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n. [决定性时刻,危机,难关] dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point


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v. [控制,抑制,约束] bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain


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a. [逗人喜爱的,漂亮的] ingenious; delightfully pretty or dainty


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n. [城镇商业中心] the commercial center of a town or city


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v. [倾泻,倾倒] sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse


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n. [织物,布] cloth; stuff; artifact made by weaving or synthetic fibers; structure; framework


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n. [因素,变量] anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable


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n. [人像,画像,外形,轮廓] model of a bodily form; impression produced by a person; written or printed symbol representing a number


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n. [中心点,焦点,中心] the most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest, or activity


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ad. [向前的,靠近前面的] at or to or toward the front; toward the future


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