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It began like that—and continued, with varying shades of intensity1, on such a note right up to the dénouement. Dexter surrendered a part of himself to the most direct and unprincipled personality with which he had ever come in contact. Whatever Judy wanted, she went after with the full pressure of her charm. There was no divergence3 of method, no jockeying for position or premeditation of effects—there was a very little mental side to any of her affairs. She simply made men conscious to the highest degree of her physical loveliness. Dexter had no desire to change her. Her deficiencies were knit up with a passionate4 energy that transcended5 and justified6 them.
When, as Judy's head lay against his shoulder that first night, she whispered, "I don't know what's the matter with me. Last night I thought I was in love with a man and to-night I think I'm in love with you——"—it seemed to him a beautiful and romantic thing to say. It was the exquisite8 excitability that for the moment he controlled and owned. But a week later he was compelled to view this same quality in a different light. She took him in her roadster to a picnic supper, and after supper she disappeared, likewise in her roadster, with another man. Dexter became enormously upset and was scarcely able to be decently civil to the other people present. When she assured him that she had not kissed the other man, he knew she was lying—yet he was glad that she had taken the trouble to lie to him.
He was, as he found before the summer ended, one of a varying dozen who circulated about her. Each of them had at one time been favored above all others—about half of them still basked9 in the solace10 of occasional
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n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度 | |
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(wide area network)广域网 | |
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超出或超越(经验、信念、描写能力等)的范围( transcend的过去式和过去分词 ); 优于或胜过… | |
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a.正当的,有理的 | |
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revivals
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malice
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mischievous
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kinetic
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v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 );困扰;质问;毅然应对 | |
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ecstasy
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n.狂喜,心醉神怡,入迷 | |
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tonic
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n./adj.滋补品,补药,强身的,健体的 | |
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mutual
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adj.相互的,彼此的;共同的,共有的 | |
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veranda
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n.走廊;阳台 | |
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alcoves
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n.凹室( alcove的名词复数 );(花园)凉亭;僻静处;壁龛 | |
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realization
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adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的 | |
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solidified
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(使)成为固体,(使)变硬,(使)变得坚固( solidify的过去式和过去分词 ); 使团结一致; 充实,巩固; 具体化 | |
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强烈的愿望( aspiration的名词复数 ); 志向; 发送气音; 发 h 音 | |
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disillusion
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vt.使不再抱幻想,使理想破灭 | |
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relinquished
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交出,让给( relinquish的过去式和过去分词 ); 放弃 | |
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incorrigible
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criticise
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v.批评,评论;非难 | |
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fabulously
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enchanted
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adj. 被施魔法的,陶醉的,入迷的 动词enchant的过去式和过去分词 | |
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rustle
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adj.荒芜的,荒废的,无人的,被遗弃的 | |
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n.(学院、修道院、教堂等建筑的)走廊( cloister的名词复数 );回廊;修道院的生活;隐居v.隐退,使与世隔绝( cloister的第三人称单数 ) | |
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glazed
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adj.光滑的,像玻璃的;上过釉的;呆滞无神的v.装玻璃( glaze的过去式);上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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profane
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zigzag
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sophomores
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n.(中等、专科学校或大学的)二年级学生( sophomore的名词复数 ) | |
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endearment
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acting
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idiotic
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loomed
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hatred
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