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seaport  Speak Example sentences
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[目击,作证] someone who sees an event and reports what happened; observe; watch
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[任务,事业] task or assignment undertaken; career
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[海港,港口] a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
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[横贯大陆的,大陆那边的] spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
secular  Speak Example sentences
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[颤动,震动] shake, quiver; move or swing from side to side regularly
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[幼苗] young plant or tree that has grown from seed; produced from seed
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[剧变] violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
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[世俗的,现世的,永久的] worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
skeptical  Speak Example sentences
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[垂直的,竖直的] upright in position or posture; oriented vertically
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[地点,会场,任何事件的场所] scene of any event or action; locality where a crime is committed, or a cause of action occurs
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[怀疑的] suspicious; mistrustful; marked by or given to doubt
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[世俗的,现世的,永久的] worldly rather than spiritual; not specifically relating to religion; lasting from century to century
sophisticated  Speak Example sentences
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[焊接] repair or unite by using fusible metal alloy, usually tin and lead
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[元音] speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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[暴力引起的,暴烈的] turbulent; intensely vivid or loud; by violence or bloodshed
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[世故的,复杂的] wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
stiffen  Speak Example sentences
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[使硬,使僵硬] restrict; become stiff or stiffer
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[海绵] soaking up; small absorbent contraceptive pad, used for bathing or cleaning
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[地点,会场,任何事件的场所] scene of any event or action; locality where a crime is committed, or a cause of action occurs
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[世故的,复杂的] wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
transcend  Speak Example sentences
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[超出,超越] surpass; exceed; pass beyond the limits of
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[纯粹的,,绝对的,透明的,峻峭的] very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
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[衣服上亮晶晶的小金属饰件] small metallic piece sewn to clothing for ornamentation
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[独一无二的] without an equal; being the only one of its kind
trespasser  Speak Example sentences
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[元音] speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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[侵犯(他人土地)者] someone who intrudes without permission
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[范例,样品] a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
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[不自私的,慷慨的] selfless; self-forgetting; generous or altruistic
tundra  Speak Example sentences
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[颤动,震动] shake, quiver; move or swing from side to side regularly
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[放肆的,肆虐的] violent; not restrained or controlled
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[暴力引起的,暴烈的] turbulent; intensely vivid or loud; by violence or bloodshed
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[苔原,冻土] rolling, treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America
twist  Speak Example sentences
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[版本] written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint
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[大亨] wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; magnate
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[侵犯(他人土地)者] someone who intrudes without permission
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[扭曲,拧] turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape
undermine  Speak Example sentences
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[僵化,死板] stiffness; the physical property of being stiff and resisting bending
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[缝,针脚,缝针] sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
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[剧变] violent disturbance; sudden, violent disruption or upset
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[破坏] weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath