3500 ACT Vocabulary

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nascent  Speak Example sentences
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(初生的) incipient; coming into existence; emerging
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(过于自信) excessive confidence; total certainty
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(生长速度超过,长得快) grow too large for; lose or discard in the course of maturation
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(多管闲事的) marked by excessive eagerness in offering unwanted services or advice to others
nauseate  Speak Example sentences
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(愚蠢的人) person regarded as stupid or awkward
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(令人作呕的) cause to become sick; fill with disgust
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(乐观的) hopeful; positive; expecting the best in all possible ways
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(不用语言的) involving little use of language; lacking verbal skill
negotiation  Speak Example sentences
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(商议,谈判) discussion intended to produce an agreement
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(更重要,超过) go beyond; surpass; exceed
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(初生的) incipient; coming into existence; emerging
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(指定,规定,任命,命令) decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
neologism  Speak Example sentences
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(新生词) new or newly invented word or phrase
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(使无效) make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of
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(鸦片剂,安眠的,止痛的) medicine to induce sleep or deaden pain; something that relieves emotions or causes inaction
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(偏袒的人（亲戚）) favoring of relatives or friends because of their relationship rather than their abilities
nicety  Speak Example sentences
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(准确,精密) precision; subtle difference in meaning, opinion, or attitude
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(眼镜商) maker and seller of eyeglasses
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(使迷惑,使为难,混淆) perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox
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(天真,单纯,缺少经验) lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
noncommittal  Speak Example sentences
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(眼镜商) maker and seller of eyeglasses
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(指定,规定,任命,命令) decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine
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(迫使,责成) force; bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted; do a service or favor for
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(不明朗的,不表态的,中庸的,未决的) very reluctant to give out information
nonverbal  Speak Example sentences
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(使迷惑,使为难,混淆) perplex or bewilder someone; confound or flummox
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(华丽的,过分装饰的) excessively or elaborately decorated; flashy, showy, or florid in style or manner
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(更重要,超过) go beyond; surpass; exceed
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(不用语言的) involving little use of language; lacking verbal skill
notable  Speak Example sentences
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(使无效) make invalid; make null; invalidate; counteract force or effectiveness of
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(天真,单纯,缺少经验) lack of sophistication, experience, judgment or worldliness; simplicity; artlessness; gullibility
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(反对的) having an opponent; averse of
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(显著的,值得注意的) worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
notoriety  Speak Example sentences
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(过于自信) excessive confidence; total certainty
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(臭名昭著的) known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
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(寡头政治) government by a few persons, especially by a small faction of persons or families
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(眼镜商) maker and seller of eyeglasses
noxious  Speak Example sentences
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(臭名昭著的) known for some unfavorable act or quality; bad or ill fame
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(显著的,值得注意的) worthy of note or notice; remarkable; important
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(繁重的) burdensome or oppressive; not easily borne; wearing
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(有害的) harmful to living things; injurious to health