When the great Amberson Estate went into court for settlement, "there wasn't any," George Amberson said—that is, when the settlement was concluded there was no estate. "I guessed it," Amberson went on. "As an expert on prosperity, my career is disreputable, but as a prophet of
calamity1 I deserve a testimonial banquet." He reproached himself bitterly for not having long ago discovered that his father had never given Isabel a deed to her house. "And those pigs, Sydney and Amelia!" he added, for this was another thing he was bitter about. "They won't do anything. I'm sorry I gave them the opportunity of making a polished refusal. Amelia's letter was about half in Italian; she couldn't remember enough ways of saying no in English. One has to live quite a long while to realize there are people like that! The estate was badly crippled, even before they took out their 'third,' and the 'third' they took was the only good part of the rotten apple. Well, I didn't ask them for
restitution3 on my own account, and at least it will save you some trouble, young George. Never waste any time writing to them; you mustn't count on them." "I don't," George said quietly. "I don't count on anything." "Oh, we'll not feel that things are quite desperate," Amberson laughed, but not with great cheerfulness. "We'll survive, Georgie— you will, especially. For my part I'm a little too old and too accustomed to fall back on somebody else for supplies to start a big fight with life: I'll be content with just surviving, and I can do it on an eighteen-hundred-dollar—ayear
consulship4. An ex-congressman can always be pretty sure of getting some such job, and I hear from Washington the matter's about settled. I'll live pleasantly enough with a
pitcher5 of ice under a palm tree, and black folks to wait on me—that part of it will be like home—and I'll manage to send you fifty dollars every now and then, after I once get settled. So much for me! But you—of course you've had a poor training for making your own way, but you're only a boy after all, and the stuff of the old stock is in you. It'll come out and do something. I'll never forgive myself about that deed: it would have given you something substantial to start with. Still, you have a little tiny bit, and you'll have a little tiny salary, too; and of course your Aunt Fanny's here, and she's got something you can fall back on if you get too pinched, until I can begin to send you a
dribble6 now and then." George's "little tiny bit" was six hundred dollars which had come to him from the sale of his mother's furniture; and the "little tiny salary" was eight dollars a week which old Frank Bronson was to pay him for services as a clerk and student-at-law. Old Frank would have offered more to the Major's grandson, but since the death of that best of clients and his own experience with
automobile7 headlights, he was not certain of being able to pay more and at the same time settle his own small bills for board and
lodging8. George had accepted
haughtily9, and
thereby10 removed a burden from his uncle's mind. Amberson himself, however, had not even a "tiny bit"; though he got his
consular11 appointment; and to take him to his post he found it necessary to borrow two hundred of his nephew's six hundred dollars. "It makes me sick, George," he said. "But I'd better get there and get that salary started. Of course Eugene would do anything in the world, and the fact is he wanted to, but I felt that—ah—under the circumstances—" "Never!" George exclaimed, growing red. "I can't imagine one of the family—" He paused, not finding it necessary to explain that "the family" shouldn't turn a man from the door and then accept favours from him. "I wish you'd take more." Amberson declined. "One thing I'll say for you, young George; you haven't a stingy bone in your body. That's the Amberson stock in you —and I like it!" He added something to this praise of his nephew on the day he left for Washington. He was not to return, but to set
forth12 from the capital on the long journey to his post. George went with him to the station, and their farewell was
lengthened13 by the train's being several minutes late. "I may not see you again, Georgie," Amberson said; and his voice was a little husky as he set a kind hand on the young man's shoulder. "It's quite probable that from this time on we'll only know each other by letter—until you're notified as my next of
kin2 that there's an old valise to be forwarded to you, and perhaps some dusty curios from the
consulate14 mantelpiece. Well, it's an odd way for us to be saying good-bye: one wouldn't have thought it, even a few years ago, but here we are, two gentlemen of elegant appearance in a state of bustitude. We can't ever tell what will happen at all, can we? Once I stood where we're
standing15 now, to say good-bye to a pretty girl—only it was in the old station before this was built, and we called it the '
depot16.' She'd been visiting your mother, before Isabel was married, and I was wild about her, and she admitted she didn't mind that. In fact, we
decided17 we couldn't live without each other, and we were to be married. But she had to go abroad first with her father, and when we came to say good-bye we knew we wouldn't see each other again for almost a year. I thought I couldn't live through it—and she stood here crying. Well, I don't even know where she lives now, or if she is living—and I only happen to think of her sometimes when I'm here at the station waiting for a train. If she ever thinks of me she probably imagines I'm still dancing in the
ballroom18 at the Amberson
Mansion19, and she probably thinks of the Mansion as still beautiful— still the finest house in town. Life and money both behave like loose quicksilver in a nest of cracks. And when they're gone we can't tell where—or what the devil we did with 'em! But I believe I'll say now —while there isn't much time left for either of us to get embarrassed about it—I believe I'll say that I've always been fond of you, Georgie, but I can't say that I always liked you. Sometimes I've felt you were distinctly not an acquired taste. Until lately, one had to be fond of you just naturally—this isn't very 'tactful,' of course— for if he didn't, well, he wouldn't! We all spoiled you terribly when you were a little boy and let you grow up en prince—and I must say you took to it! But you've received a pretty heavy
