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Question 1

pastel

Answer 1

彩色蜡笔，柔和的

Pastel colors are always restful to our eyes.
柔和的色彩总能让我们的眼睛得到休息。

Question 2

cultivate

Answer 2

耕种，培养

Expressive leaders cultivate a personal relationship with staff in the group.
富有表现力的领导能与小组成员建立一种私人关系。

Question 3

recover

Answer 3

复原，恢复，重新获得，收回

After taking some medicine,she has almost recovered from her cough.
吃了这些药后，她的咳嗽快好了。

Question 4

substitute

Answer 4

代替品，代替者，代替。

Radio is a substitute for newspapers in people’s homes.
在人们家中，广播是报纸的一种替代品。

Question 5

renaissance

Answer 5

文艺复兴，复生，再生

The Renaissance was more than a “rebirth”, it was also an age of new discoveries,both geographical and intellectual.
文艺复兴不仅仅是一次“新生”，也是一个重大发现的时代，既包括地理上的新发现，有包括智力上的新发现。

Question 6

sweat

Answer 6

汗，一身汗，（使）出汗

I woke up in a sweat.
我醒来时浑身出汗。

Question 7

underscore

Answer 7

强调，在…之下画线，底线

These excesses underscore a feature of residential expansion related to the growth of mass transportation.
这些多出的部分强调了住宅扩展的特点，这一扩展与大规模运输的发展有关。

Question 8

conform

Answer 8

服从，遵守，符合，适合

They should be designed to conform to the topography of the area.
它们的设计应该副本该地区的地貌。

Question 9

husk

Answer 9

外壳，外皮，去壳，削皮

How can we remove the husk of the grains?
我们怎样去掉谷物的外皮？

Question 10

tide

Answer 10

涨落，潮汐，潮流，趋势

Could I borrow a 20 to tide me over till payday next Thursday?
你能借我20块钱帮我度过难关吗？下周四就发工资了。

Question 11

decade

Answer 11

十年，十年前

The last decade is a dream decade for the country’s economic growth.
过去的十年是该国经济飞速发展的十年。

Question 12

pluralism

Answer 12

多元化，多元性，多元主义

Don’t pursue pluralism too much, or you will accomplish nothing instead.
不要过多强调多元性，否则你将一事无成。

Question 13

vagrant

Answer 13

无业游民，流浪者，漂泊的

Sophie met a band of vagrants at the door of the coffee shop.
苏菲在咖啡店门口遇到一群流浪汉。

Question 14

incline

Answer 14

（使）倾斜，（使）倾向于，斜坡，斜面

Question 15

essence

Answer 15

本质，精髓

This constant reshaping and recreation is the essence of folk music.
这种不断的重塑和再创造是民间音乐的精髓。