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| 1 | a wild animal or plant lives or grows on its own in natural conditions and is not raised by humans （动物或植物）野的，野生的，未驯化的，非栽培的 |
| The wild rose is a familiar sight in woods and hedges. 野蔷薇在树林和树篱中很常见。 |
| This trait is common to both domestic and wild dogs. 这种特征在家狗和野狗身上都有。 |
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| 2 | a wild area is one where people do not live or cannot live 荒凉的；荒无人烟的 |
| wild mountainous regions 荒无人烟的山区 |
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| 3 | if the weather or the sea is wild , there is a storm with strong winds 暴风雨的；狂暴的 |
| awet and wild night 暴风雨之夜 |
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| 4 | expressing or feeling strong emotions 感情强烈的；狂热的；疯狂的 |
| Hernandez entered the boxing ring to wild cheers. 赫尔南德斯登上拳击台时得到了人们狂热的欢呼。 |
| +with The noise drove him wild with terror. 噪声使他感到恐惧万分。 |
| go wild When Pascal scored, the fans went wild. 帕斯卡尔得分时，球迷们欣喜若狂。 |
| | 4a | exciting and enjoyable 令人激动的；极棒的 | | his wild student days 他那令人激动的学生时代 | | They have some pretty wild parties. 他们办了一些极棒的聚会。 | |
| | 4b | very enthusiastic 满腔热情的；十分热衷的 | | +about He’ s really wild about bluegrass music. 他极其热衷于蓝草音乐。 | | I’ m not wild about the idea. 我对这个想法并无多大兴趣。 | |
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| 5 | not accurate or not considered carefully 不准确的；轻率的；未经认真考虑的 |
| wild accusations/claims 胡乱的指责/轻率的断言 |
| They make all sorts of wild promises, but nobody believes them. 他们轻率地许下了许多诺言，但没人相信他们。 |
| awild guess I don’ t know, I’ ll have to make a wild guess. 我不知道，我只好胡乱猜一下。 |
| | 5a | not accurately aimed 未瞄准的 | | awild throw/shot/pitch 乱扔/乱射/乱投 | |
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| - | not be wild about sth
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| used for saying that someone does not like something or does not want to do something |
| 对某事物不感兴趣 |
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| I’ m not wild about the idea. 我对这个想法并无多大兴趣。 |
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| - | wild horses couldn’ t... spoken
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| used for saying that you are very determined to do something or not do something |
| 坚决（做或不做某事） |
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| Wild horses couldn’ t drag her away until she’ d got an answer. 她得不到答复，是决不会离开的。 |
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| - | your wildest dreams
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| your thoughts about the best or worst thing that could happen |
| 所能想象的；所能期望的 |
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| This advertisement promises to make you rich beyond your wildest dreams. 这一广告许诺说能让人富得超乎想象。 |
| Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’ d end up here. 我从未想到过我会来到这里。 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| wildness noun U |
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