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 Address by Jon Lovett at 49th Pitzer College Commencement Ceremony 

　　May 18, 2013
　　President Laura Skandera Trombley:
　　In keeping with a 49-year Pitzer tradition, the Senior Class selected this year’s Commencement speaker. Our guest today is Jon Lovett. Jon is the co-creator and head writer of the NBC sitcom 1 1600 Penn. Prior to this, Jon spent three years as a speech writer for President Barack Obama. During his tenure 2 at the White House Jon drafted speeches on a range of public policy issues. He also helped craft the jokes used by President Obama at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Before serving in the White House he was the chief speechwriter for then-Senator Hillary Clinton, working on both her presidential campaign and in her Senate office. Jon is a 2005 graduate of Williams College. After college but before entering politics he spent time doing standup at comedy clubs around New York. He is a Los Angeles resident today. So on behalf of the graduating class of 2013 and the Pitzer community, Jon Lovett , welcome.
　　Jon Lovett:
　　Hey, guys. Graduates, how are you guys feeling? I, for one, think we look amazing in these gowns. We look like gay federal judges who aren’t afraid to put a little flair 3 out there because times have changed and you can be a confident, proud, even flamboyant 4 gay judge while still being impartial 5 on, say , a copyright dispute, which you’re seeing more and more of these days as our creaking laws face the onslaught of questions that come with new forms of media.
　　You wonder if the whole idea of copyright is antiquated 6; of course you believe intellectual property is the lifeblood of a free market, but you didn’t become a gay judge to arbitrate lengthy 7 trademark 8 disputes between multinational 9 corporations. You wanted to stand up for the little guy; you wanted to help that undocumented farm worker who is just providing for her kids; you wanted to help that repeat drug offender 10 get treatment instead of another pointless stint 11 behind bars.
　　And now look at you. Twenty years on the bench and the only reason you stand out as a jurist is because you wear a colorful sash. You didn’t even want to go to law school. You weren’t sure what you wanted to do but you figured a law degree would be a great resource and give you time to learn who you were but of course, three years later who you were was a lawyer with a ton of debt. So you end up at a big law firm in Manhattan grinding out the billable hours.
　　You’re a young gay man in the heart of New York City but you’re too tired to go out and even if you weren’t you’d have no idea where to go because the only two places you’ve been are your windowless office and your tiny bare-walled studio with a big screen television and a bed. Now in hindsight you kick yourself for wasting the years when you were young and pretty and confident and still had some shine in your eyes and the world seemed boundless 12 and anything was possible and all you wished with every fiber 13 of your being was that you could go back to that young man accepting his college diploma and shake him, shake him hard and tell him that now is the time to take risks, now is the time not to be safe, that there would be time for safe, that there would be time for offices and stability and sacrifices and savings 14 accounts but that this was the rare moment when a human being could be free—free to write and dream and walk the earth and shout at power and dance, dance with beautiful strangers. You want to smack 15 some sense into your young self. But you can’t. Because that’s all in the past. You’re just an old gay judge now.
　　Anyway, good morning! Listen, you guys didn’t invite a typical commencement speaker so I’m not going to waste your time with a typical commencement speech. If you wanted one of those you could have booked historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, or that nice pilot who crashed into the Hudson or Tom Hanks. Imagine if I were Tom Hanks right now; how cool would that be, and I was like, this reminds me of the time I pulled a prank 16 on Steven Spielberg, which is awesome 17 because it seems like they have a ton of fun making movies together.
　　But here’s the thing: those renowned 18, accomplished 19 people, they don’t remember what it feels like to sit in your seats, not really. They can offer advice and sure, some of it may be good. Follow your dreams, aim high, whatever. But long ago they have forgotten the subtle notes of excitement and uncertainty 20 and alcohol coursing through your veins 21 today. And by the looks of you, there’s some other stuff in there, too. The guy in the sandals knows what I’m talking about.
　　I recently turned 30 which, I know, seems like a generation away to those of you graduating this morning but it’s more than just the worst. 30 is a year when you’re left straddling two worlds. One foot stands in the world of the young amongst the bright, eager minds and supple 22 bodies of students like you. And the other foot stands in the world of the gray and decrepit 23, the ancient shapes of your professors and parents, their dulling senses, their craggily wizened 24 faces. And by the way, congratulations, parents! This day is your day, too.
　　But what all this means is that I’m in a position to talk about life after college as someone who just lived through it. For example, do you remember how your elementary school felt enormous but when you returned years later, you were amazed by how small it actually was. In time your chosen professions will feel the same way. That is not to say that you won’t have almost unlimited 25 opportunities but it is to say that if you sleep with someone who works in your industry, just be aware that you’re going to bump into that person at meetings and conferences and birthday parties for the rest of your life. I literally 26 had to leave politics; we’re going to talk about it. Your love is a delicate flower.
　　So anyway, I’m going to skip the platitudes 27. I want this to be a practical commencement address and I’m going to do my best to tell the truth, even when it’s uncomfortable to say, even when I probably shouldn’t say it, because you’re already swimming in half-truths and people telling you want they think you want to hear. And in the next phase of your life I promise you, you will encounter more. I should preface this by saying that the problem I’m going to describe involves a bad word, not the worst word, but a bad word, though I made sure I only have to say it now and one more time at the end so if you want to distract any little kids for one second, please do so.

