3500 ACT Vocabulary

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quaff  Speak Example sentences
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(安灵弥撒,安灵歌,挽歌) mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
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(一饮而尽) drink with relish; swallow hurriedly or greedily
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(有意义的,重要的,重大的) fairly large; important in effect or meaning
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(讽刺,讽刺地描写,讥讽描述) make object of satire; attack with satire; censure with keenness or severe sarcasm.
query  Speak Example sentences
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(懒人) lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
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(问询,质问) inquiry; doubt in the mind; mental reservation
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(使安心,打消疑虑) give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
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(讽刺的) disdainful or ironically humorous; cynical; scornful and mocking
rank  Speak Example sentences
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(拥有社会地位,占据位置) hold a particular position in a social hierarchy; form or stand in a row or rows
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(刺耳的,焦躁的) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
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((公共,环境)卫生,卫生设施) health; hygiene; application of measures designed to protect public health; disposal or recycling of waste
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(神学院,学院,发祥地) school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls
recruit  Speak Example sentences
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(自发的,自然的,无预谋的) naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
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(对健康有益的,利于养生的) healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome
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(语法错误,谬误) error in use of language, especially intentional use of misspelling or incorrect grammar ; violation of the conventional rules of society
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(征兵,征募,补充) enlist; register formally as a participant; engage for military service
redress  Speak Example sentences
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(冥想,发呆,白日梦) daydream; state of abstracted musing; absent-minded dreaming while awake
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((公共,环境)卫生,卫生设施) health; hygiene; application of measures designed to protect public health; disposal or recycling of waste
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(冷漠,漠不关心) state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness
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(补偿,赔偿) remedy; compensation; act of correcting error or fault
remonstrance  Speak Example sentences
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(抗议) expression of protest, complaint, or reproof, especially formal statement of grievances
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(假定,假想) act of supposing; something supposed; assumption
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((公共,环境)卫生,卫生设施) health; hygiene; application of measures designed to protect public health; disposal or recycling of waste
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(补偿,赔偿) remedy; compensation; act of correcting error or fault
requiem  Speak Example sentences
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(风景,景色) landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
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(安灵弥撒,安灵歌,挽歌) mass for dead; song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as memorial
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(逃避,推卸,避免) avoid or neglect duty or responsibility; malinger
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(对健康有益的,利于养生的) healthful; favorable to health; promoting health; wholesome
retentive  Speak Example sentences
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(催眠的) sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
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(记忆力强的) holding; having quality, power, or capacity of retaining, as to retain knowledge with ease
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((公共,环境)卫生,卫生设施) health; hygiene; application of measures designed to protect public health; disposal or recycling of waste
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(自发的,自然的,无预谋的) naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated
reverent  Speak Example sentences
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(自言自语,独白) talking to oneself; act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to audience
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(怀旧,回想) recollection; process of remembering
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(尊敬的,可敬的) respectful; worshipful; impressed with veneration or deep respect
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(催眠的) sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness
salient  Speak Example sentences
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(努力,奋斗,力求) endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
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(有意义的,重要的,重大的) fairly large; important in effect or meaning
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(反映) image of something as reflected by mirror; remark expressing careful consideration
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(显著的,突出的,卓越的) prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs