11月 Flashcards

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Pervasive

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普通的
Common things - cheap things
Spreading or spread throughout

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Prevalent

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流行
Popular
Something is common, it’s prevalent
Most frequent or common

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Derivative

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衍生物
A kind of financial agreement or deal.
Borrows heavily from something else that came before it.
Compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound.
Result of mathematical differential, the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another.
Financial instrument whose value is based on another security.
Resulting from or employing derivation.

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Incessant

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不断的
Continues without interruption
Never stop
Negative way
Uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing.

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Grueling

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严罚,艰苦
Really difficult
Horrible punishment
Effort to the point of exhaustion没精力

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Vacillate

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动摇,犹豫不决
Wave back and forth
Unable to decide
Undecided about something
Waver between conflicting positions or courses of action.
Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern.

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Usurp

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篡夺
If you take over your neighbor’s backyard and claim his in ground swimming pool as your own, you might size 抢 control of, or usurp his yard.
Don’t ask for permission to take control.

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Callous

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冷酷
Insensitive or emotionally hardened
Having skin made tough and thick through wear.
Deaden feelings or morals.

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Brevity

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简洁
Shortness, conciseness, brief, fleeting

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Incite

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煽动
Urge on or cause to act or occur
Negative context
Provoke or stir up
Give an incentive for action

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Dissonance

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不知谐音
Disagreeable sounds
Cover ears with hands
Auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality, sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience.
Conflict of people’s opinions or actions or characters.

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Lavish

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奢侈的,丰富
Generous and extravagant
Expand profusely

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Meager

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微簿
Small, not enough
Deficient 不足 in amount or quality or extent.

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Negligent

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疏忽的
Someone who doesn’t care
Lack of attention or concern to the well being of something or someone.

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Obscure

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朦胧,模糊
Vague, hard to see, unclear
Not clearly understood or expressed.
Marked by difficulty of style or expression.
Not drawing attention, not famous

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Formidable

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强大
Inspire fear and respect thanks to their size, special ability, or unusual qualities.
Worthy one.
Extremely impressive in strength or excellent.

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Rigorous

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严格的
Extremely carefully and precisely
Rigidly accurate, no deviation from a standard.
Strict attention to rules and procedures.

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Enhance

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提高,增强
Increase your chances if winning or earning a contest or prize.
Heighten it or make it better
Increase

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Florid

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华丽的
Elaborate and full of if extra flourish, ornamented.
Healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life.

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Obstentatious

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炫耀的
Flashy, showy
Intend to attract notice and impress others.
Display tawdry or vulgar

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Emulate

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仿真
Imitate 模仿 them
Model yourself after someone
Compete with successfully, approach or reach equality with.

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Intuitive

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直觉
Having the ability to understand or know something without any direct evidence or reasoning process.
Natural tendency

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Impetuous

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浮躁
Act too hastily or carelessly or impulsive 冲动
Lack of thought
Marked by violent force

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Precocious

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早熟
Beyond their years in skill or knowledge.
Young people have adult like quality

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Mundane

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平凡的
Ordinary, unexciting thing
Concerned with the world matters.
Belong to this earth, not ideal or heavenly.