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redolent
ADJ. /有味道的;有香味儿的/fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor. Even though it is February, the air is redolent of spring.
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redoubtable
ADJ. /可怕的/formidable; causing fear. During the Cold War period, neighboring countries tried not to offend the Russians because they could be redoubtable foes.
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redress
N. /补偿;赔偿/remedy; compensation. Do you mean to tell me that I can get no redress for my injuries? also v.
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redundant
ADJ. /冗余的;多余的/superfluous; repetitious; excessivejy wordy. The bottle of wine I brought to Bob's was certainly redundant how was I to know Bob owned a winery? In your essay, you repeat several points unnecessarily; try to be less redundant in the future. redundancy, N.
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reek
V. /散发(气味)/emit (odor). The room reeked with stale tobacco smoke. also N.
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refraction
N. /(光线的)折射,弯曲/bending of a ray of light. When you look at a stick inserted in water, it looks bent because of the refrac¬tion of the light by the water.
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refractory
ADJ. /按不住的;不服气的;倔强的/stubborn; unmanageable. The refractory horse was eliminated from the race when he refused to obey the jockey.
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refrain
V. /抵制;抵抗;远离,节制/abstain from; resist. Whenever he heard a song with a lively chorus, Sol could never refrain from joining in on the refrain.
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refurbish
V. /刷新;修复;擦亮/renovate; make bright by polishing. The flood left a deposit of mud on everything; we had to refurbish our belongings.
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refute
V. /反驳/disprove. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to refute the false testimony of the prosecution's sole witness. refutation, N.
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regal
ADJ. /皇家的/royal. Prince Albert had a regal manner.
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regale
V. /取悦,娱乐,享受/entertain. John regaled us with tales of his adventures in Africa.
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regime
N. /政体/method or system of government. When the French mention the Old Regime, they refer to the govern¬ment existing before the revolution.
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regimen
N. /摄生法/prescribed diet and habits. I doubt whether the results warrant our living under such a strict regimen.
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rehabilitate
V. /恢复;复原/restore to proper condition. We must reha¬bilitate those whom we send to prison.
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reimburse
V. /偿还/repay. Let me know what you have spent and I will reimburse you.
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reiterate
V. /重申;重复/repeat. He reiterated the warning to make sure everyone understood it.
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rejoinder
N. /反驳;回应/retort; comeback; reply. When someone has been rude to me, I find it particularly satisfying to come up with a quick rejoinder.
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rejuvenate
V. /返老还童;青春重回/make young again. The charlatan claimed that his elixir would rejuvenate the aged and weary.
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relegate
V. /指派;下放;贬/banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign. After Ralph dropped his second tray of drinks that week, the manager swiftly relegated him to a minor post cleaning up behind the bar.
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relent
V. /变宽厚;变温和/give in. When her stern father would not relent and allow her to marry Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor. relentless,ADJ.
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relevant
ADJ. /有关的;相对的/pertinent; referring to the case in hand. How relevant Virginia Woolf's essays are to women writers today! It's as if Woolf in the 1930s foresaw our current literary struggles. relevancy, N.
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relic
N. /纪念物;废墟,遗留/surviving remnant; memento. Egypt's Department of Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking mummies and other ancient relics out of the country. Mike keeps his photos of his trip to Egypt in a box with other relics of his travels.
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relinquish
V. /不情愿的屈服,放弃(某物)/give up something with reluctance; yield. Denise never realized how hard it would be for her to relinquish her newborn son to the care of his adoptive par¬ents. Once you get used to fringe benefits like expense account meals and a company car, it's very hard to relin¬quish them.
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relish
V. /品味;享受/savor; enjoy. Watching Peter enthusiastically chow down, I thought, "Now there's a man who relishes a good dinner!" also N.
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remediable
ADJ. /可挽回的/reparable. Let us be grateful that the damage is remediable.
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remedial
ADJ. /治疗的,补救的/curative; corrective. Because he was a slow reader, he decided to take a course in remedial reading.
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reminiscence
N. /怀旧;回想/recollection. Her reminiscences of her experiences are so fascinating that she ought to write a book.
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remiss
ADJ. /玩忽职守的,粗心大意的/negligent. The guard was accused of being remiss in his duty when the prisoner escaped.
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remission
N. /减轻,缓解;宽恕/temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or pardon. Though the senator had been treated for cancer, his symptoms were in remission, and he was considered fit enough to handle the strains of a presidential race.
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remnant
N. /残留物/remainder. I suggest that you wait until the store places the remnants of these goods on sale.
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remonstrance
N. /抗议/protest; objection. The authorities were deaf to the pastor's remonstrances about the lack of police protection in the area. remonstrate,V.
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remorse
N. /懊悔,自责/guilt; self-reproach. The murderer felt no remorse for his crime.
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remunerative
ADJ. /有利益的;有报酬的/compensating; rewarding. I find my new work so remunerative that I may not return to my previ¬ous employment. remuneration, N.
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rend
V. /分开;撕开/split; tear apart. In his grief, he tried to rend his garments. rent, N.
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render
V. /呈递;开账单;给予;还以,报以;放弃,投降投降或交出;放弃;描写以文字形式表现,描绘;以图像或绘画表现;演奏,诠释;翻译;正式宣布;裁决;使成为;熔解,精炼;打底/deliver; provide; represent. He rendered aid to the needy and indigent.
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rendition
N. /表演,诠释;翻译/translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc. The audience cheered enthusiastically as she com¬pleted her rendition of the aria.
