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Group 3 - Matching Quizzes
maudlin 
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 | (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (勇气,精神) quality of endurance and courage; good temperament and character |
| (假名,笔名) pen name; fictitious name used when someone performs a particular social role |
meretricious
2
| (突出的,炫耀的) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (华而不实的,俗艳的) of or pertaining to prostitutes; tastelessly showy; lustful; deceptive; misleading |
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
monologue
3
| (遗忘的,出神的) inattentive or unmindful; lacking all memory; forgetful |
| (独白,个人长篇演说) speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy |
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (偏爱,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
mottled
4
| (有斑点的,弄脏的) spotted with different shades or colors |
| (多愁善感) tearfully sentimental; over-emotional; sickly-sentimental |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (恶毒的) deliberately harmful; spiteful; proceeding from extreme hatred |
nocturnal
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| (学究式人物) one who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning |
| (夜的) of or relating to or occurring in the night; most active at night |
| (突出的,炫耀的) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
noisome
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| (世俗的,日常的) belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary |
| (有害的,有毒的,恶臭的) foul-smelling; offensive by arousing disgust; harmful or dangerous |
| (岬,海角) natural elevation, especially a rock that projects into the sea; cliff; headland; high cape |
| (平民,老百姓,平民的,粗俗的,粗鲁的) crude or coarse; unrefined or coarse in nature or manner; common or vulgar |
notorious
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| (臭名昭著的,声名狼藉的) disreputable; known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (解释,批注,注释) restate text in one's own words, especially to clarify thought of others |
| (石化) convert wood or other organic matter into stony replica; cause to become stiff or stonelike |
obsession
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| (偏爱,偏好) condition of favoring or liking; tendency towards; preference |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (入迷,固执的念头) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
| (陡峭的,急躁的) extremely steep; descending rapidly, or rushing onward |
obtrusive
9
| (突出的,炫耀的) inclined to intrude or thrust one's self or one's opinions upon others; enter uninvited; forward; pushing; intrusive. |
| (特权) privilege; unquestionable right; exclusive power to command |
| (普通的,一般的) moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace |
| (入迷,固执的念头) compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion |
parody
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| (小心翼翼的) excessively careful; marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| (拒不屈服,反抗) stubbornly or perversely persistent; unyielding; obstinate |
| (拙劣的模仿) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of |
| (暗的,模糊的,暧昧的) dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague |