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v. 挖掘,调查 dig the ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously


Spelling Word: delve
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n. 跌价,贬值,轻视,毁谤,折旧 devaluation; decrease in price or value


Spelling Word: depreciation
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v. 投入于,献身,用于 dedicate; give your time or effort completely to something you believe in


Spelling Word: devote
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v. 剥夺(公民权) deprive of civil right; deprive someone of a franchise, generally their right to vote


Spelling Word: disenfranchise
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n. 消毒剂 a substance that kills germs or viruses; agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine


Spelling Word: disinfectant
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n. 争论,争执 argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate


Spelling Word: dispute
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n. 分开,分割 act or process of diving anything into parts; state of being divided; separation


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n. 打油诗 poor verse; of crude or irregular construction


Spelling Word: doggerel
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n. 忧郁,悲伤 period of depression or unhappy listlessness; slack period; state of inactivity


Spelling Word: doldrums
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a. 悲伤 sorrowful; filled with or expressing grief; mournful


Spelling Word: doleful