jolt20, and I had enough of your
disposition21, myself, at your age, to understand a little of what cocksure youth has to go through inside when it finds that it can make terrible mistakes. Poor old fellow! You get both kinds of
jolts22 together, spiritual and material—and you've taken them pretty quietly and—well, with my train coming into the shed, you'll forgive me for saying that there have been times when I thought you ought to be hanged—but I've always been fond of you, and now I like you! And just for a last word: there may be somebody else in this town who's always felt about you like that—fond of you, I mean, no matter how much it seemed you ought to be hanged. You might try— Hello, I must run. I'll send back the money as fast as they pay me— so, good-bye and God bless you, Georgie!" He passed through the gates, waved his hat cheerily from the other side of the iron screen, and was lost from sight in the hurrying crowd. And as he disappeared, an unexpected
poignant23 loneliness fell upon his nephew so heavily and so suddenly that he had no energy to
recoil24 from the shock. It seemed to him that the last fragment of his familiar world had disappeared, leaving him all alone forever. He walked homeward slowly through what appeared to be the strange streets of a strange city; and, as a matter of fact, the city was strange to him. He had seen little of it during his years in college, and then had followed the long absence and his
tragic25 return. Since that he had been "scarcely outdoors at all," as Fanny complained, warning him that his health would suffer, and he had been downtown only in a closed carriage. He had not realized the great change. The streets were thunderous; a vast energy heaved under the universal coating of
dinginess26. George walked through the begrimed crowds of hurrying strangers and saw no face that he remembered. Great numbers of the faces were even of a kind he did not remember ever to have seen; they were partly like the old type that his boyhood knew, and partly like types he knew abroad. He saw German eyes with American wrinkles at their corners; he saw Irish eyes and Neapolitan eyes, Roman eyes, Tuscan eyes, eyes of Lombardy, of Savoy, Hungarian eyes, Balkan eyes, Scandinavian eyes—all with a queer American look in them. He saw Jews who had been German Jews, Jews who had been Russian Jews, Jews who had been Polish Jews but were no longer German or Russian or Polish Jews. All the people were soiled by the smoke-mist through which they hurried, under the heavy sky that hung close upon the new
skyscrapers28; and nearly all seemed
harried29 by something
impending30, though here and there a women with bundles would be laughing to a companion about some adventure of the department stores, or perhaps an escape from the charging traffic of the streets—and not infrequently a girl, or a free-and-easy young matron, found time to throw an encouraging look to George. He took no note of these, and, leaving the crowded sidewalks, turned north into National Avenue, and presently reached the quieter but no less begrimed region of smaller shops and old-fashioned houses. Those latter had been the homes of his boyhood playmates; old friends of his grandfather had lived here;—in this
alley31 he had fought with two boys at the same time, and whipped them; in that front yard he had been successfully teased into temporary
insanity32 by a. Sunday-school class of pinky little girls. On that
sagging33 porch a laughing woman had fed him and other boys with doughnuts and gingerbread; yonder he saw the staggered
relics35 of the iron
picket36 fence he had made his white
pony37 jump, on a dare, and in the shabby, stone-faced house behind the fence he had gone to children's parties, and, when he was a little older he had danced there often, and fallen in love with Mary Sharon, and kissed her,
apparently38 by force, under the stairs in the hall. The double front doors, of meaninglessly carved
walnut39, once so
glossily40 varnished41, had been painted smoke gray, but the smoke grime showed
repulsively42, even on the smoke gray; and over the doors a smoked sign proclaimed the place to be a "Stag Hotel." Other houses had become boarding-houses too genteel for signs, but many were franker, some offering "board by the day, week or meal," and some, more
laconic43, contenting themselves with the label: "Rooms." One, having torn out part of an old stone-trimmed bay window for purposes of commercial display, showed forth two suspended petticoats and a pair of oyster-coloured
flannel44 trousers to prove the claims of its blackand-
gilt45 sign: "French Cleaning and Dye House." Its next neighbour also sported a
remodelled46 front and permitted no doubt that its mission in life was to attend
cosily47 upon death: "J. M. Rolsener. Caskets. The Funeral Home." And beyond that, a plain old honest four-square gray-painted brick house was
flamboyantly48 decorated with a great gilt
scroll49 on the railing of the old-fashioned
veranda50: "
Mutual51 Benev't Order Cavaliers and
Dames52 of Purity." This was the old Minafer house. George passed it without perceptibly
wincing53; in fact, he held his head up, and except for his gravity of
countenance54 and the prison pallor he had acquired by too constantly remaining indoors, there was little to warn an acquaintance that he was not
precisely55 the same George Amber-son Minafer known aforetime. He was still so magnificent, indeed, that there came to his ears a
waft56 of comment from a passing automobile. This was a fearsome red car, glittering in
brass57, with half-a-dozen young people in it whose motorism had reached an extreme
manifestation58 in dress. The ladies of this party were
favourably59 affected60 at sight of the pedestrian upon the sidewalk, and, as the machine was moving slowly, and close to the