One of the greatest threats we face, simply put, is bullshit. We are drowning in it. We are drowning in partisan 28 rhetoric 29 that is just true enough not to be a lie; in industry-sponsored research, in social media’s imitation of human connection, in legalese and corporate 30 double-speak; it infects every facet 31 of public life, corrupting 32 our discourse 33, wrecking 34 our trust in major institutions, lowering our standards for the truth and making it harder to achieve anything. And it wends its way into our private lives as well, changing even how we interact with each other, the way casual acquaintances will now say, “I love you,” the way we describe whatever thing as the best thing ever, the way we are blurring 35 the lines between friends and strangers, and we know that. There have been books written about the proliferation of malarkey, empty talk, baloney, claptrap, hot air, balderdash, bunk 36. One book was aptly named Your Call is Important to Us.
　　But this is not only a challenge to society, it’s a challenge we all face as individuals. Life tests our willingness in ways large and small, to tell the truth. And I believe that so much of your future and our collective future, depends on your doing so. I’m going to give you three honest, practical lessons about cutting the B.S.
　　Number one: Don’t cover for your inexperience. You are smart, talented, educated, conscientious 37, untainted by the mistakes and conventional wisdom of the past. But you are also very annoying. Because there is a lot that you don’t know that you don’t know. Your parents are nodding; you’ve been annoying them for years. Why do you think they paid for college? So that you might finally, at long last, annoy someone else. And now your professors are nodding.
　　F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “Yeah, this should definitely be in 3D.” No, what he said was, the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. That’s what you have to do. You have to be confident in your potential and aware of your inexperience. And that’s really tough. There are moments when you’ll have a different point of view because you’re a fresh set of eyes, because you don’t care how it’s been done before, because you’re sharp and creative, because there is another way, a better way.
　　But there will also be moments when you have a different point of view because you’re wrong. Because you’re 23 and you should shut up and listen to somebody who’s been around the block. Now the old people are applauding. It’s hard to tell the difference. I love to get this one wrong. I got it wrong a ton when I started out as a speechwriter for Hillary Clinton. I got it wrong again when I became a presidential speechwriter. I worked on one speech about the financial system that caused the Dow to drop by 200 points. So that speech could have been better, probably.
　　Just this past year I faced the same dilemma 38 co-creating a show on NBC. It’s called 1600 Penn and while you may have heard of it, based on the ratings you almost certainly didn’t see it, though it recently did make some headlines when it was cancelled. I had never so much as written a line of dialogue before I wrote this show but I was working with directors and writers and executives with years and years of experience in “the Biz;” we call it “the Biz.” I will always cringe remembering those little embarrassing moments when I said something dumb on a conference call, when my inexperience poked 39 through, when I should have been more solicitous 40 of the judgment 41 of those around me. There’s a reminder 42 that it’s not mutually exclusive to be confident and humble 43, to be skeptical 44 and eager to learn.
　　But there’s another side to this coin which brings me to lesson number two. Sometimes you’re going to be inexperienced, na?ve, untested and totally right. And then, in those moments you have to make a choice: is this a time to speak up or hold back? And it won’t be easy. You know, I worked for then-senator Clinton during her campaign for president, and I believed in her and still do. But I vividly 45 remember feeling that things weren’t right in that campaign. A lot of the young staffers felt that way. It wasn’t a secret that there were problems in how the campaign was being run. The campaign pollster, for instance, rolled out so many slogans that it was impossible to keep track. Here is a sample: “Let the conversation begin.” “Ready for change, ready to lead.” “Working for change, working for you.” “Strength plus experience equals change.” Now, I like this one because it leads to the lesser-known corollary: “Strength plus experience divided by change equals one.”
　　And then there was my favorite: “Big challenges, real solutions, time to pick a president.” One slogan which she had printed on the side of a bus but it was basically too small to read. So I’m putting these slogans into speeches and I look over at an Obama campaign rally on cable news and they have one slogan; it’s just the word “change” in big letters. That’s even better. But I was timid and a lot of us just assumed or wanted to assume that more experienced people must know what they are doing but that wasn’t true. So the campaign ended, my candidate lost and I ended up as a presidential speechwriter anyway which was cool. But the lesson I drew from that campaign, other than the fact that it’s always a mistake to run against Barack Obama, is the subway rule: “If you see something, say something.” And I’ve tried to honor that ever since, to call B.S. when I see it and to not be afraid to get in people’s faces and throw a punch or two to make a point, metaphorically 46; look at me, I wouldn’t do well in an altercation 47.
　　Now, lessons one and two can be intentioned, and I can’t tell you how to strike the balance every time though it helps to be very charming. And from my point of view I’d rather be wrong and cringe than right and regret not speaking up. But the good news is as long as you aren’t stubbornly wrong so frequently that they kick you out of the building or so meek 48 that everyone forgets you’re in the building, you’ll learn and grow and get better at striking that balance until your inexperience becomes experience, so it’s a dilemma that solves itself; how awesome is that?
　　Finally, number three: Know that being honest, both about what you do know and what you don’t, can and will pay off. Up until recently I would have said that the only proper response to our culture of B.S. is cynicism, that it would just get worse and worse. But I don’t believe that any more, and I think this matters for what comes next for you. I think we’ve reached the turning point. I’m going to say the word one last time. I believe we may have reached peak bullshit and that increasingly those that push back against the noise and nonsense, those who refuse to accept that untruths of politics and commerce and entertainment and government will be rewarded, that we are at the beginning of something important.
　　We see it across our culture with not only popularity but hunger for the intellectual honesty of Jon Stewart or the raw sincerity 49 of Louis C.K. and Lena Dunham. You can even add the rise of dark, brooding authentic 50 superheroes in our blockbuster movies. We see it in locally-sourced organic food on campuses like this, at places like the Shakedown, a rejection 51 of the processed as inauthentic. And we see it in politics. I believe Barack Obama represents this movement, that the rise of his candidacy was in part a consequence of the desire for greater authenticity 52 in our public life. But you don’t have to be a Democrat 53 to believe me. You see it across the political spectrum 54, from Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts to Chris Christie in New Jersey 55, to Rand Paul in Kentucky.
　　And what’s awesome is the graduates of schools like Pitzer, you guys, will be the ones who are best prepared and most likely to lead this movement. What’s striking about the culture of this school is an unabashedly sincere desire to do good in this world, to be responsible for one another and to carry yourselves with integrity, and it’s exciting that maybe, just maybe, those traits don’t just mean you’ll do good, but this earnestness, this authenticity, will help you succeed in a society that is demanding those qualities with both hands.
　　All you have to do is avoid B.S.ing yourself in whatever you choose to do, to avoid the path of the sad, gay judge filled with regret, to go forward with confidence and an eagerness to learn and to be honest with yourselves and others to reject a culture of insincerity by virtue 56 of the example you set in your own lives. And I say this only as someone hoping to do the same and go along with you for the ride. Pitzer Class of two thousand thirteen, you don’t need any more encouragement from me, you’re going to do extraordinary things and I can’t wait to see what’s next. Congratulations.





