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luxurious / luxuriant

luxurious adj. 十分奢侈的 (very comfortable; containing expensive and enjoyable things) / lʌɡˈʒʊərɪəs /

• Abu Dhabi is known for offering its inhabitants a luxurious life style, with five star hotels and vast shopping and leisure complexes.

luxuriant adj. 丰富的，华丽的 (rich in something that is pleasant or beautiful) / lʌɡˈʒʊərɪənt /

• Dutch super model Doutzen Kroes has such long, luxuriant, blond hair that she has easily won several shampoo advertising campaigns.

perspective / prospective

perspective n. 态度，观点 (a particular attitude towards something; a way of thinking about something) / pəˈspɛktɪv /

• Liberal perspectives prefer to fund social welfare programs while conservatives maintain the attitude that individuals should help themselves.

prospective adj. 即将发生的 (expected to happen soon) / prəˈspɛktɪv /

• The HR team separated the prospective employees' CVs into two groups: one group to be interviewed, the other to be filed in the garbage can.

recession / concession

recession n. 经济衰退 (a difficult time for the economy of a country, when there is less trade and industrial activity than usual and more people are unemployed) / rɪˈsɛʃ(ə)n /

• Economists have termed the general economic downturn that took place between the 2000s and 2010s, 'The Great Recession.'

concession n. 让步，妥协 (something that you allow or do, or allow somebody to have, in order to end an argument or to make a situation less difficult) / kənˈsɛʃ(ə)n /

• In order to satisfy his bride and her parents, Trent made the concession to convert to Judaism and be married in the temple.

simulate / stimulate

simulate v. 假装，冒充 (to pretend that you have a particular feeling) /ˈsɪmjʊleɪt /

• Martha did not want to hurt her friends' feelings, so she did her best to simulate delight at her surprise party, even though she would have preferred to go to bed.

stimulate v. 促进，激发 (to make something develop or become more active; to encourage something) / ˈstɪmjʊleɪt /

• The garden stimulated our sense of smell with the sweet aromas of blooming jasmine, roses, and gardenias.

slander / slender

slander v. 诋毁，中伤 (to make a false spoken statement about somebody that is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of them) / ˈslɑːndə /

• Actor Damon Wayans allegedly slandered an extra on the set of A Haunted House 2 by making several rude comments that defamed the man's physical features.

slender adj. 微薄的，不足的 (small in amount or size and hardly enough) / ˈslɛndə /

• Film star Fan Bingbing's slender frame seems ridiculously small next to her larger, male co-stars.