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38 Cards in this Set
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thug
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惡棍
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bandit, ruffian, bully, hoodlum
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rousing
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激勵人心的
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making people feel excited and proud or ready to take action
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nemesis
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剋星、勁敵
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A long-standing rival; an arch-enemy
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vassal
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封臣
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A holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance; villein
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feudal
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封建的
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According to, resembling, or denoting the system of feudalism.
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transitory
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短暫的
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lasting for only a short time
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patron
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資助者；老主顧
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A person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, or cause
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siege
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n.包圍
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blockade, beleaguerment, encirclement
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chivalry
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騎士精神
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the system of behaviour followed by knights in the medieval period of history
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scope
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範圍；機會
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extent, range, breadth, width
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divulge
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泄漏
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disclose, reveal, make known
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despondent
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絕望的
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disheartened, discouraged, dispirited
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cynical
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憤世嫉俗的
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Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.
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inadvertently
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不經意地
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by chance
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hallucinatory
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幻想的
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unreal, non-existent, fictional
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redeem
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救贖
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Compensate for the faults or bad aspects of.
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betrothed
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未婚妻
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fiancée
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aristocratic
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貴族的
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noble, titled
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defiant
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違抗的
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intransigent, resistant
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stature
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聲望、聲譽
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reputation, repute, standing, status, prominence, importance
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baffled
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困惑的
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confused
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invincible
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無懈可擊的
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invulnerable, indestructible, unconquerable
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involve
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包括、使參與；牽涉
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include, count in; implicate（牽連）
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voluble
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健談的
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talkative, loquacious
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involute
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複雜的
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Involved or intricate.
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devolve
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移交、下放
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Transfer or delegate (power) to a lower level.
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congenial
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意氣相投的
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like-minded, compatible
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ingenious
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聰明的、機巧的
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clever, original, and inventive
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progeny
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後代
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descendants, successors, offspring
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congenital
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先天的
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inborn, inherited, hereditary
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engender
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產生
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cause, be the cause of, give rise to
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antipathy
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敵對
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A deep-seated feeling of aversion; hostility, antagonism
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apathy
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冷漠
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Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
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delude
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欺騙
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mislead, deceive, fool
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ludicrous
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愚蠢可笑的；荒謬的
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absurd, ridiculous
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collude
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串通
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to act together secretly or illegally in order to deceive or cheat someone
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evict
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驅逐
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expel, eject, oust, remove
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convict
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判決⋯⋯有罪
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to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime
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