小词详解 | formative
仍处于草创阶段
still in a formative stage
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小词详解 | flagrant
滔天罪行
a flagrant crime
刺眼大错
a flagrant error
小词详解 | lethal
If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.
如果你认为冒险是危险的，那就试试例行常规；而这却是致命的。
小词详解 | entrench
性别歧视在我们这个社会根深蒂固。
Sexism is deeply entrenched in our society.
小词详解 | intrinsic
硬币的固有价值
the intrinsic value of a coin
小词详解 | obsess
那个大美女让他神魂颠倒。
He's completely obsessed with the knockout.
小词详解 | frenzy
她盛怒之下狠狠地抽打了他一顿。
In a frenzy of rage she thrashed him well.
小词详解 | blockbuster
从词源上来看， blockbuster 一词最早出现于1942年，由单词 block （街区）+ bust （打碎、破坏、摧毁）的施事名词 buster （破坏者）构成而来，其本义即指能摧毁整个街区的“巨型炸弹、重磅炸弹”。
小词详解 | mundane
Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.
创造力就是透过平凡发现非凡。
小词详解 | sate
从拼写上来看， sate 是一个与 date, rate, late, gate, hate, fate, mate 等常见单词有着相同结尾的单词，几者可以一并联想记忆。
小词详解 | adulation
She had not had fame or money before. Now they had come. She had not had adulation and affectionate propositions before. Now they had come.
昔日，她没有名，也没有钱。今天，两者都有了。昔日，她无人奉承，也无人求爱。今天，两者都来了。
小词详解 | saga
Saga 是一个容易与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）推送过的 sage 容易相混淆的单词，两者可以一并联想记忆。