curb61, they had time to observe him in detail, which they did with a frankness not pleasing to the object of their attentions. "One sees so many nice-looking people one doesn't know nowadays," said the youngest of the young ladies. "This old town of ours is really getting enormous. I shouldn't mind knowing who he is." "I don't know," the youth beside her said, loudly enough to be heard at a considerable distance. "I don't know who he is, but from his looks I know who he thinks he is: he thinks he's the Grand Duke Cuthbert!" There was a burst of tittering as the car gathered speed and rolled away, with the girl continuing to look back until her scandalized companions forced her to turn by pulling her
hood27 over her face. She made an impression upon George, so deep a one, in fact, that he unconsciously put his emotion into a muttered word: Riffraff! This was the last "walk home" he was ever to take by the route he was now following: up National Avenue to Amberson Addition and the two big old houses at the foot of Amberson Boulevard; for tonight would be the last night that he and Fanny were to spend in the house which the Major had forgotten to deed to Isabel. To-morrow they were to "move out," and George was to begin his work in Bronson's office. He had not come to this
collapse62 without a fierce struggle—but the struggle was inward, and the rolling world was not
agitated63 by it, and rolled calmly on. For of all the "ideals of life" which the world, in its rolling, inconsiderately
flattens64 out to nothingness, the least likely to retain a profile is that ideal which depends upon inheriting money. George Amberson, in spite of his record of failures in business, had spoken shrewdly when he realized at last that money, like life, was "like quicksilver in a nest of cracks." And his nephew had the
awakening65 experience of seeing the great Amberson Estate vanishing into such a nest—in a twinkling, it seemed, now that it was indeed so
utterly66 vanished. His uncle had suggested that he might write to college friends; perhaps they could help him to something better than the
prospect67 offered by Bronson's office; but George flushed and shook his head, without explaining. In that small and quietly superior "crowd" of his he had too emphatically supported the ideal of being rather than doing. He could not appeal to one of its members now to help him to a job. Besides, they were not precisely the warmest-hearted crew in the world, and he had long ago dropped the last affectation of a correspondence with any of them. He was as
aloof68 from any survival of
intimacy69 with his boyhood friends in the city, and, in truth, had lost track of most of them. "The Friends of the Ace," once bound by oath to succour one another in
peril70 or poverty, were long ago
dispersed71; one or two had died; one or two had gone to live elsewhere; the others were disappeared into the smoky bigness of the heavy city. Of the brethren, there remained within his present cognizance only his old enemy, the red-haired Kinney, now married to Janie Sharon, and Charlie Johnson, who, out of
deference72 to his mother's memory, had passed the Amberson Mansion one day, when George stood upon the front steps, and, looking in fiercely, had looked away with continued fierceness—his only token of recognition. On this last homeward walk of his, when George reached the entrance to Amberson Addition—that is, when he came to where the entrance had
formerly73 been—he gave a little start, and halted for a moment to stare. This was the first time he had noticed that the stone pillars, marking the entrance, had been removed. Then he realized that for a long time he had been conscious of a queerness about this corner without being aware of what made the difference. National Avenue met Amberson Boulevard here at an
obtuse74 angle, and the removal of the pillars made the Boulevard seem a cross-street of no overpowering importance—certainly it did not seem to be a boulevard! At the next corner Neptune's Fountain remained, and one could still determine with accuracy what its designer's intentions had been. It stood in sore need of just one last kindness; and if the thing had
possessed75 any friends they would have done that doleful
shovelling76 after dark. George did not let his eyes linger upon the
relic34; nor did he look
steadfastly77 at the Amberson Mansion. Massive as the old house was, it managed to look gaunt: its windows stared with the
skull78 emptiness of all windows in empty houses that are to be lived in no more. Of course the rowdy boys of the neighbourhood had been at work: many of these haggard windows were broken; the front door stood ajar, forced open; and idiot salacity, in white chalk, was
smeared79 everywhere upon the pillars and stonework of the
verandas80. George walked by the Mansion hurriedly, and came home to his mother's house for the last time. Emptiness was there, too, and the closing of the door
resounded81 through bare rooms; for downstairs there was no furniture in the house except a kitchen table in the dining room, which Fanny had kept "for dinner," she said, though as she was to cook and serve that meal herself George had his doubts about her name for it. Upstairs, she had retained her own furniture, and George had been living in his mother's room, having sent everything from his own to the
auction82. Isabel's room was still as it had been, but the furniture would be moved with Fanny's to new quarters in the morning. Fanny had made plans for her nephew as well as herself; she had found a three-room "kitchenette apartment" in an apartment house where several old friends of hers had established themselves—elderly widows of citizens once "prominent" and other
retired83 gentry84. People used their own "kitchenettes" for breakfast and lunch, but there was a table-d'hote arrangement for dinner on the ground floor; and after dinner bridge was played all evening, an attraction powerful with Fanny. She had "made all the arrangements," she reported, and
nervously85 appealed for approval, asking if she hadn't shown herself "pretty practical" in such matters. George
acquiesced86 absent-mindedly, not thinking of what she said and not realizing to what it committed him. He began to realize it now, as he wandered about the
