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backbone  Speak Example sentences
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(地下室) cellar; storage room
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(打击,敲击,打败) whip; strike; defeat; hit repeatedly
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(骨干,支柱) support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
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(气球驾驶者) someone who flies a balloon
bar  Speak Example sentences
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(向后的,返回的,落后的,没有自信的,羞怯的) directed to the back or rear; unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; undeveloped
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(利益,好处) advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
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(吧,酒吧) a counter where you can obtain food or drink; cafe; strip; stick
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(放逐,摒弃) drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel
barrier  Speak Example sentences
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(屏障,障碍,栅栏) obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit
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(职业,职责,本分,事务) rightful concern or responsibility; occupation, work, or trade in which a person is engaged; commercial enterprise
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(徽章) distinctive mark, token, or sign worn on the person
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(传记) an account of the series of events making up a person's life; accounts of people's life
basement  Speak Example sentences
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(臭虫,窃听器) general name applied to various insects
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(放宽,变宽,扩大) widen; grow broad or broader
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(地下室) cellar; storage room
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(阴冷的,寒冷的,没有指 望的,令人沮丧的) cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
beforehand  Speak Example sentences
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(预先,过早,匆忙) in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
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(一批,大量) quantity of bread baked at one time; a collection of things or persons to be handled together
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(地下室) cellar; storage room
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(豆子) various edible seeds; small oval or roundish seed, berry, nut, or lump
block  Speak Example sentences
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(阻止,阻碍) hinder; obstruct; indicate broadly without great detail; sketch
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(打赌,打赌,赌注,赌金) stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; amount or object risked in a wager
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(物品交换,易货贸易) trade goods or services without the exchange of money
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(钝的,直率的,不客气的,使变钝) having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
bold  Speak Example sentences
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(气球驾驶者) someone who flies a balloon
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(皮带扣环,锁扣,扣环) fold or collapse; bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat
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(机会,运气) opportunity to do something; pause or interval, as from work; sudden change
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(勇敢的,大胆的,放肆无礼的) brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
boulder  Speak Example sentences
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(巨石) rounded rock lying on surface of ground or embedded in soil
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(贿赂,贿赂) something serving to influence or persuade; reward or gift with a view to prevent judgment
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(勇敢的,大胆的,放肆无礼的) brave; daring; intrepid; impudent
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(利益,好处) advantage; something that aids or promotes well-being ; welfare; gain
bound  Speak Example sentences
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(发出砰的一声,重击) a vigorous blow; a conspicuous success
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(平衡) being in equilibrium; equilibrium; symmetry; stability
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(范围,限制) tied; held; committed; limit; constraint; leap; jump
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(代表) represent; advantage, benefit, interest of someone
bowl  Speak Example sentences
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(臭虫,窃听器) general name applied to various insects
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(钝的,直率的,不客气的,使变钝) having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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(碗,碗状物) throw or roll a ball; move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling
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(球茎,球状物) rounded part of a cylindrical structure; electric lamp consisting of a glass ball