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Defile 考法 1】N.(山间)小道 Narrow Passage Gorge 例】They Climbed

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【考法 1】n.(山间)小道: a narrow passage or gorge
【例】They climbed up the mountain through a defile 他们通过一条小路爬到山上。
【考法 2】v.亵渎: to treat (a sacred place or object) shamefully or with great disrespect
【例】art conservators were careful not to do anything that might defile the holy relic公物管理员要防止任何玷污圣迹的行为
【近】profane, violate
【考法 3】v.不能被使用: to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable
【例】supplies of meat that had been defiled by maggots 肉已经生蛆了,不能再食用了
【近】befoul, foul, pollute, taint
【反】decontaminate, purify 使纯净

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