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a. Syn. suitable; fitting; modest
(适当的,可接受的) suitable; modest.; honorable; meeting accepted standards


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v. Syn. deteriorate
(恶化) become worse; decline; fall


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n. Syn. representative; deputy; agent
(代表) person authorized to act as representative for another; deputy


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n.
(民主政体,民主政府,民主国家,民主) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them


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n.
(代理人,代表,副职) one appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him; substitute in office


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n.
(描述,形容,描写) act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words


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n.
(假扮,掩饰) dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception


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a.
(不成比例的) unequal; unbalanced; too much or too little in relation to something else


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n. Syn. thesis; discourse
(论文(博士生)) formal essay; paper written by candidate for doctoral degree at university


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n. Syn. length; space
(距离,远处) space between two objects; length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate


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