解釋英文詞語

cruel - extremely unkind, or causing prople or animals to suffer
pathetic - causing feelings of sadness or sympathy
nasty - mean, unpleasant, or offensive
doorstep - 1 a step in front of the door of a building
2 on your doorstep very near to where you live
step - MOVEMENT one of the movements you make with your feet when you walk
resist - AVOID to stop yourself from doing something that you want to do
entice - to persuade someone to do something by offering them something pleasant

cruel=殘忍的
pathetic=憐憫的
nasty=不愉快的
doorstep=門階
step=腳步
resist=阻止
entice=誘惑

殘酷
悲哀
骯臟的,邋遢的
門階
踏級
抵抗,耐得住,抵制,
誘騙,引誘,慫恿

cruel
(n.) See Crewel.
(a.) Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.
(a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.
(a.) Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.

pathetic
(a.) Expressing or showing anger; passionate.
(a.) Affecting or moving the tender emotions, esp. pity or grief; full of pathos; as, a pathetic song or story.

nasty
(superl.) Offensively filthy; very dirty, foul, or defiled; disgusting; nauseous.
(superl.) Hence, loosely: Offensive; disagreeable; unpropitious; wet; drizzling; as, a nasty rain, day, sky.
(superl.) Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.

doorstep
(n.) The stone or plank forming a step before an outer door.

step
(a.) To move the foot in walking; to advance or recede by raising and moving one of the feet to another resting place, or by moving both feet in succession.
(a.) To walk; to go on foot; esp., to walk a little distance; as, to step to one of the neighbors.

resist
(v. t.) To stand against; to withstand; to obstruct.
(v. t.) To strive against; to endeavor to counteract, defeat, or frustrate; to act in opposition to; to oppose.
(v. t.) To counteract, as a force, by inertia or reaction.
(v. t.) To be distasteful to.
(v. i.) To make opposition.
(n.) A substance used to prevent a color or mordant from fixing on those parts to which it has been applied, either by acting machanically in preventing the color, etc., from reaching the cloth, or chemically in changing the color so as to render it incapable of fixing itself in the fibers.. The pastes prepared for this purpose are called resist pastes.

entice
(v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen.

cruel~making others suffer,esp intentionally
pathetic~casing one to feel pity or sadness
nasty~making somebody feel unpeasant
doorstep~step leading up to usually an outside door
step~Life and put down the foot ,or one foot after the other,as in walking
resist~use force in order to prevent somethng happening or beind successful
entice~try to tempt or persuade someboby usually by offering something pleasant or a reward

cruel
1. 殘忍的,殘酷的[(+to)]
He is cruel to animals.
他對動物很殘忍。
2. 令人痛苦的;刻毒傷人的;慘痛的
The death of their beloved son was a cruel blow.
他們的愛子之死是一痛苦的打擊。
It was a cruel lesson.
那是一個慘痛的教訓。
pathetic
1. 引起憐憫的;可憐的;可悲的
It was pathetic to watch her condition deteriorate day by day.
看著她的健康狀況日益惡化,真是可憐。
2. 不足的;微弱的;可憐兮兮的
3. 【英】【俚】乏味的;令人生厭的
pathetic

1. 齷齪的;令人作嘔的;使人難受的
This room has a very nasty smell.
這房間有一股很難聞的氣味。
2. 淫猥的,下流的
3. (天氣等)非常惡劣的
In this area the weather is usually nasty in winter.
這裡冬天的天氣通常非常惡劣。
4. 脾氣不好的;卑鄙的,惡意的
Never say nasty things about others.
千萬不可惡語中傷他人。
5. 險惡的,嚴重的
Rats carry very nasty diseases.
老鼠傳播非常嚴重的疾病。
I got a nasty cut on my foot while playing on the beach.
我在海灘上嬉耍時腳上割了個很大的傷口。
6. 難處理的,問題多的;討厭的
This presented a nasty problem to the new governor.
這成了新州長的一個棘手的問題。
n.
1. 討厭的人;令人不快的事物(狀況)[C]
The people are looking forward to being delivered from the nasties.
人民期待著從不愉快的狀況中解脫出來。

doorstep
1. 【建】門階[C]

step
1. 腳步[C]
She took a few steps towards the window.
她向窗口走了幾步。
2. 腳步聲[C]
3. 一步的距離;短距離[C]
The museum is only a short step away from our school.
博物館離我們學校不遠。
4. 步伐,步調[U][C]
5. 足跡[C]
6. 臺階[P]
7. 步驟;手段;措施[C]
Steps have been taken to ensure safety.
已採取了安全措施。
8. 踏板;梯級;(接近目標的)一步,一階段[C]
They have made a big step in their business.
他們在事業上邁進了一大步。
9. 等級;升級
10. 舞步[C]
11. (計量器的)一個刻度[C]
12. 【美】【音】音階
vi.[Q]

1. 跨步;走;步行
Please step this way.
請這邊走。
2. 踏(進),跨(入)
She stepped into the room and sat down in a sofa.
她走進屋子在沙發上坐下。
3. 踩,踩住[(+on)]
Sorry! Did I step on your toes?
對不起!我是不是踩到你的腳了?
vt.
1. 跨(步);踏(腳);散步於
He stepped the riverside.
他在河邊行走。
2. 跳舞
3. 步測[(+out/off)]
4. 使成梯級

resist
1. 抵抗,反抗;抗拒
The nation was unable to resist the invasion.
該國無力抵抗侵略。
2. 抗(酸),耐(熱等)
This special coating is designed to resist rust.
這一特別的塗層旨在抗鏽。
A healthy body resists disease.
健康的身體能抵禦疾病。
3. (常用於否定句)忍耐,忍住[+v-ing]
I couldn't resist the temptation to tease Ollie.
我忍不住要逗奧利玩。
vi.
1. 抵抗,反抗,抗拒
If the enemy continue to resist, wipe them out.
如果敵人繼續抵抗,就把他們消滅掉。
2. (常用於否定句)忍耐,忍住
n.
1. 防染劑;抗蝕劑

entice
1. 誘使;慫恿[(+away/into)][+to-v]
entice somebody to do something/into doing something.
慫恿某人做某事
They enticed a young girl away from home.
他們誘騙了一個少女離家出走。