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ordeal  Speak Example sentences
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(忽略,没注意到) ignore; disregard; fail to notice ; watch over
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(严酷的考验,折磨) severe trial; form of trial to determine guilt or innocence; difficult or painful experience
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(使瘫痪,使麻痹) make powerless and unable to function; disable
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(研究生) student who continues studies after graduation
period  Speak Example sentences
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(豪猪,箭猪) relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
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(授粉) fertilization of plants by the agency of insects that carry pollen from one flower to another
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(乐观者) one who expects favorable or good outcome
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(句点,省略号,完结) duration, continuance, term; end of something
periodic  Speak Example sentences
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(告发,检举) seek to obtain or enforce by legal action; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
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(周期的,定期的) repeated; recurring at intervals of time
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(研究生) student who continues studies after graduation
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(似是而非的) likely but not certain to be or become true or real
perpetuate  Speak Example sentences
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(器官,机关,机构) natural part or structure in animal or plant, capable of performing some special action
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(失去平衡) weigh more heavily; exceed in weight, value, or importance; surpass; throw off balance
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(保护免于灭绝) make something last; preserve from extinction
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(生物,有机物) living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
plight  Speak Example sentences
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(情况,状况,困境) condition or state, especially a bad state or condition
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(拖延) make longer; draw out; lengthen
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(使瘫痪,使麻痹) make powerless and unable to function; disable
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(普遍的,流行的) widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
plunge  Speak Example sentences
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(管弦乐队) band
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(授粉) fertilization of plants by the agency of insects that carry pollen from one flower to another
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(跳进,投入,陷入) dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place
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(保护免于灭绝) make something last; preserve from extinction
prescribe  Speak Example sentences
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(指示,规定) dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
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(禁止的,阻碍的,阻止的) tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
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(刺,刺激,激励) stir up; urge; goad to action; incite
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(划独木舟者) someone paddling a canoe
prevalent  Speak Example sentences
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(磅,英镑) unit of weight equal to 16 ounces
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(情况,状况,困境) condition or state, especially a bad state or condition
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(普遍的,流行的) widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
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(生物,有机物) living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
primary  Speak Example sentences
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(第一位的,主要的) of first rank or importance or value; essential or basic
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(电影放映员,幻灯放映员) one who operates the projector in a movie house
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(剧作家) someone who writes plays
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(禁止的,阻碍的,阻止的) tending to discourage; prohibiting; forbidding
primitive  Speak Example sentences
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(南瓜) usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family
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(普遍的,流行的) widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
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(上古的,原始的) belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
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(器官,机关,机构) natural part or structure in animal or plant, capable of performing some special action