📘 Vocabulary: Graffiti – Street Art or Crime
wielding
- 词性：v.
- 释义：挥舞，使用（工具）
- 例句：He was wielding a spray can confidently.
spray
- 词性：n./v.
- 释义：喷雾；喷洒
- 例句：She used spray paint on the wall.
polarised
- 词性：adj./v.
- 释义：分化，对立
- 例句：The issue has polarised public opinion.
verdict
- 词性：n.
- 释义：裁决，判决
- 例句：The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
conspiracy
- 词性：n.
- 释义：阴谋，共谋
- 例句：They were arrested for conspiracy to damage property.
mural
- 词性：n.
- 释义：壁画
- 例句：A large mural was painted on the building.
popped down
- 词性：phr.v.
- 释义：顺路去
- 例句：We popped down to the Tate during lunch.
irony
- 词性：n.
- 释义：讽刺
- 例句：There’s irony in the juxtaposition of law and art.
juxtaposition
- 词性：n.
- 释义：并列（对比）
- 例句：The juxtaposition of the two events is striking.
sneaking
- 词性：v.
- 释义：偷偷进入
- 例句：He kept sneaking his art into museums.
retrospective
- 词性：adj./n.
- 释义：回顾的；回顾展
- 例句：The museum held a retrospective of his work.
legitimised
- 词性：v.
- 释义：使合法化
- 例句：Banksy legitimised the genre of street art.
spawned
- 词性：v.
- 释义：催生，产生
- 例句：His work spawned a wave of imitators.
immodesty
- 词性：n.
- 释义：不谦虚
- 例句：He claimed with genuine immodesty.
draconian
- 词性：adj.
- 释义：严厉的
- 例句：They face draconian punishments.
convict
- 词性：n./v.
- 释义：囚犯；定罪
- 例句：The convict was sentenced to two years.
curator
- 词性：n.
- 释义：策展人
- 例句：The curator organized a street art exhibition.
schizophrenic
- 词性：adj.
- 释义：矛盾的，分裂的
- 例句：Society has a schizophrenic attitude to graffiti.
estate
- 词性：n.
- 释义：房地产
- 例句：He works in real estate.
dichotomy
- 词性：n.
- 释义：二分法，对立
- 例句：There is a dichotomy between freedom and order.
reconciled
- 词性：v./adj.
- 释义：调和；和解
- 例句：The two ideas were reconciled.
loath
- 词性：adj.
- 释义：憎恶的，讨厌的
- 例句：Citizens were loath to accept graffiti.
deterioration
- 词性：n.
- 释义：恶化，衰退
- 例句：They see graffiti as a sign of deterioration.