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Vehicle

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Noun. 名词
⻋辆，交通工具
A thing that is used for transporting people or goods from one place to another, such as a car or truck
Are you the driver of this vehicle?

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Clog

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Vt. 及物动词 or Vi. 不及物动词
阻碍;障碍
To block sth or to become blocked
The narrow streets were clogged with traffic. 狭窄的 街道上交通堵塞

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Radical

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Adjective. 形容词
激进的;彻底的;根本的
Believing or expressing the belief that there should be great or extreme social, economic, or political change
The health service must be radically reformed. 公共 医疗卫生服务必须进行彻底改革

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Proposal

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Noun. 名词
提议，建议;求婚
A suggestion, sometimes a written one; An offer of marriage
Please elaborate on your proposals a little. 请稍微详 细说明一下您的建议。

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Consider

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Vt. 及物动词 or Vi. 不及物动词
考虑;认为，把…看作
To spend time thinking about a possibility or making a decision; To believe someone or something to be, or think of him, her or it as something
13 is considered as a very unlucky number

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Fare

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Noun. 名词
费，票价;⻝物
The Money that you pay for a journey in a vehicle such as a bus or train; The type of food that is served in a restaurant
He recouped his train fares from his employers. 他向 老板报销了他的⻋费;The fare here is simple but good. 这里的伙⻝简单而可口。

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Ridership

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Noun. 名词
公共交通工具上的乘客数量(客 流量)
The number of passengers on a public transport system
Ridership has already shattered the figures of other bus systems in Asia. 广州BRT的客流量已经超出亚洲
的各个其他公交系统。

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budget

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Noun. 名词
开支预算
A plan to show how much money a person or organization will earn and how much they will need or be able to spend
Next year’s budget will have to be drastically pruned. 下一年度的预算将大幅度削减

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shortfall

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Noun. 名词
不足，下降
An amount that is less than the level that was expected or needed
Their state has a tremendous shortfall in funding for teachers’ pensions. 他们的国家在为教师的养老金提
供资金方面存在巨大的缺口。

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Abolish

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Vt. 及物动词
废除，废止
To end an activity or custom officially; To put an end to something, such as an organization, rule or custom.
Do abolish this kind of bad evil. 一定要废除这种恶劣 习俗

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Correlate

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Vt. 及物动词 or Vi. 不及物动词
互相有关系;关联
If two or more facts, numbers, etc. correlate or are correlated, there is a relationship between them
Is there a correlation between money and happiness? 金钱和幸福之间有联系吗?

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Enact

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Vt. 及物动词
制定(法律);通过(方案)
To put something into action, especially to make something law
The specific tariffs are far from being enacted. 具体 的关税条款还没有颁布。

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Institute

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Vt. 及物动词
建立，制定，实行
To start or cause a system, rule, legal action, etc to exist
The government instituted a consumer protection agency. 政府设立了一个消费者保护机构

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Institution

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Noun. 名词
制度，机构，公共机构
A large and important organization, such as a university or bank; A custom or tradition that has existed for a long time and is accepted as an important part of a particular society.
Colleges and universities are educational institutions.

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Devastating

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Adjective. 形容词
毁灭性的
Causing a lot of damage or destruction
It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.

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Subsidize

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Vt. 及物动词
给…津贴或补贴;资助或补助…
To pay part of the cost of something; To give money to a person or an organization in order to pay part of the cost of something that they do or make
That’s why you see governments trying to subsidize manufacturers or the consumer. 这就是为什么你会看
到政府在试图补贴厂家或是消费者。

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Substantial

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Adjective. 形容词
大量的; 重大的
Large in size, value, or importance; Relating to the main or most important things being considered
They made substantial changes to the arrangements. 他们在安排上作了重大变动

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Revenue

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Noun. 名词
收入;财政收入
The income that a government or company receives regularly; The income that a business or government receives regularly, or an amount representing such income
The government gets a revenue from taxes. 政府收 入靠税收

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Offset

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Vt. 及物动词
抵消，补偿
To balance one influence against an opposing influence, so that there is no great difference as a result
Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices. 他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。

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Deficit

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Noun. 名词
赤字，亏空，亏损
The total amount by which money spent is more than money received
The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars. 董事们报告赤字为250万美元。

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Investment

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Noun. 名词
投资
The act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc. used to do this
They made an investment in heavy industry.

