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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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disgust  Speak Example sentences
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[相等的,等值的] interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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[忠诚] faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances
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[厌恶,恶心,憎恶] strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of
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[小部分,少量] segment; fragment; a small proportion of
dissertation  Speak Example sentences
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[松软的绒毛团,软毛,填充材料] inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment
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[论文(博士生)] formal essay;  paper written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at university
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[电工] one whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, repair, or operation of electric equipment and circuitry
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[瑕疵,缺陷,裂痕] crack or breach; gap or fissure; defect; fault; a sudden burst of noise and disorder
dissolve  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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[精致的,近完美的] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
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[瑕疵,缺陷,裂痕] crack or breach; gap or fissure; defect; fault; a sudden burst of noise and disorder
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[溶解,液化] melt; liquefy; cause to pass into solution; cause to disappear or vanish
doom  Speak Example sentences
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[喷泉,喷水池,喷水] spring of water issuing from the earth; artificially produced jet or stream of water
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[相等的,等值的] interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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[松软的绒毛团,软毛,填充材料] inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment
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[判决,劫数,注定] judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
economics  Speak Example sentences
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[伤心,悲痛,使人悲痛,使人伤心] cause to be sorrowful; distress
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[经济学] branch of social science that deals with the production and consumption and their management
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[艰苦的,勇敢的] in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions
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[漩涡] swirling current of water, air; flow in a circular current
equivalent  Speak Example sentences
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[松软的绒毛团,软毛,填充材料] inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment
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[相等的,等值的] interchangeable; comparable; equal, as in value, force, or meaning
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[不正当的利用,开发] make use of, sometimes unjustly
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[大使馆人员,大使馆] the diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
exquisite  Speak Example sentences
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[危险,危害物] something dangerous and likely to cause damage; risk
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[判决,劫数,注定] judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
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[精致的,近完美的] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating
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[决定,测量,计算,解决] act of making or arriving at a decision; putting an end to; termination
external  Speak Example sentences
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[松软的绒毛团,软毛,填充材料] inflated or padded material; light down or fuzz, as on a young bird; superficial entertainment
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[艰苦的,勇敢的] in robust and good health; able to survive under unfavorable conditions
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[推行,实施,强迫,强制] put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
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[外部的,表面的] exterior; outer; suitable for application to the outside
grieve  Speak Example sentences
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[本质的,根本的] necessary; critical; vital; constituting or being part of the essence of something
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[挑逗,调戏] deal playfully; move abruptly; toss or flip suddenly
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[扩大,膨胀,扩张] become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
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[伤心,悲痛,使人悲痛,使人伤心] cause to be sorrowful; distress
grim  Speak Example sentences
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[小部分,少量] segment; fragment; a small proportion of
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[冷酷的,可怕的] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[医院,医务室] health facility where patients receive treatment
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[回声,发出回声,重复] sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear; repetition of a sound