dismantled87 house; he was far from sure that he was willing to go and live in a "threeroom apartment" with Fanny and eat breakfast and lunch with her (prepared by herself in the "kitchenette") and dinner at the table d'hote in "such a pretty Colonial dining room" (so Fanny described it) at a little round table they would have all to themselves in the midst of a dozen little round tables which other relics of disrupted families would have all to themselves. For the first time, now that the change was
imminent88, George began to develop before his mind's eye pictures of what he was in for; and they
appalled89 him. He decided that such a life
verged90 upon the sheerly
unbearable91, and that after all there were some things left that he just couldn't stand. So he made up his mind to speak to his aunt about it at "dinner," and tell her that he preferred to ask Bronson to let him put a sofa-bed, a trunk, and a folding rubber bathtub behind a screen in the dark rear room of the office. George felt that this would be
infinitely92 more tolerable; and he could eat at restaurants, especially as about all he ever wanted nowadays was coffee. But at "dinner" he decided to put off telling Fanny of his plan until later: she was so nervous, and so
distressed93 about the failure of her efforts with sweetbreads and macaroni; and she was so eager in her talk of how comfortable they would be "by this time to-morrow night." She fluttered on, her nervousness increasing, saying how "nice" it would be for him, when he came from work in the evenings, to be among "nice people—people who know who we are," and to have a pleasant game of bridge with "people who are really old friends of the family?" When they stopped probing among the
scorched94 fragments she had set forth, George lingered downstairs, waiting for a better opportunity to introduce his own subject, but when he heard dismaying sounds from the kitchen he gave up. There was a crash, then a shower of crashes; falling tin clamoured to be heard above the shattering of
porcelain95; and over all rose Fanny's
wail96 of
lamentation97 for the treasures saved from the sale, but now lost forever to the "kitchenette." Fanny was nervous indeed; so nervous that she could not trust her hands. For a moment George thought she might have been injured, but, before he reached the kitchen, he heard her
sweeping98 at the fragments, and turned back. He put off speaking to Fanny until morning. Things more
insistent99 than his vague plans for a sofa-bed in Bronson's office had possession of his mind as he went upstairs, moving his hand slowly along the smooth walnut railing of the balustrade. Half way to the landing he stopped, turned, and stood looking down at the heavy doors masking the black emptiness that had been the library. Here he had stood on what he now knew was the worst day of his life; here he had stood when his mother passed through that
doorway100, hand-in-hand with her brother, to learn what her son had done. He went on more heavily, more slowly; and, more heavily and slowly still, entered Isabel's room and shut the door. He did not come forth again, and bade Fanny good-night through the closed door when she stopped outside it later. "I've put all the lights out, George," she said. "Everything's all right." "Very well," he called. "Good-night." She did not go. "I'm sure we're going to enjoy the new little home, George," she said timidly. "I'll try hard to make things nice for you, and the people really are lovely. You mustn't feel as if things are altogether gloomy, George. I know everything's going to turn out all right. You're young and strong and you have a good mind and I'm sure—" she hesitated—"I'm sure your mother's watching over you, Georgie. Good-night, dear." "Good-night, Aunt Fanny." His voice had a strangled sound in spite of him; but she seemed not to notice it, and he heard her go to her own room and lock herself in with bolt and key against burglars. She had said the one thing she should not have said just then: "I'm sure your mother's watching over you, Georgie." She had meant to be kind, but it destroyed his last chance for sleep that night. He would have slept little if she had not said it, but since she had said it, he could not sleep at all. For he knew that it was true—if it could be true—and that his mother, if she still lived in spirit, would be weeping on the other side of the wall of silence, weeping and seeking for some gate to let her through so that she could come and "watch over him." He felt that if there were such gates they were surely barred: they were like those awful library doors downstairs, which had shut her in to begin the suffering to which he had
consigned101 her. The room was still Isabel's. Nothing had been changed: even the photographs of George, of the Major, and of "brother George" still stood on her dressing-table, and in a drawer of her desk was an old picture of Eugene and Lucy, taken together, which George had found, but had slowly closed away again from sight, not
touching102 it. To-morrow everything would be gone; and he had heard there was not long to wait before the house itself would be
demolished103. The very space which tonight was still Isabel's room would be cut into new shapes by new walls and floors and ceilings; yet the room would always live, for it could not die out of George's memory. It would live as long as he did, and it would always be
murmurous104 with a tragic, wistful whispering. And if space itself can be haunted, as memory is haunted, then some time, when the space that was Isabel's room came to be made into the small bedrooms and "kitchenettes" already designed as its destiny, that space might well be haunted and the new occupants come to feel that some seemingly causeless depression hung about it—a
wraith105 of the passion that filled it throughout the last night that George Minafer spent there. Whatever remnants of the old high-handed
arrogance106 were still within him, he did
penance107 for his deepest sin that night—and it may be that to this day some impressionable, overworked woman in a "kitchenette," after turning out the light will seem to see a young man kneeling in the darkness, shaking convulsively, and, with arms outstretched through the wall, clutching at the covers of a shadowy bed. It may seem to her that she hears the faint cry, over and over: "Mother, forgive me! God, forgive me!"
