸度 痛苦 單字大集合) Plangent, Stringent & Pungent!!!

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to surround with military forces. 

2. to surround or beset, as with troubles.  



—Synonyms 

2. harass, pester (煩擾), (B)badger (獾州人,美國威斯康辛州人的別稱), bother, vex, annoy, plague, hector. (欺凌)





　

Even beleaguer[ed] ThinkFilm is back in the game, 



although last year's ballyhooed Toronto pickup from Helen Hunt, "Then She Found Me," lost money. 



The company paid a $1.7 million minimum guarantee for U.S. only and more than $2 million on P&A. The movie grossed $3.7 million and sold modestly on video. But amid the relative successes of the indie sector these days, ThinkFilm might have considered itself fortunate.

　

One factor [giving] buyers [pause] 

was the [sense] that 



2008, with all of its turmoil and economic uncertainty, could go down as the year when distribution models 



began their much-ballyhooed shift.



ballyhooe

大吹大擂,大肆宣傳





。充滿 

infiltrate 

teem 

a teeming [rain]

"Someone to whom I recently showed my glass beehive, with its movement like the main gear wheel of a clock - Someone who saw the constant agitation of the honeycomb, the mysterious, maddened commotion of the nurse bees over the nests, the teeming bridges and stairways of wax, the invading spirals of the queen, the endlessly varied and repetitive labors of the swarm, the relentless yet ineffectual toil, the fevered comings and goings, the call to sleep always ignored, undermining the next day's work, the final repose of death far from a place that tolerates neither sickness nor tombs - Someone who observed these things, after the initial astonishment had passed, quickly looked away with an expression of indescribable sadness and horror."

brim

beleaguer



bristle

and the moral caution bristles [with] rank and smellable detail under the painter’s touch

bask 

Turtles like to bask in the [sun].

permeate 

Bright [sunshine] permeated the room. 

[Cynicism] permeated his report.  

His speeches are permeated [by] [with] [pessimism]. 

pervasive

pervade

There was a smell of coffee pervadin[g t]he [atmosphere].

This error pervade[s a]ll present-day [systems].



wallow

Goats wallowed in the [dust].  

A [gunboat] wallowed toward [port].  

Waves of black [smoke] wallowed into the room. 

an [elephant] wallow

welter

pigs weltering [about] happily in the [mud]  

to welter in [setbacks], [confusion], and [despair]  

the [daily] welter of details and little problems

and the war is explicitly presented as a remembered welter of [sensations]

Tompkins Square punker fleeing the city amid a [welter] of trauma.



ford

a place where a river or other body of water is shallow enough to be crossed by wading

to cross (a river, stream, etc.) at a ford

What the hell are you waiting for? Looking for a place to ford, general. I sent a patrol to reconnoiter. I've done that. Down there this sewer's no more than 3 feet deep. Get that outfit cranked up or you'll be out of a job!

dabble

No, I dabble. Mostly I sell [other's] painting.

dabble in [politics] [art]

She dabbled her toes in the [river].

hiding the bodies of dead guests in the closet, [dabbling] in witchcraft, and burning the furniture.

steep

Although the story is steeped [in] sexuality

suggests that he has been not only steeping [himself] in the Old Masters of Italian cinema but reading Stendhal on the side.

engulf

The [overflowing] river has engulfed many small towns along its banks. 

He engulfed [himself] in his studies. 

He gets good support from Stanley Baker and Michael York, perhaps less [so] from Jacqueline Sassard, who does not seem as engulfed [in] her character. (This could, of course, be a conscious decision on her and Losey's part.) Almost [humorless], Accident is an [intense] but [amply] rewarding experience.



marionette 

marinate 

After marinating on it for a few days, I don’t feel that it’s the knock out of the park that’s been widely reported.

souse

plunge into water or other liquid, immerse

The wife gets [soused] and starts dancing to hot jazz.

If she was [soused], why get the Scotch? Because she asked for it. Sunny got what Sunny wanted.

imbue

She was imbu[ed] [with] strong [family loyalty]. 

Melville's detailed, observant portrait imbues the film [with] a unique credibility, and Belmondo gives a sexy, charismatic performance that [enhances] the film's thematic contrast[s].

suffuse

Some of the early sequences, where McDonagh’s dialogue is suffused [with] his debt to Beckett, are warmed by an idle suspense.

rile

rife

[Crime] is rife in the slum areas of our cities. 

[Rumors] are rife that the government is in financial difficulty. 

Something worse than a prison camp for cows, the slaughterhouse is rife [with] exploitation and danger. 

Although it all pays off in a potent and revelatory final act rife [with] insights into the psychology and calculations of power players, the initial stretch is rather dry and prosaic.

They do cocaine and have [sordid], [promiscuous] pasts rife [with] self-loathing.





。滲入發散

insinuate

infiltrate 

Our agents hope to infiltrate [into] their intelligence-gathering organization.

osmosis

He never [studies] but seems to learn by [osmosis].  

that he’s probably ready to be the next Stanley Kubrick [by] osmosis alone.

impervious

The coat is impervious [to] rain. 

impervious [to] wear and tear.  

syringe

in one instance waving a heroin-filled [syringe] in Vicious' face and shouting,



percolation 

percolate

Not too long ago a ridiculous rumor percolated [up], sourced from British tabloid The Sun: Guy Ritchie wants to make his own version of Guys and Dolls. 

Punctuated by glimpses of Vidal's dailies, Irma Vep's aborted Les Vampires seems like an artistic lost cause -- until its final, dazzling five minutes reveal how much creative life still potentially percolates [through] the art form. 

percolator

l want a camp bed in here with linen and all the usual, including something to wash in and shaving things. Also, get a percolator and lots of [coffee].

leach 

but there’s a problem with Harron’s approach: it [leaches] all the danger out of the subject. 

sieve

I work a few hours a day, but it's tough. I can't remember anything. I'm like a sieve.

sift



exude

She exuded [from every pore] an [air] of prosperity. 

He exuded pomposity.

and one that exudes [wonder] from first frame to last.   

exudation 

the exudation of the ash Fraxinus ornus and related plants: source of [mannitol]. 



。發光

Lambent



。賭博

Chiaroscuro



。風浪 

Choppy



。激怒

。造船 Inflict





。強度

taut 

The [rope] was taut, and so was the ship’s [discipline]. 

If the script's ending is a trifle over-explained, 

the rest of the screenplay is a model of nuanced, balanced writing, 

and Bergman's direction is [intense] and [taut] throughout.

This is hardly a consequential film, but for a taut addition to the thriller genre, it's pretty entertaining stuff.



ebullient 

It is an unquestioning, ebullient [zest] for being sensate in the world.

effervescent 

and Silverstone was roundly praised for her effervescent [performance]

So far, in its limited, two-week release, the [flick] has nearly [recouped] its entire $10 million production budget, led by an effervescent first-timer and a cast of performers not [reputed] for their multimillion-dollar movie quotes.

tonic

bravura Tenuous

aria Threnody



rapturous

ardor

devout 

fervent, genuine, independent of outward observances

pious 

constant, conformity with outward observances 

a pious [hypocrite]



ravenous

ravening

voracious rapacious insatiable 

Walrus





。酸鹼值 pungent 

。乾濕度

。痛苦 

Inflict

















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