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Audacious

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Fearlessly, often recklessly daring
Very bold
大胆的，鲁莽的

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Apathetic

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Indifferent
Marked by a lack of interest or concern; nonchalant
冷漠的，无动于衷的

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Diffident, self-effacing

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Hesitant due to a lack of self-confidence; assertive, shy, retiring
不自信的，沮丧的

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Pragmatic

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Practical, sensible, not idealistic or romantic

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Affable, genial, gregarious, amiable

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Agreeable, friendly

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Presumptuous

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Too confident, impertinently bold

做作的，自负的

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Recalcitrant

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Very stubborn, defiant, obstinate, refractory, disobedient

顽固的，固执的

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Clandestine

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Secretive, not aboveboard, covert
秘密的
Surreptitious

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Austere

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Bare, not ornate

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Altruism

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Unselfish concern for others

利他的，无私的

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Auspicious

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Very favorable
Propitious
吉利的，吉祥的

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Morose

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Very depressed

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Ambivalent

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mixed feeling or opposing feelings at the same time

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Anomaly, atypical

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Deviation from the norm or what is expected

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Unorthodox

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Unconventional

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Antithetical

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对立

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Aloof

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Detached, reserved冷漠的，超然的

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Trite, hackneyed, banal, insipid, platitudinous

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commonplace, overused

陈旧的，平常的

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Plausible

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Believable, credible

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Prudent

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Careful, cautious

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Aesthetic

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An appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive

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Enigmatic, inscrutable

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Mysterious, baffling

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Naive, gullible

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Unsophisticated, overly credulous

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Analogous

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类比的

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Nebulous

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Vague, lacking a fully developed form

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Indulgent

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Overly tolerant

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Tenacious

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Showing great determination

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Digress

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To depart from a subject; to ramble

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Antipathy, animosity,rancor, enmity

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Strong dislike

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Exhort

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To strongly encourage

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Trivial, minutiae

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Minor everyday details

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Diminutive

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Very small

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Ubiquitous, prevalent

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Everywhere, widespread, prevalent 无处不在的

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Pandemic

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Widespread epidemic广泛传播的

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Futile

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Doomed to failure

失败的，无益的

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Autonomous

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Independent

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Fleeting, ephemeral

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Evanescent, very brief, short lived

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Capricious, mercurial, fickle

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Constantly shifting moods

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Boorish

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Uncouth, crass,
Vulgar, crude
粗野的，没有教养的

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Indignant

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Outrage at something that is unjust

愤慨的

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Adroit, deft, adept, dexterous

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Skillful 灵巧的

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Incontrovertible

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Indisputable, beyond doubt

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Voracious, ravenous, rapacious

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Insatiable, having a huge appetite 贪吃的，贪婪的

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Callous

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Insensitive, unfeeling

没有感觉的，不理解他人的

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Intrepid, undaunted, resolute

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Fearless, courageous

无畏的，勇敢的

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Nonchalant

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Coolly unconcerned 无动于衷的，无所谓的

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Convoluted

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Twisting, intricate

费解的，晦涩难懂的

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Itinerant

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Mobile, not sedentary

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Poignant

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Touching, heartrending

动人的，令人心痛的

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Provocative

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Provoking controversy

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Bucolic, rustic, pastoral

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Charmingly rural

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Placid, serene

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Very calm, quiet

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Fortuitous

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Happening by chance, especially a lucky chance

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Viable, feasible

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Possible

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Intemperate

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Lacking restraint, excessive 无度的

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Temperate

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适中的

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Superficial

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Shallow, lacking depth

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Dismissive

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Rejecting, showing disregard

拒绝接受的，不赞同的

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Draconian

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Very strict laws and rules

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Pompous, pretentious, ostentatious

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Filled with excessive self-importance

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Cryptic

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Mysterious, having a hidden meaning

秘密的，隐含的

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Laconic, succinct, terse

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Very concise, brief

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Curtail

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To cut short or reduce

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Spartan, austere

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Plain, simple

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Halcyon

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Idyllically calm and peaceful

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Chimerical

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Fantastic scheme, unchecked imagination

奇幻的，狂想的

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Impecunious

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一文不名的，贫穷的

Poor, penniless, not affluent

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Nefarious

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Villainous, extremely wicked, vile

邪恶的，不道德的

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Jovial, jocular

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Good-humored, cheerful

开心的，嬉笑的

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Maudlin

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Excessively sentimental易伤感的，感情脆弱的

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Painstaking, meticulous, fastidious

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Extremely careful, highly exacting

非常仔细的，非常用心的

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