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paraphrase  Speak Example sentences
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(解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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(陈词滥调) dullness; insipidity of thought; commonplace statement; lack of originality
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(降落伞) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
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(极为重要的) foremost in importance; supreme in rank
phenomenon  Speak Example sentences
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(突出) extend out or project in space; stick out
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(现象) appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence
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(石油) dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons
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(接近,亲近) state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
plumb  Speak Example sentences
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(倾向,癖性) state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination
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(坚忍) endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
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(可接受的,美味的) acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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(垂直,铅锤,用铅锤量) checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
practicable  Speak Example sentences
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(现象) appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; extraordinary or very remarkable person, thing, or occurrence
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(可行的) feasible; capable of being effected, done, or put into practice
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(巨大的) impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
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(章程,内容简介) summary, plan, or scheme of something proposed, affording a prospect of its nature
practitioner  Speak Example sentences
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(推测起来,大概) assumedly; supposedly
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(解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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(可接受的,美味的) acceptable; sufficiently agreeable in flavor to be eaten
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(从业者) someone engaged in a profession as law, medicine
preach  Speak Example sentences
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(发表,公布,出版,发行物) act or process of publishing printed matter; communication of information to public
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(布道,鼓吹) advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
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(解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others
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(降落伞) rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
precedence  Speak Example sentences
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(巨大的) impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous
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((事情发生的)先后次序,优先,优先权) fact, state, or right of preceding; priority; previous occurrence, or existence before; preceding act or speech
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(偏见,成见,损害) opinion formed without due examination; leaning toward one side of a question
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(类似,相似) make or place something to another's side; of or relating to multiple operations at same time; not intersecting
prejudice  Speak Example sentences
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(假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role
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(推测起来,大概) assumedly; supposedly
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(特权) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command
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(偏见,成见,损害) opinion formed without due examination; leaning toward one side of a question
prolong  Speak Example sentences
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(危险) danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction
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(期刊,杂志) publication that appears at fixed intervals
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(拖延) make longer; draw out; lengthen
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((事情发生的)先后次序,优先,优先权) fact, state, or right of preceding; priority; previous occurrence, or existence before; preceding act or speech
prospect  Speak Example sentences
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(前景,期望) possibility of future success; belief about future
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(轻微快速的振动) shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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(期刊,杂志) publication that appears at fixed intervals
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(枢轴,中心点,重点) axis; focus; center