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1
sitcom

  
 


n.情景喜剧，（广播、电视的）系列幽默剧


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This sitcom is produced in cooperation with Hong Kong TV.这部连续剧是同香港电视台联合制作的。
I heard that a new sitcom is coming out next season.我听说下一季会推出一个新的情境喜剧。












2
tenure

  
 


n.终身职位；任期；(土地)保有权，保有期


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He remained popular throughout his tenure of the office of mayor.他在担任市长的整个任期内都深得民心。
Land tenure is a leading political issue in many parts of the world.土地的保有权在世界很多地区是主要的政治问题。












3
flair

  
 


n.天赋，本领，才华；洞察力


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His business skill complements her flair for design.他的经营技巧和她的设计才能相辅相成。
He had a natural flair for business.他有做生意的天分。












4
flamboyant

  
 


adj.火焰般的，华丽的，炫耀的


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His clothes were rather flamboyant for such a serious occasion.他的衣着在这种严肃场合太浮夸了。
The King's flamboyant lifestyle is well known.国王的奢华生活方式是人尽皆知的。












5
impartial

  
 


adj.(in,to)公正的，无偏见的


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He gave an impartial view of the state of affairs in Ireland.他对爱尔兰的事态发表了公正的看法。
Careers officers offer impartial advice to all pupils.就业指导员向所有学生提供公正无私的建议。












