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askance
adj. 怀疑地
skeptically
dubious
adj. 可疑的,无把握的
suspicious, doubtful
curb
n./v. 抑制,控制
control, supress
captious
adj. 挑剔的,吹毛求疵的
particular, picky
caustic
adj. 尖刻的
acerbic, bitter
castigation
n. 严厉批评
chastisement
reticence
n. 沉默寡言
slience
dialectic
adj. 辩证的
logical agrumentation
extricate
v. 使解脱
disencumber
filch
v. 偷
defile
v. 污损
soil
enlightened
adj. 被启发的
informed
immutable
adj. 不变的
constant,permanent, steady
ascribe
v. 归因于
blame, attribute or credit to
nonentity
n. 不存在,无足轻重的人
nonexistence, nobody
revelatory
adj. 启示的,泄漏的
indicative, suggestive, implicational
regurgitate
v. 反胃
vomit
epithet
n. 绰号
word,name
excoriate
v. 严厉的责难
condemn
vilify
v. 诽谤,中伤,轻视,贬低
revile
injudicious
adj. 不明智的,不慎重的
unwise, inexpedient
proverbial
adj. 众所周知的
well-known
auspicious
adj. 吉利的,吉祥的
lucky, benign
rapport
n. 密切关系,交往
relations