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no-show 1. N-SING 未能如期出现的人;爽约者 If someone who is expected to go somewhere fails to go there, you can say that they are a no-show . 例：I was in for a no-show game and I got a stood up. 我参加了一个放鸽子大赛，结果我被放了鸽子。 例：But Ivanisevic's no-show will be a blow for Wimbledon chiefs 但伊万尼塞维奇不能参赛对温布尔登主办方将是一个重大打击。 |
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perplex 1. VERB 动词使困惑；使担心；迷惑 If something perplexes you, it confuses and worries you because you do not understand it or because it causes you difficulty. 例：Dealing with his girlfriend, he is always perplexed. 面对他女朋友时，他总是不知道如何是好。 例：It perplexed him because he was tackling it the wrong way. 由于处理不当，这个问题令他大伤脑筋。 |
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efficacious 1. ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词有效的；奏效的；灵验的 Something that is efficacious is effective. 例：This new seatbelt is efficacious for reducing car accidents. 这个新型安全带对减少交通事故很有效。 例：It occurs to me that example is always more efficacious than precept. 我想到身教重于言教。 |
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thermos 1. N-COUNT 可数名词保温瓶;暖水瓶;冰瓶 A Thermos ,Thermos flask, or in American English Thermos bottle, is a container which is used to keep hot drinks hot or cold drinks cold. It has two thin shiny glass walls with no air between them. 例：But this is a thermos, it keeps the tea warm for hours. 但是这是个保温瓶啊，茶好几个小时都不会凉的。 例：Can I borrow your thermos? 我可以借用你的暖水瓶吗？ |
