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Two women are on a transcontinental balloon voyage. Their craft is engulfed1 in fog, their compass gone awry2. Afraid of landing in the ocean, they drift for days. Suddenly, the clouds part to show a sunlit meadow below. As they descend3, they see a man walking his dog.
One of the flyers yells to the figure far below, "Where are we?"
The man yells back, "About a half mile from town."
Once again, the balloonists are engulfed in the mist. One flyer says to the other, "He must have been a lawyer."
The other says, "A lawyer! How do you know that?"
The first says, "That?s easy. The information he gave us was accurate, concise4, and entirely5 irrelevant6."
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engulfed
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| v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 ) |
参考例句： |
- He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
- The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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awry
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| adj.扭曲的，错的 |
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- She was in a fury over a plan that had gone awry. 计划出了问题，她很愤怒。
- Something has gone awry in our plans.我们的计划出差错了。
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descend
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| vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降 |
参考例句： |
- I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
- We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。
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concise
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| adj.简洁的，简明的 |
参考例句： |
- The explanation in this dictionary is concise and to the point.这部词典里的释义简明扼要。
- I gave a concise answer about this.我对于此事给了一个简要的答复。
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entirely
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| ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地 |
参考例句： |
- The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
- His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。
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irrelevant
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| adj.不恰当的，无关系的，不相干的 |
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- That is completely irrelevant to the subject under discussion.这跟讨论的主题完全不相关。
- A question about arithmetic is irrelevant in a music lesson.在音乐课上，一个数学的问题是风马牛不相及的。
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