Section 1:
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We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as unnecessary
creatures that do more harm than good We continually wages war on them
Section 1:
creatures that do more harm than good. We continually wages war on them,
for they contaminate his food, carry diseases, or devour his crops. They
sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms on
sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms on
summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows. We live in dread not
only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless ones
like moths. Reading about them increases our understanding with out
dispelling our fears. Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly
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organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with
revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared
picnic lunch
picnic lunch.
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b 开始进行（战争
运动等）
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~wage (a war) on sb 开始, 进行（战争﹑运动等）:
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No country wants to wage a nuclear war. 哪个国家也不想打核战争.
警方
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警方正向毒品分子（drug dealers)开战
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向邻国开战
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We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as unnecessary
creatures that do more harm than good. We continually wages war on
them for they contaminate his food carry diseases or devour his crops
them, for they contaminate his food, carry diseases, or devour his crops.
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Contaminate (vt) 弄脏，污染
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A river contaminated by chemicals
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A river contaminated by chemicals
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饮用水被污染了
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食物被污染了
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食物被污染了
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They are contaminating the minds of our young people
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We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as unnecessary
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creatures that do more harm than good. We continually wages war on
them, for they contaminate his food, carry diseases, or devour his crops.
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devour
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1）吞食（某物）: devour the food
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She devoured the new detective story
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Fire devoured a huge area of forest
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2）吞噬，毁灭
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Her body had been almost entirely devoured by the disease.
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We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as unnecessary
creatures that do more harm than good. We continually wages war on
creatures that do more harm than good. We continually wages war on
them, for they contaminate his food, carry diseases, or devour his crops.
They sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms
on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows. We live in dread
not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless
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ones like moths. Reading about them increases our understanding with
out dispelling our fears. Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly
organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with
organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with
revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared
picnic lunch.
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Provoke
激怒（某人）挑衅
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激怒（某人）; 挑衅
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I am not easily provoked, but this behaviour is intolerable
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If you provoke the dog, it will bite you.
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provoke sb into doing sth :刺激某人去做…
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爸爸的话刺激他离家出走
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狗被激怒去咬我
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We have been brought up to fear insects. We regard them as unnecessary
creatures that do more harm than good. We continually wages war on
them, for they contaminate his food, carry diseases, or devour his crops.
They sting or bite without provocation; they fly uninvited into our rooms
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on summer nights, or beat against our lighted windows. We live in dread
not only of unpleasant insects like spiders or wasps, but of quite harmless
ones like moths. Reading about them increases our understanding with
ones like moths. Reading about them increases our understanding with
out dispelling our fears. Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly
organized society does nothing to prevent us from being filled with
revulsion when we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared
picnic lunch.
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revolt ( rɪ vəult)
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对
感到厌恶
be revolted by
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对…感到厌恶
be revolted by
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I was revolted by his dirty habit of spitting. 我很讨厌他随地吐痰的
恶习
恶习.
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我对这个气味感到恶心
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Revulsion 厌恶
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厌恶感
厌恶感
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a sense of revulsion
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Knowing that the industrious ant lives in a highly organized society
does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we
does nothing to prevent us from being filled with revulsion when we
find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic lunch.
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A horde of=hordes of
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一大群，一大帮
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A horde of fans
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A horde of shoppers
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A horde of tourists
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we find hordes of them crawling over a carefully prepared picnic
lunch.
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No matter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the
uncanny sense of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being
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stung. Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are impossible to
erase. At the same time, however, insects are strangely fascinating. We
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enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that, like the praying
mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives. We enjoy staring at them
entranced as they go about their business unaware (we hope) of our
entranced as they go about their business, unaware (we hope) of our
presence. Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a
fly, or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead
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beetle ?
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异乎寻常的
神奇的:
异乎寻常的，神奇的:
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The silence was uncanny.
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Her predictions turned out to be uncannily accurate
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Her predictions turned out to be uncannily accurate.
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An uncanny coincidence
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No matter how much we like honey, or how much we have read about the
uncanny sense of direction which bees possess, we have a horror of being
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stung. Most of our fears are unreasonable, but they are impossible to erase.
At the same time, however, insects are strangely fascinating. We enjoy
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reading about them, especially when we find that, like the praying mantis,
they lead perfectly horrible lives. We enjoy staring at them entranced as
they go about their business unaware (we hope) of our presence Who has
they go about their business, unaware (we hope) of our presence. Who has
not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a column of
ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead beetle ?
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Entrance
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v 使某人（着魔般）着迷:
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v 使某人（着魔般）着迷:
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Be entranced by 被…迷住
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我们被这首歌迷住
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我们被这首歌迷住
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我们被美景迷住
我被她的美丽迷住
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我被她的美丽迷住
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We enjoy reading about them, especially when we find that, like the
praying mantis, they lead perfectly horrible lives. We enjoy staring
at them entranced as they go about their business, unaware (we hope)
of our presence. Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider
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pouncing on a fly, or a column of ants triumphantly bearing home an
enormous dead beetle ?
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awe
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[U] 敬畏
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/ ɔː; ɔ/ n [U] 敬畏;
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Her first view of the pyramids filled her with awe.
她初见金字塔时敬畏之感油然而生
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她初见金字塔时, 敬畏之感油然而生.
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Be/stand in awe of sth/sb 敬畏…
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I was/stood in awe of my father until I was at least fifteen
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所有的学生都敬畏他们的老师
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Who has not stood in awe at the sight of a spider pouncing on a fly, or a
column （列）of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead
column （列）of ants triumphantly bearing home an enormous dead
beetle ?
