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laborious  Speak Example sentences
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(误传,有意制造误解) give false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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(艰苦的,勤劳的) demanding much work or care; tedious
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(忧郁) gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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(谦卑的,驯服的) quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
lavish  Speak Example sentences
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(神话,神话故事) legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
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(使发狂,使发怒) make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry
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(草地,牧草场) tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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(浪费的,大方的) liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
layoff  Speak Example sentences
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(奇异的事物,罕见的例子,大为惊异,觉得惊奇) wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
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(页边的空白,(湖,池等的)边缘) border; rim; room
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(裁减雇员) dismissal of employees from their jobs
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(加润滑剂,使润滑) make smooth or slippery
license  Speak Example sentences
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(加润滑剂,使润滑) make smooth or slippery
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(自由,放肆) official or legal permission to do or own a specified thing
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(恶性的,伤害的,致命的) injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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(使混乱,混杂) assemble without order or sense; confused multitude of things; chaos; mess; mixture
lubricate  Speak Example sentences
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(忧郁) gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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(浪费的,大方的) liberal; wasteful; excessive spending
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(加润滑剂,使润滑) make smooth or slippery
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(裁减雇员) dismissal of employees from their jobs
luminous  Speak Example sentences
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(恶运,灾祸,不幸的情况) bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
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(发光的,闪耀的) shining; emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light
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(不足的,质量差的) deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate;
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(同样地,也) similarly; as well; too
magnanimous  Speak Example sentences
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feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension
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(宽宏大量的) generous; high-minded; chivalrous
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(黏液的,分泌黏液的) slimy, ropy, or stringy, and lubricous
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(恶运,灾祸,不幸的情况) bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
malignant  Speak Example sentences
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(恶性的,伤害的,致命的) injurious; tending to cause death; disposed to do evil
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(加润滑剂,使润滑) make smooth or slippery
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(草地,牧草场) tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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(艰苦的,勤劳的) demanding much work or care; tedious
marble  Speak Example sentences
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(收集,集合) call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
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(非常重要的) very important; of outstanding significance or consequence
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(大理石) hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish
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(抵押贷款,抵押证书抵押) transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
meek  Speak Example sentences
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(谦卑的,驯服的) quiet and obedient; showing patience and humility
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(忧郁) gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
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(而且,此外) beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition; furthermore; also; likewise
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(神话,神话故事) legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history