3500 ACT Vocabulary

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cabal  Speak Example sentences
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(内阁) small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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(智取,包围) surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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(推断,作出结论) enclose; reach as an end of reasoning; make final determination ; judge or decide; bring to an end
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(帆布,画布) heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
careworn  Speak Example sentences
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(滑稽的,好笑的,喜剧的) arousing or provoking laughter; ridiculous; amusing; humorous
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(城堡,高级旅馆) impressive country house or castle in France; large country house
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(饱经忧患的,忧心忡忡的) worn or burdened with care; showing the signs of long-term stresses
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(迂回累赘的话,遁词) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
castigate  Speak Example sentences
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(强辩,狡辩,欺骗) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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(给与,割让) yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
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(典礼,仪式,礼节) formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
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(严厉批评,惩罚) criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
catapult  Speak Example sentences
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(接合,结合,合并) combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite
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(弹弓,弹射器) slingshot; hurling machine; military machine for hurling missiles, used in ancient and medieval times
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(内阁) small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
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(隆重的) marked by formality; strictly observant of or devoted to ceremony or ritual
ceremony  Speak Example sentences
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(华氏) measure of temperature, used widely in Europe
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(思考) act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity
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(典礼,仪式,礼节) formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
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(帆布,画布) heavy closely woven fabric; background against which events unfold, as in a historical narrative
cession  Speak Example sentences
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(征用,招募) force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
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(抱怨,怨言) expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment; criticism
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(给与,割让) yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
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(典礼,仪式,礼节) formal act or set of acts performed as prescribed by ritual or custom
chauvinist  Speak Example sentences
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(磨练) rid of excess; refine or purify; correct by punishment or reproof
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(接合,结合,合并) combine; fuse; grow together; come together so as to form one whole; unite
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(盲目爱国主义) person with prejudiced belief in superiority of own kind
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(清秀,美丽,漂亮,有吸引力的) pleasing or attractive to the eye; handsome; graceful
circumlocution  Speak Example sentences
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(难以讨好的,吹毛求疵的,爱挑毛病的) intended to confuse in an argument
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(迂回累赘的话,遁词) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
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(强辩,狡辩,欺骗) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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(强迫,引起) force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
claustrophobia  Speak Example sentences
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(抱怨,怨言) expression of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment; criticism
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(相似的) similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
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(幽闭恐怖症) abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces
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(给与,割让) yielding to another; ceding or surrendering
commemorate  Speak Example sentences
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(纪念) serve as a memorial to; honor the memory of with a ceremony
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(迂回累赘的话,遁词) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
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(强辩,狡辩,欺骗) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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(征用,招募) force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force