POLYGAMY, n. A house of atonement, or expiatory chapel, fitted with several stools of repentance, as distinguished from monogamy, which has but one.
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adj. 卓越的;著名的;受人尊敬的;顯得重要的;
v. 辨別，區(qū)別( distinguish的過去式和過去分詞);突出;區(qū)別(distinguish的過去式);
?? distinguish區(qū)別+ed表形容詞→與眾不同→著名的
"a distinguished career in medicine"
在醫(yī)學(xué)領(lǐng)域的輝煌生涯
近義：illustrious, appointed, leading, marked, meritorious, outstanding
反義：idle, immaterial, inconsequential, inconsiderable, insubstantial, meaningless
n. 房屋;全家人;（從事某種生意的）公司;（英國）下議院;
v. 給…提供住房;收藏;安置;
"a house among the trees"
樹林中的一座房子
近義：host, keep, lodge, quarter, shelter, accommodate
反義：oust, out, expel, deport, dispossess, exile
atonement
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n. 贖罪, 補(bǔ)償\\n[法] 補(bǔ)償, 贖回, 贖罪
近義：purgation, rapprochement, reconcilement, reconciliation, redemption, expiation
n. 小教堂，附屬教堂;（在小教堂和附屬禮拜堂舉行的）禮拜儀式;特殊小房間;<美>殯儀館;
"She always went to chapel on Sundays."
她總是在星期天去教堂做禮拜。
近義：printery, printshop, printer's, protestant, sectarian, oratory
fitted
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a. [表]配備的, 放在合適地位的\\n[計(jì)] 擬定的
近義：integrated, qualified, adapted, conditioned, appropriate, apt
adj. 幾個(gè)的;專有的;各自的;分別的;
pron. 幾個(gè)，數(shù)個(gè);一些;
?? 七（seven）塊肉?一共（al=all）花了 幾個(gè)錢 七根(seve-seven)鐵軌(ral-rail) 幾個(gè)人抬 網(wǎng)友：馬 勝 敏 補(bǔ)充：1：色彩（se）
"Several new members have come into the club since last year."
自去年以來,又有些新成員加入了俱樂部.
近義：manifold, many, some, various, divers
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"MAGPIE, n. A bird whose thievish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk."
"RESTITUTIONS, n. The founding or endowing of universities and public libraries by gift or bequest."