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respite

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respite ​N. /暂缓/interval of relief; time for rest; delay in punishment. After working nonstop on this project for three straight months. I need a respite! For David, the two weeks vacationing in New Zealand were a delightful respite from the pressures of his job.

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resplendent

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resplendent​ADJ. /辉煌的;光辉的/dazzling; glorious; brilliant. While all the adults were commenting how glorious the emperor looked in his resplendent new clothes, one little boy was heard to say, “But he’s naked!”

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responsiveness

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responsiveness​N. /响应的/state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc. The audience cheered and applauded, delighting the performers by its responsiveness.

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restitution

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restitution ​N. /归还;补偿/reparation; indemnification. He offered to make restitution for the window broken by his son.

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restive

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restive​ADJ. /焦躁不安的;难以压抑的/restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting control. Waiting impatiently in line to see Santa Claus, even the best-behaved children grow restive and start to fidget.

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resumption

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resumption​N. /恢复;重新开始/taking up again; recommencement. During summer break, Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the resumption of classes, however, he felt marked excitement and pleasure. resume,V.

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resurge

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resurge​V. /复活/rise again; flow to and fro. It was startling to see the spirit of nationalism resurge as the Soviet Union disintegrated into a loose federation of ethnic and national groups. resurgence, N.

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retaliation

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retaliation​N. /报仇/repayment in kind (usually for bad treatment). Because everyone knew the Princeton Band had stolen Brown’s mascot, the whole Princeton student body expected some sort of retaliation from Brown. retaliate,V.

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retentive

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retentive​ADJ. /保持的;记性好的/holding; having a good memory. The pupil did not need to spend much time studying, for he had a retentive mind and remembered all he read.

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reticence

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reticence​N. /不动声色的;深藏不露的;沉默寡言的/reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence. Fearing his competitors might get advance word about his plans from talkative staff members, Hughes preferred reticence from his employees to loquacity. reticent,ADJ.

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retinue

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retinue​N. /随行人员;扈从/following; attendants. The queen’s retinue followed her down the aisle.

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retract

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retract​V. /撤回,撤退/withdraw; take back. When I saw how Fred and his fraternity brothers had trashed the frat house, I decided to retract my offer to let them use our summer cottage for the weekend. retraction, N.

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retrench

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retrench​V. /裁减,削减;紧缩,节约/cut down; economize. In order to be able to afford to send their children to college, they would have to retrench. retrenchment, N.

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retribution

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retribution​N. /复仇;补偿;惩罚/vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses. The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact retribution from the sinners.

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retroactive

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retroactive​ADJ. /反动的;(法律)追溯的(由制定之日前的某一天生效)/of a law that dates back to a period before its enactment. Because the law was retroactive to the first of the year, we found she was eligible for the pension.

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retrograde

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retrograde​V. /倒退的/go backwards; degenerate. instead of advancing, our civilization seems to have retrograded in ethics and culture. alsoADJ.

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revelry

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revelry​N. /狂欢/boisterous merrymaking. New Year’s Eve is a night of revelry

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reverent

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reverent​ADJ. /尊敬的;可敬的/respectful; worshipful. Though I bow my head in church and recite the prayers, sometimes I don’t feel properly reverent. revere,V.

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reverie

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reverie​N. /冥想;发呆;白日梦/daydream; musing. He was awakened from his reverie by the teacher’s question.

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revert

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revert​V. /回复;故态复萌/relapse; backslide; turn back to. Most of the time Andy seemed sensitive and mature, but occasionally he would revert to his smart-alecky, macho, adolescent self.

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revile

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revile​V. /辱骂,谩骂,诽谤/attack with abusive language; vilify. Though most of his contemporaries reviled Captain Kidd as a notorious, bloody-handed pirate, some of his fellow merchant-captains believed him innocent of his alleged crimes.

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revulsion

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revulsion​N. /剧变(情感的);抽回;收手/sudden violent change of feeling; reaction. Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a revulsion when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.

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rhapsodize

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rhapsodize​V. /狂热地描述;写狂想文,作狂想曲/to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthusiastic manner. She greatly enjoyed her Hawaiian vacation and rhapsodized about it for weeks.

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ribald

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ribald​ADJ. /下流的;放荡的;亵渎的/wanton; profane. He sang a ribald song that offended many of the more prudish listeners.

