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Dolorours

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Causing misery or grief

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Doldrums

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A state of inactivity

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Dolt

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A stupid person

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Domicile

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A residence, a home

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Domination

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Control over others

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Don

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To put on

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Doodle

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无目的地乱画

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Dormant

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Asleep, inactive( dormant volcano)

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Dour

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Gloomy; harsh

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Douse

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To put out a light or fire

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Downplay

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To minimize the importance of

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Downpour

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A heavy fall of rain

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Doyen

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老前辈

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Doze

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To sleep lightly

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Draconian

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Very severe, exceedingly harsh

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Drawl

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To speak slowly

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Dreary

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Have nothing to provide cheer.(the day is cold, rainy and dreary)

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Drench

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To wet thoroughly

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Drivel

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Stupid or senseless talk

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Droll

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Amusingly odd

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Drone

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To talk in a persistently dull tone

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Drudgery

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Tedious or unpleasant work

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Dubious

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Giving rise to uncertainty

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Ductile

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Easily molded or shaped

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Dulcet

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Pleasing to ear

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Dullard

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A stupid person

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Dune

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由风沙吹积而成的沙丘

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Dupe

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One that it easily cheated

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Duplicity

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口是心非

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Dwindle

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To become gradually less

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Dyspeptic

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Bad tempered

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Dyslexia

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阅读障碍

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Eaglet

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A young eagle

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Earnest

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严肃认真的

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Earshot

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听力所及范围

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Earsplitting

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震耳欲聋的

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Easel

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画架

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Ebullient

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Zestful enthusiastic

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Eccentric

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Deviating from conventional

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Éclat

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Brilliant success

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Eclipse

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To diminish reputation

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Ecstasy

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A state of beyond reason and self-control

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Ecumenical

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Worldwide

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Eddy

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逆流

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Edifice

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A large or massive structure

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Efface

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擦去,使不明显

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Effervesce

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To show high spirits

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Effete

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Exhausted

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Effluvium

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A by-product in the form of waste

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Effrontery

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Shameless boldness

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Effulgence

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Shining brilliantly

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Effusive

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感情奔放的

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Egalitarian

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平等主义的

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Egoism

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The ethical belief that self-interest is the just and proper motive for all human being

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Elaborate

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Complexity, to expand in detail

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Elate

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or fill with joy or pride

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Eleemosynary

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Relating to charity

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Elegy

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A song or poem expressing sorrow

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Elephantine

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Having enormous size

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Elevate

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To improve morally, intellectually, or culturally

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Elicit

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To draw forth or bring out

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Ellipsis

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省略号

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Elliptical

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含糊不清地

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Elucidate

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To give a clarifying explanation

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Emaciate

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To become very thin , to make feeble

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Emancipate

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To free from bondage 解放

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Embargo

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贸易禁制令

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Embark

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To go aboard of a vessel as at the start of a journey

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Embed

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嵌入

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Embezzle

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盗用

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Emboss

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To raise the surface,使表面突出

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Embroider

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To ornament with the needle work

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Eminence

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A position of superiority

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Emollient

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润肤剂

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Emulate

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仿效并努力超越

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Enact

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制定颁布法律

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Enamel

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珐琅质

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Encomium

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赞颂之词

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Encompass

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To constitute or include

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Encumber

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阻碍,妨碍

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Endemic

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地方性的(endemic disease )

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Endorse

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To approve openly

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Enervate

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To weaken the strength of

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Enfranchise

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给予权利(如选举权)

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Engender

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To cause exist or develop

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Engross

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Absorb,使全神贯注

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Enmity

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敌意