6
antiquated

  
 


adj.陈旧的，过时的


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Many factories are so antiquated they are not worth saving.很多工厂过于陈旧落后，已不值得挽救。
A train of antiquated coaches was waiting for us at the siding.一列陈旧的火车在侧线上等着我们。












7
lengthy

  
 


adj.漫长的，冗长的


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We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。












8
trademark

  
 


n.商标；特征；vt.注册的…商标


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The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。
The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。












9
multinational

  
 


adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司


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The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。












10
offender

  
 


n.冒犯者，违反者，犯罪者


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They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。












11
stint

  
 


v.节省，限制，停止；n.舍不得化，节约，限制；连续不断的一段时间从事某件事


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He lavished money on his children without stint.他在孩子们身上花钱毫不吝惜。
We hope that you will not stint your criticism.我们希望您不吝指教。












12
boundless

  
 


adj.无限的；无边无际的；巨大的


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The boundless woods were sleeping in the deep repose of nature.无边无际的森林在大自然静寂的怀抱中酣睡着。
His gratitude and devotion to the Party was boundless.他对党无限感激、无限忠诚。












13
fiber

  
 


n.纤维，纤维质


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The basic structural unit of yarn is the fiber.纤维是纱的基本结构单元。
The material must be free of fiber clumps.这种材料必须无纤维块。












14
savings

  
 


n.存款，储蓄


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I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。












15
smack

  
 


vt.拍，打，掴；咂嘴；vi.含有…意味；n.拍


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She gave him a smack on the face.她打了他一个嘴巴。
I gave the fly a smack with the magazine.我用杂志拍了一下苍蝇。












16
prank

  
 


n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己


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It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。












17
awesome

  
 


adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的


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The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.












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renowned

  
 


adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的


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He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。












19
accomplished

  
 


adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的


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Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。












20
uncertainty

  
 


n.易变，靠不住，不确知，不确定的事物


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Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。












21
veins

  
 


n.纹理；矿脉( vein的名词复数 )；静脉；叶脉；纹理


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The blood flows from the capillaries back into the veins. 血从毛细血管流回静脉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
I felt a pleasant glow in all my veins from the wine. 喝过酒后我浑身的血都热烘烘的，感到很舒服。 来自《简明英汉词典》












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supple

  
 


adj.柔软的，易弯的，逢迎的，顺从的，灵活的；vt.使柔软，使柔顺，使顺从；vi.变柔软，变柔顺


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She gets along well with people because of her supple nature.她与大家相处很好，因为她的天性柔和。
He admired the graceful and supple movements of the dancers.他赞扬了舞蹈演员优雅灵巧的舞姿。












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decrepit

  
 


adj.衰老的，破旧的


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The film had been shot in a decrepit old police station.该影片是在一所破旧不堪的警察局里拍摄的。
A decrepit old man sat on a park bench.一个衰弱的老人坐在公园的长凳上。












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wizened

  
 


adj.凋谢的；枯槁的


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That wizened and grotesque little old man is a notorious miser.那个干瘪难看的小老头是个臭名远扬的吝啬鬼。
Mr solomon was a wizened little man with frizzy gray hair.所罗门先生是一个干瘪矮小的人，头发鬈曲灰白。












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unlimited

  
 


adj.无限的，不受控制的，无条件的


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They flew over the unlimited reaches of the Arctic.他们飞过了茫茫无边的北极上空。
There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.在技术方面自以为是会很危险。












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literally

  
 


adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实


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He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。












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platitudes

  
 


n.平常的话，老生常谈，陈词滥调( platitude的名词复数 )；滥套子


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He was mouthing the usual platitudes about the need for more compassion. 他言不由衷地说了些需要更加同情之类的陈腔滥调。 来自《简明英汉词典》
He delivered a long prose full of platitudes. 他发表了一篇充满陈词滥调的文章。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》












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partisan

  
 


adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒


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In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。












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rhetoric

  
 


n.修辞学，浮夸之言语


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Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。












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corporate

  
 


adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的


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This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。












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facet

  
 


n.(问题等的)一个方面；(多面体的)面


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He has perfected himself in every facet of his job.他已使自己对工作的各个方面都得心应手。
Every facet of college life is fascinating.大学生活的每个方面都令人兴奋。












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corrupting

  
 


（使）败坏( corrupt的现在分词 )； （使）腐化； 引起（计算机文件等的）错误； 破坏


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It would be corrupting discipline to leave him unpunished. 不惩治他会败坏风纪。
It would be corrupting military discipline to leave him unpunished. 不惩治他会败坏军纪。












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discourse

  
 


n.论文，演说；谈话；话语；vi.讲述，著述


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We'll discourse on the subject tonight.我们今晚要谈论这个问题。
He fell into discourse with the customers who were drinking at the counter.他和站在柜台旁的酒客谈了起来。












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wrecking

  
 


破坏


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He teed off on his son for wrecking the car. 他严厉训斥他儿子毁坏了汽车。 来自《简明英汉词典》
Instead of wrecking the valley, the waters are put to use making electricity. 现在河水不但不在流域内肆疟，反而被人们用来生产电力。 来自辞典例句












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blurring

  
 


n.模糊，斑点甚多，（图像的）混乱v.（使）变模糊( blur的现在分词 )；（使）难以区分


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Retinal hemorrhage, and blurring of the optic dise cause visual disturbances. 视网膜出血及神经盘模糊等可导致视力障碍。 来自辞典例句
In other ways the Bible limited Puritan writing, blurring and deadening the pages. 另一方面，圣经又限制了清教时期的作品，使它们显得晦涩沉闷。 来自辞典例句












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bunk

  
 


n.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位；废话


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He left his bunk and went up on deck again.他离开自己的铺位再次走到甲板上。
Most economists think his theories are sheer bunk.大多数经济学家认为他的理论纯属胡说。












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conscientious

  
 


adj.审慎正直的，认真的，本着良心的


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He is a conscientious man and knows his job.他很认真负责，也很懂行。
He is very conscientious in the performance of his duties.他非常认真地履行职责。












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dilemma

  
 


n.困境，进退两难的局面


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I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。












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poked

  
 


v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交


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She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》












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solicitous

  
 


adj.热切的，挂念的


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He was so solicitous of his guests.他对他的客人们非常关切。
I am solicitous of his help.我渴得到他的帮助。












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judgment

  
 


n.审判；判断力，识别力，看法，意见


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The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.主席自认为他审视人比别人高明。
He's a man of excellent judgment.他眼力过人。












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reminder

  
 


n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示


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I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。












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humble

  
 


adj.谦卑的，恭顺的；地位低下的；v.降低，贬低


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In my humble opinion,he will win the election.依我拙见，他将在选举中获胜。
Defeat and failure make people humble.挫折与失败会使人谦卑。












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skeptical

  
 


adj.怀疑的，多疑的


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Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。












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vividly

  
 


adv.清楚地，鲜明地，生动地


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The speaker pictured the suffering of the poor vividly.演讲者很生动地描述了穷人的生活。
The characters in the book are vividly presented.这本书里的人物写得栩栩如生。












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metaphorically

  
 


adv. 用比喻地


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It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically. 对一个词的理解是按字面意思还是隐喻的意思要视乎上下文和习惯。
Metaphorically it implied a sort of admirable energy. 从比喻来讲，它含有一种令人赞许的能量的意思。












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altercation

  
 


n.争吵，争论


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Throughout the entire altercation,not one sensible word was uttered.争了半天，没有一句话是切合实际的。
The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议。












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meek

  
 


adj.温顺的，逆来顺受的


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He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。
The little girl is as meek as a lamb.那个小姑娘像羔羊一般温顺。












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sincerity

  
 


n.真诚，诚意；真实


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His sincerity added much more authority to the story.他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。
He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity.他竭力让我了解他的诚意。












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authentic

  
 


a.真的，真正的；可靠的，可信的，有根据的


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This is an authentic news report. We can depend on it. 这是篇可靠的新闻报道, 我们相信它。
Autumn is also the authentic season of renewal. 秋天才是真正的除旧布新的季节。












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rejection

  
 


n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃


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He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。












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authenticity

  
 


n.真实性


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There has been some debate over the authenticity of his will. 对于他的遗嘱的真实性一直有争论。
The museum is seeking an expert opinion on the authenticity of the painting. 博物馆在请专家鉴定那幅画的真伪。












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democrat

  
 


n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员


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The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。












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spectrum

  
 


n.谱，光谱，频谱；范围，幅度，系列


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This is a kind of atomic spectrum.这是一种原子光谱。
We have known much of the constitution of the solar spectrum.关于太阳光谱的构成，我们已了解不少。












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jersey

  
 


n.运动衫


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He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。












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virtue

  
 


n.德行，美德；贞操；优点；功效，效力


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He was considered to be a paragon of virtue.他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
You need to decorate your mind with virtue.你应该用德行美化心灵。