新概念英语第三册-Lesson 36（词汇4）
重点词汇■credulous adj. 轻信的 (ready to believe things, 修饰人) 反：incredulous
credible: 可信的，可靠的 （修饰事物）反：incredible
Eg: The story he told us is credible.
联想：believable：强调以事实为根据 反：unbelievable
Eg: He demanded for believable explanation.
■obscure adj. 不起眼的（not known to the people）
Eg: The bus stopped at an obscure little town.
令人费解的，模糊的 （not easily or clearly seen or understood; indistinct）
Eg: His real motive for the crime remains obscure.
联想：vague 多用于比喻意，指不明确说明而造成的模糊不清
He was a little vague when I asked what had happened.
■presume v. 假定 (suppose sth. To be true; take sth. for granted)
■assume v. 假定，认为 (accept sth. as true before there is proof)
presume that
比较：
presume: 假定 (根据过去的经验和感觉作出决断)
assume : 武断的，把尚未证实的作为依据，与事实不相符合
suppose : 最普通的用词，猜想、陈述自己的看法
Eg: Let us assume that your words are fact.
I suppose that it was my fault.
Mr. White, I presume?
■wickedly adv. 心眼坏地，居心叵测地，邪恶地 (in a wicked evil manner)
Eg: The knife gleamed wickedly in the moonlight.
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