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renegade
N. /变节者/deserter; traitor. Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians, his fellow offi¬cers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a rene¬gade. alsoADJ.
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renege
V. /食言;反悔;否认;翻供/deny; go back on. He reneged on paying off his debt.
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renounce
V. /放弃;断绝关系/abandon; disown; repudiate. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch, Joan of Arc refused to renounce her belief that her voices came from God. renunciation, N.
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renovate
V. /革新;刷新;修复/restore to good condition; renew. They claim that they can renovate worn shoes so that they look like new ones.
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renown
N. /名望/fame. For many years an unheralded researcher, Barbara McClintock gained international renown when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. renowned,ADJ.
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rent
N. /撕;裂口/rip; split. Kit did an excellent job of mending the rent in the lining of her coat.
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reparable
ADJ. /可修复的/capable of being repaired. Fortunately, the damages we suffered in the accident were reparable and our car looks brand new.
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reparation
N. /修订;弥补;补偿/amends; compensation. At the peace con¬ference, the defeated country promised to pay reparations to the victors.
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repast
N. /餐;宴会/meal; feast; banquet. The caterers prepared a delicious repast for Fred and Judy's wedding day.
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repeal
V. /废除;撤除/revoke; annul. What would the effect on our soci¬ety be if we decriminalized drug use by repealing the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?
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repel
V. /撤退;退却/drive away; disgust. At first, the Beast's ferocious appearance repelled Beauty, but she came to love the ten¬der heart hidden behind that beastly exterior.
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repellent
ADJ. /排斥的/driving away; unattractive. Mosquitoes find the odor so repellent that they leave any spot where this liq¬uid has been sprayed. also N.
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repercussion
N. /反弹;弹回/rebound; reverberation; reaction. I am afraid that this unfortunate incident will have serious reper¬cussions.
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repertoire
N. /节目表;保留节目/list of works of music, drama, etc., a per¬former is prepared to present. The opera company decided to include Madame Butterfly in its repertoire for the follow¬ing season.
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replenish
V. /补充/fill up again. Before she could take another backpacking trip, Carla had to replenish her stock of freeze-dried foods.
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replete
ADJ. /充满的;充足的/filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied. The movie star's memoir was replete with juicy details about the love life of half of Hollywood.
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replica
N. /复制/copy. Are you going to hang this replica of the Declaration of Independence in the classroom or in the auditorium?
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replicate
V. /复制/reproduce; duplicate. Because he had always wanted a palace, Donald decided to replicate the Tai Mahal in miniature on his estate.
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repository
N. /仓库;知识库;智囊团/storehouse. Libraries are repositories of the world's best thoughts.
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reprehensible
ADJ. /应该谴责的/deserving blame. Shocked by the viciousness of the bombing, politicians of every party uni¬formly condemned the terrorists' reprehensible deed.
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repress
V. /压迫;压制;压/restrain; crush; oppress. Anne's parents tried to curb her impetuosity without repressing her boundless high spirits.
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reprieve
N. /暂缓;缓刑/temporary stay. During the twenty-four-hour reprieve, the lawyers sought to make the stay of execution permanent. alsoV.
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reprimand
V. /谴责/reprove severely; rebuke. Every time Ermen¬garde made a mistake in class, she was afraid that Miss Minchin would reprimand her and tell her father how badly she was doing in school. also N.
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reprisal
N. /报复/retaliation. I am confident that we are ready for any reprisals the enemy may undertake.
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reprise
N. /年金;重奏;重复的行动/musical repetition; repeat performance; recur¬rent action. We enjoyed the soprano's solo in Act I so much that we were delighted by its reprise in the finale.
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reproach
V. /表示失望;责备/express disapproval or disappointment. He never could do anything wrong without imagining how the look on his mother's face would reproach him afterwards. reproachful,ADJ.
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reprobate
N. /有重罪的人;道德败坏的人,无耻的人/person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency. I cannot understand why he has so many admir¬ers if he is the reprobate you say he is.
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reprove
V. /责备/censure; rebuke. The principal severely reproved the students whenever they talked in the halls.
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repudiate
V. /批判/disown; disavow. On separating from Tony, Tina announced that she would repudiate all debts incurred by her soon-to-be ex-husband.
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repugnant
ADJ. /不一致的;令人讨厌的/loathsome; hateful. She found the snake repugnant and looked on it with loathing and fear.
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repulsion
N. /排斥;反驳/distaste; act of driving back. Hating blood¬shed, she viewed war with repulsion. Even defensive bat¬tles distressed her, for the repulsion of enemy forces is never accomplished bloodlessly.
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reputable
ADJ. /著名的;令人尊敬的/respectable. If you want to buy antiques, look for a reputable dealer; far too many dealers today pass off fakes as genuine antiques.
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reputed
ADJ. /名誉好的;有名气的;名誉的/supposed. Though he is the reputed father of the child, no one can be sure. repute, N.
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requiem
N. /安灵弥撒;安灵歌,挽歌/mass for the dead; dirge. They played Mozart's Requiem at the funeral.
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requisite
N. /必须品;必要的/necessary requirement. Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a requisite for admission.
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requite
V. /报答;酬谢/repay; revenge. The wretch requited his bene¬factors by betraying them.
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rescind
V. /取消/cancel. Because of the public outcry against the new taxes, the senator proposed a bill to rescind the unpopular financial measure.
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