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89 Cards in this Set
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backhanded |
adj.简洁的含沙射影的
indirect, especially sarcastic |
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badger |
v.不断纠缠或骚扰
to harass or annoy persistently |
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badinag |
v.打趣揶揄banter |
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bait |
v.激怒make someone angry
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bale |
n.不幸的
sorrow |
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baleful |
adj.有害的邪恶的harmful or malignant in intent or effect
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balk |
v.停止不肯前行to stop short and refuse to go on
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balky |
adj.倔强的refusing ro proceed, act or function as directed
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ballast |
n.压舱物（提高稳定性和控制性）a havy substance placed in such a way as to improve stability and control.
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ballon |
v.迅速增加to increas rapidly
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balm |
n.止痛药a sweet-smelling oil that heals wounds or reduce pain
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banal |
adj.非原创的，陈腐的lacking originality, freshness or novelty
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bane |
n.祸根a source of harm or ruin
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banish |
v.驱逐出境to require by authority to leave a country
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banister |
n.楼梯的扶手a handrail, especially on a staircase
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banter |
v.幽默打趣的谈话playful concersation
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barefaced |
adj.公然的，毫无忌惮的lack of scruples
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barren |
adj.不生产的incapable of producing offspring
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barricade |
v.用障碍物组织通过prevent access by means of a barricade
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barter |
n.以物换物barter wheat for cotton
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baseboard |
n.装饰护壁板a molding covering the jont of a wall and the adjoining floor
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batch |
n.一批一炉一次烘烤出来的储量a batch of cookies
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bathetic |
adj.平凡的陈腐的exceptional coomplaceness
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bedeck |
v.装饰，用华丽的饰品点缀to clothe with finery
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belabor |
v.就作过度说明，喋喋不休explain or insist on excessively
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beleaguer |
v.使困扰，烦恼，消沉trouble, harass, beset
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belie |
v.证明为假to show sth to be false or wrong
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bellwether |
n.领导者，带头人one that takes the lead or initiative
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benign |
adj.好心的仁慈的kindness
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berate |
v.长时间严厉指责to scold or condemn and at length
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beseech |
v.恳求to make supplication
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besmirch |
v.诽谤，玷污to stain, sully, soil.
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bigot |
n.固执己见的人a person obstinately devoted to his own opinions and prejudices
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bland |
adj.乏味的，不刺激的soothing
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blandishment |
n.哄骗coax or cajole
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blase |
adj.过度放纵后厌倦享乐的apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment
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baltant |
adj.喧哗的noisy非常明显的conspicuous, completely obvious
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blazon |
v.华美装饰的装饰，刻纹章
ostentatious display |
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blemish |
n.污点，缺点a noticeable imperfection
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blight |
v.使枯萎n.植物枯萎病
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bliss |
n.极度快乐extreme happiness
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blunder |
n.过失a gross error or mistake resulting from stupidity, ignorance, or carelessness
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blunt |
v.使变钝to make less sharp or definite
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blurb |
n.简短的公告a short publicity notice
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blurt |
v.突然说出utter abruptly
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boggle |
v.因为怀疑，恐惧而犹豫to hesitate because of fear, doubt
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boisterous |
adj.喧嚣吵闹的noisily turbulent
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bolster |
v.支持=support鼓励=give a boost to, n.支撑结构
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bombast |
n.夸大的言辞pompous speech or writing
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burst |
v.爆裂涨开 inflate (fill with gas or air)---burst pull----tear |
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beige |
n.米黄色 hue 色彩 |
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bedridden |
adj.因病卧床不起的confined to bed by illness 反ambulatory adj.行走的便携的流动的 |
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brine |
n.盐水 反sytup糖水 |
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bonhomie |
n.温和，和蔼geniality, a pleasant and affable disposition
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boon |
n.恩惠福利benefit
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boor |
n.粗鲁的人，不敏感的人a rude or insensitive person
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bootless |
adj.无用的useless, futile
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bouquet |
n.花束flowers picked and fastened together in a bunch
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brash |
adj.仓促的，草率的hasty and unthinking, impetuous
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brassy |
adj.厚脸皮的不知羞耻的shamelessly bold,华而不实的炫耀flashy
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brattish |
adj.小孩被宠坏的，淘气无力的ill-mannered annoying
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bravado |
n.假装勇敢a pretense of bravery,虚张声势blustering swaggering conduct
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bravura |
adj.精彩表演brilliant technique or style in performance
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brazen |
adj.蛮横大胆的厚颜无耻的contemptuous boldness
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breach |
n.临时的中断a temporary gap in continuity v.使裂口，穿透break through
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bride |
v.n.贿赂收买
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bridle |
v.限制to restrain
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brisk |
adj.讲话或举止让人兴奋的speed, lilveliness, energetic
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bristle |
v.怒发冲冠to react in an angry manner, aggressively defensive attidue
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brittle |
adj.易碎的easily broken
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broach |
v.开启to open for the first time
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bromide |
n.陈词滥调hackneyed statement or notion
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brook |
v.容忍tolerate,
n. 小溪流smaller than river |
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browbeat |
v.恐吓bully
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bruit |
v.散播消息to spread news of
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buck |
v.年轻人 纨绔子弟 |
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budge |
v.改变立场或态度to alter a position or attitude.
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buffoon |
n.小丑a ludicrous figure, clown
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bulge |
n.凸起a protuberant or swollen part or place
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bumptious |
adj.专横傲慢的，自以为是的noisily self-assertive
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bungle |
v.失败搞砸to act or work clumsily, bungle a job
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buoy |
v.支撑 support
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buoyant |
adj.有浮力的capable of floating adj.快乐的cheerful
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burgeon |
v.迅速成长蓬勃发展to grow and expand rapidly, flourish
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burlesque |
n.恶搞a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation
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burnish |
v.擦亮，磨光to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing
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buttress |
n.扶墙a projecting structure for supporting or giving stability to a wall or buildingv.支持sustain, prop, bolster
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byline |
n.标题下的署名行writer's name
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byzantine |
n.错综复杂complicatd or secretive
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