WORLDLIST 20 Flashcards

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flippant

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ADJ. /轻率的,没礼貌的,嬉皮笑脸的/lacking proper seriousness

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flit

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V. /掠过/fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by. Like a bee flitting from flower to flower

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floe

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N. /浮殡冰块;大浮冰/mass of floating ice

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flora

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ADJ. /植物群

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flounder

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V. /挣扎,辗转;困难地奋斗/struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or

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flourish

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V. /生长;繁荣;装饰/grow well; prosper; decorate with ornaments

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flout

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V. /轻视;嘲笑;愚弄/reject; mock

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fluctuate

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V. /波动的;起伏的,摇摆不定的/waver; shift

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fluency

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N. /(语言)流利/smoothness of speech

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fluke

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N. /意外;小概率事件/unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune

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fluster

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V. /使混乱,使迷惑/confuse

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flux

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N. /变迁;流动/flowing; series of changes.

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fodder

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N. /粗饲料;饲养/coarse food for cattle, horses, etc

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foible

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N. /缺点;弱点/weakness; slight fault

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foil

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N. /烘托;衬托/contrast

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foil

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V. /打击;打败,挫败/defeat; frustrate

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foliage

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N. /树叶/masses of leaves

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foment

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V. /鼓动,煽动/stir up; instigate

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foolhardy

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ADJ. /愚勇的;傻大胆儿/rash

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fop

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N. /花花公子;过分注意衣着的男人/dandy; man excessively concerned with his clothes.

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forbearance

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N. /耐心/patience.

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ford

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N. /津;浅滩/place where a river can be crossed on foot.

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forebears

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N. /前人;祖先/ancestors

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foreboding

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N. /不详的预感/premonition of evil

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forensic

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ADJ. /法院的;适于法庭的/suitable to debate or courts of law

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foreshadow

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V. /预言;预测/give an indication beforehand; portend; prefigure.

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foresight

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N. /洞察力/ability to foresee future happenings; prudence.

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forestall

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V. /预防/prevent by taking action in advance.

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forgo

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V. /放弃/give up; do without

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forlorn

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ADJ. /孤苦的,凄凉的/sad and lonely; wretched

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formality

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N. /仪式;礼节/ceremonious quality

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formidable

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ADJ. /威胁的,险恶的/menacing; threatening

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forsake

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V. /放弃/desert; abandon; renounce

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forswear

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V. /放弃/renounce; abandon

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forte

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N. /强项,特殊才能/strong point or special talent

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forthright

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ADJ. /坦率的;豪爽的/outspoken; straightforward; frank

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fortitude

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N. /勇敢的/bravery; courage

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fortuitous

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ADJ. /偶然的/accidental; by chance

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forum

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N. /论坛/place of assembly to discuss public concerns; meeting for discussion

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foster

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V. /养育,培养;鼓励/rear; encourage

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founder

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V. /完全失败;沉默/fail completely; sink

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founder

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N. /创办人/person who establishes (an organization, business

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fracas

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N. /争吵;混战/brawl, melee

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fractious

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ADJ. / 蛮横倔强的/unruly; disobedient; irritable

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frail

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ADJ. /弱的/weak

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franchise

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N. /公民权;营业执照/right granted by authority; right to vote

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frantic

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ADJ. /狂乱/wild

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fraternize

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V. /友善/associate in a friendly way

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fraudulent

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ADJ. /欺骗的/cheating; deceitful

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fraught

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ADJ. /满的/filled

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fray

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N. /争吵/brawl

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frenetic

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ADJ. /发狂的/frenzied; frantic

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frenzied

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ADJ. /狂乱的/madly excited

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fresco

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N. /壁画/painting on plaster (usually fresh

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fret

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V. /被激怒/to be annoyed or vexed

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friction

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N. /摩擦/clash in opinion; rubbing against

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frigid

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ADJ. /刺骨寒/intensely cold

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frivolous

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ADJ. /轻佻的;嬉皮笑脸的/lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently carefree

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frolicsome

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ADJ. /闹着玩的;嬉戏的/prankish; gay.

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frond

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N. /棕榈叶;蕨叶/fern leaf; palm or banana leaf

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frugality

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N. /俭省节约/thrift; economy

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fruition

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N. /享用;成就;实现/bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization

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frustrate

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V. /阻碍;挫败/thwart; defeat

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fugitive

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ADJ. /短暂的,易变的;流动的/fleeting or transitory; roving

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fulcrum

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N. /(杠杆的)支点/support on which a lever rests

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fulsome

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ADJ. /过分的/disgustingly excessive

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fundamental

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V. /基本的,基础的/basic; primary; essential.

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furlough

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N. /休假/leave of absence

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furor

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N. /非常激动/frenzy; great excitement

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furtive

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ADJ. /隐秘的;偷偷摸摸,鬼祟/stealthy; sneaky

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fusion

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N. /熔合;熔接/union; coalition

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futile

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ADJ. /没出息;无望,没效果的/useless; hopeless; ineffectual

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gadfly

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N. /牛蝇;招人烦的人/animal-biting fly; an irritating person

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gaffe

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N. /失态;出丑/social blunder