小词详解 | propensity
Woman has, in general, much stronger propensity than man to the discharge of parental duties.
一般说来妇女较之男人更倾注于尽到父母的责任。
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小词详解 | exacting
Exact → Exacting
小词详解 | furry
As Harry sat down, a furry ginger cat with a squashed face jumped onto his knees and settled there, purring.
哈利刚坐下，一只扁平脸、毛茸茸的姜黄色的猫就跳上了他的膝头，趴在他腿上呼噜呼噜地叫着。
小词详解 | sprawl
他离开她后她就摊手摊脚地躺在床上，甚至都懒得往身上盖点儿东西。
She sprawled on the bed as he had left her, not even moving to cover herself up.
小词详解 | chronic
短期内迅速治愈英国经济顽症的灵丹妙药并不存在。
There is no easy short-term solution to Britain's chronic economic malaise.
小词详解 | congenial
值得注意是， congenial 与 congenital （天生的、先天的）形似，阅读与拼写时要注意区别。
小词详解 | subside
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
痛苦是暂时的。它可能会持续一分钟、一小时、一天或一年，但最终它会消退，然后其他的东西会取代它。然而，如果我放弃了，它将永远持续下去。
小词详解 | precipitate
Their silverfoil of leaves precipitating, their skinny arms ageing and swaying.
银纸叶子坠落，骨瘦如柴的胳膊老迈而摇来摆去。
小词详解 | spawn
Only a generation of readers will spawn a generation of writers.
只有一代读者才能催生一代作家。