moonlight

n. 月光；半夜潜逃

adj. 有月光的

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v. （非正式）夜间秘密地兼职

The castle was bathed in moonlight.城堡沐浴在月光里。

A shaft of moonlight fell on the lake.一束月光照在湖面上。

Moonlight was silvering the countryside.月光下的乡村泛着银光。

compensate

v. 赔偿，偿付；弥补，补偿；抵消；酬报（某人）

Nothing can compensate for the loss of a loved one.失去心爱的人是无法补偿的。

The damages are designed to compensate victims for their direct losses.该赔偿金是用来补偿受害人的直接损失的。

A surge in domestic sales helped compensate for a fall-off in export sales.国内销售的增长帮助补偿了出口销售的减少。

engulf

v. 吞没，淹没；使陷入（某种思绪或情绪）；狼吞虎咽

The crisis threatens to engulf several others.这个危机波及了其它几个成员。

I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.我到了深水中。大水漫过我身。

The next Ice Age could take only weeks to engulf Britain.下次冰期吞噬英国可能只需几个星期。

fitness

n. 健康；（生物体的）环境适度；适合，胜任

He's too hung up about fitness.他对健身过于忧心忡忡。

Fitness has become an obsession with him.他迷上了健身。

The long climb tested our fitness and stamina.那次长距离爬山是对我们健康状况和耐力的考验。

repudiate

vt. 拒绝；否定；批判；与……断绝关系；拒付

The worker was bound to the master by a mutual contract that either one could repudiate, and the relationship was conceptualized as one of partnership.工人和雇主因为共同合约而联系在一起，这一合约双方中任何一方都能拒绝履行，而且这种关系在概念上是一种合伙关系。

Leaders urged people to turn out in large numbers to repudiate the violence.领导们力劝人们集体出面来声讨该暴力。

He would repudiate all debts incurred by his son.他拒绝偿还他儿子的一切债务。

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