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v. 打败,战胜,失败,击败 disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with


Spelling Word: defeat
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a. 美味的,可口的 extremely pleasing to the sense of taste; greatly pleasing or entertaining


Spelling Word: delicious
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n. 错觉 false belief; mistaken or unfounded opinion


Spelling Word: delusion
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n. 不景气,萧条期 recession; economic slump; concavity in a surface produced by pressing; sadness; low spirits


Spelling Word: depression
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n. 子孙,后裔 offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race


Spelling Word: descendant
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n. 破坏,毁灭 havoc; event that completely destroys something


Spelling Word: destruction
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v. 威慑,吓住 keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting


Spelling Word: deter
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n. 直径 length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference


Spelling Word: diameter
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a. 损失惨重的,悲伤的 extremely bad; terrible; dreadful


Spelling Word: disastrous
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a. 小心的,谨慎的 free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable


Spelling Word: discreet