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| n.灾害，祸患，不幸事件 |
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- Even a greater natural calamity cannot daunt us. 再大的自然灾害也压不垮我们。
- The attack on Pearl Harbor was a crushing calamity.偷袭珍珠港(对美军来说)是一场毁灭性的灾难。
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- He comes of good kin.他出身好。
- She has gone to live with her husband's kin.她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。
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- It's only fair that those who do the damage should make restitution.损坏东西的人应负责赔偿，这是再公平不过的了。
- The victims are demanding full restitution.受害人要求全额赔偿。
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- He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
- Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
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dribble
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- Melted wax dribbled down the side of the candle.熔化了的蜡一滴滴从蜡烛边上流下。
- He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
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- He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
- The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。
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- The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging. 账单包括吃、住费用。
- Where can you find lodging for the night? 你今晚在哪里借宿?
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- She carries herself haughtily. 她举止傲慢。
- Haughtily, he stalked out onto the second floor where I was standing. 他傲然跨出电梯，走到二楼，我刚好站在那儿。
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- I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
- He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。
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- He has rounded out twenty years in the consular service. 他在领事馆工作已整整20年了。
- Consular invoices are declarations made at the consulate of the importing country. 领事发票是进口国领事馆签发的一种申报书。
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- The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
- He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
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- The afternoon shadows lengthened. 下午影子渐渐变长了。
- He wanted to have his coat lengthened a bit. 他要把上衣放长一些。
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- The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
- The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
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- After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
- They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
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- The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
- They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。
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- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
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- The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
- I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。
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| n.大厦，大楼；宅第 |
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- The old mansion was built in 1850.这座古宅建于1850年。
- The mansion has extensive grounds.这大厦四周的庭园广阔。
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jolt
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| v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸 |
参考例句： |
- We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
- They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。
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disposition
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| n.性情，性格；意向，倾向；排列，部署 |
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- He has made a good disposition of his property.他已对财产作了妥善处理。
- He has a cheerful disposition.他性情开朗。
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jolts
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| （使）摇动， （使）震惊( jolt的名词复数 ) |
参考例句： |
- He found that out when he got a few terrific jolts, but he wouldn't give up. 被狠狠地撞回来几次后，他发觉了这一点，但他决不因此罢休。
- Some power bars are loaded with carbohydrates or caffeine for quick jolts. 有些能量条中包含大量的碳水化合物和咖啡因，以达到快速提神的效果。
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poignant
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| adj.令人痛苦的，辛酸的，惨痛的 |
参考例句： |
- His lyrics are as acerbic and poignant as they ever have been.他的歌词一如既往的犀利辛辣。
- It is especially poignant that he died on the day before his wedding.他在婚礼前一天去世了，这尤其令人悲恸。
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recoil
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| vi.退却，退缩，畏缩 |
参考例句： |
- Most people would recoil at the sight of the snake.许多人看见蛇都会向后退缩。
- Revenge may recoil upon the person who takes it.报复者常会受到报应。
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tragic
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| adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的 |
参考例句： |
- The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
- Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
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dinginess
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| n.暗淡，肮脏 |
参考例句： |
- Mary was appalled by the dinginess of the house. 玛丽被那肮脏的房子吓坏了。 来自辞典例句
- She hated dinginess as much as her mother had hated it. 她同母亲一样，对贫困寒酸的日子深恶痛绝。 来自辞典例句
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hood
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| n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖 |
参考例句： |
- She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
- The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
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skyscrapers
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| n.摩天大楼 |
参考例句： |
- A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
- On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。
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harried
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| v.使苦恼( harry的过去式和过去分词 )；不断烦扰；一再袭击；侵扰 |
参考例句： |
- She has been harried by the press all week. 整个星期她都受到新闻界的不断烦扰。
- The soldiers harried the enemy out of the country. 士兵们不断作骚扰性的攻击直至把敌人赶出国境为止。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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impending
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| a.imminent, about to come or happen |
参考例句： |
- Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆发了。
- The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。
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alley
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| n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路 |
参考例句： |
- We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
- The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。
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insanity
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| n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐 |
参考例句： |
- In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。
- He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。
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sagging
