worldlist39 Flashcards

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quay

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N. /码头/dock; landing place.

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queasy

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ADJ. /易恶心的,易呕吐的/easily nauseated; squeamish

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quell

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V. /镇压;平息,使安静/extinguish; put down; quiet

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quench

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V. /熄灭;抑制(欲望),满足/douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy

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querulous

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ADJ. /发牢骚的,暴躁的/fretful; whining

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query

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N. /质问,疑问/inquiry; question

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quibble

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N. /吹毛求疵的异议/minor objection or complaint.

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quiescent

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ADJ. /休止的,休眠的;休息的;暂时停止活动的/at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive

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quietude

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N. /安静;宁静/tranquility

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quintessence

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N. /精华,典范/purest and highest embodiment.

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quip

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N. /嘲弄;讽刺/taunt.

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quirk

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N. /急转,未被预料的事情/startling twist; caprice

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quiver

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V. /振动;颤抖;/tremble; shake

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quiver

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N. /箭囊/case for arrows

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quixotic

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ADJ. /唐吉诃德式的;狂想家的/idealistic but impractical

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quizzical

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ADJ. /戏弄的;揶揄的/teasing; bantering; mocking; curious

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quorum

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N. /法定人数/number of members necessary to conduct a meeting.

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rabid

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ADJ. /疯狂的,狂热的/like a fanatic; furious

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raconteur

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N. /善于讲故事的人/storyteller

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rail

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V. /责骂;怒斥/scold; rant

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raiment

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N. /衣服,服饰/clothing

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rally

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V. /集结,给予新力量/call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate.

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ramble

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V. /漫游/wander aimlessly (physically or mentally

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ramification

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N. /分枝,衍生物/branching out; subdivision.

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ramify

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V. /(使)分枝;(使)分叉/divide into branches or subdivisions

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ramp

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N. /斜坡;(飞机的)舷梯/slope; inclined plane

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rampant

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ADJ. /蔓延的,不受限制的

/growing in profusion; unrestrained

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ramshackle

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ADJ. /摇摇欲坠的/rickety; falling apart.

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rancid

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ADJ. /像油脂腐臭味的,腐臭的/having

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rancor

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N. /深仇,怨恨/bitterness; hatred

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random

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ADJ. /任意的,随便的/without definite purpose,

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rankle

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V. /激怒;使怨恨/irritate;

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rant

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V. /咆哮;激昂的演说;大声责骂,夸夸其谈/rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech

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rapacious

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ADJ. /贪婪的;掠夺成性的/excessively greedy; predatory

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rapport

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N. /彼此友爱的关系;和谐/emotional closeness; harmony

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rapt

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ADJ. /被深深吸引的;着迷的/absorbed; enchanted

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rarefied

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ADJ. /稀薄的(气体)/made less dense (of a gas

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raspy

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ADJ. /刺耳的;焦躁的/grating; harsh

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ratify

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V. /批准,认可/approve formally; confirm; verify

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ratiocination

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N. /推理;推论/reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises.

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rationale

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N. /基本理论;解释/fundamental reason or justification

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rationalize

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V. /使合理化,文过饰非/give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true

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raucous

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ADJ. /沙哑(声)的,嘈杂的/harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous

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rave

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N. /过分赞扬,吹捧/overwhelmingly favorable review

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ravel

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V. /使混乱;松开,卷入混乱/fall apart into tangles

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ravenous

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ADJ. /饿极的/extremely hungry

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raze

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V. /夷平,拆毁/destroy completely

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reactionary

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ADJ. /反作用的,反动的,保守的/recoiling from progress; politically ultraconservative

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realm

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N. /王国,领域/kingdom; field or sphere.

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reaper

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N. /收割者;收割机/one who harvests grain. Death

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rebuff

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V. /回绝,驳斥/snub; beat back

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rebuke

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V. /指责,谴责/scold harshly; criticize severely.

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rebuttal

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N. /辩驳;举反证/refutation; response with contrary evidence.

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recalcitrant

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ADJ. /顽抗的,桀骜不顺的/obstinately stubborn

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recant

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V. /撤回,放弃,撤回声明/disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement

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recapitulate

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V. /概括;总结/summarize.

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recast

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V. /改写,重塑/reconstruct (a sentence, story, etc.); fashion again

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receptive

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ADJ. /善于接受的,能接纳的/quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions

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recession

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N. /撤回,退却,工商业之衰退/withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity

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recidivism

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N. /累犯;重犯/habitual return to crime

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recipient

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N. /接受者/receiver

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reciprocal

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ADJ. /互相的;互惠的/mutual; exchangeable; interacting

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reciprocate

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V. /回报/repay in kind

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recluse

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N. /隐遁者/hermit; loner

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reconcile

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V. /使符合,使一致,使和解/correct inconsistencies

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reconnaissance

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N. /侦察,勘察,搜索/survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering

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recount

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V. /详细叙述/narrate or tell; count over again.

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recourse

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N. /求助;求援/resorting to help when in trouble

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recrimination

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N. /反责;反控/countercharges. Loud

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rectify

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V. /纠正,改正/set right; correct

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rectitude

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N. /正直;公正/uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment

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recumbent

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ADJ. /靠着的;斜躺的;/reclining; lying down completely or in part

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recuperate

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V. /恢复,复原/recover

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recurrent

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ADJ. /复发的;周期性发生的/occurring again and again