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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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linger  Speak Example sentences
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[逗留,闲逛,流连] be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
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[调药,配药,制药,药房,药店] art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs
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[对手,反对者] contestant; someone who offers opposition
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[层,层次,阶层] tier; a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
lunar  Speak Example sentences
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[前景,期望] possibility of future success; belief about future
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[月亮的] pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
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[蛋白质] any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells
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[疏忽,忘记] disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
manuscript  Speak Example sentences
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[配额,定量,定额] limitation on imports; ration; prescribed number
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[手稿,手抄本] written with or by the hand; not printed; literary or musical composition written with the hand
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[发表,公布,出版,发行物] act or process of publishing printed matter; communication of information to the public
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[接近,亲近] state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation
minimal  Speak Example sentences
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[球拍] a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle
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[最小的,最少的] the fewest; the least possible
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[小册子] brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover
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[激怒,惹,煽动,挑起] stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
miscarriage  Speak Example sentences
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[杠杆,起杠杆作用的部件] a simple machine consisting of a rigid bar pivoted on a fixed point and used to transmit force
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[模数,模块,(独立的)舱] standard or unit of measurement; self-contained component of a system; unit of education covering a single topic
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[对手,反对者] contestant; someone who offers opposition
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[流产,早产] failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
misfortune  Speak Example sentences
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[姿势,体态] position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
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[恶运,灾祸,不幸的情况] bad fortune or ill luck; bad luck
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[配额,定量,定额] limitation on imports; ration; prescribed number
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[风景,山水,风景画] scenery; an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
morbid  Speak Example sentences
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[调药,配药,制药,药房,药店] art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs
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[流产,早产] failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
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[发作,爆发] the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome; eruption; explosion
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[病态的,恐怖的,喜怒无常的,不成熟的] caused by disease; pathological or diseased; unhealthy or unwholesome
oblige  Speak Example sentences
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[失误,(时间等)流逝] gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
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[蛋白质] any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells
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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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[流产,早产] failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
outbreak  Speak Example sentences
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[(文章的)段,段落,(报纸的)一则新闻] the distinct division of written or printed matter that begins on a new, usually indented line
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[子孙,后代] descendant; the young of an animal
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[激怒,惹,煽动,挑起] stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
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[发作,爆发] the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome; eruption; explosion
perish  Speak Example sentences
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[哀悼,哀伤] express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
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[死,暴卒] be destroyed; pass away; become nothing
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[出版,发行,公开,发表] make public; make known to humankind, or people in general
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[接近,亲近] state of being proximate; nearness in place, time, or relation