List-42 Flashcards
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alter
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- *vt. 改变,更改
vi. 改变;修改
n. (Alter)人名;(英)奥尔特;(德、捷、葡、爱沙、立陶、拉脱、俄、西、罗、瑞典)阿尔特 - ——————————————**
- cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
- make or become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one’s or its former characteristics or essence
- make an alteration to
- insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby
- remove the ovaries of
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amass
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- *vt. 积聚,积累
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- collect or gather
- get or gather together
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anthropologist
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- *n. 人类学家;人类学者
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- a social scientist who specializes in anthropology
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artesian
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- *adj. [水文] 自流的
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- (of water) rising to the surface under internal hydrostatic pressure
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attempt
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- *n. 企图,试图;攻击
vt. 企图,试图;尝试 - ——————————————**
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
- the act of attacking
- make an effort or attempt
- enter upon an activity or enterprise
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barely
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- *adv. 仅仅,勉强;几乎不;公开地;贫乏地
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- by a small margin
- in a sparse or scanty way
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boom
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- *vt. 使兴旺;发隆隆声
vi. 急速发展;发隆隆声
n. 繁荣;吊杆;隆隆声
n. (Boom)人名;(法、德)博姆 - ——————————————**
- a deep prolonged loud noise
- a state of economic prosperity
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set
- any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
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bureau
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- *n. 局,处;衣柜;办公桌
n. (Bureau)人名;(法)比罗 - ——————————————**
- an administrative unit of government
- furniture with drawers for keeping clothes
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calculus
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- *n. [病理] 结石;微积分学
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- a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
- an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
- the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
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cognition
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- *n. 认识;知识;认识能力
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- the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
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combine
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- *vt. 使化合;使联合,使结合
vi. 联合,结合;化合
n. 联合收割机;联合企业 - ——————————————**
- harvester that heads and threshes and cleans grain while moving across the field
- a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service
- an occurrence that results in things being united
- put or add together
- have or possess in combination
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concentric
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- *adj. 同轴的;同中心的
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- having a common center
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copier
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- *n. 复印机(等于copying machine);抄写员;模仿者
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- apparatus that makes copies of typed, written or drawn material
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cowhand
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- *n. (美)牧牛工
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- a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
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crush
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- *vt. 压碎;弄皱,变形;使…挤入
vi. 挤;被压碎
n. 粉碎;迷恋;压榨;拥挤的人群 - ——————————————**
- leather that has had its grain pattern accentuated
- a dense crowd of people
- temporary love of an adolescent
- the act of crushing
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one’s authority
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dated
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- *adj. 陈旧的;过时的;有日期的
v. 注有日期(date的过去式和过去分词) - ——————————————**
- marked by features of the immediate and usually discounted past
- bearing a date
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debatable
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- *adj. 成问题的;可争论的;未决定的
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- open to doubt or debate
- open to argument or debate
- capable of being disproved
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decimal
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- *adj. 小数的;十进位的
n. 小数 - ——————————————**
- a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
- a number in the decimal system
- numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
- divided by tens or hundreds
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delta
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- *n. (河流的)三角洲;德耳塔(希腊字母的第四个字)
n. (Delta)人名;(英、罗、葡)德尔塔 - ——————————————**
- a low triangular area where a river divides before entering a larger body of water
- the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
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demolish
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- *vt. 拆除;破坏;毁坏;推翻;驳倒
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- destroy completely
- humiliate or depress completely
- defeat soundly
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depression
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- *n. 沮丧;洼地;不景气;忧愁
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- a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity
- a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
- a sunken or depressed geological formation
- sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy
- a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
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diet
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- *n. 饮食;食物;规定饮食
vi. 节食
vt. [医] 照规定饮食
n. (Diet)人名;(法)迪耶 - ——————————————**
- a prescribed selection of foods
- a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
- the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
- the act of restricting your food intake (or your intake of particular foods)
- follow a regimen or a diet, as for health reasons
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digestive
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- *adj. 消化的;助消化的
n. 助消化药 - ——————————————**
- any substance that promotes digestion
- relating to or having the power to cause or promote digestion
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disgust
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- *n. 厌恶,嫌恶
vt. 使厌恶;使作呕 - ——————————————**
- strong feelings of dislike
- fill with distaste
- cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of
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displacement
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- *n. 取代,位移;[船] 排水量
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- an event in which something is displaced without rotation
- act of taking the place of another especially using underhanded tactics
- the act of uniform movement
- (chemistry) a reaction in which an elementary substance displaces and sets free a constituent element from a compound
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
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educated
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- *adj. 受过教育的;有教养的
v. 训练;教导;培育(educate的过去分词形式) - ——————————————**
- possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge)
- having or based on relevant experience
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emission
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- *n. (光、热等的)发射,散发;喷射;发行
n. (Emission)人名;(英)埃米申 - ——————————————**
- the act of emitting; causing to flow forth
- a substance that is emitted or released
- the release of electrons from parent atoms
- any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
- the occurrence of a flow of water (as from a pipe)
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enzyme
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- *n. [生化] 酶
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- any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions
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erode
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- *vt. 腐蚀,侵蚀
vi. 侵蚀;受腐蚀 - ——————————————**
- become ground down or deteriorate
- remove soil or rock
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exotic
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- *adj. 异国的;外来的;异国情调的
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- being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
- strikingly strange or unusual
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extinction
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- *n. 消失;消灭;废止
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- no longer in existence
- no longer active; extinguished
- the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
- complete annihilation
- a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus