读《不可儿戏》前要掌握的40个英文单词
The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
奥斯卡·王尔德在《不可儿戏》中反复使用、又不在英语最常用4000词之内的40个单词。先学会它们，前几章会读得轻松很多。每个单词都附有音标、释义和原书例句。
christen/ˈkɹɪsən/为...施洗礼, 命名书中出现18次
Gwendolen, I must get christened at once—I mean we must get married at once.
muffin/ˈməfən/松饼书中出现18次
[Begins to eat muffins.]
guardian/ˈɡɑɹdiən/看守者, 监护人, 保护人书中出现14次
Old Mr. Thomas Cardew, who adopted me when I was a little boy, made me in his will guardian to his grand-daughter, Miss Cecily Cardew.
diary/ˈdaɪɝi/日记书中出现14次
[Cecily begins to write in her diary.]
aunt/ˈænt/阿姨, 姨妈, 舅妈书中出现14次
She is my aunt.
absurd/əbˈsɝd/荒谬的, 不合理的, 可笑的书中出现11次
it is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn’t.
dine/ˈdaɪn/用正餐, 进餐书中出现10次
Bring me that cigarette case Mr. Worthing left in the smoking-room the last time he dined here.
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/无意义的事, 荒谬言行, 荒唐书中出现10次
Oh, that is nonsense!
till/ˈtɪɫ/直到, 在...以前, 迄书中出现10次
I shall probably not be back till Monday.
mamma/ˈmɑmə/妈妈, 乳房书中出现9次
Thanks, mamma, I’m quite comfortable where I am.
darling/ˈdɑɹɫɪŋ/亲爱的, 可爱的人, 可爱的物书中出现9次
Personally, darling, to speak quite candidly, I don’t much care about the name of Ernest .
christening/ˈkɹɪsənɪŋ/洗礼仪式书中出现8次
I have preached it at harvest celebrations, christenings, confirmations, on days of humiliation and festal days.
cucumber/ˈkjukəmbɝ/黄瓜书中出现8次
And, speaking of the science of Life, have you got the cucumber sandwiches cut for Lady Bracknell?
fond/ˈfɑnd/喜欢的, 宠爱的, 温柔的书中出现8次
‘From little Cecily with her fondest love.’
ward/ˈwɔɹd/病房, 守卫, 保卫书中出现8次
Have you told Gwendolen yet that you have an excessively pretty ward who is only just eighteen?
unfortunate/ənˈfɔɹtʃənət/不幸的, 不合适的, 不吉利的书中出现8次
And I presume you know what that unfortunate movement led to?
consent/kənˈsɛnt/同意, 许可书中出现8次
In the second place, I don’t give my consent.
invalid/ˈɪnvəɫəd/病人, 残废者书中出现7次
I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.
wicked/ˈwɪkəd/坏的, 邪恶的, 缺德的书中出现7次
I have never met any really wicked person before.
nephew/ˈnɛfju/侄子, 外甥书中出现7次
… no matter what her size may be, should call her own nephew her uncle, I can’t quite make out.
cough/ˈkɑf/咳嗽书中出现7次
Oh, don’t cough, Ernest.
peculiarly/pɪkˈjuɫjɝɫi/特别, 尤其, 奇怪地书中出现6次
I myself am peculiarly susceptible to draughts.
heartless/ˈhɑɹtɫəs/无情的, 无勇气的书中出现6次
You couldn’t be so heartless as to disown him.
pardon/ˈpɑɹdən/原谅, 赦免书中出现6次
I beg your pardon, Algy, I suppose I shouldn’t talk about your own aunt in that way before you.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/聪明的, 精明的书中出现6次
Is that clever?
sofa/ˈsoʊfə/沙发书中出现6次
[Inspects them, takes two, and sits down on the sofa.]
chill/ˈtʃɪɫ/寒冷, 寒意, 失意书中出现6次
You had much better say a severe chill.
salver浅盘, 托盘书中出现5次
[Hands them on a salver.]
kindly/ˈkaɪndɫi/温和地, 亲切地书中出现5次
But I’ll run over the programme I’ve drawn out, if you will kindly come into the next room for a moment.
delightful/dɪˈɫaɪtfəɫ/令人愉快的, 可爱的书中出现5次
How perfectly delightful!
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/斗蓬, 大氅, 掩护书中出现5次
In the cloak-room at Victoria Station.
flirt/ˈfɫɝt/调情, 玩弄, 摆动书中出现5次
My dear fellow, the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful.
nowadays/ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz/现在, 现时, 当今书中出现5次
My dear fellow, it isn’t easy to be anything nowadays.
charm/ˈtʃɑɹm/迷住, 使陶醉, 行魔法书中出现5次
If I marry a charming girl like Gwendolen, and she is the only girl I ever saw in my life that I would marry, I certainly won’t want to know Bunbury.
sooner/ˈsunɝ/宁愿书中出现4次
I’d sooner die.
din/ˈdɪn/用餐书中出现4次
… I see from your book that on Thursday night, when Lord Shoreman and Mr. Worthing were dining with me, eight bottles of champagne are entered as having been consumed.
vulgar/ˈvəɫɡɝ/粗俗的, 庸俗的, 普通的书中出现4次
It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn’t a dentist.
railway/ˈɹeɪɫˌweɪ/铁路, 轨道书中出现4次
As for the particular locality in which the hand-bag was found, a cloak-room at a railway station might serve to conceal a social indiscretion—has probably, indeed …
specially/ˈspɛʃəɫi/特别地, 专门地书中出现4次
The Divorce Court was specially invented for people whose memories are so curiously constituted.
luggage/ˈɫəɡədʒ/行李, 皮箱书中出现4次
He has brought his luggage with him.
释义：ECDICT, English to Chinese (MIT) 音标：ipa-dict（MIT），来自维基词典。
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