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defection  Speak Example sentences
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使虚弱,衰弱 make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
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挫败,使气馁 something that discourages; tending to deter
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缺点,逃跑,叛逃 withdrawing support; the act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty
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怀疑 being in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything
defunct  Speak Example sentences
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心乱,不安 state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
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伪装,做作,掩饰 disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
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蒸馏,萃取,提炼,提纯 give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
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死的,不存在的,报废的 dead; no longer in use or existence
destructive  Speak Example sentences
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破坏的,毁灭性的 causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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文件 confirmation that some fact or statement is true
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全面而详细的讨论 discuss fully; talk at great length about something of one's interest
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挖掘,调查 dig the ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
deterrent  Speak Example sentences
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肮脏,不整洁 marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
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挫败,使气馁 something that discourages; tending to deter
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缺乏的 completely lacking; barren or empty
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扭曲,歪曲 twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
devastation  Speak Example sentences
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减损,毁损 annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of
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毁坏 an event that results in destruction;  the state of being decayed or destroyed
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损坏,变形 alteration in the shape or dimensions; a change for the worse
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有害的 causing damage or harm; injurious
digression  Speak Example sentences
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离题,枝节话 wandering from the main path of a journey; diversion
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离开,出发 act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
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扩散,传播 act of dispersing or diffusing something
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争论,争执 argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
discomposure  Speak Example sentences
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扭曲,歪曲 twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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缺点,逃跑,叛逃 withdrawing support; the act of abandoning something to which one is bound by allegiance or duty; failure in duty
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端庄的,认真的,腼腆的 modest and reserved in manner or behavior
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心乱,不安 state of being discomposed; disorder; agitation; disturbance; inconsistency; disagreement
discursive  Speak Example sentences
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蒸馏,萃取,提炼,提纯 give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
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伪装,做作,掩饰 disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
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蠢材,笨人 backward in book learning; child or another person dull or weak in intellect; dullard or dolt
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散漫的,不得要领的 tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
dissonance  Speak Example sentences
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沉淀物,残渣 sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; waste or worthless matter
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不和谐的(声音) discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds
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有害的 causing damage or harm; injurious
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慢吞吞说,拉长腔调说 speaking with the slow and lingering utterance, from laziness, lack of spirit; lengthened, slow monotonous utterance
distinct  Speak Example sentences
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明确的,确实的,不同的 clearly noticeable; separate and different
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扭曲,歪曲 twist out of proper or natural relation of parts; misshape; misrepresent
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挫败,使气馁 something that discourages; tending to deter
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不和谐的(声音) discord; disagreeable sounds; a harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds