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abdicate  Speak Example sentences
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[放弃] give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
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[征用,招募] force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
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[强辩,狡辩,欺骗] mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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[有血缘的,同宗的] of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor
accretion  Speak Example sentences
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[磨损,侵蚀] wear away by friction; scrape; erode
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[年幼,稚嫩,无经验] youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
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[增长] growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion
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[放弃] give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
adjure  Speak Example sentences
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[烤,烧,炎热灼人,酷暑蒸人] cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
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[恳求,恳请] appeal to or entreat earnestly; command or enjoin solemnly, as under oath
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[遮盖,不让看清楚] make less visible; obscure or blur; darken with or as if with clouds
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[强辩,狡辩,欺骗] mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
ancestry  Speak Example sentences
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[谨慎,吝啬] cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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[揭穿,奚落] expose as false, exaggerated, worthless; ridicule
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[祖先] family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage
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[类人的] manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
artisan  Speak Example sentences
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[工匠] manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to an artist
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[打趣,取消] ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
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[磨练] rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
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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
aseptic  Speak Example sentences
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[抗菌的] preventing infection; having cleansing effect
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[烤,烧,炎热灼人,酷暑蒸人] cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
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[确实] state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence
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[有血缘的,同宗的] of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor
broil  Speak Example sentences
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[评论,注释] comment; make explanatory notes
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[有血缘的,同宗的] of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor
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[烤,烧,炎热灼人,酷暑蒸人] cook by direct exposure to heat over fire; subject to great heat; be subjected to the action of heat; be greatly heated
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[保险精算的,精算] calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics
captious  Speak Example sentences
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[难以讨好的,吹毛求疵的,爱挑毛病的] intended to confuse in an argument
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[腐蚀] destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
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[指示,根据名字区别] meaning or  indication; distinguishing by name; something, such as a sign or symbol, that denotes
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[黏合性,连贯性,一致性] logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; state of cohering or sticking together
chaffing  Speak Example sentences
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[磨损,侵蚀] wear away by friction; scrape; erode
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[开玩笑] joking;  use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule
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[强辩,狡辩,欺骗] mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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[类人的] manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
chicanery  Speak Example sentences
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[类人的] manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance
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[强辩,狡辩,欺骗] mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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[放弃] give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
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[开玩笑] joking;  use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule