worldlist16 Flashcards

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duration

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N. /持续时间/length of time something lasts

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duress

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N. /(非法的)限制,关押/forcible restraint

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dutiful

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ADJ. /恭敬的;尊重的/respectful; obedient

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dwarf

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V. /使看上去矮小/cause to seem small

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dwindle

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V. /缩水;减少/shrink; reduce

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dynamic

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ADJ. /充满活力的/energetic; vigorously active

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earthy

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ADJ. /粗糙的;未加工的/unrefined; coarse.

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ebb

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V. /衰退/recede; lessen

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ebullient

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ADJ. /热情的,激动的/showing excitement; overflowing with enthusiasm

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eccentric

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ADJ. /古怪的,奇怪的/irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre.

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eccentricity

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N. /怪僻,古怪;特性/oddity; idiosyncrasy

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ecclesiastic

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ADJ. /神职的/pertaining to the church.

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eclectic

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ADJ. /折衷的/composed of elements drawn from disparate sources.

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eclipse

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V. /超越;衰落;失色/darken; extinguish; surpass

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ecologist

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N. /生态学家/a person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their
environment.

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economy

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N. /俭省节约的,经济的/efficiency or conciseness in using something

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ecstasy

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N. /全神贯注,入迷,高兴/rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion.

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eddy

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N. /漩涡/swirling current of water, air, etc

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edict

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N. /法令,号令;布告/decree (especially issued by a sovereign); official command

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edify

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V. /教导;启迪,陶冶/instruct; correct morally

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eerie

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ADJ. /怪异的/weird. In that eerie setting

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efface

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V. /抹掉/rub out

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effectual

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ADJ. /有效的/able to produce a desired effect

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effervescence

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N. /泡腾,沸腾;兴奋,活泼/inner excitement or exuberance

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efficacy

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N. /功效/power to produce desired effect

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effigy

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N. /假人(被人憎恨的,如秦桧)/dummy

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effrontery

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N. /厚颜无耻/shameless boldness

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effusive

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ADJ. /激情澎湃的/pouring forth; gushing.

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egoism

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N. /自我中心,利己主义/excessive interest in one’s self

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egotistical

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ADJ. /极度自我中心;自以为是,逞能/excessively self-centered; self-important; conceited

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egregious

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ADJ. /及其令人痛恨的,声名狼藉;令人吃惊的/notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking

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egress

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N. /出口/exit

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ejaculation

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N. /迸出;惊叹/exclamation.

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elaboration

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N. /细节;复杂/addition of details; intricacy.

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elated

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ADJ. /过分高兴的;兴高采烈/overjoyed; in high spirits.

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elegy

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N. /挽歌,悲歌/poem or song expressing lamentation.

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elicit

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V. /得出/draw out by discussi

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elixir

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N. /包治百病,万能药/cure-all; something invigorating

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ellipsis

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N. /省略/omission of words from a text.

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elliptical

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ADJ. /椭圆的;有意模棱两可的/oval; ambiguous

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eloquence

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N. /雄辩;修辞/expressiveness; persuasive spee

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elucidate

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V. /解释;启迪/explain; enlighten

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elusive

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ADJ. /难懂的,难捉摸的;令人困惑的/evasive

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emaciated

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ADJ. /瘦弱的,脆弱的/thin and wasted

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emanate

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V. /散发,发出/issue forth

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emancipate

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V. /释放,解放/set free

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embargo

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N. /禁运/ban on commerce or other activity

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embark

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V. /开始旅程,开始,登机,上船,上车/co

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embed

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V. /封装,嵌入,插入/enclose; place in something

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embellish

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V. /装饰/adorn; ornament

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embezzlement

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N. /偷窃,侵占/stealing

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embody

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V. /具体化;包含,收录/personify; make concrete; incorporate

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embrace

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V. /拥抱;接受,包含/hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include

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embroider

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V. /镶边,绣花;添油加醋/decorate with needlework; ornament with fancy or fictitious details

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embroil

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V. /连累,牵连;使其混乱,麻烦缠身/throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle

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embryonic

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ADJ. /胚胎的;未开发的,原始的/undeveloped; rudimentary

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emendation

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N. /改进;修订/correction of errors; improvement.

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eminent

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ADJ. /高的/high; lofty

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emissary

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N. /代理;信使,使者/agent; messenger

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emollient

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N. /缓和,安抚/soothing or softening remedy

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empathy

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N. /移情作用,心入/ability to identify with another’s feelings

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empirical

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ADJ. /经验主义/based on experience

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emulate

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V. /仿效;抗衡/imitate; rival. In a brief essay,

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enamored

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ADJ. /爱情的;坠入爱河的/in love

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encipher

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V. /编码/encode; convert a message into code.

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enclave

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N. /飞地/territory enclosed within an alien land

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encomium

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N. /赞美之词/high praise; eulogy

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encompass

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V. /包围/surround

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encroachment

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N. /侵蚀;“和平演变”/gradual intrusion