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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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diplomatic  Speak Example sentences
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[投资,投入(精力,时间)] put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result
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[外交的,老练的] relating to diplomacy; marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others
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[安息所,避难所] refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
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[漩涡] swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current
eligible  Speak Example sentences
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[合格的,有资格的] qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
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[电子学,电子工业] branch of physics that deals with the behavior of electrons; electronic devices
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[精致的,近完美的] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
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[半球,半脑] halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle
emphasis  Speak Example sentences
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[漩涡] swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current
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[逃走,出国避难] run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
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[执行,完成] put into effect; carry out the legalities of
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[强调,重点] special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
execute  Speak Example sentences
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[侵略,侵犯] move into; intrude; enter by force in order to conquer or pillage
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[执行,完成] put into effect; carry out the legalities of
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[专业知识,技能] specialized knowledge; expert skill
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[互相作用,互相影响] interplay; act together or towards others or with
exile  Speak Example sentences
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[继承] receive from an ancestor by legal succession or will; receive by bequest or as a legacy
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[无敌的] incapable of being overcome or defeated; unconquerable
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[专业知识,技能] specialized knowledge; expert skill
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[放逐] force separation from one's native country
expertise  Speak Example sentences
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[安息所,避难所] refuge; shelter; harbor or anchorage; port
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[专业知识,技能] specialized knowledge; expert skill
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[粗野的,无礼的] strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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[青少年(的)] youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
flee  Speak Example sentences
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[通过空气传染的,有传染性的] able to pass disease from one person, animal, or plant to another; contaminating
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[逃走,出国避难] run away, as from danger or evil; avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner
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[粗野的,无礼的] strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
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[漩涡] swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current
fundamental  Speak Example sentences
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[基本的,基础的] relating to foundation or base; elementary; primary; essential
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[使害怕] frighten; make timid; fill with fear
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[青少年(的)] youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
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[合格的,有资格的] qualified; desirable and worthy of choice, especially for marriage
giggle  Speak Example sentences
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[冷酷的,可怕的] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[格格地笑,傻笑,格格笑,傻笑] laugh with short catches of the breath or voice; laugh in light, affected, or silly manner
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[排气,耗尽] gases ejected from an engine as waste products; use up the whole supply of
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[强调,重点] special attention or effort directed toward something; stress
gravity  Speak Example sentences
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[主动,首创精神] serving to initiate; introductory step or movement; an act which originates or begins
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[帝王的,皇帝的] like an emperor; related to an empire; ruling over extensive territories
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[重力,严重,庄严,严肃] seriousness; solemn and dignified feeling; natural force between two massive bodies
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[排气,耗尽] gases ejected from an engine as waste products; use up the whole supply of