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ashamed          
    1    ashamed  
    If someone is ashamed, they feel embarrassed or guilty because of something they do or they have done, or because of their appearance.
        I felt incredibly ashamed of myself for getting so angry.
        She was ashamed that she looked so shabby.
        I'm a lesbian and I'm not ashamed about it.
    ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ of/about n, ADJ that  
    * proud  
    2    ashamed  
    If you are ashamed of  someone, you feel embarrassed to be connected with them, often because of their appearance or because you disapprove of something they have done.
        I've never told this to anyone, but it's true, I was terribly ashamed of my mum.
    ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ of n  
    * proud  
    3    ashamed  
    If someone is ashamed to do something, they do not want to do it because they feel embarrassed about it.
        Women are often ashamed to admit they are being abused.
    ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ to-inf  
    * proud  
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disgusting          
    1    disgusting  
    If you say that something is disgusting, you are criticizing it because it is extremely unpleasant.
        It tasted disgusting.
        Smoking is a disgusting habit.
    ADJ-GRADED  
    = revolting  
    2    disgusting  
    If you say that something is disgusting, you mean that you find it completely unacceptable.
        It's disgusting that the taxpayer is subsidising this project.
    ADJ-GRADED: oft it v-link ADJ that  
    = disgraceful  
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association          
    1    association   associations  
    An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
        ...the British Olympic Association...
        Research associations are often linked to a particular industry.
    N-COUNT: oft in names  
    
        See also housing association.
    2    association   associations  
    Your association with a person or a thing such as an organization is the connection that you have with them.
        ...the company's six-year association with retailer J.C. Penney Co...
        Blyth's association with the sea began in 1966.
        The association between the two companies stretches back thirty years.
    N-COUNT: usu N with n  
    = affiliation  
    3    association   associations  
    If something has particular associations for you, it is connected in your mind with a particular memory, idea, or feeling.
        He has a shelf full of things, each of which has associations for him.
        Black was considered inappropriate because of its associations with death.
    N-COUNT: usu pl  
    
    4    association  
    If you do something in association with someone else, you do it together.
        Published in association with the Council for the Protection of Rural England, the book provides refreshing solutions to the long-term problem of water conservation.
    PHR: PHR n  
    
    5    association  
    If one thing is found in association with another, they are found together.
    PHR: PHR n  
    
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intentional          
        intentional  
    Something that is intentional is deliberate.
        Women who are the victims of intentional discrimination will be  able to get compensation.
        How can I blame him? It wasn't intentional.
    ADJ  
    = deliberate  
    ?intentionally  
        I've never intentionally hurt anyone.
        The figures are intentionally misleading.
    ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj  
    
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proper          
    1    proper  
    You use proper to describe things that you consider to be real and satisfactory rather than inadequate in some way.
        Two out of five people lack a proper job.
        I always cook a proper evening meal.
    ADJ: ADJ n  
    
    2    proper  
    The proper thing is the one that is correct or most suitable.
        The Supreme Court will ensure that the proper procedures have been followed.
        He helped to put things in their proper place.
    ADJ: ADJ n  
    = correct  * incorrect  
    3    proper  
    If you say that a way of behaving is proper, you mean that it is considered socially acceptable and right.
        In those days it was not thought entirely proper for a woman to be on the stage.
        It is right and proper to do this.
    ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ  
    = fitting, decent  * improper  
    4    proper  
    You can add proper after a word to indicate that you are referring to the central and most important part of a place, event, or object and want to distinguish it from other things which are not regarded as being important or central to it.
        A distinction must be made between archaeology proper and science-based archaeology.
    ADJ: n ADJ  
    
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inadequate          
    1    inadequate  
    If something is inadequate, there is not enough of it or it is not good enough.
        Supplies of food and medicines are inadequate.
        The problem goes far beyond inadequate staffing.
    ADJ-GRADED  
    = insufficient  * adequate  
    ?inadequately  
        The projects were inadequately funded.
    ADV-GRADED: ADV with v  
    
