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mute 1. ADJ缄默的；哑口无言的Someone who is mute is silent for a particular reason and does not speak. 例：I threw a mute look of appeal at Paula. 我默默地向葆拉投去恳求的目光。 2、VERB抑制（情感）；减弱，缓和（活动强度）If someone mutes something such as their feelings or their activities, they reduce the strength or intensity of them 例：The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom. 腐败似乎没有影响国家经济的持续繁荣。 |
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accurate 1、ADJ-GRADED（信息、测量、数据或仪器等）精确的，准确的Accurate information, measurements, and statistics are correct to a very detailed level. An accurate instrument is able to give you information of this kind. 例：Quartz timepieces are very accurate, to a minute or two per year. 石英钟表走时非常准，年误差仅为一两分钟。 2、 ADJ-GRADED（说法、描述）确切的，恰当的An accurate statement or account gives a true or fair judgment of something. 例：They were accurate in their prediction that he would change her life drastically. 他们预测得没错，他使她的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。 |
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preempt 1、VERB抢先行动；预先制止；先发制人If you pre-empt an action, you prevent it from happening by doing something which makes it unnecessary or impossible. 例：The government pre-empted a threatened strike at the state-owned copper company. 政府先发制人，制止了国有铜矿公司可能发生的一次罢工。 2、pre-emption VERB抢先行动；预先制止；先发制人 Pre-emption was the only method of averting defeat. 先发制人是避免失败的唯一方法。 |
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chips 1.N-COUNT炸薯条Chips are long, thin pieces of potato fried in oil or fat and eaten hot, usually with a meal. 例：I had fish and chips in a cafe... 我在一家小餐馆吃了炸鱼薯条。 2、n，筹码 例：If so, they are wasting theirbargaining chips. 但如果是这样，那他们就是在浪费他们叫板的筹码。 |
