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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes

linger

1

	[神话,神话故事] legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
	[小册子] brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover
	[逗留,闲逛,流连] be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
	[座右铭,箴言] short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim

merit

2

	[调药,配药,制药,药房,药店] art or practice of preparing and preserving drugs
	[胡须] hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
	[优点,价值] virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
	[突然扑过去,攫住,猛扑,突袭] attacks suddenly; seize something swiftly and eagerly; leap into the air intending to seize someone or something

metaphor

3

	[隐喻] implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
	[灰泥,石膏] the adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling
	[破坏,损伤] spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of
	[根本的,激进的] drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic

mode

4

	[开放的,主张变革的,自由主义的] open-minded; tolerant; broad-mindedness; having political views favoring reform and progress
	[时尚,方式,模式] prevailing style; manner; a way of doing something; fashion or style
	[可选的] not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
	[尽管,虽然,可是,然而] nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary

motivate

5

	[激发,刺激] stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
	[得到] get hold of; gain possession of; acquire, in any way
	[灰泥,石膏] the adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling
	[冗余的,多余的] exceeding what is necessary or natural; repetitious; excessively wordy

motto

6

	[预见,预见能力,预言] declaration of something to come; foretelling; prediction; knowledge of the future
	[灰泥,石膏] the adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling
	[座右铭,箴言] short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; maxim
	[有名望的,有威信的] honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence because of high status

notwithstanding

7

	[天文馆,天象仪] apparatus or model representing the solar system; museum in which images of stars are projected onto a domed ceiling
	[尽管,虽然,可是,然而] nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary
	[繁殖,增加] proliferate; increase; combine by multiplication
	[殉道者,殉教者,烈士] one who makes great sacrifices or suffers from furthering belief or principle; one who endures great suffering

organ

8

	[器官,机关,机构] natural part or structure in animal or plant, capable of performing some special action
	[地方保安官] a civil officer with the power to administer and enforce the law
	[布道,鼓吹] advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
	[预言,预告] state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially based on special knowledge

overrun

9

	[激发,刺激] stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
	[神话,神话故事] legend; fable; a traditional story accepted as history
	[蔓延,侵占,超过,超出] run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
	[根本的,激进的] drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic

ownership

10

	[所有权,所有制,主权] having and controlling property
	[布道,鼓吹] advocate; speak, plead; argue in favor of
	[潮湿的,多雨的] slightly wet; damp or humid
	[巨大的,大数量级的] extent; greatness of rank, size, or position

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