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*comprises - 包含

*disastrous - 災情慘重

*adversarial - 有對抗性的

*debase - 貶低

*pulverized - 粉碎的

*epitome - 縮影

*proverb - 諺語

*retroactive - 可追溯性

*monastery - 修道院

*distilled - 蒸餾的

*plateaued - 趨於穩定 (My weight loss progress has plateaued after the initial drop.)

*pet peeves - 怪癖

*scoffed - 嘲笑

*Economic Moat - 經濟護城河

*complacent - 自滿

*conducive - 有利於

*squabble - 拌嘴

*serendipitous - 偶然

*chasm - 鴻溝

*thrust - 推力

*elusive - 難以捉摸

Deciphering - 破譯

conscientious - 盡責的

provocatively - 挑釁的

exhilarating - 令人振奮的

delinquency - 違法行為

pragmatic - 務實

Good Usages

  • Tire-kicker - 毛很多但不買單的客人 (That tire-kicker has come here every day for the last month, don't waste any time on him.)
  • Shoot the arrow and draw the target of where it lands - 先射箭後畫靶

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