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bewail
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bewail the dead=to wail over痛哭
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scoff |
1.scoffed at the idea 嘲笑
2.Scoff dinner狼吞虎咽 |
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contingency
continuity inadvertency |
意外事故
contingency account意外账户 continuity连贯性 failure caused by inadvertency 不注意 怠慢 |
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identical distinguishable |
1.we are enjoy the identical moon=the same 2. identical infection同源的 The animal is easily distinguishable 可辩别的 |
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exigency |
the health-care exigency紧急事件
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withdrawn |
he is a withdrawn from society 与世隔绝的 |
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culminate |
The gala culminated in a firework display以····为终点
culmination 终点 顶点 |
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streak |
条纹痕迹 Trump has a streak of misanthropy他有一丝厌恶人类 |
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equanimity |
he lost his equanimity in front of critism镇定 平静 |
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solvable |
though this theory seems to be solvable可解释的 he failed to illuminate it解释 启蒙 照亮 |
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circumvent |
circumvent bureaucratic impediments规避官僚注意的阻碍 |
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forsake |
she forsake her boyfriend.放弃 抛弃 |
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attune atone |
a conscious attempt to attune the conflict有意识的调和
atone one's sin=redeem one's sin 弥补罪恶 |
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inflict |
the pain inflict me使痛苦 inflict heavy losses使遭受强加 |
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perpetrate |
perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke.
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irrefutable
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irrefutable, objective verity
=undeniable=incontrovertible无可争议的 |
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ponder |
~ the chances of success评价 |
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revert |
after a conscious attempt to compose herself, she revert to equanimity 恢复回归 |
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devoid |
完全没有 a criminal utterly devoid of conscience
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coveted |
a coveted Cartier bracelet渴望的 |
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dismal |
a narrow-minded and dismal man 忧郁的沉闷的 |
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confrontation
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对抗 a confrontation with the legislature.
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appalling appall |
an appalling death rate令人吃惊
feel appalled by marriage恐惧 |
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inept |
愚笨的an inept and irresponsible remark
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liable |
labile mineral不稳定的
be liable to change |
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promulgate |
promulgate the law公开宣布 |
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nonviable
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a nonviable fetus不能存活的
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predominate |
she always predominate her own interests over others占主导地位的
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underplay |
使···显得不重要,轻描淡写underplay one’s difficulties
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transcendental |
transcendental=philosophical metaphysic卓越的形而上学 |
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feckless |
没有价值的 粗心的The young man was feckless and irresponsible
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discipline |
1.Though she's impulsive in personal life, she 's quire disciplined in work自律 2.multi-disciplined 多学科的 |
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phlegmatic
pragmatic |
a phlegmatic response无感情的
pragmatic实际的 |
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rigor |
严谨 Their analysis lacks rigor |
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imbue |
the spirit imbue=permeate the new constitution宪法弥漫的新精神 |
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meticulous
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Chen is a meticulous venture capitalist 仔细的 |
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organic |
the writer's organic beliefs is now oblique by regimes' coercion作家原本的信仰在政权的迫使下倾斜了 |
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protestation |
though vigorous protestation, the grin on her face belied her.有力的声明 |
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trivalize |
we've got used to trivialize what our parent do for us.习惯性忽视 使琐碎 |
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emblematical emblematic |
emblematical culture landscape: 标志性文化景观
the tawdry statue,emblematic its blighted surroundings 象征 |
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indenture |
indentured servitude契约制的奴隶制 |
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mandate |
a mandate to seek the release of political prisoners.
授权 |
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abate |
1.贬值 2.abate nuisance终结没有意义的事情 |
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kinship
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a nuclear family that embedded in kinship family核心家庭
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encapsulation |
This is a nuclear waste storage and encapsulation spot
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designate |
it was designated as an interdisciplinary跨学科 course, it involved no real synthesis 综合of subject matter标志出 put your hands in designated area 指定的 |
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envision |
she envisioned the admiring glances想象 |
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radical
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1. a radical American activist激进的
2.a radical cure根本的治疗 |
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evocative |
his path to success is an evocative story |
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obfuscate |
the recondite theory obfuscates the reader 让读者困惑 frog obfuscate the shore使模糊 |
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insular |
insular young man狭隘的 |
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humdrum |
though preparation for GRE is humdrum, I can get over it. |
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unsrupulous |
his research is compromised by his unscrupulous selection on evidence肆无忌惮的 |
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prolific |
prolific writer=fecound
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conciliatory |
Putin never uses conciliatory tone和解的语气
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comparable |
comparable introspective personality between us 我们相似的内省的性格 |
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capitulate
retaliate |
to capitulate gives you the chance to retaliate投降报仇 |
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exhaustiveness |
my father has the reputaiton for exhaustiveness by persuing for perfection穷尽各种可能性 |
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congenial
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a congenial host who invited us for a feast 非常友好的
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guffaw |
he can't stop guffawing爆笑 |
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quaint |
古色古香的quaint country cottages
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perceptive |
ability to select is the test of perceptive historian对考古学家洞察力的考验 |
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defer deter confer |
defer 遵从to her father's will,she defers推迟 the meeting
I won't be deterred by threats威慑 it confers a right 它赠予一种所有人都能享受的权利。 They often confer together 商讨 |
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devise |
the engineer devises a new device想出 |
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transcendent
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卓越的transcendent level of knowledge.
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obsolete |
printer is obsolete
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divisive |
he contrives a divisive information for Dictionnairethe Democratic Party of the United States造成分裂的 |
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minutely |
minutely prepare for cases may cause unessary problem详尽 |