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20. CONSPIRATOR
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The mayor's palace ?what was once the mayor's palace ?was a looming1 smudge in the darkness. The city was quiet under its conquest and curfew, and the hazy2 milk of the great Galactic Lens, with here and there a lonely star, dominated the sky of the Foundation.
In three centuries the Foundation had grown from a private project of a small group of scientists to a tentacular3 trade empire sprawling4 deep into the Galaxy5 and half a year had flung it from its heights to the status of another conquered province.
Captain Han Pritcher refused to grasp that.
The city's sullen6 nighttime quiet, the darkened palace, intruder-occupied, were symbolic7 enough, but Captain Han Pritcher, just within the outer gate of the palace, with the tiny nuclear bomb under his tongue, refused to understand.
A shape drifted closer ?the captain bent8 his head.
The whisper came deathly low, "The alarm system is as it always was, captain. Proceed! It will register nothing."
Softly, the captain ducked through the low archway, and down the fountain-lined path to what had been Indbur's garden.
Four months ago had been the day in the Time Vault9, the fullness of which his memory balked10 at. Singly and separately the impressions would come back, unwelcome, mostly at night.
Old Seldon speaking his benevolent11 words that were so shatteringly wrong ?the
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looming
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n.上现蜃景(光通过低层大气发生异常折射形成的一种海市蜃楼)v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的现在分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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adj.有薄雾的,朦胧的;不肯定的,模糊的 | |
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tentacular
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adj.蔓生的,不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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symbolic
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n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的 | |
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vault
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n.拱形圆顶,地窖,地下室 | |
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v.畏缩不前,犹豫( balk的过去式和过去分词 );(指马)不肯跑 | |
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benevolent
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adj.仁慈的,乐善好施的 | |
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jumbled
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gathering
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inevitable
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adj.不可避免的,必然发生的 | |
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mule
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n.骡子,杂种,执拗的人 | |
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dangling
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悬吊着( dangle的现在分词 ); 摆动不定; 用某事物诱惑…; 吊胃口 | |
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afterward
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adv.后来;以后 | |
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dwindling
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adj.逐渐减少的v.逐渐变少或变小( dwindle的现在分词 ) | |
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intensity
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n.强烈,剧烈;强度;烈度 | |
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residential
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adj.提供住宿的;居住的;住宅的 | |
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elegance
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n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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bulged
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凸出( bulge的过去式和过去分词 ); 充满; 塞满(某物) | |
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mumbled
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含糊地说某事,叽咕,咕哝( mumble的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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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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decorative
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projector
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n.投影机,放映机,幻灯机 | |
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camouflaged
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v.隐蔽( camouflage的过去式和过去分词 );掩盖;伪装,掩饰 | |
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caliber
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n.能力;水准 | |
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doorway
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n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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vampires
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n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 );吸血蝠;高利贷者;(舞台上的)活板门 | |
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jaw
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n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)变紧; (使)绷紧; 加紧 | |
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whack
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v.敲击,重打,瓜分;n.重击,重打,尝试,一份 | |
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jovial
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adj.快乐的,好交际的 | |
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n.炖汤,焖,烦恼;v.炖汤,焖,忧虑 | |
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legitimate
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adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法 | |
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soothing
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adj.慰藉的;使人宽心的;镇静的 | |
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submission
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n.服从,投降;温顺,谦虚;提出 | |
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a.为...后裔的,出身于...的 | |
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conspirator
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n.阴谋者,谋叛者 | |
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ominous
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adj.不祥的,不吉的,预兆的,预示的 | |
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aprons
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围裙( apron的名词复数 ); 停机坪,台口(舞台幕前的部份) | |
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laborer
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n.劳动者,劳工 | |
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scrap
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n.碎片;废料;v.废弃,报废 | |
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chamber
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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puff
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n.一口(气);一阵(风);v.喷气,喘气 | |
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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override
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vt.不顾,不理睬,否决;压倒,优先于 | |
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appraised
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v.估价( appraise的过去式和过去分词 );估计;估量;评价 | |
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vt.分析,解析 (=analyse) | |
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democrats
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n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 ) | |
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assassination
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n.暗杀;暗杀事件 | |
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briefly
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adv.简单地,简短地 | |
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conqueror
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n.征服者,胜利者 | |
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psychic
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n.对超自然力敏感的人;adj.有超自然力的 | |
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sagged
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下垂的 | |
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crumpled
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adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式 | |
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wavelength
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n.波长 | |
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disturbance
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n.动乱,骚动;打扰,干扰;(身心)失调 | |
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psychology
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n.心理,心理学,心理状态 | |
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ramp
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n.暴怒,斜坡,坡道;vi.作恐吓姿势,暴怒,加速;vt.加速 | |
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flattened
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[医](水)平扁的,弄平的 | |
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insolent
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n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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darted
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v.投掷,投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 );向前冲,飞奔 | |
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ominously
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sodden
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adj.浑身湿透的;v.使浸透;使呆头呆脑 | |
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rebounded
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弹回( rebound的过去式和过去分词 ); 反弹; 产生反作用; 未能奏效 | |
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vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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n.阴谋,密谋( conspiracy的名词复数 ) | |
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dignify
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vt.使有尊严;使崇高;给增光 | |
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conspiracy
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n.阴谋,密谋,共谋 | |
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n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能 | |
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patriot
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scarlet
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n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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