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pageant  Speak Example sentences
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(壮观的游行,露天历史剧) elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
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(一次一个的,逐个的,渐渐的) by a small amount at a time; in stages; gradually
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(邮资) token that postal fee has been paid; charge for mailing something
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(激怒,惹,煽动,挑起) stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
paranoia  Speak Example sentences
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(花瓣) one of the often brightly colored parts of flower, immediately surrounding reproductive organs
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(使合格,使具有资格) make such as is required; give added or requisite qualities to; make legally capable
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(终年的,永久的) lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
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(妄想狂,偏执狂) psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
parasite  Speak Example sentences
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(精确的) exact; clearly expressed; accurate or correct
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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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(寄生,寄生体) animal or plant living on another
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(延长) prolong; draw out or lengthen in time
parody  Speak Example sentences
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(适当) fitness; correct conduct; quality of being proper; appropriateness
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((事情发生的)先后次序,优先,优先权) fact, state, or right of preceding; priority; previous occurrence, or existence before; preceding act or speech
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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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(妄想狂,偏执狂) psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
pedal  Speak Example sentences
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(踏板,踏蹬) foot-operated lever used for actuating or controlling a mechanism
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(亵渎) violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
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(验尸,死后解剖,事后的调查分析) occurring or done after death; relating to a medical examination of a dead body
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(激怒,惹,煽动,挑起) stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
peril  Speak Example sentences
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(从业者) someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
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(解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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(邮资) token that postal fee has been paid; charge for mailing something
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(危险) danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
petal  Speak Example sentences
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(凝视,仔细看) gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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(先例) act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases
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(可接受的,美味的) acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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(花瓣) one of the often brightly colored parts of flower, immediately surrounding reproductive organs
postgraduate  Speak Example sentences
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(出版,发行,公开,发表) make public; make known to mankind, or to people in general
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(壮观的游行,露天历史剧) elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display
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(身后的,遗腹的) after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
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(研究生) student who continues studies after graduation
precedence  Speak Example sentences
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(终年的,永久的) lasting indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; remaining active throughout all the time
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((事情发生的)先后次序,优先,优先权) fact, state, or right of preceding; priority; previous occurrence, or existence before; preceding act or speech
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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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(从业者) someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
predictable  Speak Example sentences
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(先例) act or instance that may be used as example in subsequent similar cases
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(出版,发行,公开,发表) make public; make known to mankind, or to people in general
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(凝视,仔细看) gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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(可预见的) expectable; likely; capable of being predicted or foretold