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nascent  Speak Example sentences
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初生的 incipient; coming into existence; emerging
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普通的 dull and uninteresting; lacking distinct or individual
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迷惑,困惑,增加不必要的复杂性 confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
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不墨守陈规,不一致 failure to conform; lack of harmony or correspondence
negligent  Speak Example sentences
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疏忽的,粗心大意的 failing to be careful enough or to give enough attention to your responsibilities; inattentive
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遮蔽,使显得不重要 throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence
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可得到的 available; capable of being obtained
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验光师 a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
nomadic  Speak Example sentences
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巫术,妖术,招魂术 belief in magical spells to produce unnatural effects; the communicating with spirits of dead ones to predict future
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迷惑,困惑,增加不必要的复杂性 confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make needlessly complex
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鸦片剂,安眠的,止痛的 medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
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游牧的 leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
nominee  Speak Example sentences
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氖,霓虹灯 a colorless, odorless gaseous element that gives a red glow in a vacuum tube
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十分轻蔑的,辱骂的 bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous
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神一样的,谜一样的,超自然的,无法理解的 prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous
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被提名的人,被任命者 someone who has been nominated for something; candidate
nonentity  Speak Example sentences
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普通的 dull and uninteresting; lacking distinct or individual
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遮蔽,使显得不重要 throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; obscure; cover with a superior influence
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不存在 person of no importance; something that does not exist or that exists only in the imagination
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谷底,最低点,天底 the lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically
norm  Speak Example sentences
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最优的 most favorable or advantageous
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标准,规范 convention; standard; rule
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钝的,迟钝的,愚蠢的 lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
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使迷惑,使为难,混淆 perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox
nuptial  Speak Example sentences
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婚姻的 relating to marriage or wedding ceremony
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游牧的 leading a wandering life with no fixed abode; changeable; unsettled
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歇斯底里的 extremely disturbed from emotion
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可以通航的 wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through; able to be steered
obdurate  Speak Example sentences
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硬币收藏家 collector and student of money, in particular of coins
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谷底,最低点,天底 the lowest point; point on sphere opposites zenith diametrically
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新闻广播 a radio or television program that consists of news reports
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执拗的,顽固的 hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; not giving in to a persuasion
obtainable  Speak Example sentences
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初生的 incipient; coming into existence; emerging
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氖,霓虹灯 a colorless, odorless gaseous element that gives a red glow in a vacuum tube
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可得到的 available; capable of being obtained
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多管闲事的 marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
obtuse  Speak Example sentences
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愚蠢的人 person regarded as stupid or awkward
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钝的,迟钝的,愚蠢的 lacking in insight or discernment; stupid
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费解,不明了,不出名 quality or state of being obscure; darkness; privacy; inconspicuousness
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神一样的,谜一样的,超自然的,无法理解的 prophetic; uttered as if with divine authority; mysterious or ambiguous