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Domestic

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adj. 家庭的
The cramped kitchen didn’t bother Alexa because she was not particularly domestic, but the televI sion predicament certainly did.

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Animated

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adj. 活跃的
In her dreams, she was playing in the water with little Coco, swimming with the ease and grace of these beautiful, animated creatures.

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Limitation

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n.局限
With all of these limitations on communication with her friends back home, Alexa felt like her coveted friendships were slipping away.

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Covet

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v.妄想
With all of these limitations on communication with her friends back home, Alexa felt like her coveted friendships were slipping away.

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Deliberate

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v.深思熟虑

Alexa deliberated and decided that she would send an e-mail to Laurie every day.

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Cultivate

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v.培养

If they could keep in touch by cultivating an e-mail relationship, Alexa wouldn’t feel so desolate.

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Desolate

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adj. 孤独凄凉的

If they could keep in touch by cultivating an e-mail relationship, Alexa wouldn’t feel so desolate.

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Wary

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adj. 小心翼翼的
she was wary of this long absence from Laurie because she didn’t want her role as Laurie’s best friend to be usurped by someone else in her absence.

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Usurp

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v. 篡夺
She was wary of this long absence from Laurie because she didn’t want her role as Laurie’s best friend to be usurped by someone else in her absence.

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Consign

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v.把…置于

Alexa consigned herself to write to Laurie diligently.

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Debatable

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adj. 有争议的

I’m not going to be spending much time with her, though—it’s not even debatable.

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Comrade

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n. 同志情谊

Your best friend and comrade - Alexa

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Flourish

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n. 夸张动作

Alexa hit Send with a flourish and almost immediately felt a tinge of regret.

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Denounce

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v. 谴责

Alexa reread it and realized that she had denounced virtually everything.

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Disgruntled

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adj. 不满的,不高兴的
Next time, she thought, instead of writing from such a disgruntled perspective, she would try to find the positive and make her letters more upbeat.

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Emphatically

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adv. 强调地

“And be especially careful on that bike!” Alexa’s mother added emphatically as she gave her an affirming hug.

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Affirming

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adj. 确认的

“And be especially careful on that bike!” Alexa’s mother added emphatically as she gave her an affirming hug.

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Assert

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v. 断言

“Don’t worry, Mom. I’ll be fine.” Alexa asserted.

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Upstart

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n. 发迹者

It always seemed a challenge to start something new and be the young upstart in an unfamiliar place.

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Hospitable

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adj. 友好的,好客的

She appreciated Janine’s hospitable welcome.

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Elaborate

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v. 详尽阐述
“Yes,” Alexa replied. “My father is a molecular biologist and I’ve done a few experiments with DNA in his laboratory at Cornell.” Alexa didn’t elaborate with any details.

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Protocol

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n.实验计划
“I’m sure the protocol is very similar. Here is the protocol we’re using for dolphin cells.”
n. 条约,协议

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Empowering

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v. 授权

Alexa knew from her previous experience in the lab that it felt empowering to complete an experiment independently.

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Impulsively

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adj.冲动地

“What harm would it do if I just went for a ride to take a look around this island?” Alexa thought impulsively.

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Omnipresent

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adj. 随时随地都在的
Alexa continued past the security building and then she could see the main gate with the two omnipresent guards looming in the distance.

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Authoritatively

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adv. 专断地,权威地

The guard, posted authoritatively at the gate, had clearly seen her.

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Impetuous

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adj. 鲁莽的

She felt a tingle of excitement at her impetuous escape.

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Parched

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adj. 渴

Alexa realized she had not brought anything to drink with her and she was already parched.

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Ubiquitous

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adj. 随处可见的
There was little commercial activity in this small town—the ubiquitous McDonalds’ franchise had yet to penetrate this isolated island.

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Franchise

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n. (公司授予的)特许经销权,获得许权的商业机构
There was little commercial activity in this small town—the ubiquitous McDonalds’ franchise had yet to penetrate this isolated island.

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Encampment

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n.营地

It looked more like a threadbare encampment than a neighborhood of sturdy houses.

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Perspective

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n. 观点

From her perspective, it appeared so miserable and deprived.

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Deprived

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adj.贫困的

From her perspective, it appeared so miserable and deprived.

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Mendicant

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n. 乞丐

An elderly mendicant sitting in front of the general store held out his cup to her, beseeching her to contribute.

