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groggy(adj.) |
unsteady, week or unable to move because you are sleepy and tired |
由于太困而东倒西歪,头昏眼花的,摇摇晃晃的 |
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think straight |
think logical and clearly |
头脑清晰地思考 |
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dread(adj.&v.) |
afraid of something |
恐惧,担心 ex.dread doing sth./dread sb. doing sth.(害怕,担心做某事) |
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cringe(v.) |
afraid of something and get small |
畏缩 |
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awkward(adj.) |
embrassed and stupid |
尴尬的,笨拙的 |
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despise(v.) |
look down upon |
轻视,鄙视 |
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compliment(n.) pl.compliments |
words of praise |
赞美 ex.compliments on her apprearance |
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testimony(n.) pl.testimonies |
an expert's statement or a truth |
证词,证据 |
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refute(v.) |
to prove sth. wrong or argue the opposite |
反驳,驳斥 |
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trigger(v.) |
to cause |
触发,引发 ex.be the trigger for sth.(成为引发某事的因素) |
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obscure(v.&adj.) |
to make sth. difficult to see or understand |
使变得模糊,掩盖,晦涩难懂的 ex.obscure legal phrases(费解的法律术语) |
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realm(n.) |
an area of interest |
范围,领域 ex. spirit realm(心之境) |
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incident(n.) |
rate or number of times sth. happens |
事件发生的频率或次数 |
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decay(v.) decayed |
to get worse or to be ruined |
腐烂,变质 |
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threshold(n.) |
the point that sth. begins or is impacted |
入口,门槛,开始,极限,阈值 ex.be on the threshold of extinction(濒临灭绝) |
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formulate(v.) |
to develop or to create |
制定,规划,用公式表示 |
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hypothesis(n.) |
stn. that we think it is true but hasn't been proven |
假说,假设 |
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facilitator(n.) |
sb. who helps by making an action or make a process easier |
服务商,促进者,引导者 |
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enterprise(n.) |
a project or company, especially a new one that requires hard work |
企业,事业;进取心 |
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capture(v.) |
take sth. to use or take the attention of sb. |
俘获,夺得,捕捉 (ex.capture an image) |
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initiate(v.) |
start a new thing |
开始,创造,发起 |
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dedicated(adj.) |
sb. who makes a huge effort |
专注的,献身的 |
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infrastructure(n.) |
basic things needed for society or projects or development |
基础设施 |
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make a living |
earn enough money to get what you need |
谋生 |
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servant(n.) |
someone who does duties or tasks for someone else |
仆人,佣人,雇工 |
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distraught(adj.) |
so upset and worried that you cannot think clearly |
发狂的,心烦意乱的 |
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initiate(v.&n.) |
to start something new such as an official process or a new fomal plan |
发起,创始;发起者,创始人,倡导者 |
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confidential(adj.) |
spoke or written sth. in secret to keep secret |
机密的,私密的 |
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activate(v.) |
to make a electrical system or a chemical process start working |
激活,使活化 |
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shaped by |
be affected by |
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in the nick of time |
just in time |
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blunder(v.&n.) |
to make big mistakes |
ex. to make a blunder/to blunder around |
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one-on-one |
two individules |
两个人面对面,两个人私下 |
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to hack |
to write sth. to break the system |
非法闯入 |
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hype(n.&v.) |
exaggerated(夸大,夸张) statements about the quality or importance of something |
大肆宣传,炒作,天花乱坠的做广告 ex. media hype(媒体炒作) to hype sb. up(使某人兴奋) |
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trait(n.) |
a characteristic that makes it easy to distinguish somebody or something |
特征,特点 |
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eliminate(v.) |
remove or get rid of something or something completely |
消除,排除(完全的) |
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uni(n.BrE spoken) |
the abbr. of university |
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floaty(adj.BrE) |
to describe the clothing that can float |
轻而薄的衣物,能漂浮的 |
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indie(adj.) |
the abbr. of independent,usually describe music and clothing |
独立的,流行的 |
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fancy(n.&v.) |
to like, dream, or desire sth. |
幻想(n.),想要,渴望,喜欢 |
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envision(n.) |
to predict about the future |
憧憬,幻想,预测 |
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shallow(adj.) |
lacking physical depth; having little spatial extension downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or outward from a center |
浅的(水潭),肤浅的(人) |
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straight answer |
clear, logical and honest information |
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intensively(adv.) |
with maximum effort or maximum amount |
强烈的,集中地,广泛的 The expert said much more food could be grown if it were farmed intensively. |
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thriving(adj.) |
doing very well |
蒸蒸日上的,旺盛的,繁荣的 The organic market is now thriving. |
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distribute(v.) |
to spread out |
分配,分布,分发 Fish are often found in groups in certain areas rather than being distributed across oceans. |
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conception(n.) |
idea or understanding(something new) |
概念,观念,怀孕 The book was popular based on its clear and new conception of healthy diet. |
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contemplate(v. |
to think deeply |
沉思,思考,冥思苦想 |
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simulate(v. |
to make or produce something that is not real |
模拟,模仿,假装 |
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synthetic/synthetic |
produced not naturally,man-made |
人工的,合成的,人造的 |
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utter |
adj.完全的,彻底的 v.发出,表达,发射 |
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glorious |
adj. 光荣的,荣耀的,辉煌的 |
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invulnerable(adj. |
不会受伤的,无懈可击的 |
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prosperity(n.>v. prosper) |
usually financial success 繁荣,成功 |
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accrue(v. |
to increase or build up some skills |
产生,获得,积累 |
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paraplegic(adj. |
截瘫的,下半身麻痹的 |
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prestige(n.) |
respect |
声望,威望,名誉 |