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| 下垂[沉，陷]，松垂，垂度 |
参考例句： |
- The morale of the enemy troops is continuously sagging. 敌军的士气不断低落。
- We are sagging south. 我们的船正离开航线向南漂流。
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relic
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| n.神圣的遗物，遗迹，纪念物 |
参考例句： |
- This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
- He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。
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relics
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| [pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸 |
参考例句： |
- The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
- Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。
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picket
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| n.纠察队；警戒哨；v.设置纠察线；布置警卫 |
参考例句： |
- They marched to the factory and formed a picket.他们向工厂前进,并组成了纠察队。
- Some of the union members did not want to picket.工会的一些会员不想担任罢工纠察员。
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pony
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| adj.小型的；n.小马 |
参考例句： |
- His father gave him a pony as a Christmas present.他父亲给了他一匹小马驹作为圣诞礼物。
- They made him pony up the money he owed.他们逼他还债。
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apparently
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| adv.显然地；表面上，似乎 |
参考例句： |
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
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walnut
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| n.胡桃，胡桃木，胡桃色，茶色 |
参考例句： |
- Walnut is a local specialty here.核桃是此地的土特产。
- The stool comes in several sizes in walnut or mahogany.凳子有几种尺寸，材质分胡桃木和红木两种。
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glossily
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| 光滑地 |
参考例句： |
- Does fingernail surface appear be to owe those vitamins glossily? 指甲表面出现条条不光滑是欠那些维生素呢？
- The magazine was glossily printed. 杂志印制的很精美。
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varnished
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| 浸渍过的，涂漆的 |
参考例句： |
- The doors are then stained and varnished. 这些门还要染色涂清漆。
- He varnished the wooden table. 他给那张木桌涂了清漆。
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laconic
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| adj.简洁的；精练的 |
参考例句： |
- He sent me a laconic private message.他给我一封简要的私人函件。
- This response was typical of the writer's laconic wit.这个回答反映了这位作家精练简明的特点。
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flannel
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| n.法兰绒；法兰绒衣服 |
参考例句： |
- She always wears a grey flannel trousers.她总是穿一条灰色法兰绒长裤。
- She was looking luscious in a flannel shirt.她穿着法兰绒裙子，看上去楚楚动人。
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gilt
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| adj.镀金的；n.金边证券 |
参考例句： |
- The plates have a gilt edge.这些盘子的边是镀金的。
- The rest of the money is invested in gilt.其余的钱投资于金边证券。
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remodelled
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| v.改变…的结构[形状]( remodel的过去式和过去分词 ) |
参考例句： |
- Oh, thanks. We remodelled it last year. 是吗？谢谢。我们去年改建的。 来自口语例句
- Kathy: Oh, thanks. We remodelled it last year. 凯西：是吗？谢谢。我们去年改建的。 来自互联网
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cosily
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| adv.舒适地，惬意地 |
参考例句： |
- Its snow-white houses nestle cosily in a sea of fresh green vegetation. 雪白的房屋舒适地筑在一片翠绿的草木中。 来自辞典例句
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flamboyantly
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| adv.艳丽地、奢华地、绚丽地。 |
参考例句： |
- He dresses rather flamboyantly. 他衣着华丽。 来自互联网
- The criticism of Mr Obama's handling of the oil spill has been especially and flamboyantly unreasonable. 对于奥巴马对漏油事件的处理，人们的批评尤其夸大得没有道理。 来自互联网
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scroll
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| n.卷轴，纸卷；(石刻上的)漩涡 |
参考例句： |
- As I opened the scroll,a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.我打开卷轴时，黄河的景象展现在眼前。
- He was presented with a scroll commemorating his achievements.他被授予一幅卷轴，以表彰其所做出的成就。
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veranda
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| n.走廊；阳台 |
参考例句： |
- She sat in the shade on the veranda.她坐在阳台上的遮荫处。
- They were strolling up and down the veranda.他们在走廊上来回徜徉。
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mutual
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| adj.相互的，彼此的；共同的，共有的 |
参考例句： |
- We must pull together for mutual interest.我们必须为相互的利益而通力合作。
- Mutual interests tied us together.相互的利害关系把我们联系在一起。
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dames
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| n.（在英国）夫人（一种封号），夫人（爵士妻子的称号）( dame的名词复数 )；女人 |
参考例句： |
- Dames would not comment any further. Dames将不再更多的评论。 来自互联网
- Flowers, candy, jewelry, seemed the principal things in which the elegant dames were interested. 鲜花、糖果和珠宝看来是那些贵妇人的主要兴趣所在。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
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wincing
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| 赶紧避开，畏缩( wince的现在分词 ) |
参考例句： |
- She switched on the light, wincing at the sudden brightness. 她打开了灯，突如其来的强烈光线刺得她不敢睜眼。
- "I will take anything," he said, relieved, and wincing under reproof. “我什么事都愿意做，"他说，松了一口气，缩着头等着挨骂。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
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countenance
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| n.脸色，面容；面部表情；vt.支持，赞同 |
参考例句： |
- At the sight of this photograph he changed his countenance.他一看见这张照片脸色就变了。
- I made a fierce countenance as if I would eat him alive.我脸色恶狠狠地，仿佛要把他活生生地吞下去。
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precisely
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| adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地 |
参考例句： |
- It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
- The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
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waft
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| v.飘浮，飘荡；n.一股；一阵微风；飘荡 |
参考例句： |
- The bubble maker is like a sword that you waft in the air.吹出泡泡的东西就像你在空中挥舞的一把剑。
- When she just about fall over,a waft of fragrance makes her stop.在她差点跌倒时，一股幽香让她停下脚步。
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brass
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| n.黄铜；黄铜器，铜管乐器 |
参考例句： |
- Many of the workers play in the factory's brass band.许多工人都在工厂铜管乐队中演奏。
- Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
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manifestation
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| n.表现形式；表明；现象 |
参考例句： |
- Her smile is a manifestation of joy.她的微笑是她快乐的表现。
- What we call mass is only another manifestation of energy.我们称之为质量的东西只是能量的另一种表现形态。
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favourably
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| adv. 善意地，赞成地
=favorably |
参考例句： |
- The play has been favourably commented by the audience. 本剧得到了观众的好评。
- The open approach contrasts favourably with the exclusivity of some universities. 这种开放式的方法与一些大学的封闭排外形成了有利的对比。
