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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。

Question 16

grievous

Answer 16

令人忧伤的，极严重的

The reporter said that was a grievous waste.
报道称，那真是一种令人悲痛的浪费。

Question 17

saucy

Answer 17

无力的，俏皮的，漂亮的

She is tall,slim,with fair skin and large saucy eyes.
她高个子，苗条，皮肤白皙，有一双漂亮的大眼睛。

Question 18

disaproportionate

Answer 18

不成比例的

Disproportionate emphasis on examinations may bring about serious consequences.
对考试的过分重视回造成严重的后果。

Question 19

withhold

Answer 19

拒绝的，不给，抑制，忍住

There are some parents who might withhold sweets from their children as a form of punishment.
有些父母不会给孩子糖果，以示惩罚。

Question 20

nosy

Answer 20

爱管闲事的，好打听的。

Question 21

stumble

Answer 21

绊脚，蹒跚而行，（说话等时）结巴等

Be careful not to stumble against that table, or you will break the glasses on it.
当心不要撞上那桌子，否则会打翻上面的玻璃杯。

Question 22

imaginative

Answer 22

富有想象力的，创新的

That famous artist who was seen as the father of painting is full of imaginative.
那位被奉为绘画之父的知名艺术家有着丰富的想象力。

Question 23

chaotic

Answer 23

混乱的，无秩序的

The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour.
在高峰时间，城市的交通混乱不堪。

Question 24

renown

Answer 24

名望，声誉

Seldom has a city as New York gained such world renown.
很少有哪个城市能像纽约这样在世界上享有如此盛名。

Question 25

scroll

Answer 25

卷轴，纸卷，画卷，名册

Look at this,it is a Chinese vertical scroll painting.
来看看这个，这是一副中国垂直式卷轴画。