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②They squawked that the service of the travel agency was very bad.
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decry［diˈkrai］vt. 责难，（公开）谴责
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【记】联想记忆：de（否定） + cry（喊）→说否定的话→责难
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【例】Business and real estate are booming. Some say a new renaissance is under way. Others decry what they see as outside forces running roughshod over the old Harlem. （2003）
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taint［teint］vt. 使腐坏，使感染 n. 腐坏，感染；污点
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【例】①The experts announced that the water supply had been tainted with a deadly toxin.
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②The city has suffered for many years under the taint of corruption.
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resigned［riˈzaind］adj. 顺从的，逆来顺受的
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【记】联想记忆：re + sign（信号） + ed→说给信号就给信号→顺从的
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【例】be resigned to (doing) sth. 甘心We Chinese people are not resigned to underdevelopment.
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mercy［ˈməːsi］n. 宽大，仁慈，怜悯
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【例】at the mercy of 受到…的支配 The arrangements leave investors at the mercy of the Royal Mail and a seller will not know in advance how much a sale will produce. （1997）
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【用】词组have mercy on / upon是“对…有怜悯心”的意思。
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【派】merciful（adj. 仁慈的，宽大的）；merciless（adj. 残忍的，冷酷无情的）
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dupe［djuːp］vt. 欺骗，愚弄 n. 受骗的人，上当者
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【例】The passion that wakened in me was anger, for I found that she had duped me.
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【用】dupe sb. into doing sth. 表示“欺骗…做…”。
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shuffle［ˈʃʌfl］v. 拖着脚走；洗（纸牌）；搞乱，弄混 n. 混合
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【例】①The man shuffles through the contents of the drawer and brings out a small pile of photographs.
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②It is some 15 million Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims swept up in a tumultuous shuffle of citizens between India and Pakistan after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947. （2001）
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obscene［əbˈsiːn］adj. 猥亵的；淫乱的
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【记】联想记忆：ob（逆） + scene（场面）→违反伦理的场面→猥亵的
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【例】①The hoodlums in the street corner whistled and made obscene gestures to those two beautiful girls.
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②A gladiator’s nudity becomes obscene when there is nothing for him to fight against and no longer need for his strength and courage.
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banish［ˈbæniʃ］vt. 放逐，驱逐出境；忘却，不去想
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