worldlist 15 Flashcards

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dishearten

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V. /挫败/discourage; cause to lose courage or hope.

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disheveled

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ADJ. /邋遢,肮脏/untidy.

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disinclination

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N. /不情愿,厌恶/unwillingness.

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disingenuous

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ADJ. /不诚恳的/lacking genuine candor; insincere.

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disinter

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V. /挖出,出土/dig up; unearth.

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disinterested

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ADJ. /公正的,无私的/unprejudiced.

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disjointed

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ADJ. / 断开/disconnected.

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dislodge

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V. /强制移除/remove (forcibly).

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dismantle

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V. /拆除/take apart.

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dismay

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V. /使沮丧;使害怕/discourage; frighten.

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dismember

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V. /分解,肢解/cut into small parts.

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dismiss

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V. /拒绝;排除/put away from consideration; reject.

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disparage

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V. /忽略,轻视/belittle. A doting mother

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disparate

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ADJ. /大相径庭的;没关系的/basically different; unrelated.

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disparity

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N. /不同;差距/difference; condition of inequality.

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dispassionate

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ADJ. /平静的;公平的/calm; impartial.

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dispatch

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N. /急速;急件/speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed

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dispel

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V. /驱散,消除/scatter; drive away; cause to vanish.

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disperse

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V. /散开/scatter. The police fired tear gas into the crowd to disperse the protesters

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dispirited

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ADJ. /没情绪的,沮丧的/lacking in spirit.

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disputatious

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ADJ. /好辩的/argumentative; fond of arguing.

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disquiet

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V. /使焦虑,使难受/make uneasy or anxious.

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dissection

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N. /分析;解剖/analysis; cutting apart in order to examine.

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dissemble

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V. /伪装,做作,掩饰/disguise; pretend.

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disseminate

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V. /分发,扩散,散布/distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds).

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dissent

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V. /反对/disagree. In the recent Supreme Court decision,

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dissertation

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N. /论文(博士生)/formal essay.

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dissident

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ADJ. /持不同意见的;难于对付的/dissenting; rebellious.

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dissimulate

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V. /伪装,做作,掩饰/pretend; conceal by feigning.

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dissipate

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V. /驱散,消散;浪费/squander; waste; scatter. He is a fine artist,

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dissolute

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ADJ. /放纵,挥霍/loose in morals.

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dissolution

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N. /解散;终止;解体/breaking of a union; decay; termination.

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dissonance

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N. /不和谐的(声音)/discord.

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34
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dissuade

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V. /劝阻;使灰心/persuade not to do; discourage.

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distant

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ADJ. /冷漠的;远离的/reserved or aloof; cold in manner.

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distend

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V. /扩大;扩张/expand; swell out.

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distill

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V. /蒸馏;萃取,提炼,提纯/extract the essence; purify; refine.

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distinction

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N. /出名;出格/honor; contrast; discrimination.

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distort

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V. /扭曲,歪曲/twist out of shape.

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distraught

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ADJ. /使悲伤;使焦虑/upset; distracted by anxiety.

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diurnal

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ADJ. /日常的/daily. A farmer cannot neglect his diurnal tasks at any time; cows,

42
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diva

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N. /著名女歌唱家,天后;歌剧女主角/operatic singer; prima donna

43
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diverge

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V. /分歧,偏离/vary;

44
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divergent

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ADJ. /分歧的/differing; deviating

45
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diverse

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ADJ. /丰富多样的/differing in some characteristics; various

46
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diversion

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N. /转移;解闷/act of turning aside; pastime

47
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diversity

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N. /多样性/variety; dissimilitude

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divest

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V. /剥夺/strip; deprive

49
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divine

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V. /运用直觉,超能力;预见/perceive intuitively; foresee the future

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divulge

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V. /揭开,暴露/reveal. No lover of gossip

51
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docile

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ADJ. /驯服的,听话的;善良的/obedient; easily managed

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doctrinaire

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ADJ. /教条的;顽固的/unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

53
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doctrine

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N. /教育;学说/teachings, in general; particular principle (religious, legal, etc.) taught.

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document

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V. /书面证明/provide written evidence

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doff

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V. /脱/take off

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dogged

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ADJ. /顽固的;顽强的/determined; stubborn

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doggerel

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N. /打油诗/poor verse

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dogmatic

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ADJ. /独断的,教条的,固执的/opinionated; arbitrary

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doldrums

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N. /忧郁,悲伤/blues; listlessness; slack period

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doleful

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ADJ. /悲伤/sorrowful

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dolt

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N. /愚蠢的人,蠢货/stupid person

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domicile

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N. /家/home. Although his legal domicile was in New York City

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domineer

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V. /暴力压制/rule over tyrannically

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don

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V. /穿上/put on. When Clark Kent has to don his Superman outfit,

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doodle

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V. /涂鸦;浪费时间/scribble or draw aimlessly

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dormant

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ADJ. /睡着的;隐匿的/sleeping; lethargic

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dormer

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N. /天窗/window projecting from roof

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dossier

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N. /档案,资料/file of documents on a subject. Ordered by

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dote

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V. /昏聩;溺爱/be excessively fond o

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douse

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V. /浸泡;弄湿;弄灭/plunge into water; drench; extinguish.

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dowdy

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ADJ. /邋遢的;衣衫不整/slovenly; untidy

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downcast

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ADJ. /沮丧/disheartened; sad. Cheerful and optimistic by nature,

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drab

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ADJ. /迟钝的;单调的/dull; lacking color; cheerless

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draconian

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ADJ. /极其严重/extremely severe

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dregs

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N. /沉淀物;残渣/sediment; worthless residue

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drivel

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N. /胡言乱语;愚蠢/nonsense; foolishness

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droll

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ADJ. /滑稽可笑;离奇古怪,怪里怪气/queer and amusing.

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drone

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N. /闲人;雄蜂/idle person; male bee

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drone

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V. /嗡嗡声;语气呆板的声音/talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee.

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dross

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N. /渣滓,废物/waste matter; worthless impurities

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drudgery

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N. /苦差事,苦工/menial work.

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dubious

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ADJ. /可疑的/questionable

83
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ductile

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ADJ. /柔软的,有韧性/malleable; flexible; pliable

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dulcet

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ADJ. /甜美的(声音)/sweet sounding

85
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dumbfound

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V. /使人惊讶/astonish.

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dupe

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N. /易被开涮的人/someone easily fooled

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duplicity

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奸诈,狡猾;伪善;两面三刀,两面派/double-dealing; hypocrisy