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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dictate  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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[使成薄片,雪片] flat thin piece or layer; chip; small piece; a small crystalline bit of snow
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[鑄造,偽造] a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
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[口述,聽寫,規定] prescribe; rule as a dictator
doom  Speak Example sentences
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[判決,劫數,注定] judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
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[堆,堆積,大量] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
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[釋放,排出] relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
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[增加,改進] make better or more attractive; increase; improve
duration  Speak Example sentences
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[球,球狀物,地球儀] body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball
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[兇猛的] ferocious; savage; extremely severe or violent; terrible
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[持續時間] length of time something lasts
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[微弱的,衰弱的] lacking vigor, force, or effectiveness; faint; frail
electrician  Speak Example sentences
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[配料,成份] element in a mixture or compound
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[出名,出格] excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
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[電工] one whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, repair, or operation of electric equipment and circuitry
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[深惡,憎惡] dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
enhance  Speak Example sentences
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[閃閃發光,閃爍,魅力] bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
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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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[冷酷的,可怕的] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[增加,改進] make better or more attractive; increase; improve
everlasting  Speak Example sentences
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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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[持續時間] length of time something lasts
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[永恆的,持久的,無止境的] continuing forever or indefinitely
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[配料,成份] element in a mixture or compound
evolve  Speak Example sentences
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[氫] a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless, highly flammable diatomic gas
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[電子學,電子工業] branch of physics that deals with the behavior of electrons; electronic devices
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[進化,發展] develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually
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[運動或前進的停止,尤其指暫停] stop; stand in doubt; hesitate
extinct  Speak Example sentences
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[互相作用,互相影響] interplay; act together or towards others or with
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[一瞥,一看] glance; a quick look; see briefly; a brief or incomplete view
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[滅絕的,不再活躍的,熄滅的] no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
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[放任,沉溺,使滿足] be complacent toward; give way to; not to oppose or restrain;  yield to the desire of
gender  Speak Example sentences
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[性,性別] sexual identity, especially about society or culture; category
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[奇怪的,不可預測的] no fixed or regular course; wandering
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[有歷史意義的,歷史上著名的] having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical
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[球,球狀物,地球儀] body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball
glitter  Speak Example sentences
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[增加,改進] make better or more attractive; increase; improve
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[釋放,排出] relieve of a burden or of contents; unload; pour forth or release; complete or carry out; give off
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[閃閃發光,閃爍,魅力] bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy
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[堆,堆積,大量] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass