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Nascent(a.)初期的

definition:

     1. Commencing, or in process of development; beginning to

        exist or to grow; coming into being; as, a nascent germ.

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              Nascent passions and anxieties.       --Berkley.

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     2. (Chem.) Evolving; being evolved or produced; as, nascent

        oxygen.

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     {Nascent state} (Chem.), the fleeting or momentary state of

        an uncombined atom or radical just separated from one

        compound, and not yet united with another, -- a

        hypothetical condition implying peculiarly active chemical

        properties; as, hydrogen in the nascent state is a strong

        reducer.

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Malleable(a.)有延展性的

definition:

     1. Capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a

        hammer, or by the pressure of rollers; -- applied to

        metals.

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     2. Capable of being influenced to behave as desired;

        tractable; -- used mostly of children.

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     {Malleable iron}, iron that is capable of extension or of

        being shaped under the hammer; decarbonized cast iron. See

        under {Iron}.

     {Malleable iron castings}, articles cast from pig iron and

        made malleable by heating then for several days in the

        presence of some substance, as hematite, which deprives

        the cast iron of some of its carbon.

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Capitulate(v.)有條件投降

definition:

  1. To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement,

        as in chapters or articles; to agree. [Obs.]

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              There capitulates with the king . . . to take to

              wife his daughter Mary.               --Heylin.

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              There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement

              to certain heads or capitula should not be called to

              capitulate.                           --Trench.

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     2. To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under

        several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.

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              The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated.

                                                    --Macaulay.

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Tantalize(v.)逗弄

definition:

To tease or torment by presenting some good to the view and

     exciting desire, but continually frustrating the expectations

     by keeping that good out of reach; to tease; to torment.

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           Thy vain desires, at strife

           Within themselves, have tantalized thy life. --Dryden.

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     Syn: To tease; vex; irritate; provoke.

     Usage: {Tantalize}, {Disappoint}. To disappoint is literally

            to do away with what was (or was taken to be)

            appointed; hence the peculiar pain from hopes thus

            dashed to the ground. To tantalize, a much stronger

            term, describes a most distressing form of

            disappointment, as in the case of Tantalus, the

            Phrygian king. To tantalize is to visit with the

            bitterest disappointment -- to torment by exciting

            hopes or expectations which can never be realized.

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Reticent(a.)沉默的；謹慎的

definition:

      1: temperamentally disinclined to talk [syn: {reticent},

             {untalkative}]

      2: cool and formal in manner [syn: {restrained}, {reticent},

         {unemotional}]

      3: reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: {reticent},

         {self-effacing}, {retiring}]

Procrastinate(v.)延遲；耽擱

definition:

      1: postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want

           to write the letter and procrastinated for days" [syn:

           {procrastinate}, {stall}, {drag one's feet}, {drag one's

           heels}, {shillyshally}, {dilly-dally}, {dillydally}]

      2: postpone or delay needlessly; "He procrastinated the matter

         until it was almost too late"

Opprobrium(n.)汙名；咒罵

definition:

1: state of disgrace resulting from public abuse [syn:

           {obloquy}, {opprobrium}]

 2: a state of extreme dishonor; "a date which will live in

         infamy"- F.D.Roosevelt; "the name was a by-word of scorn and

         opprobrium throughout the city" [syn: {infamy}, {opprobrium}]

         [ant: {celebrity}, {fame}, {renown}]

Unconscionable(a.)不合理的；過度的

definition:

   1. Not conscionable; exceeding the limits of any reasonable

        claim or expectation; not conforming to reason;

        unreasonable; inordinate; extravagant; as, an

        unconscionable person or demand; unconscionable size.

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              Which use of reason, most reasonless and

              unconscionable, is the utmost that any tyrant ever

              pretended.                            --Milton.

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              His giantship is gone somewhat crestfallen,

              Stalking with less unconscionable strides. --Milton.

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     2. Not guided by, or conformed to, conscience; that cannot be

        done in good conscience; as, unconscionable profits.

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              Ungenerous as well as unconscionable practices.

                                                    --South.

        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*con"scion*a*ble*ness}, n. --

        {Un*con"scion*a*bly}, adv.

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Vituperation(n.)謾罵

definition:

abusive or venomous language used to express blame orcensure or bitter deep-seated ill will [syn:{vituperation}, {invective}, {vitriol}]

Turpitude (n.)卑鄙

definition:

a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: {depravity},{turpitude}]

Vacillate(v.)猶豫

definition:

    1. To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to

        waver.

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              [A spheroid] is always liable to shift and

              vacillatefrom one axis to another.    --Paley.

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     2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to be unsteady or

        inconstant; to waver.

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     Syn: See {Fluctuate}.

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Halcyon(a.)寧靜的

definition:

    1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was

        anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea

        during the calm weather about the winter solstice.

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     2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep,

        halcyon repose." --De Quincy.

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