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282樓
圆环之理
2025-6-15 12:06
egotist Definition: (noun) A conceited and self-centered person. Synonyms: swellhead Usage: Mr. Whittleworth is an insufferable egotist with delusions of omnipotence, but we tolerate him because he pays us well.
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283樓
圆环之理
2025-6-16 15:32
transience Definition: (noun) The attribute of being brief or fleeting. Synonyms: brevity, briefness Usage: The superficiality and transience of the club scene is part of its appeal for young people.
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284樓
圆环之理
2025-6-17 14:17
gyrate Definition: (verb) Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. Synonyms: spin, reel, whirl Usage: The airplane gyrated about in the sky in a most alarming fashion.
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285樓
圆环之理
2025-6-18 15:01
hanker Definition: (verb) Desire strongly or persistently. Synonyms: long, yearn Usage: There, my lady cousin; there stands the most undutiful child in the world; she hankers after a beggarly rascal, and won't marry one of the greatest matches in all England.
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286樓
圆环之理
2025-6-19 15:58
harebrained Definition: (adjective) Very foolish. Synonyms: insane, mad Usage: She devised a harebrained scheme to get her money back, but it ended up landing her in jail.
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287樓
圆环之理
2025-6-20 14:31
buttonhole Definition: (verb) Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors. Synonyms: lobby Usage: It is not easy to buttonhole her for an interview.
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288樓
圆环之理
2025-6-21 12:20
shortsighted Definition: (adjective) Lacking foresight or scope. Synonyms: unforesightful, myopic, short Usage: The shortsighted board members derided the plan, which would cost the company money at the outset but could set it on track to earn billions in future years.
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289樓
圆环之理
2025-6-22 15:58
dissension Definition: (noun) Disagreement among those expected to cooperate. Synonyms: discord Usage: The sparks of dissension soon kindled into a blaze; and the colonies, or rather, as they quickly declared themselves, the States, became a scene of strife and bloodshed for years.
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290樓
圆环之理
2025-6-23 12:19
rascal Definition: (noun) One who is playfully mischievous.. Synonyms: scamp, imp, rapscallion, scallywag Usage: The young rascal, being expert at a variety of feints and dodges, of which my aunt had no conception, soon went whooping away.
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291樓
圆环之理
2025-6-24 13:48
blister Definition: (verb) Subject to harsh criticism. Synonyms: scald, whip Usage: The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday.
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