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Infrastructure

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Noun. 名词
基础设施;基础结构
The basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively
However the riverbed mesh is not an isolated infrastructure. 然而，河床网不是一个孤立的基础设
施。

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Intructive

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Adjective. 形容词
有益的;教育性的
Giving useful or interesting information
But even if small firms cannot do it all themselves, their business models may be instructive. 即使小公 司不能做到全部，但他们的商业模式也是有益的。

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Optimistic

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Adjective. 形容词
乐观的
Hoping or believing that good things will happen in the future
He is an optimistic young fellow. 他是位乐观的年轻 人。

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Widow

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Noun. 名词
寡妇
A woman whose husband or wife has died and who has not married again
The widow is in possession of a large fortune. 那个 寡妇占有大笔财产。

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Haggle

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Vi. 不及物动词
争论(一般指价格上的争论)
To argue, especially about the price of something
He hated to haggle over prices. 他讨厌因为价格而发 生争执

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Dim

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Vt. 及物动词 or Vi. 不及物动词 or Adjective. 形容词
暗淡的，昏暗的;变暗淡，使变 模糊
Not giving or giving much light; To (make something) become less bright
The lights in the theatre began to dim. 电影院里的灯 光开始暗下来了

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Distinct

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Adjective. 形容词
截然不同的;清晰的;明白的;
明显的
Clearly noticeable; that certainly exists; Clearly separate and different (from something else)
There is a distinct improvement in your study. 你的 学习有显著进步

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Distinguished

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Adjective. 形容词
卓越的;著名的;受人尊敬的
Used to describe a respected and admired person, or their work; Used to describe a person, especially an older person, who looks formal, stylish, or wise
She was a distinguished oceanographer, and a gifted painter into the bargain. 她是一位杰出的海洋学
家, 同时还是一位很有才华的画家

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Squint

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Vt. 及物动词 or Vi. 不及物动词 or Adjective. 形容词
斜视;斜视的
To partly close your eyes in order to see more clearly
Take a squint at this view. 匆匆地看了一眼⻛景

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Insistence

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Noun. 名词
坚持
An occasion when you demand something and refuse to accept opposition, or when you say firmly that something is true
Her parents were united in their insistence that she should go to college. 她的父母亲一致坚持认为她应该
上大学。

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Fans

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Noun. 名词
电⻛扇
An electric device with blades that turn quickly, used to move the air around
I will put the fans on the shelf.

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Scent

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Noun. 名词
气味，香味
A pleasant natural smell
A breeze wafted the scent towards us. 微⻛送来阵阵 香气。

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Hasty

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Adjective. 形容词
仓促完成的;草率的
Hasty actions are done in a hurry, sometimes without the necessary care or thought
We are not hasty in drawing conclusions. 我们不急 于做出结论

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Reluctance

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Noun. 名词
不情愿;勉强
An unwillingness to do something
I understand your reluctance to ever speak to me again. 我知道你不想再和我说话。

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Feigned

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Adjective. 形容词
假的;捏造的;做作的
To pretend to have a particular feeling, problem, etc.
He feigned death. 他装死

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Inconsiderate

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Adjective. 形容词
不替别人着想的，不体谅别人的
Not thinking or worrying about other people or their feelings
He’s often inconsiderate to his family. 他常常不体谅 他的家人

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Exhausted

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Adjective. 形容词
筋疲力尽的;筋疲力竭的
Extremely tired
We are all exhausted after the journey. 这次旅行后我 们都筋疲力尽了。

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Impressive

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Adjective. 形容词
令人印象深刻的
If an object or achievement is impressive, you admire or respect it, usually because it is special, important, or very large; If someone is impressive, you admire or respect that person for their special skills or abilities
Her background in the arts is impressive. 他在艺术 上的阅历令人难忘

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Philosophy

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Noun. 名词
哲学;人生观
The use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the principals of moral judgment
Marx derived his philosophy of history from Hegel. ⻢克思的历史哲学来源于黑格尔。

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Worthless

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Adjective. 形容词
无价值的，没有用处的
Having no value in money
In their esteem, the bill was worthless. 在他们看来, 该议案毫无价值。

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Upright

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Adjective. 形容词
正直的，诚实的
Honest, responsible, and moral
An upright man is respectable. 诚实的人是值得尊敬 的。

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Immediate

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Adjective. 形容词
当前的，目前的;立即的
Existing now and needing urgent attention; Happening or done without delay
Our immediate concern is to help those who got affected by the Wuhan virus. 我们的当务之急是帮助 那些被武汉病毒所感染的病人

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