3500 ACT Vocabulary

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rectitude  Speak Example sentences
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(危险的,冒险的) involving risk or danger; hazardous
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(垂直,正直,公正) uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment
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(严格,苛刻,精确) strictness or severity, as in temperament, action, or judgment; something hard to endure
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(不必要的,多余的) being beyond what is required or sufficient
repress  Speak Example sentences
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(名望) fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
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(避免) avoid deliberately; keep away from
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((使)成熟) grow ripe; cause to ripen or develop fully
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(压迫,压制,压) put down by force or intimidation ; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
restrict  Speak Example sentences
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(能忍受痛苦的,恬淡寡欲的) enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint
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(责备) voice or convey disapproval of; rebuke; find fault with
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(限制,约束) keep or confine within limits
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(洗牌) disorder; move back and forth; mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
retrench  Speak Example sentences
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(收割,收获) gain; harvest a crop from; get or derive; obtain as a result of effort
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(懒人) lazy person; person habitually lazy, idle, and slow; sluggish; lazy
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(裁减,削减,紧缩,节约) cut down; reduce; restrict; economize
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(克服) overcome or conquer; climb; place something above; be above or on top of
retrograde  Speak Example sentences
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(限制,约束) keep or confine within limits
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(零星的) occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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(倒退的) go backwards; decline to inferior state; degenerate
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(闷热的,酷热的,放荡的,粗暴的) burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
shear  Speak Example sentences
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(洗牌) disorder; move back and forth; mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
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(剪,修剪) cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
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(居民) one who resides in a place permanently or for an extended period; dweller
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(醒目地,引人侧目地) in a striking manner; remarkably, surprisingly
shuffle  Speak Example sentences
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(洗牌) disorder; move back and forth; mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
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(名望) fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
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(可挽回的) capable of being remedied or cured; set straight or right
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(散开,随意散开,散播) spread randomly; sprinkle; scatter
silly  Speak Example sentences
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((使)成熟) grow ripe; cause to ripen or develop fully
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(愚蠢的,糊涂的,傻的) exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid
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(不必要的,多余的) being beyond what is required or sufficient
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(柔和,愉快,温和) smooth and gracious in manner; quality of being sweet or pleasing to mind; agreeableness
slapdash  Speak Example sentences
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(匆促的) haphazard; careless; done hastily
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(愚蠢的,糊涂的,傻的) exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid
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(特定的) given; thoroughly explained; adequately commented
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(醒目地,引人侧目地) in a striking manner; remarkably, surprisingly
slight  Speak Example sentences
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(倾斜的,有坡度的) slanting; inclining or inclined from the plane of the horizon
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(猜测) guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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(怠慢,斥责,侮辱) almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
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(名望) fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed