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Adherent(a.)附著的
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1. Sticking; clinging; adhering. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Attached as an attribute or circumstance. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) Congenitally united with an organ of another kind, as calyx with ovary, or stamens with petals. [1913 Webster]Apathy(n.)冷漠
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1: an absence of emotion or enthusiasm 2: the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally [syn: {apathy}, {indifference}, {numbness}, {spiritlessness}]Chicanery(n.)強詞奪理
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the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) [syn: {trickery}, {chicanery}, {chicane},{guile}, {wile}, {shenanigan}]
Demur(v.)反對
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1: (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings [syn: {demur}, {demurral}, {demurrer}] 1: take exception to; "he demurred at my suggestion to work on Saturday" [syn: {demur}, {except}] 2: enter a demurrerSucculent(a.)多汁的
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adj 1: full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef"; "succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" [syn: {lush}, {succulent}] n 1: a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirsIntrinsic(a.)本質的
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1. Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to {extrinsic}; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person. [1913 Webster] He was better qualified than they to estimate justly the intrinsic value of Grecian philosophy and refinement. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) Included wholly within an organ or limb, as certain groups of muscles; -- opposed to {extrinsic}. [1913 Webster] {Intrinsic energy of a body} (Physics), the work it can do in virtue of its actual condition, without any supply of energy from without. {Intrinsic equation of a curve} (Geom.), the equation which expresses the relation which the length of a curve, measured from a given point of it, to a movable point, has to the angle which the tangent to the curve at the movable point makes with a fixed line. {Intrinsic value}. See the Note under {Value}, n. Syn: Inherent; innate; natural; real; genuine. [1913 Webster]Nutritive(a.)有營養的
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Of or pertaining to nutrition; as, the nutritive functions; having the quality of nourishing; nutritious; nutrimental; alimental; as, nutritive food or berries. [1913 Webster] {Nutritive plasma}. (Biol.) See {Idioplasma}. {Nutritive polyp} (Zool.), any one of the zooids of a compound hydroid, or coral, which has a mouth and digestive cavity. [1913 Webster] -- {Nu"tri*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Nu"tri*tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]Raucous(a.)沙啞的；刺耳的
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1: unpleasantly loud and harsh [syn: {raucous}, {strident}] 2: disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers" [syn: {raucous}, {rowdy}]Replenish(v.)再裝滿
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1. To fill again after having been diminished or emptied; to stock anew; hence, to fill completely; to cause to abound. [1913 Webster] Multiply and replenish the earth. --Gen. i. 28. [1913 Webster] The waters thus With fish replenished, and the air with fowl. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To finish; to complete; to perfect. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We smothered The most replenished sweet work of nature. --Shak. [1913 Webster]Manifestdefinition:
adj 1: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval"; "patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: {apparent}, {evident}, {manifest}, {patent}, {plain}, {unmistakable}] n 1: a customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane v 1: provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness" [syn: {attest}, {certify}, {manifest}, {demonstrate}, {evidence}] 2: record in a ship's manifest; "each passenger must be manifested" 3: reveal its presence or make an appearance; "the ghost manifests each year on the same day"Capricious(a.)任性的
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1: changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather" [syn: {capricious}, {freakish}] 2: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: {capricious}, {impulsive}, {whimsical}]Requisite(a.)必要的/(n.)必要品
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adj 1: necessary for relief or supply; "provided them with all things needful" [syn: {needed}, {needful}, {required}, {requisite}] n 1: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained" [syn: {necessity}, {essential}, {requirement}, {requisite}, {necessary}] [ant: {inessential}, {nonessential}]Quandary(n.)窘境；困境
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1: a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people" [syn: {predicament}, {quandary}, {plight}] 2: state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options [syn: {dilemma}, {quandary}]
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