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affected
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| adj.不自然的，假装的 |
参考例句： |
- She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
- His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。
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curb
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| n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制 |
参考例句： |
- I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
- You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
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collapse
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| vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷 |
参考例句： |
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
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agitated
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| adj.被鼓动的，不安的 |
参考例句： |
- His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。
- She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。
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flattens
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| 变平，使（某物）变平( flatten的第三人称单数 )； 彻底打败某人，使丢脸； 停止增长（或上升）； （把身体或身体部位）紧贴… |
参考例句： |
- After Oxford the countryside flattens out. 过了牛津以远乡村逐渐平坦。
- The graph flattens out gradually after a steep fall. 图表上的曲线突降之后逐渐趋于平稳。
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awakening
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| n.觉醒，醒悟 adj.觉醒中的；唤醒的 |
参考例句： |
- the awakening of interest in the environment 对环境产生的兴趣
- People are gradually awakening to their rights. 人们正逐渐意识到自己的权利。
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utterly
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| adv.完全地，绝对地 |
参考例句： |
- Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
- I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。
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prospect
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| n.前景，前途；景色，视野 |
参考例句： |
- This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
- The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。
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aloof
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| adj.远离的；冷淡的，漠不关心的 |
参考例句： |
- Never stand aloof from the masses.千万不可脱离群众。
- On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd.这小女孩在晚会上一直胆怯地远离人群。
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intimacy
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| n.熟悉，亲密，密切关系，亲昵的言行 |
参考例句： |
- His claims to an intimacy with the President are somewhat exaggerated.他声称自己与总统关系密切，这有点言过其实。
- I wish there were a rule book for intimacy.我希望能有个关于亲密的规则。
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peril
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| n.(严重的)危险；危险的事物 |
参考例句： |
- The refugees were in peril of death from hunger.难民有饿死的危险。
- The embankment is in great peril.河堤岌岌可危。
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dispersed
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| adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的 |
参考例句： |
- The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
- After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。
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deference
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| n.尊重，顺从；敬意 |
参考例句： |
- Do you treat your parents and teachers with deference?你对父母师长尊敬吗？
- The major defect of their work was deference to authority.他们的主要缺陷是趋从权威。
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formerly
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| adv.从前，以前 |
参考例句： |
- We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
- This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。
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obtuse
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| adj.钝的；愚钝的 |
参考例句： |
- You were too obtuse to take the hint.你太迟钝了，没有理解这种暗示。
- "Sometimes it looks more like an obtuse triangle,"Winter said.“有时候它看起来更像一个钝角三角形。”温特说。
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possessed
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| adj.疯狂的；拥有的，占有的 |
参考例句： |
- He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像着了魔似地猛然冲出房门。
- He behaved like someone possessed.他行为举止像是魔怔了。
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shovelling
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| v.铲子( shovel的现在分词 )；锹；推土机、挖土机等的)铲；铲形部份 |
参考例句： |
- The workers are shovelling the sand. 工人们正在铲沙子。 来自辞典例句
- They were shovelling coal up. 他们在铲煤。 来自辞典例句
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steadfastly
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| adv.踏实地，不变地；岿然；坚定不渝 |
参考例句： |
- So he sat, with a steadfastly vacant gaze, pausing in his work. 他就像这样坐着，停止了工作，直勾勾地瞪着眼。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
- Defarge and his wife looked steadfastly at one another. 德伐日和他的妻子彼此凝视了一会儿。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
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skull
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| n.头骨；颅骨 |
参考例句： |
- The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
- He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。
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smeared
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| 弄脏； 玷污； 涂抹； 擦上 |
参考例句： |
- The children had smeared mud on the walls. 那几个孩子往墙上抹了泥巴。
- A few words were smeared. 有写字被涂模糊了。
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verandas
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| 阳台，走廊( veranda的名词复数 ) |
参考例句： |
- Women in stiff bright-colored silks strolled about long verandas, squired by men in evening clothes. 噼噼啪啪香槟酒的瓶塞的声音此起彼伏。
- They overflowed on verandas and many were sitting on benches in the dim lantern-hung yard. 他们有的拥到了走郎上，有的坐在挂着灯笼显得有点阴暗的院子里。
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resounded
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| v.（指声音等）回荡于某处( resound的过去式和过去分词 )；产生回响；（指某处）回荡着声音 |
参考例句： |
- Laughter resounded through the house. 笑声在屋里回荡。
- The echo resounded back to us. 回声传回到我们的耳中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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auction
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| n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖 |
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- They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
- They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
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retired
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| adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的 |
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- The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
- Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。
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gentry
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| n.绅士阶级，上层阶级 |
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- Landed income was the true measure of the gentry.来自土地的收入是衡量是否士绅阶层的真正标准。
- Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.宁做自由民之首，不居贵族之末。
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nervously