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rider

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rider ​N. /附文;扶手/amendment or clause added to a legislative bill. Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster’s tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollution riderto the bill.

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rife

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rife​ADJ. /普遍的/abundant; current. In the face of the many rumors of scandal, which are rife at the moment, it is best to remain silent.

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rift

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rift​N. /裂缝;破口/opening; break. The plane was lost in the stormy sky until the pilot saw the city through a rift in the clouds.

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rig

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rig​V. /配备;装备/fix or manipulate. The ward boss was able to rig the election by bribing people to stuff the ballot boxes with ballots marked in his candidate’s favor.

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rile

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rile​V. /激怒/vex; irritate; muddy. Red had a hair-trigger temper: he was an easy man to rile.

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riveting

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riveting​ADJ. /迷人的/absorbing; engrossing. The reviewer described Byatt’s novel Possession as a riveting tale, one so absorbing that he had finished it in a single night.

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rivulet

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rivulet ​N. /小溪/small stream. As the rains continued, the small trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a rivulet that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.

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robust

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robust​ADJ. /健壮的/vigorous; strong. After pumping iron and taking karate for six months, the little old lady was so robust that she could break a plank with her fist.

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roil

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roil​V. /搅动(使水变浑);激怒/to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment. Be careful when you pour not to roil the wine; if you stir up the sediment you’ll destroy the flavor.

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roster

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roster​N. /列表/list. They print the roster of players in the season’s program.

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rostrum

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rostrum​N. /演讲台;讲道坛/platform for speech-making; pulpit. The crowd murmured angrily and indicated that they did not care to listen to the speaker who was approaching the rostrum.

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rote

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rote​N. /生搬硬套;死记硬背/repetition. He recited the passage by rote and gave no indication he understood what he was saying.

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rotundity

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rotundity ​N. /圆形,球状;洪亮的演讲/roundness; sonorousness of speech. Washington Irving emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference.

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rousing

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rousing​ADJ. /活跃的;煽动的/lively; stirring. “And now, let’s have a rousing welcome for TV’s own Roseanne Barr, who’ll lead us in a rousing rendition of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.”’

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rout

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rout​V. /吓跑;赶出;击退/stampede; drive out. The reinforcements were able to rout the enemy. also N.

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rubble

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rubble​N. /碎片/broken fragments. Ten years after World War II, some of the rubble left by enemy bombings could still be seen.

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ruddy

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ruddy​ADJ. /红的;红润的,白里透红的;健康的/reddish; healthy-looking. Santa Claus’s ruddy cheeks nicely complement Rudolph the Reindeer’s bright red nose.

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rudimentary

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rudimentary​ADJ. /原始的;最初的;原来的/not developed; elementary; crude. Although my grandmother’s English vocabulary was limited to a few rudimentary phrases, she always could make herself understood.

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rue

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rue​V. /懊悔;后悔;感伤/regret; lament; mourn. Tina rued the night she met Tony and wondered how she ever fell for such a jerk. rueful,ADJ.

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ruffian

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ruffian​N. /流氓;恶棍;痞子/bully; scoundrel. The ruffians threw stones at the police.

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ruminate

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ruminate​V. /反复咀嚼;消化;深思;反刍/chew over and over (mentally, or, like cows, physically); mull over; ponder. Unable to digest quickly the baffling events of the day, Reuben ruminated about them till four in the morning.

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rummage

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rummage​V. /到处翻寻/ransack; thoroughly search. When we rummaged through the trunks in the attic, we found many souvenirs of our childhood days. also N.

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ruse

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ruse​N. /技巧;策略,计谋/trick; stratagem. You will not be able to fool your friends with such an obvious ruse.

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rustic

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rustic​ADJ. /乡村的;笨拙的,不舒服的/pertaining to country people; uncouth. The backwoodsman looked out of place in his rustic attire.

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saboteur

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saboteur​N. /破坏分子;怠工者/one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property. Members of the Resistance acted as saboteurs, blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.

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saccharine

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saccharine​ADJ. /糖精的;代糖的;极甜的/cloyingly sweet. She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.

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sacrilegious

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sacrilegious​ADJ. /亵渎的,天谴的/desecrating; profane. His stealing of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.

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sacrosanct

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sacrosanct​ADJ. /非常神圣的/most sacred; inviolable. The brash insurance salesman invaded the sacrosanct privacy of the office of the president of the company.