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Forswear

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发誓弃绝,坚决放弃,作伪证

Renounce, disallow, repudiate

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Extirpate

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消灭,灭绝,根除

To destroy, exterminate, cut out, exscind

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Ignoble

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可耻的,地位低下的

Dishonorable common undignified

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Ostensible

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表面的,假装的,冒是真实的

Seeming, appearing as such, professed

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Illusory

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虚幻的,貌似真实的

Deceptive; an illusion

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Overweening

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自负的,过分的,不合理的,唯我独尊的Presumptuously arrogant, overbearing, immoderate, being a jerk

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Wag

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摇动,喋喋不休的,淘气的人

To be incessantly active, to waddle; also a mischievous person

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Lucubrate

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把心得书写成文

Write in scholarly fashion

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Impetuous

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冲动的,鲁莽的

Impulsive, forceful, with energy

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Bellicose

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好战的,好争吵的,好斗的

Belligerent, pugnacious, warlike

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Cabal

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阴谋,朋党

A scheme or plot, a group of plotters

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Polemical

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争吵的,好辩的

Controversial, argued

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Lucent

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光亮的,透明的

Easily understood, lucid, clear

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Engender

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产生

Cause produce, give rise to

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Dissemble

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掩饰

To hide, conceal, disguise

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Equanimity

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平静,镇定

Calmness of temperament

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Ingenuous

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直率的,稚气的

Naive, young artless, frank, honest, sincere

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Epicure

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美食家

Food lover, a connoisseur of food

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Salient

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突出的

Prominent, protruding, conspicuous, highly relevant

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Inchoate

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初步的,早期的

Not fully formed, rudimentary, elementary

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Pugnacious

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好斗的

Contentious, quarrelsome, given to fighting belligent

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Peremptory

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蛮横的,断然的,独裁主义的

Urgent, imperative, unchallengeable, ending debate