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decoration  Speak Example sentences
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装饰,装饰品 act of decorating something; something used to beautify
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(令人)不愉快的,讨厌的 expressing aversion or dislike; disagreeable
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不满意,不满足 dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind
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排水,排泄 emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid
defensive  Speak Example sentences
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深思熟虑的,商讨 consider; think about carefully; weigh
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决心,决意,决定,确定 fix the boundaries of; mark off and separate; set bounds to; decide conclusively and authoritatively
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自卫的 intended or appropriate for defending against; protective
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性情,倾向,安排; 布置 natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
defy  Speak Example sentences
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捐赠 grant; present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute
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陈旧的,过时的 old-fashioned; obsolete
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移置,转移,取代,替代 move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
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不服从,蔑视,挑战 refuse to submit to or cooperate with; be unaffected by; resist or withstand
deprivation  Speak Example sentences
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缺乏,剥夺 poverty; removal of rank or office; taking away
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忧郁的,凄凉的,抑郁的,阴暗的 causing gloom or depression; dreary; somber; melancholy
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使膨胀,使扩大 make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
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可疑的,疑心的 distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
detect  Speak Example sentences
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改编成戏剧,编写剧本 represent something in a dramatic manner; add details to
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察觉,发觉,探测,侦查 feel; discover the presence of; identify something
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自卫的 intended or appropriate for defending against; protective
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小心的,谨慎的 free from ostentation or pretension; distinct; distinguishable
discontented  Speak Example sentences
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不满意,不满足 dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind
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公允的 not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
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捐助者 giver; one that contributes something, such as money, to a cause or fund
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卓著的 prominent; celebrated, well-known, or eminent because of past achievements
disinterested  Speak Example sentences
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装饰,装饰品 act of decorating something; something used to beautify
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海豚 large slender game fish widely distributed in warm seas; various marine cetacean mammals
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公允的 not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
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分配,分发,散布 hand out; disseminate; allocate
displace  Speak Example sentences
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可疑的,疑心的 distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
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不满意,不满足 dissatisfied; restlessly unhappy; uneasy in mind
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移置,转移,取代,替代 move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
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突进,飞跑,冲撞,急匆匆地写 throw with violence or haste; break, as by throwing or by collision; form or sketch rapidly
distasteful  Speak Example sentences
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(令人)不愉快的,讨厌的 expressing aversion or dislike; disagreeable
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完全的,最终的 final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
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移置,转移,取代,替代 move or shift from the usual place or position, especially to force to leave a homeland
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破坏,毁灭 havoc; event that completely destroys something
distortion  Speak Example sentences
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圆屋顶 building or house, especially as the great hall, church, or temple; anything shaped like a cupola
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卓著的 prominent; celebrated, well-known, or eminent because of past achievements
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掠夺 plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss
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扭曲,歪曲 the mistake of misrepresenting the facts