小词详解 | toll
This day extracts a heavy toll.
今天损失惨重。
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小词详解 | spiral
Seems as if someone's on a downward spiral.
似乎有人在走下坡路啊。
小词详解 | prone
她喜欢贪求名望，这一点是肯定的。
She is prone to lust after prestige, that's for sure.
小词详解 | impetus
Impetus vs Impetuous
小词详解 | plausible
Sure enough, when Harry finally entered the room Ron was snoring a little too loudly to be entirely plausible.
果然，当哈利终于回屋时，罗恩的鼾声响得有点不大真实。
小词详解 | esteem
小小礼物，聊表敬意，请笑纳。
Please accept this small gift as a token of our esteem.
小词详解 | contrive
I know you will contrive it all.
我知道你会想出办法来把样样事情都办好。
小词详解 | swarm
A snarling swarm of razor-toothed green monsters is hot on his heels.
一大群牙尖齿利的绿色怪兽在他身后紧追不舍。
小词详解 | mingle
He cannot mingle, speak or pray with other prisoners.
他不能和其他犯人打交道、交谈或一起祈祷。
小词详解 | deviate
Rhett never deviated from his smooth, imperturbable manners, even in their most intimate moments.
瑞德一向是不超出举止圆滑稳重这一常规，就连他们最亲密的时候也是如此。
小词详解 | stale
她和马克之间已经没有新鲜感了。他们拒绝承受恋爱过程中爱情的起起伏伏。
Her relationship with Mark has become stale. They refuse to accept the ebb and flow of love in a relationship.
小词详解 | refrain
我们忍住不嘲笑他们的新鞋子，直到他们走了。
We refrained from sneering at their new shoes until they were gone.
