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brief

/bri:f/ a.
(短暫的,簡短的,簡單地說) short in time, duration, length, or extent; concise
When my brief career as a pop star ended, I found I had done fairly well.

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bulk

/bʌlk/ n. Syn. majority; mass
(大批,大部分) majority; main part; volume; mass
Canada's largest bulk food retailer, it has more than 112 stores.

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capable

/'keɪpəb(ə)l/ a. Syn. competent
(有能力的) having the ability required for a specific task
Canadian politicians have been in capable of ending this primitive practice.

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capacity

/kə'pæsɪtɪ/ n. Syn. volume; ability; capability
(容量,生產量,能力) mental or physical ability; ability to accommodate
Mike had the capacity to handle several jobs at once.

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category

/'kætɪgərɪ/ n. Syn. group
(種類,類目,範疇) group; class; collection of things sharing a common attribute
Remember, all cars are priced, booked and controlled by car category, not by car maker or model.

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cease

/si:s/ v. Syn. stop; terminate
(停止,終止) stop; terminate; put an end to; discontinue
We must not only cease from the acts of sin, but we must get the vicious habits and inclinations weakened and destroyed.

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challenge

/'tʃælɪndʒ/ v.
(挑戰,邀請比賽,盤問,質詢) assert a right; raise a formal objection; take exception to
Nowadays no one will challenge the fact that the earth is round.

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channel

/'tʃæn(ə)l/ n.
(海峽,溝,途徑,渠道,頻道) passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
You should take her request through official channel, there is no private room for her issue.

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chapter

/'tʃæptə(r)/ n.
((書,文章的)章,回) division of a book or treatise; assembly of monks; bishop's council; organized branch of some society
A new chapter in a novel is something like a new scene in a play.

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chart

/tʃɑrt/ n. Syn. graph; diagram
(海圖,圖表) graph; diagram; map showing coastlines, water depths, or other information of use to navigators
A fisherman's chart may be the crucial evidence which finally help to put to rest the mystery of what happened to Roald Amundsen.

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circumstance

/'sɜrkəmstəns/ n. Syn. situation; condition
(環境,情況) situation; condition; detail accompanying or surrounding an event
Her heart is broken, but then a change in circumstance forces them to be together every day.

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cite

/saɪt/ v. Syn. quote
(引用,掌握) quote; adduce as an instance
She could cite passages in the Bible from memory.

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civil

/'sɪv(ə)l/ a. Syn. civic
(平民的,市民的,民事的,非軍事的,國內的,文明的) having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and polite
Although Internal Revenue Service agents are civil servants, they are not always courteous to suspected tax cheats.

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clarify

/'klærɪfaɪ/ v. Syn. illuminate; elucidate
(澄清,闡明) make clear and comprehensible; elucidate
A Japanese delegation has started talks in North Korea to try to clarify the fate of at least ten Japanese citizens who were abducted by the communist state.

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classic

/'klæsɪk/ n.
(第一流的,模範的,著名的,典型的) work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; creation of the highest excellence
His face was like a Greek face, very pure in outline: quite a straight, classic nose; quite an Athenian mouth and chin.

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clause

/klɔ:z/ n. Syn. sentence; phrase
(分句,條款) sentence; phrase; distinct article, stipulation, or provision in a document
Congress insisted on an exclusion clause for seventeen-year-olds.

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code

/koʊd/ n.
(代碼,密碼,規範,法典) body of law; system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; system of symbols, letters, or words
Do you know the postal code of this postal district?

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coherent

/koʊ'hɪərənt/ a. Syn. adhesive; cohesive
(粘在一起的) adhesive; cohesive; sticking together ; logical; sound; capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
If the EU is to form any kind of coherent common foreign policy, it needs France and Britain singing from the same song sheet.

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coincide

/koʊɪn'saɪd/ v. Syn. correspond
(同時發生,相符合,相巧合) occur at the same time as; correspond
To coincide with World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization and UN AIDS are launching a campaign to treat three million HIV sufferers by the year 2005.

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collapse

/kə'læps/ v.
(倒坍,坍陷,失敗) breakdown; failure
The streets of Baghdad are littered with putrefying mounds of rubbish that have been accumulating since the collapse of municipal services in March, with the arrival of coalition forces.