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                     emulate

v. 效法

synonyms: copy, follow, imitate

 

Example:

She hopes to emulate her mother’s humanistic achievements.

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                     euphemism

n. 委婉之辭

synonyms: grandiloquence, ornateness, pomposity, pretense

 

antonyms: crude term, dysphemism

Example:

“We’re letting you go” is a euphemism for “You’re fired”.

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                     exasperate

v. 觸怒

synonyms: agitate, anger, annoy, enrage, exacerbate, inflame, infuriate

 

antonyms: appease, pacify, soothe

Example:

The prime minister was exasperated at the remark.

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                     excursive

adj. 散漫的, 離題的

synonyms: wandering; disconnected, cryptic, discursive

 

antonyms: apparent, direct, evident

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                     exhortation

n. 規勸, 諄諄誘導

v. exhort

synonyms: admonition, beseeching, instigation, lecture

 

Example:

The students had been exhorted to action.

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                     expurgate

v. 刪去(負面或可能冒犯人之處)

synonyms: censor, decontaminate, lustrate, purge

 

antonyms: allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction

Example:

The news report was an expurgated account of what had happened.

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                     extraneous

adj. 外在的, 額外的

synonyms: additional, impertinent, inapplicable, incidental, inessential,

 

antonyms: essential, integral, relevant

Example:

Factors extraneous to the problem should be considered.

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                     exuberant

adj. 繁盛的, 精神充沛的

synonyms: ardent, buoyant, effervescent, energetic, exhilarated, frolicsome

 

antonyms: depressed, dispirited, unenthusiastic

Example:

Joyce has an exuberant personality.

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