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beseech

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v. 恳求

An elderly mendicant sitting in front of the general store held out his cup to her, beseeching her to contribute.

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Subsist

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v. 维持生活
But she couldn’t help but ponder what it must be like to subsist on a handful of coins like that which was in the beggar’s cup.

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Penurious

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adj. 贫穷的

The children, however, seemed oblivious to their penurious circumstances.

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Patrons

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n. 顾客

The patrons sitting outdoors at an open-air café eyed her suspiciously.

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Ethnicity

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n. 种族特点

Alexa felt so conspicuous—not only was she a different ethnicity than the townspeople, she was an outsider.

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Ostracize

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v. 排斥

She had the distinct sense of feeling ostracized by their direct gaze.

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Scurry

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v. 疾走

Delighted, she scurried toward the translucent water, which was a beautiful shade of turquoise.

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Translucent

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adj. 半透明的

Delighted, she scurried toward the translucent water, which was a beautiful shade of turquoise.

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Serendipitously

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adv. 机缘巧合地

It was a spectacularly beautiful cove that she had discovered serendipitously.

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Decadent

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adj.放纵的

The sensation was decadent—the water was warm and refreshing.

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Archaic

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adj. 古老的, 过时的

Just as she was about to take the plunge, she noticed a small, archaic boat motoring its way toward the pier.

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Dingy

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adj. 肮脏破旧的

It was a dingy metal rowboat with an outboard engine, operated by a young man seated in the back of the boat.

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Unintelligible

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adj. 不可理解的

Even though she had taken one year of Spanish, his words were unintelligible.

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Deflect

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v. 转移,使….偏斜

Alexa put her hand above her eyes like a visor to deflect the blinding sunshine.

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Lithe

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adj. 柔韧的

His black hair was long, almost to his shoulders, and his body deeply tanned and lithe.

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Exorbitantly

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adv. 过高地,过度地

All of a sudden she felt exorbitantly self-conscious—and very glad she hadn’t plunged into the water a moment ago.

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Extricate

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v. 使脱离

She decided it was time to extricate herself from this situation.

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Evade

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v. 躲避

It’s just silly to evade precisely the person you want to get to know, she thought.

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Perspicacity

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n. 洞察力
But, having the perspicacity to realize that her actions were silly, she vowed emphatically that next time, she would be braver.

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Proximity

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n. 接近

As she approached the proximity of the Puerto Marino compound, she again had a nervous feeling in her stomach.

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Divulge

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v. 泄露

Alexa decided that she would not divulge her indiscretion to her.

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Indicretion

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n. 不检点行为

Alexa decided that she would not divulge her indiscretion to her.

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Discretionary

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adj. 自由决定的

It was discretionary information.

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Feigned

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n. 假装

“Oh, it wasn’t that difficult.” Alexa feigned a smile.

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Efficatiously

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adv. 有效地

I’m glad you’re able to work both independently and efficaciously.

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Inundate

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v. 使不胜负荷

I am just inundated with field work.

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Forage

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v. 搜寻

Janine lifted a rack of boxes out of the liquid nitrogen and foraged among the boxes with heavily gloved hands.

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Corrosive

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adj. 腐蚀性的
Then they donned protective gloves and glasses to add a mixture of phenol and chloroform, the corrosive chemicals that are used to break open the cells and release the DNA.

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Lull

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n. 间歇
There was a lull in the conversation as Alexa held the tube up to the light as both women peered intently through the test tube.

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Propensity

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n. 习性
It’s in control of virtually everything about us—our eye color, our hair color, even our propensity to succumb to debilitating diseases.

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Debilitate

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v. 使虚弱
It’s in control of virtually everything about us—our eye color, our hair color, even our propensity to succumb to debilitating diseases.

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Bequeath

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v. 把…传下去

DNA is like a silent and elusive dictator, bequeathing the characteristics that make us who we are.

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Invigorate

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v. 使…精神焕发

It had been an invigorating morning of science and adventure.

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Soluble

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adj. 可溶的

The top layer was what they wanted—this was the aqueous solution containing the soluble DNA.

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Dénouement

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n. (小说,戏剧的)结局

“Now for the dénouement!” Janine declared dramatically.

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Coalesce

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v.合并

A delicate and thin white string had coalesced in the tube.

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Enigmatic

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adj. 难以捉摸的

The white DNA in the tube had a hint of a translucent blue color to it, which only added to its enigmatic aura.