abandon
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(没有约束,放任情绪) lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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abbreviate
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(减短,缩写) make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase
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abnegation
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(批判,自我牺牲) repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others
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accident
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(意外事件,事故) event that takes place without one's foresight or expectation; sudden, and unexpected event
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accidentally
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(意外地,偶然地) inadvertently; by chance; casually; fortuitously; not essentially or intrinsically
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accommodate
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(招待,食宿,适应) do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for
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acerbity
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(尖酸的(语气,脾气)) bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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achievement
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(成就,功绩) feat; accomplishment; award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective
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adumbrate
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(勾画出轮廓,隐约显示,预示,蒙上阴影) give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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affirmation
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(正面肯定,确认) positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath
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aggrandize
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(增加,加强) increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation
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aggressive
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(强有力的,坚持己见的) making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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aggressiveness
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(侵略,争斗) feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack; quality of being bold and enterprising
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alien
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(外国的,外国人的,来自其他星球的) dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed in nature; very different place, society, or person
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allegory
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(寓言) symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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ambivalence
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(矛盾的观点或情绪) state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
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amenable
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(有服从义务的,随时服从的) responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable
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anarchist
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(无政府主义者) person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority
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anecdotal
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(轶闻的,多轶闻趣闻的) having the character of an anecdote; of short story of interesting or humorous incident
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annuity
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(年金,养老金) annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
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anoint
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(神圣化) apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration.
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anomaly
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(不规则,异常,反常) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
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antecedents
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(历史环境,历史背景) preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
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anticlimax
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(反高潮,突降) letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise
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aphorism
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(格言,警句,谚语) definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
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apologist
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(辩护者) person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as doctrine, policy, or institution
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apotheosis
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(神圣,典范) elevation to godhood; fact or action of becoming a god; an ideal example of something
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apprehension
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(害怕) fearful or uneasy anticipation of the future; act of seizing or capturing; understanding
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apprenticeship
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(学徒身份) term during which one learns a trade from skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
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architecture
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(建筑,建筑学) art and science of designing and erecting buildings; buildings and other large structures
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ascribe
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(归因于,指派) inscribe or dedicate; attribute to a specified cause, source, or origin; assign as a quality
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aspect
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((问题的)方面,(事物的)一部分) distinct feature or element in a problem; a way in which something can be viewed by the mind
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atavism
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(反祖,隔代遗传) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after passage of two or more generations
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atrophy
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(枯萎,萎缩,衰退,结束) wasting away; decrease in size; reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease
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attached
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(附加的,附属的) fastened together; joined by wall, especially by sharing a wall with another building; not freestanding
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attrition
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(裁员,磨损) gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in work force without firing employees; wearing away of opposition by means of harassment
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auroral
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(曙光的,极光的) characteristic of dawn; dawning, eastern, like new beginning; relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras
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authority
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(权力,权限,权威人士) jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
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aversion
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(厌恶,抵制) firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
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avocation
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(副业,业余爱好) activity taken up in addition to one's regular work or profession, usually for enjoyment
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