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Describing people 3

Alice, Helen and Tim in the kitchen

Character adjectives - usually positive 描述人的形容词 正面意义

charming
strong personal attractiveness, with very pleasing behaviour and speech; delightful
 Everything about him was attractive, but his smile
 was especially charming.

clean-cut
neat, tidy, clean and smart in appearance
 He's very clean-cut. His clothes are always clean
 and neatly ironed, he shaves every
 morning and his hair is always combed.

cultured
well-educated in and having a high appreciation of fine art, music, literature etc.
 She's very cultured - she goes to the opera at least
 once a month and she knows all of
 Shakespeare's plays.

considerate
behaving in a way that shows caring for other people's feelings, circumstances, etc.
 When he comes home late at night, he's always
 very considerate of the sleeping neighbours and
 doesn't make any noise.

open-minded
being receptive to new ideas, experiences or arguments
 If you want to enjoy foreign travel, it's best to be
 open-minded.

respectable
behaving in a proper and socially acceptable way
 Everybody thought that he was a respectable
 family man, but secretly he was a
 gambler and a drunk.

tolerant
accepting of the beliefs, practices, or behaviour of other people, even if it is new, challenging or different
 She is very tolerant with the children. She doesn't
 get angry with them, even though they are a little
 bit naughty sometimes.


Character adjectives - usually negative 描述人的形容词 负面意义

creepy
unpleasant, annoying, weird, a little bit scary, makes you feel uncomfortable
 Do you know that creepy guy who works in our
 office - He's always staring at me, and sometimes
 when I turn round, he's standing right next to me,
 but I never hear anything ?he's just suddenly there!

hypocritical
pretending to have beliefs or principles that you do not actually possess, or acting against the beliefs which you say you have
 My brother told me to stop smoking, but he smokes
 20 a day himself - how hypocritical!

insincere
not honest or genuine in the expression of feelings
 He wasn't a real gentleman. His false charm and
 cold smile made him seem very insincere.

malicious
often doing bad things in order to hurt people
 It's just his determination and wanting to win and
 sometimes he gets a bit over-excited, but he isn't at
 all malicious.

materialistic
much more concerned with material things than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values
 Those girls are greedy and materialistic: they
 measure their success in terms of how many pairs of
 shoes and designer handbags they have.

mercenary
motivated by a desire for money
 He's so mercenary - he doesn't care what he has
 to do at work, as long as the pay is good.

ruthless
without pity or mercy
 He was so ruthless in his criticism of their
 performance that most of them started to cry.

snobbish
a person who admires people of high rank or social class, and dislikes people in a lower class than him/herself
  He's so snobbish. He was very friendly towards
 Jane until he found out her dad was a taxi driver.
 Now he hardly speaks to her.

spiteful
wanting to do something bad to someone, usually because of a belief that they have done something bad to you
 She's so spiteful. When she saw that I had got the
 last piece of cake, she pushed me, to make me drop
 it.

stubborn
resistant to change, especially of opinions and ideas, even if others are negatively affected
 Izzy is so stubborn. Everybody could see she was
 tired, but she wouldn't let anybody else help her.


Vocabulary 字汇

commute 通勤
to travel regularly over some distance, for example, suburb into a city and back, often for work

respectable 值得尊敬的
behaves in a proper and socially acceptable way

clean-cut 整齐的
neat, tidy, clean and smart in appearance

creepy 令人感到不舒服的
unpleasant, annoying, weird, a little bit scary, makes you feel uncomfortable


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