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Pounce on 猛扑，突袭
猛扑，突袭
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We saw the tiger about to pounce (on the goat).
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The hawk pounced on its prey and carried it off.
The hawk pounced on its prey and carried it off.
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bear
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(旧或文) =carry 携带
(旧或文) carry 携带
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They bore his body to the tomb. 他们把他的遗体抬到墓地.
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Bear a heavy burden
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Bear a heavy burden
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Last summer I spent days in the garden watching thousands of ants
crawling up the trunk of my prize peach tree. The tree has grown against
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a warm wall on a sheltered side of the house. I am especially proud of it,
not only because it has survived several severe winters, but because it
occasionally produces luscious peaches. During the summer, I noticed that
the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither. Clusters of tiny insects
called aphides were to be found on the underside of the leaves They were
called aphides were to be found on the underside of the leaves. They were
visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them.
I immediately embarked on an experiment which, even though it failed to
I immediately embarked on an experiment which, even though it failed to
get rid of the ants, kept me fascinated for twenty-four hours. I bound the
base of the tree with sticky tape , making it impossible for the ants to
reach the aphides.
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shelter (n)
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sheltered adj 远离危险的，不受坏事影响的
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He has led a sheltered life in the countryside. 他在乡村生活, 避免了
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A sheltered childhood
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Last summer I spent days in the garden watching thousands of ants
crawling up the trunk of my prize peach tree. The tree has grown against
crawling up the trunk of my prize peach tree. The tree has grown against
a warm wall on a sheltered side of the house. I am especially proud of it,
not only because it has survived several severe winters, but because it
occasionally produces luscious peaches. During the summer, I noticed that
the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither. Clusters of tiny insects
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called aphides were to be found on the underside of the leaves. They were
visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey from them.
I immediately embarked on an experiment which even though it failed to
I immediately embarked on an experiment which, even though it failed to
get rid of the ants, kept me fascinated for twenty-four hours. I bound the
base of the tree with sticky tape , making it impossible for the ants to
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reach the aphides.
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luscious
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美味多汁的
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luscious fruit
luscious fruit
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一杯甘醇的红酒
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but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches. During the summer,
I noticed that the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither Clusters of
I noticed that the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither. Clusters of
tiny insects called aphides were to be found on the underside of the leaves.
They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey
They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained a sort of honey
from them. I immediately embarked on an experiment which, even though
it failed to get rid of the ants, kept me fascinated for twenty-four hours. I
bound the base of the tree with sticky tape , making it impossible for the
ants to reach the aphides.
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but because it occasionally produces luscious peaches. During the
summer I noticed that the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither
summer, I noticed that the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither.
Clusters of tiny insects called aphides were to be found on the underside
of the leaves. They were visited by a large colony of ants which obtained
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a sort of honey from them. I immediately embarked on an experiment
which, even though it failed to get rid of the ants, kept me fascinated for
twenty-four hours. I bound the base of the tree with sticky tape , making
it impossible for the ants to reach the aphides.
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地方的动物或植物的）群
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A colony of （生活或生长在同一地方的动物或植物的）群
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蚁群
象群
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象群
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羊群
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The tape was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it. For a long time,
I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. I
I watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. I
even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and
surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape
without being able to do anything about it. I got up early next morning
hoping to find that the ants had given up in despair. Instead, I saw that
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they had discovered a new route. They were climbing up the wall of the
house and then on to the leaves of
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the tree. I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their
ingenuity. The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly
unscientific methods!
unscientific methods!
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scurry
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小步疾跑:
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mice scurrying across the floor
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在路上匆匆小跑
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scurry along the road
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The rain sent everyone scurrying for shelter.
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People are scurrying to work
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The tape was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it. For a long time, I
watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment I
watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. I
even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and
surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without
surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without
being able to do anything about it. I got up early next morning hoping to
find that the ants had given up in despair. Instead, I saw that they had
discovered a new route. They were climbing up the wall of the house and
then on to the leaves of
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the tree. I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their
ingenuity. The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly
unscientific methods!
unscientific methods!
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Swarm (n) 蜂群
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Swarm (v)蜂拥，聚集
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The crowd was swarming out through the gates.
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学生们蜂拥去食堂（cafeteria)
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学生们在学校门口聚集
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The tape was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it. For a long time, I
watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. I
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even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and
surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without
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being able to do anything about it. I got up early next morning hoping to
find that the ants had given up in despair. Instead, I saw that they had
discovered a new route They were climbing up the wall of the house and
discovered a new route. They were climbing up the wall of the house and
then on to the leaves of
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the tree. I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their
the tree. I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their
ingenuity. The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly
unscientific methods!
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ingenuity [ indʒi nju:iti]
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ingenious (a)
ingenious (a)
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别出心裁的, 具有独创性的，奇妙的
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an ingenious plan, method, solution,
an ingenious plan, method, solution,
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An ingenious mobile phone
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An ingenious game
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An ingenious game
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The tape was so sticky that they did not dare to cross it. For a long time, I
watched them scurrying around the base of the tree in bewilderment. I
even went out at midnight with a torch and noted with satisfaction (and
surprise) that the ants were still swarming around the sticky tape without
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being able to do anything about it. I got up early next morning hoping to
find that the ants had given up in despair. Instead, I saw that they had
discovered a new route. They were climbing up the wall of the house and
discovered a new route. They were climbing up the wall of the house and
then on to the leaves of
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the tree. I realized sadly that I had been completely defeated by their
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ingenuity. The ants had been quick to find an answer to my thoroughly
unscientific methods!
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