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acclimate  Speak Example sentences
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[适应] accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt
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[阿谀奉承] flattery; speech or action expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart
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[减短,降低] cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
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[祝福,幸福的] completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
allay  Speak Example sentences
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[补偿] serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
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[强烈反对] express strong disapproval of; disparage
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[裁员,磨损] a gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees; wearing away through harassment
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[平静下来,（使）冷静下来] calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
anticlimax  Speak Example sentences
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[反高潮,突降] the letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with the previous rise
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[复古的,从前的] displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or previous ancestral form
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[类人的] manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
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[皱的] wrinkled; shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
aseptic  Speak Example sentences
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[抗菌的] preventing infection; having cleansing effect
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[蜂房] a place where bees and beehives are kept, especially where bees are raised for their honey
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[警告] gentle or friendly reproof; cautionary advice or warning
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[寓言] symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
askance  Speak Example sentences
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[瞄,斜视] with a sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
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[帐篷] temporary encampment; a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
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[粗鲁的] difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable
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[俗丽,俗气] ornament something in showy, tasteless, or gaudy finery
attrition  Speak Example sentences
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[裁员,磨损] a gradual decrease in numbers; reduction in the workforce without firing employees; wearing away through harassment
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[皱的] wrinkled; shaped into alternating parallel grooves and ridges
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[互补的,互相补足的,互余角的] serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks
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[祝福,幸福的] completely happy and contented; showing or producing exalted joy
atypical  Speak Example sentences
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[非正常的,不正常] not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type
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[毗连,临近,贴近] be next to; be contiguous to; border on
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[反高潮,突降] the letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with the previous rise
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[工匠] manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to an artist
blandishment  Speak Example sentences
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[无神论者] one who is skeptical of the existence of a god or any ultimate reality
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[互补的,互相补足的,互余角的] serving to fill out or to complete; supplying mutual needs or offsetting mutual lacks
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[阿谀奉承] flattery; speech or action expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart
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[平静下来,（使）冷静下来] calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
bombastic  Speak Example sentences
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[补偿] serving to compensate or as compensation; making amends; repaying
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[夸张的] pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
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[瞄,斜视] with a sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
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[复古的,从前的] displaying characteristics of previous cultural era or previous ancestral form
centigrade  Speak Example sentences
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[减短,降低] cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
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[华氏] a measure of temperature used widely in Europe
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[波涛翻滚] swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
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[隐匿,逃避,躲债] leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution