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abstemious 
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 | (漠不关心) lack of caring; indifference |
| (欢乐,高兴) gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
| (节制（饮食）,调节) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
| (难以理解的,复杂的) obscure; profound; difficult to understand. |
abstruse
2
| (速度) swiftness of action or motion; speed |
| (不规则,异常,反常) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order |
| (反抗,敌对) active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor |
| (难以理解的,复杂的) obscure; profound; difficult to understand. |
aesthetic
3
| (辩护,推广) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something |
| (擦拭) make shiny by rubbing; polish |
| (介绍,提出,引见) introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce |
| (审美的) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
allay
4
| (平静下来,（使）冷静下来) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
| (节制（饮食）,调节) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
| (介绍,提出,引见) introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce |
| (审美的) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
ameliorate
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| (粗鲁,笨拙) rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners |
| (不规则,异常,反常) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order |
| (强辩,狡辩,欺骗) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
| (提高) make or become better; improve; grow better |
amity
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| (脾气坏,易发怒) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
| (大锅) large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron |
| (友谊) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
| (支持,增援) support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion |
anecdote
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| (投降) surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply |
| (奇闻轶事) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography |
| (骗) defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from |
| (擦拭) make shiny by rubbing; polish |
antediluvian
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| (欢乐,高兴) gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
| (远古,上古,及其久远) antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times |
| (年幼,稚嫩,无经验) youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers |
| (止痛的) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
apocryphal
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| (率直的,坦白的) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
| (假的,捏造的) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious |
| (提高) make or become better; improve; grow better |
| (废除) abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority |
boorish
10
| (过时的,陈旧的) too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged |
| (粗鲁,笨拙) rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners |
| (止痛的) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| (谨慎,吝啬) cautious; sparing or restrained about giving |