List 13
desolate
荒凉的
despair n. vi. desperate adj.
a feeling that you have no hope at all
drive sb. to despair
对某人感到绝望 despair of sb.
My teacher began to despair of me
dispatch
formal 为了特定的目的send某人或某物到某地
Dispatch several officers to Beijing
despise
蔑视
I despise all cowards
detain
拘留
deteriorate
恶化，变坏
cause the leather to deteriorate
deviate
偏离
deviate from the truth
deviate from the original plan
dictate dictation
口述，使听写
The boss dictate the plan to us
She is dictating a plan to her secretary
diminish
reduce
discern
to notice or understand something by thinking about it carefully
Officials were keen to discern how much public support there was
I would discern what his heart and soul were like
discourse
演讲
I felt at home in this kind of discourse
a discourse on art
discreet
小心谨慎的
I stood back at a discreet distance
Reporters asked some discreet questions
discrepancy
a difference between two amounts, details, reports etc that should be the same
Police found discrepancies in the two men's reports