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| adv.神情激动地，不安地 |
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- He bit his lip nervously,trying not to cry.他紧张地咬着唇，努力忍着不哭出来。
- He paced nervously up and down on the platform.他在站台上情绪不安地走来走去。
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acquiesced
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| v.默认，默许( acquiesce的过去式和过去分词 ) |
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- Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up. 政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。
- After a lot of persuasion,he finally acquiesced. 经过多次劝说，他最终默许了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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dismantled
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| 拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 )； 拆卸； 废除； 取消 |
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- The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
- The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。
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imminent
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| adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的 |
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- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
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appalled
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| v.使惊骇，使充满恐惧( appall的过去式和过去分词)adj.惊骇的；丧胆的 |
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- The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
- They were appalled by the reports of the nuclear war. 他们被核战争的报道吓坏了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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verged
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| 接近，逼近（verge的过去式与过去分词形式） |
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- The situation verged on disaster. 形势接近于灾难的边缘。
- Her silly talk verged on nonsense. 她的蠢话近乎胡说八道。
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unbearable
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| adj.不能容忍的；忍受不住的 |
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- It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
- The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。
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infinitely
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| adv.无限地，无穷地 |
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- There is an infinitely bright future ahead of us.我们有无限光明的前途。
- The universe is infinitely large.宇宙是无限大的。
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distressed
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| 痛苦的 |
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- He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑，无法回答他们的问题。
- The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。
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scorched
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| 烧焦，烤焦( scorch的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（植物）枯萎，把…晒枯； 高速行驶； 枯焦 |
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- I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。
- The hot iron scorched the tablecloth. 热熨斗把桌布烫焦了。
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porcelain
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| n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的 |
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- These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
- The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。
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wail
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| vt./vi.大声哀号，恸哭；呼啸，尖啸 |
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- Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里，一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
- One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。
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lamentation
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| n.悲叹，哀悼 |
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- This ingredient does not invite or generally produce lugubrious lamentation. 这一要素并不引起，或者说通常不产生故作悲伤的叹息。 来自哲学部分
- Much lamentation followed the death of the old king. 老国王晏驾，人们悲恸不已。 来自辞典例句
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sweeping
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| adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的 |
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- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？
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insistent
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| adj.迫切的，坚持的 |
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- There was an insistent knock on my door.我听到一阵急促的敲门声。
- He is most insistent on this point.他在这点上很坚持。
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doorway
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| n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径 |
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- They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
- Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。
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consigned
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| v.把…置于（令人不快的境地）( consign的过去式和过去分词 )；把…托付给；把…托人代售；丟弃 |
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- I consigned her letter to the waste basket. 我把她的信丢进了废纸篓。
- The father consigned the child to his sister's care. 那位父亲把孩子托付给他妹妹照看。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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touching
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| adj.动人的，使人感伤的 |
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- It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
- His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
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demolished
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| v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光 |
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- The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
- They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。
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wraith
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| n.幽灵；骨瘦如柴的人 |
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- My only question right now involves the wraith.我唯一的问题是关于幽灵的。
- So,what you're saying is the Ancients actually created the Wraith?照你这么说，实际上是古人创造了幽灵？
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arrogance
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| n.傲慢，自大 |
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- His arrogance comes out in every speech he makes.他每次讲话都表现得骄傲自大。
- Arrogance arrested his progress.骄傲阻碍了他的进步。
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penance
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| n.（赎罪的）惩罪 |
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- They had confessed their sins and done their penance.他们已经告罪并做了补赎。
- She knelt at her mother's feet in penance.她忏悔地跪在母亲脚下。
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