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painstaking  Speak Example sentences
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(辛勤的) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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(序(诗歌,歌剧的)) introduction, usually to a poem or play
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(从业者) someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
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(多产的,丰富的) producing offspring or fruit in great abundance; fertile
parameter  Speak Example sentences
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(参数,参量) characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others
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(沉思,考察,深思熟虑) gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
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(参与,参加,分享) take part in something; share in something
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(喘气,喘息) breathe quickly or in a labored manner; respire with heaving of the breast; sigh
parasite  Speak Example sentences
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(推测起来,大概) assumedly; supposedly
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(危险) danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
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(色素) substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
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(寄生,寄生体) animal or plant living on another
pastime  Speak Example sentences
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(潜望镜) optical instruments that contain reflecting elements, such as mirrors and prisms; general or comprehensive view
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(突出) extend out or project in space; stick out
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(不确定的,冒风险) uncertain; risky; dangerously lacking in security or stability
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(消遣,娱乐) something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
persist  Speak Example sentences
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(禁止) ban; taboo; forbid
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(体格) natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person
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(奇怪的,疯狂的) odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric; mysterious; suspicious; questionable
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(坚持,持续) continue; insist; persevere
pigment  Speak Example sentences
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(色素) substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter
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(推测起来,大概) assumedly; supposedly
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(精确的) exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
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(体格) natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person
placard  Speak Example sentences
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(布告,广告,招贴,公布,揭示) sign or notice for display in a public place; small card or plaque, such as nameplate on a door
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(多产的,能生产的,生产的) having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; causing to exist
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(章程,内容简介) summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature
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(刺穿,戳破) a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
plagiarize  Speak Example sentences
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(姿势,体态) position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
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(生理学的) pertaining to science of the function of living organisms
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(剽窃) steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
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(消遣,娱乐) something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement
pore  Speak Example sentences
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(辛勤的) extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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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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(奇怪的,疯狂的) odd or unconventional, as in behavior; eccentric; mysterious; suspicious; questionable
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(沉思,考察,深思熟虑) gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
prerogative  Speak Example sentences
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(体格) natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person
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(拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of
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(特权) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
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(沉思,考察,深思熟虑) gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively