音标:[dis'pensətiv] ;
a. 特许权的, 给予特许(或豁免)的[亦作dispensatory]
a. Granting dispensation.

The EPA is now telling BP to change the chemical dispersant. The government agency wants BP to choose something less toxic now. CNN's Ed Lavandera has more on one alternative that is already to go. Hundreds of containers are just sitting here in the

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Bringing up a sensitive topic Can I talk to you for a minute? Can I ask you something? Do you mind if I ask you something? I need to talk to you for a minute. I have to tell you something. There's something I need to tell you. There's something I thi

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We known that Fridays are awesome, but you know what todays show could use? A mascot and weve got one coming up for you in about eight minutes. Im Carl Azuz. Lets get to it. First up, top kill. It sounds like something pretty bad. Officials are hopin

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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: how should a teacher handle controversial topics in the classroom? Rutgers University professor Barbara Lee gets asked that question all the time, as she recently did through an o

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Smaller Fingers Mean More Sensitive Fingertips A study in the Journal of Neuroscience finds that people with smaller fingers have more sensitive fingertips, probably due to a higher concentration of touch receptors in a given area. Cynthia Graber rep

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Smaller Fingers Mean More Sensitive Fingertips A study in the Journal of Neuroscience finds that people with smaller fingers have more sensitive fingertips, probably due to a higher concentration of touch receptors in a given area. Cynthia Graber rep

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Direct Inward Dialing (DID) DID is PBX-to-central office trunks that allow incoming calls to a PBX to ring specific stations without attendant assistance. DID greatly reduces the number of required co

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By David McAlary Washington 10 March 2006 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Another U.S. spacecraft has begun orbiting Mars to study the red planet in unprecedented detail. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter w

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By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 06 November 2006 watch Building Boom Moscow is seeing an unprecedented growth in construction. Residential property prices have almost doubled in the past year and office space in the center of the city is now more expensive

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By Barry Newhouse Baghdad 17 February 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad Saturday for meetings with Iraqi leaders. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from northern Iraq, her trip comes as U.S. and Iraqi force

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By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 28 November 2006 Violence continued to grip the Iraqi capital Tuesday, with at least two car bombs exploding outside a hospital morgue, killing four people and injuring many more. The latest attacks come as Iraq's pre

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Israeli aircraft and warships bombarded Palestinian targets again Monday - the third day of an offensive against Hamas and its infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. More than 300 Palestinians have been reported killed and hundreds more injured. Two Isra

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President Barack Obama says it is important for the United States to stay on the offensive in Afghanistan. Mr. Obama spoke after meeting with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Afghanistan, the world economic crisis and other topics. President

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US Presidential Race Is Hugely Expensive, Highly Regulated The most expensive residential address in the United States is not in Hollywood - or Manhattan. It's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington - the White House. Its current occupant, Barack Oba

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今天我们要学的词是sensitive。 Sensitive, 是敏感的意思。A sensitive topic, 就是敏感的话题。 Employment experts warn job seekers not to give out sensitive personal information when applying for positions online, 就业问题专家

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By Jim Malone Washington 01 February 2007 Senator Joe Biden of Delaware is the latest Democrat to join the race for president in 2008. But Biden already finds himself on the defensive over some comments he made about one of his rivals, Illinois Sena

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 09 August 2006 watch Ground War report An Israeli soldier looks at a U.N. position in Lebanon, on the Israel-Lebanon border 09 August 2006 Israel's security Cabinet has approved a wider ground offensive against Hezbollah guer

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An Israeli air strike killed a senior Hamas commander in Gaza Saturday as the military offensive against the Islamist faction entered its second week. From his base in the Syrian capital Damascus, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal issued a warning to Isra

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JERUSALEM Israels military offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip is continuing for a fifth day, and there has been no let up in the Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel. In all, at least 53 Palestinians have been killed, including 24 civil

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Mike: Did you hear what Dan said? He called me a mick. What decade is he living in? Patti: Hes just ignorant. Im sure he wasnt trying to be offensive. Mike: Well, I take offense. And to add insult to injury, did you hear what else he said? Patti: Wha

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accompanying artery of ischiadic nerve
accumulated depreciation-machinery
additional workers
antidermatitic
armed conflicts
arrester with series gaps
athera
attributed to
automatic cut-out
avian flu
bearish
billet rolling train
binary mass balancing
bulk-mail
bull-nose bed
Cap.
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cesticidal
chromium citrate
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class chilopodas
cluster graph
Compton attenuation coefficient
concrete-mixing plant
crop land
csardas
dealer's license
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deinocheirids
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deyll
diacarboxylic acid
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dimyary
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duoprop
fire action
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freonboardstowed
gelatinothorax
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grama grass
gravitationalinertia classifier
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humulite
indian buffaloes
insurance trust
intervertebral surface
jerked beef
Komsilga
lanhsia bucca
lifting pad
like old boots
macrostratification
madrene
management procedure
meisha
mellisic
metratomy
monocyclic start
monsterless
neighborhood of a curve
nominal cross-sectional area of the cut
Nonnweiler
nonwitnessed
nubiform
nylabones
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rise of arch
selfpity
senile wart
simplified thread symbol
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Sosura-ri
sound flow
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Stock Exchange Trading Service
strength reduction processor
Takatu R.
totem-poles
transformer ratio
tsunami wave
tuism
twangle
unrapable
uterotonica