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are again engaged
minor irritants
escalated
I escalated to the dizzy heights of director's secretary.
masquerades as a banal
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VERB 化装;伪装;冒充
To masquerade as someone or something means to pretend to be that person or thing, particularly in order to deceive other people.He masqueraded as a doctor and fooled everyone.
他冒充医生，骗过了所有人。
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N-COUNT 虚假的行为;掩饰;欺骗
A masquerade is an attempt to deceive people about the true nature or identity of something.He told a news conference that the elections would be a masquerade.
他在新闻发布会上说选举将是一场骗人的把戏。
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N-COUNT 化装晚会
A masquerade is an event such as a party or dance where people dress up in disguise and wear masks....a masquerade ball.
化装舞会
If you describe something as banal, you do not like it because you think that it is so ordinary that it is not at all effective or interesting.
The text is banal...
课文索然无味。
grubby dispute over widgets
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ADJ-GRADED 肮脏的；污秽的
A grubby person or object is rather dirty.His white coat was grubby and stained.
他的白色外套污迹斑斑，简直脏透了。
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ADJ-GRADED 卑鄙的；可鄙的
If you call an activity or someone's behaviour grubby, you mean that it is not completely honest or respectable....the grubby business of politics.
肮脏的政治活动
You can refer to any small device as a widget when you do not know exactly what it is or how it works.
The secret is a little widget in the can.
奥秘在于易拉罐中的一个小玩意儿。
with the stakes
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PHRASE 处于危险境地;处于成败关头
If something is at stake, it is being risked and might be lost or damaged if you are not successful.The tension was naturally high for a game with so much at stake...
对于一场成败攸关的比赛来说气氛自然非常紧张。
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N-PLURAL (比赛或行动的)赌注，风险
The stakes involved in a contest or a risky action are the things that can be gained or lost.The game was usually played for high stakes between two large groups...
游戏通常在两大集团之间进行，下的赌注一般都很大。
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VERB 将…押(在…);以…打赌;拿…冒险
If you stake something such as your money or your reputation on the result of something, you risk your money or reputation on it.He has staked his political future on an election victory...
他把自己的政治前途押在竞选获胜上。
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N-COUNT 利害关系;重大利益;(企业等中的)股本，股份
If you have a stake in something such as a business, it matters to you, for example because you own part of it or because its success or failure will affect you.He was eager to return to a more entrepreneurial role in which he had a big financial stake in his own efforts...
他渴望回到一个更多参与创业的角色，那样他所付出的努力会与自己的经济利益息息相关。
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N-PLURAL 比赛;竞赛
You can use stakes to refer to something that is like a contest. For example, you can refer to the choosing of a leader as the leadership stakes .Britain lags behind in the European childcare stakes.
英国在儿童保育方面落后于欧洲其他国家。
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PHRASE 提出权利要求;主张权利
If you stake a claim, you say that something is yours or that you have a right to it.Jane is determined to stake her claim as an actress...
简决心主张自己作为一名女演员的权利。
strategic and geopolitical
地理政治学的;
corollaries
A corollary of something is an idea, argument, or fact that results directly from it.
The number of prisoners increased as a corollary of the government's determination to combat violent crime.
政府决心打击暴力犯罪，直接导致了囚犯数量的增多。
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