defuse

•  verb [T]

1    to stop a bomb from exploding by removing the FUSE

2    to make people calmer in an worrying or dangerous situation:
?Tim tried to defuse the tension.

devour

•  verb [T]

1    to eat something quickly because you are very hungry:
?She devoured three burgers and a pile of fries.
2    if you devour information, books etc, you read a lot very eagerly

devise

•  verb [T]

to plan or think of a new way of doing something:
?software that allows you to devise your own computer games

deviant OR. deviate

g.Ety. - de -

also deviate AmE adjective formal
different from what is normal in a strange or bad way:
?deviant behaviour
deviant noun [C]


deviate

• verb [I]

to be or become different from what is normal or acceptable:
?deviate from: The results of the survey deviate from what we might have expected.
deviation noun [C,U]

defraud

•  verb [T]

to get money from a company or organization dishonestly:
?He attempted to defraud the bank of thousands of dollars.

delectable

• adjective formal

:
?very pleasant, especially to taste:
?delectable handmade chocolates

See Also : delicious

delegate

delegate 1

• noun [C]

someone chosen by a group or organization to do something for the whole group, such as speak or vote for them at a meeting


delegate 2

• verb

[I,T] to give part of your work or responsibilities to someone in a lower position than you:
?You must learn to delegate more.

deliberate

deliberate 1

•  adjective

1    intended or planned, and not happening accidentally:
?a deliberate attempt to deceive the public
2    slow and careful:
?His steps were slow and deliberate.

deliberate 2

•  verb [I,T]

to think about something carefully, before making an important decision:
?The jury deliberated for 3 days before finding him guilty.

delicate

•  adjective

1    something that is delicate is easily damaged or broken:
?a delicate piece of lace

2    a delicate situation needs to be dealt with very carefully:
?The negotiations are at a very delicate stage.

3    delicate hands, fingers etc are attractive and graceful:

?long delicate fingers
4    someone who is delicate becomes ill very easily:
?a delicate child
5    a delicate colour, taste, or smell is pleasant and not very bright or strong:
?a delicate shade of pink
delicately adverb

delinquency

•  noun [U] formal

criminal behaviour, especially by young people --see also JUVENILE DELINQUENT
delinquent adjective

delude

demolish

•  verb [T]

1    to completely destroy a building
2    to prove that an idea or opinion is completely wrong:
?He demolished my argument in minutes.
demolition noun [C,U]

denote

•  verb [T]

to mean something or be used as a sign for something:
?Each X on the map denotes 500 people.

denounce

•  verb [T]

to say publicly that you think that someone or something is very bad:
?The bishop denounced the film as being immoral.

depict

•  verb [T]

show someone or something in a story or picture:
?Shakespeare depicts him as a ruthless tyrant.
depiction noun [C,U]

deplete

•  verb [T]

to reduce the amount of something:
?Many of our forests have been depleted by acid rain.
depletion noun [U]:
?the depletion of the ozone layer

deplore

•  verb [T] formal

to say that you think something is very bad and that you strongly disapprove of it:
?a statement deploring the use of chemical weapons
deplorable adjective

derelict

•  adjective

a derelict building or piece of land is in very bad condition because it has not been used for a long time:
?a derelict car

derive

•  verb

[T] derive pleasure/satisfaction/comfort etc from sth to get pleasure, satisfaction etc from someone or something

deter

•  verb [T] -rred, -rring

to make someone less likely to do something bad by making it difficult or by punishing them:
?security measures aimed at deterring shoplifters

detention

deteriorate

• verb [I]

to become worse:
?David's health deteriorated rapidly.
deterioration noun [U]

detriment

•  noun

to the detriment of having a harmful effect on something:
?He started working longer hours, to the detriment of his health.
detrimental adjective

devastate

• verb [T]

to damage a place very badly:
?Bombing raids devastated the city of Dresden.
devastation noun [U]

insular 超然物外

•  adjective

not interested in anything except your own group, country, way of life etc:
?The British have a reputation for being rather insular.
insularity noun [U]

console

•  verb [T]

to help to make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better:
?No one could console her when her first child died.

abashed

•  adjective

embarrassed or ashamed:
?When he saw Ruth, he looked slightly abashed.
unabashed adj.

surrogate

• adjective [only before noun]

taking the place of someone or something else:
?a surrogate mother (= a woman who has a baby for another woman who cannot have children)
surrogate noun [C]

rendition

 noun [C]
the way that a play, piece of music etc is performed or produced

weep

 verb [I,T] wept , wept, weeping especially literary
to cry:
?She wept at the news.

-tain-ten-

-tain-ten- to hold 持，保有

Maintain--maintenance
Sustain—sustention,Sustenance
Retain—retention
Abstain--Abstention
Detain—Detention


Countenance
Tenacious
Contain-content-contents-contented--discontent