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Niggard 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. 吝啬鬼 ●［英］n. 吝啬鬼 ( an extremely stingy person) ●［记］nig ( 小, 小气) +gard - 小气之人; ●［同］参考: sluggard ( 懒鬼) Webster Collegiate I. noun ●Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hn?ggr ~ly; akin to Old English hnēaw ~ly ●Date: 14th century ●a meanly covetous and stingy person ; miser ●?~ adjective II. verb ●Date: circa 1600 ●intransitive verb m obsolete to act ~ly ●transitive verb m obsolete to treat in a ~ly manner Niggling 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●adj. 琐碎的 ●［英］adj. 琐碎的 ( petty; trivial; inconsequential) ●［记］nig ( 小) +gle - 在小事上费力 ●［例］niggling remarks / a niggling job Webster Collegiate adjective ●Date: 1599 ●petty; also bothersome or persistent especially in a petty or tiresome way ~ injuries ●?~ noun ●?~ly adverb Nightmare 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. 恶梦; 可怕的事 ●［英］n. 恶梦 ( a terrifying dream) ●［记］组合词: night+mare ( 母马, 恶魔) ; ●［同］参考: mare ( 母马) ●［例］I awoke screaming from a horrible nightmare. Webster Collegiate noun ●Etymology: Middle English, from ［sup］1［/sup］night + ［sup］1［/sup］mare ●Date: 14th century ●1. an evil spirit formerly thought to oppress people during sleep ●2. a frightening dream that usually awakens the sleeper ●3. something (as an experience, situation, or object) having the monstrous character of a ~ or producing a feeling of anxiety or terror ●?~ adjective ●?nightmarish adjective ●?nightmarishly adverb Nihilism 解释 GRE 红宝书 ●n. 虚无主义 ( 生存无意义) ;民粹主义 ( 消灭一切旧体系建立新制度) ●［记］nihil ( 无) +ism - 虚无主义 ●［同］同根词: annihilate ( 消灭) ; nihil ( 无, 虚无) Webster Collegiate noun ●Etymology: German Nihilismus, from Latin nihil nothing--more at nil ●Date: circa 1817 ●1. m a. a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless m b. a doctrine that denies any objective ground of truth and especially of moral truths ●2. m a. a doctrine or belief that conditions in the social organization are so bad as to make destruction desirable for its own sake independent of any constructive program or possibility m b. capit