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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes

meddle

1

	[绕线筒,线轴,磁带盘,卷轴] frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on axis, on which threads or lines are wound
	[蔓延,侵占,超过,超出] run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
	[混合,干预,干涉] try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility, specifically without permission
	[刺穿,渗入,了解] pierce; go through; permeate

moist

2

	[潮湿的,多雨的] slightly wet; damp or humid
	[朗诵,背诵,叙述] a detailed account or description of something
	[时尚,方式,模式] prevailing style; manner; a way of doing something; fashion or style
	[婚姻,结婚] union of man and woman as husband and wife; marriage; wedlock

mythology

3

	[提升,促进] help to flourish; advance in rank; publicize
	[先例] act or instance that may be used as an example in subsequent similar cases
	[(总称)神话] study of myths; a collection of myths
	[根本的,激进的] drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic

nominee

4

	[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
	[说到点子上的,中肯的,有关的] having precise or logical relevance; pertaining or relating
	[被提名的人,被任命者] someone who has been nominated for something; candidate
	[所有权,所有制,主权] having and controlling property

norm

5

	[标准,规范] convention; standard; rule
	[优点,价值] virtue; admirable quality or attribute; credit
	[蔓延,侵占,超过,超出] run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
	[椭圆形] elliptic; rounded like an egg

overlook

6

	[海军的,军舰的] relating to, or adjacent to the sea; relating to marine shipping or navigation
	[时尚,方式,模式] prevailing style; manner; a way of doing something; fashion or style
	[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
	[忽略,没注意到] ignore; disregard; fail to notice; watch over

ownership

7

	[忽略,没注意到] ignore; disregard; fail to notice; watch over
	[所有权,所有制,主权] having and controlling property
	[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
	[椭圆形] elliptic; rounded like an egg

polar

8

	[靠近极地的,靠近北极(或南极)的] pertaining to one of the poles of the earth; of the poles
	[居住] inhabit; live in a certain place; be present in; be inside of
	[使安心,打消疑虑] give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain
	[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

portfolio

9

	[文件夹,股份单] portable case to hold loose papers; materials in such case; office or post of minister of state; a group of investments
	[道德,道义] set of social rules, customs, traditions, beliefs, or practices which specify proper, acceptable forms of conduct
	[页边的空白,(湖,池等的)边缘] border; rim; the amount by which one thing is different from another
	[婚姻,结婚] union of man and woman as husband and wife; marriage; wedlock

pounce

10

	[刺穿,渗入,了解] pierce; go through; permeate
	[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
	[朗诵,背诵,叙述] a detailed account or description of something
	[时尚,方式,模式] prevailing style; manner; a way of doing something; fashion or style

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