ESL ACT Vocabulary

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defer  Speak Example sentences
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(推迟,延期) delay till later; put off; hold back to a later time
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(钻孔,打眼,锻炼) bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
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(遗传上,由基因决定的,与遗传有关的) by genetic mechanisms
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(居住者,居民) a person who inhabits a particular place
delegate  Speak Example sentences
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(授权,委任代表) authorize and send another person as one's representative; commit or entrust to another
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(人工孵化的鱼苗或小鸟) any recently hatched animal
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(面对) confront; encounter; be opposite
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(恐龙) any of numerous extinct terrestrial reptiles of the Mesozoic era
denounce  Speak Example sentences
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(居住者,居民) a person who inhabits a particular place
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(咒骂,批评) condemn openly; criticize; make known in formal manner
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(旋转) act of rotating in a circle or spiral
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(装饰) adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
discouraging  Speak Example sentences
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(美化,赞扬) cause to seem more splendid; beautify
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(一把,少数) a small number
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(令人气馁的) causing people to lose interest and enthusiasm, the opposite of encouraging
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(掠夺) deprive of something valuable by force; rob; take as spoils
economics  Speak Example sentences
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(经济学) branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
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(缺乏的) completely lacking; barren or empty
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(鼓励,支持) activate; stimulate
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(请求,敬礼,致意) call for; salute; greet; praise vociferously
elimination  Speak Example sentences
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(排除,除去) act of removing or getting rid of something
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(装饰) adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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(请求,敬礼,致意) call for; salute; greet; praise vociferously
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(经济学) branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
equipment  Speak Example sentences
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(装饰) adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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(经济学) branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management
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(设备) apparatus
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(产生,创造) bring into being; give rise to; produce
excite  Speak Example sentences
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(气垫船) a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
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(刺激,使兴奋) arouse
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(产生,创造) bring into being; give rise to; produce
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(顽固的,顽强的) determined; stubbornly persevering; unyielding
falconer  Speak Example sentences
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(目击者) a spectator who can describe what happened
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(装饰) adorn; make beautiful, as by ornamentation; decorate
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(养猎鹰者,放鹰狩猎人) a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
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(一把,少数) a small number
flaw  Speak Example sentences
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(一副(纸牌)) a pack of 52 cards; any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel
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(瑕疵,缺陷,裂痕) crack or breach; gap or fissure; defect; fault; sudden burst of noise and disorder
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(精力充沛的,积极的) active; brisk; vigorous
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(影响形成的,影响发展的) developing; forming; capable of forming or molding