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[贬低,降低] reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
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[降低,羞辱] humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
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[变节者,脱党者,叛徒] one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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[批判的] critical; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
abrogate  Speak Example sentences
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[提高] make or become better; improve; grow better
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[废除] abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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[离心,放射] radiating; departing from the center
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[有说服力的] reasonable and convincing; based on evidence; forcefully persuasive
allegory  Speak Example sentences
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[寓言] symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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[算法] established procedure for solving problem
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[尖酸的(语气,脾气)] the bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone
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[降低,羞辱] humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
aphorism  Speak Example sentences
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[丑化,诽谤] harm someone's reputation; degrade; bring into disrepute; make infamous
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[折旧] lessen price or value of; think or speak of as being of little worth; belittle
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[贬低,降低] reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade
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[格言,警句,谚语] definition or concise statement of principle; tersely phrased statement of truth or opinion
apostate  Speak Example sentences
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[变节者,脱党者,叛徒] one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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[删除] edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
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[降低,羞辱] humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
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[保险精算的,精算] calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
apposite  Speak Example sentences
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[顶点] the highest point; point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited
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[订婚] become engaged to marry; promise to marry
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[删除] edit by omitting or modifying parts considered offensive, vulgar, or otherwise unseemly
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[合适的] strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
apprenticeship  Speak Example sentences
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[衰老,老耄] state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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[不公正的不合理的批评] fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure
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[学徒身份] the term during which one learns a trade from a skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
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[滑稽的] clowning;  arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks, and postures
aspirant  Speak Example sentences
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[有志者,有抱负的人] one who aspires, as to advancement, honors, or a high position
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[易发怒的,脾气坏] hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
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[变节者,脱党者,叛徒] one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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[无条件,直截了当] absolute; having no exception; of using category or categories
beatitude  Speak Example sentences
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[哄骗,勾引] influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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[勾画出轮廓,隐约显示,预示,蒙上阴影] give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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[搞砸] mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
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[祝福] blessedness; state of extreme happiness
bungle  Speak Example sentences
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[引起争论的,好争吵的] quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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[算法] established procedure for solving problem
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[废除] abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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[搞砸] mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner