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2. react vi. 起反应；（对…）作出反应；回应 ; 有影响
例句：A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.
狗摇尾巴以报答人们的爱护。

3. original adj. 有独创性的;新颖的;奇特的
例句：He is an original dramatist.
他是个有独创性的剧作家。

4. nomination n. 提名；推荐；任命；指派
例句：She has withdrawn her nomination as chairman.
她已退出主席一职的提名。

5. conceive v. 想出, 构想, 设想
例句：I conceived that there must be some difficulties.
我料想到一定有些困难。

6. confession n. 表白，承认;自首, 供认
例句：I’ve got a confession to make, I scraped your car when I was parking mine.
有件事我得向你讲出来, 我在停放汽车时把你的车子刮坏了。

7. rehearse v. 排练, 排演
例句：He had all the words he needed typed out and well rehearsed.
他把需要说的话都打了出来，并且反复练习。

8. category n.种类, 类别
例句：The strings are a category of musical instruments.
弦乐器是乐器的一种。

9. disfigure vt.损毁…的外形, 使变丑
例句：He was disfigured for life by the burns he received in the accident.
他在事故中被烧伤, 致使终身毁容。

10. adapt vt. 改编, 改写
例句：Many of Dickens' books have been adapted as films.
狄更斯的许多书都已改编成电影。