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v. [精炼,精制] purify; make more precise; improve


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v. [不情愿的屈服,放弃(某物)] give up something with reluctance; retire from; give up or abandon


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a. [沉默不语的] inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative


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n. [替罪羊] someone who bears the blame for others


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n. [贫民窟] a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions


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v. [长出,萌芽] have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up


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n. [特技演员] man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk


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v. [取代,推迟] be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power


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n. [假定,假想] act of supposing; something supposed; assumption


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v. [象征] represent; signify; stand for


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