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例句:It's an elaborate design.
这是一种精心的设计。
The problem is too elaborate.
问题太复杂。
2.contemplate vt.vi.深思, 细想, 仔细考虑
例句:The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.
战争的可能性太可怕了, 真不堪细想。
The doctor contemplated the difficult operation he had to perform.
医生仔细地考虑他所要做的棘手的手术。
3.unanimously adv.无异议地;全体一致地
例句:The resolution was carried unanimously.
决议获一致通过。
Three judges unanimously upheld the sentence.
三名法官一致维持这个判决。
4.provocation n.挑衅;激怒;刺激
例句:Jack would not have hit the boy without provocation.
如果不是那个男孩挑衅, 杰克是不会打他的。
5.description n.描述, 形容
例句:Can you give me a description of the thief?
你能给我描述一下那个窃贼的模样吗?
6.underneath prep.在…底下;隐藏(或掩盖)在下面
例句:The ball rolled underneath the table.
球滚到了桌下。
What have you got underneath your shirt?
你的衬衫里面有什么?
7.ordeal n.严峻的考验;苦难的经历;磨难;折磨;煎熬;严酷的考验
例句:Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.
在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
8.testify vi.(尤指出庭)作证; 证明
例句:The fingerprint expert was asked to testify at the trial.
指纹专家应邀出庭作证。
9.vulnerable adj.易受伤的, 脆弱的, 敏感的
例句:He volunteered to protect her as she looked so vulnerable.
她看上去很脆弱, 他就主动去保护她。
10.manipulation n.(熟练的)操作;操纵;控制
例句:People think that the investigation was independent, but in fact a lot of political manipulation went on.
人们以为调查是独立进行的,但事实上有很多政治力量的操控。