    2    inadequate  
    If someone feels inadequate, they feel that they do not have the qualities and abilities necessary to do something or to cope with life in general.
        I still feel inadequate, useless and mixed up.
        Mary Ann felt painfully inadequate in the crisis.
    ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ  
    = incapable  
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distinguish          
    1    distinguish   distinguishes   distinguishing   distinguished  
    If you can distinguish one thing from another, you can see or understand the difference between them.
        Could he distinguish right from wrong?.
        Research suggests that babies learn to see by distinguishing between areas of light and dark.
        It is necessary to distinguish the policies of two successive governments.
    VB  
    = tell apart  
    2    distinguish   distinguishes   distinguishing   distinguished  
    A feature or quality that distinguishes one thing from another causes the two things to be regarded as different, because only the first thing has the feature or quality.
        There is something about music that distinguishes it from all other art forms.
        The bird has no distinguishing features.
    VB  
    = set apart  
    3    distinguish   distinguishes   distinguishing   distinguished  
    If you can distinguish something, you can see, hear, or taste it although it is very difficult to detect. (FORMAL)
        There were cries, calls. He could distinguish voices.
    VB  
    = make out  
    4    distinguish   distinguishes   distinguishing   distinguished  
    If you distinguish yourself, you do something that makes you famous or important.
        Over the next few years he distinguished himself as a leading constitutional scholar.
        They distinguished themselves at the Battle of Assaye.
    VB  
    
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只看该作者 397 发表于: 2009-09-07
behave          
    1    behave   behaves   behaving   behaved  
    The way that you behave is the way that you do and say things, and the things that you do and say.
        I couldn't believe these people were behaving in this way.
        He'd behaved badly.
    VB  
    = act  
    2    behave   behaves   behaving   behaved  
    If you behave or behave yourself, you act in the way that people think is correct and proper.
        You have to behave.
        They were expected to behave themselves.
    VB  
    = be good  
    3    behave   behaves   behaving   behaved  
    In science, the way that something behaves is the things that it does.
        Under certain conditions, electrons can behave like waves rather than particles.
    VB  
    
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react          
    1    react   reacts   reacting   reacted  
    When you react to something that has happened to you, you behave in a particular way because of it.
        They reacted violently to the news.
        It's natural to react with disbelief if your child is accused of bullying.
        `How did he react?'n`Very calmly.'
    VB  
    = respond  
    2    react   reacts   reacting   reacted  
    If you react against someone's way of behaving, you deliberately behave in a different way because you do not like the way they behave.
        She reacted against the mindlessness and luxury of their lives.
        My father never saved and perhaps I reacted against that.
    VB  
    = rebel  
    3    react   reacts   reacting   reacted  
    If you react to a substance such as a drug, or to something you have touched, you are affected unpleasantly or made ill by it.
        Someone allergic to milk is likely to react to cheese.
        He reacted very badly to the radiation therapy.
    VB  
    
    4    react   reacts   reacting   reacted  
    When one chemical substance reacts with another, or when two chemical substances react, they combine chemically to form another substance.
        Calcium reacts with water but less violently than sodium and potassium do.
        Under normal circumstances, these two gases react readily to produce carbon dioxide and water.
    V-RECIP  
    
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substance          
    1    substance   substances  
    A substance is a solid, powder, liquid, or gas with particular properties.
        There's absolutely no regulation of cigarettes to make sure that they don't include poisonous substances.
        The substance that's causing the problem comes from the barley.
    N-COUNT: usu with supp  
    
    2    substance  
    Substance is the quality of being important or significant. (FORMAL)
        It's questionable whether anything of substance has been achieved.
        Syria will attend only if the negotiations deal with issues of substance.
    N-UNCOUNT: oft with brd-neg  
    
    3    substance  
    The substance of what someone says or writes is the main thing that they are trying to say.
        The substance of his discussions doesn't really matter.
    N-SING: the N of n  
    = gist  
    4    substance  
    If you say that something has no substance, you mean that it is not true. (FORMAL)
        There is no substance in any of these allegations.
    N-UNCOUNT  
    = truth  
    5    substance  
    A person of substance has a lot of money, power, or influence. (FORMAL)
        ...mature men of substance.
    PHR  
    
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