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The supervillain origin story “Joker” took the lead in the Oscars race with 11 nominations—including for best picture, best director and best actor— as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its awards contenders Monday morning.

supervillain n. 超級大反派
• He has played villains in most of his films.
他在所演的大多數影片里都演反派。
take the lead: 帶頭
nomination n. 提名
• nominate v. 提名
• He was nominated as best actor.
他獲得了最佳男演員的提名。
• The film was nominated for several Oscars.
那部影片被提名好幾項奧斯卡獎。
contender n. 競爭者；角逐者；爭奪者
• contenders for a gold medal in the Olympics: 奧運金牌的爭奪者
• He is a strong Republican contender in the presidential race.
他是總統競選中一名強有力的共和黨競選人。



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