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4. THE EMPEROR
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CLEON II commonly called "The Great." The last strong Emperor of the First Empire, he is important for the political and artistic1 renaissance2 that took place during his long reign3. He is best known to romance, however, for his connection with Bel Riose, and to the common man, he is simply "Riose's Emperor." It is important not to allow events of the last year of his reign to overshadow forty years of...
ENCYCLOPEDIA4 GALACTICA
Cleon II was Lord of the Universe. Cleon II also suffered from a painful and undiagnosed ailment5. By the queer twists of human affairs, the two statements are not mutually exclusive, nor even particularly incongruous. There have been a wearisomely large number of precedents6 in history.
But Cleon II cared nothing for such precedents. To meditate7 upon a long list of similar cases would not ameliorate personal suffering an electron's worth. It soothed8 him as little to think that where his great-grandfather had been the pirate ruler of a dust-speck planet, he himself slept in the pleasure palace of Ammenetik the Great, as heir of a line of Galactic rulers stretching backward into a tenuous9 past. It was at present no source of comfort to him that the efforts of his father had cleansed10 the realm of its leprous patches of rebellion and restored it to the peace and unity11 it had enjoyed under Stanel VI; that, as a consequence, in the twenty-five years of his reign, not one cloud of revolt had misted his
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artistic
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adj.艺术(家)的,美术(家)的;善于艺术创作的 | |
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reign
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n.统治时期,统治,支配,盛行;v.占优势 | |
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encyclopedia
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n.百科全书 | |
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n.疾病,小病 | |
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引用单元; 范例( precedent的名词复数 ); 先前出现的事例; 前例; 先例 | |
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v.想,考虑,(尤指宗教上的)沉思,冥想 | |
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adj.细薄的,稀薄的,空洞的 | |
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cleansed
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弄干净,清洗( cleanse的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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unity
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n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调 | |
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burnished
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galaxy
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tingle
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vi.感到刺痛,感到激动;n.刺痛,激动 | |
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morosely
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chamber
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n.拳击(或摔跤)比赛( bout的名词复数 );一段(工作);(尤指坏事的)一通;(疾病的)发作 | |
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lavish
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adj.无节制的;浪费的;vt.慷慨地给予,挥霍 | |
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condescending
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insipid
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adj.无味的,枯燥乏味的,单调的 | |
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spun
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v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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tortuous
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adj.弯弯曲曲的,蜿蜒的 | |
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speculations
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n.投机买卖( speculation的名词复数 );思考;投机活动;推断 | |
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virtue
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n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力 | |
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渴望,热望( crave的过去式 ); 恳求,请求 | |
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hatred
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divan
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crimson
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privy
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exasperation
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forgery
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n.伪造的文件等,赝品,伪造(行为) | |
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rumbled
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发出隆隆声,发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 轰鸣着缓慢行进; 发现…的真相; 看穿(阴谋) | |
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savagely
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adv. 野蛮地,残酷地 | |
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v.轻蔑;嘲笑;n.嘲笑,讥讽的言语 | |
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讥笑,冷笑( sneer的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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smoothly
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promotion
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v.沉思,冥想( muse的过去式和过去分词 );沉思自语说(某事) | |
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entirely
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ad.全部地,完整地;完全地,彻底地 | |
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incompetents
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incompetent
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traitor
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grimaced
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v.扮鬼相,做鬼脸( grimace的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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conqueror
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n.征服者,胜利者 | |
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barbarian
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n.野蛮人;adj.野蛮(人)的;未开化的 | |
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barbarians
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n.野蛮人( barbarian的名词复数 );外国人;粗野的人;无教养的人 | |
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majesty
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n.雄伟,壮丽,庄严,威严;最高权威,王权 | |
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interpretation
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n.解释,说明,描述;艺术处理 | |
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minor
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adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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annexes
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并吞( annex的名词复数 ); 兼并; 强占; 并吞(国家、地区等); 附加物,附属建筑( annexe的名词复数 ) | |
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vagrant
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n.流浪者,游民;adj.流浪的,漂泊不定的 | |
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rabble
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n.乌合之众,暴民;下等人 | |
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usurper
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n. 篡夺者, 僭取者 | |
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domain
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n.(活动等)领域,范围;领地,势力范围 | |
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stiffened
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utterly
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complement
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auxiliary
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vessels
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salvaged
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(从火灾、海难等中)抢救(某物)( salvage的过去式和过去分词 ); 回收利用(某物) | |
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artillery
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undertaking
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supercilious
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eyebrows
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眉毛( eyebrow的名词复数 ) | |
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peculiar
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savages
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未开化的人,野蛮人( savage的名词复数 ) | |
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penetrate
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v.透(渗)入;刺入,刺穿;洞察,了解 | |
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loyalty
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pointed
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convene
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appropriation
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