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　　feast, masterpiece, splendour, ingenious, commemorate, threshold, reside, abandoned, urged

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　　Feast [云南考试网]网址:http://www.ynexam.cn

　　n. 宴会,酒席,节会 vt. 款待,享乐,请客 vi. 参加宴会,享受

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　　At the feast there was an abundance of food and drink. ｗｗｗ．ｙｎｅｘａｍ．ｃｎ[云南考试网]

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　　Splendo(u)r

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　　Ingenious

　　a. 灵敏的,精巧的,聪明的

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　　他为缺席编造了一个巧妙的借口

　　Commemorate [云南考试网]ｗｗｗ＿ｙｎｅｘａｍ＿ｃｎ

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　　This memorial commemorates those who died in the war.

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　　这座纪念碑是纪念战争中牺牲者的

　　Threshold

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　　Abandon

　　vt. 抛弃,离弃,遗弃;放弃

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　　The scientist abandoned his research for lack of fund.

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　　vt. 驱策,力劝,力陈,推动

　　vi. 强烈要求

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　　他要求有关的人都积极参加这项工作

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