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abhor 
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 | (奇闻轶事) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography |
| (腐蚀,挖苦) capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action |
| (不现实,空想) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
| (憎恨) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate |
abstemious
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| (官僚机构) over-regulated administrative system |
| (哄骗,勾引) influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering |
| (节制（饮食）,调节) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
| (易发怒的,脾气坏) hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger |
allay
3
| (导泻,通便,疏泄) purging or cleansing of any passage of body |
| (止痛的) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| (平静下来,（使）冷静下来) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
| (腐蚀,挖苦) capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action |
aloof
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| (平静下来,（使）冷静下来) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
| (分离,保留) apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote |
| (责怪,批评) expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame |
| (唐图,直率,粗暴无礼) abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly |
anecdote
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| (奇闻轶事) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography |
| (选集) book of literary selections by various authors |
| (节制（饮食）,调节) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
| (开诚布公,坦率) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
anomaly
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| (官僚机构) over-regulated administrative system |
| (不规则,异常,反常) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order |
| (率直的,坦白的) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial |
| (粗鲁,笨拙) rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners |
apocryphal
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| (欢乐,高兴) gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted |
| (被毁坏的,受病害的) suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled |
| (假的,捏造的) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious |
| (易发怒的,脾气坏) hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger |
apprehensive
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| (默许) assent; agree without protesting |
| (不现实,空想) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative |
| (恐惧的,担心的) capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive |
| (脾气坏,易发怒) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious |
bigot
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| (收集) collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit |
| (易发怒的,脾气坏) hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger |
| ((宗教,政治等的)盲信者,顽固者) hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics |
| (开诚布公,坦率) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech |
blighted
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| (被毁坏的,受病害的) suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled |
| (尖锐,尖酸) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
| (强辩,狡辩,欺骗) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry |
| (憎恨) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate |