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fiasco  Speak Example sentences
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((语言)流利) quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
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(彻底失败) complete failure; sudden and violent collapse
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(人像,画像,外形,轮廓) model of a bodily form; impression produced by a person; written or printed symbol representing a number
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(基本的,基础的) relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
figurative  Speak Example sentences
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(使起斑点) spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
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(比喻) not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech
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(词汇表) brief explanation of words, often placed at back of book
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(植物志) plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit bodily organ
flinch  Speak Example sentences
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(有教养,文雅) quality of being well-mannered; refinement; people of good birth
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(畏首畏尾,退缩,犹豫) draw back, as with fear or pain
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(非常坏的,残忍的,恶名昭著的) obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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(摩擦) clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
flora  Speak Example sentences
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(铸造,伪造) workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
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(扭曲) twisted; knotty; made rough by age or hard work
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(植物志) plants of a region or era; plants considered as a group; bacteria that normally inhabit bodily organ
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((语言)流利) quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
forerunner  Speak Example sentences
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(丧失,没收,丧失物) something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
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(先驱,前身) predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
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(不详的预感) expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
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(比喻) not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech
forlorn  Speak Example sentences
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(苦的,凄凉的) sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
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(先驱,前身) predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
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(过量饮食) stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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(光滑,柔顺,口齿伶俐,圆滑) performed with a natural or offhand ease
formidable  Speak Example sentences
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(边缘,边界) margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band
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(总惹麻烦的人,惹事生非者,捣乱人) hothead; person who stirs up trouble; piece of burning wood
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(威胁的,险恶的) arousing fear; threatening; difficult to undertake or defeat
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(苦的,凄凉的) sad and lonely; wretched; abandoned or left behind
gamut  Speak Example sentences
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(轻弹,轻打) light quick blow or touch
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(彻底失败) complete failure; sudden and violent collapse
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(眩目的光) light; brightness; fierce or angry stare
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(整个领域) entire range; all notes in musical scale
garrulous  Speak Example sentences
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(发明,臆造的事务) something invented, made up; imaginary thing
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(总惹麻烦的人,惹事生非者,捣乱人) hothead; person who stirs up trouble; piece of burning wood
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(未成熟的,幼芽的) containing seeds of later development; creative
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(贫嘴) talking much and repetition of unimportant or trivial details
genteel  Speak Example sentences
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(非常坏的,残忍的,恶名昭著的) obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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(上流的) well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
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(先驱,前身) predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
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(被激怒) cause to be uneasy; wear away