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n.
(细阅,详细检查,仔细研究) close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.


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(组装的,拼凑成的,区域性的) consisting of or divided into sections; separating into sections


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((由于冷或恐 惧)打冷战,发抖,打得粉碎) shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters


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(包围,围攻) seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army


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(浸泡,渗透) cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously


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n.
(弄脏,污损) material in the surface of the earth


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v. Syn. hypothesize; guess; ponder; consider
(沉思,思索,投机) assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for profit


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(零星的) occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time


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v. Syn. stimulate; urge
urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste


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v. Syn. specify
(规定,明细化) specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement


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