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(野心,追求名利) pursuit of professional advancement as one's chief or sole aim


Spelling Word: careerism
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a. Syn. pure
(纯的) morally pure in thought or conduct; decent and modest


Spelling Word: chaste
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n. Syn. code
(密码,数字) secret code; an Arabic numeral or figure; a number


Spelling Word: cipher
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(顶点,极点,巅峰) upward movement; steady increase; the highest point; the greatest degree


Spelling Word: climax
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n. Syn. addition
(补充,使完善) something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection


Spelling Word: complement
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n. Syn. thought; idea
(开始,构思) beginning; forming of an idea; act of conceiving


Spelling Word: conception
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n. Syn. harmony; accord
(音乐会) performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging; harmony; accord


Spelling Word: concert
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a. Syn. successive; sequential
(连续的) following one after another without interruption; sequential


Spelling Word: consecutive
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a. Syn. traditional; conventional
(保守的,谨慎的,守旧的) favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change


Spelling Word: conservative
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(定约人,承包人) one who contracts to build things; a party to a contract


Spelling Word: contractor