4000 IELTS Academic Words

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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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landscape  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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[委任,命令] authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
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[风景,山水,风景画] scenery; an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
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[流产,早产] failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
liability  Speak Example sentences
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[指示,规定] dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
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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
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[责任,缺点,债] something that holds one back; state of being legally obliged and responsible
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[文学作品,印刷品] imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value; art or occupation of a literary writer
mandate  Speak Example sentences
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[悦耳的音调] tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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[委任,命令] authoritative command or instruction; commission of authorizing to administer a territory
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[自命不凡,华而不实,自大] intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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[征兵,征募,补充] enlist; register formally as a participant; engage in military service
mar  Speak Example sentences
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[文学作品,印刷品] imaginative or creative writing, especially of recognized artistic value; art or occupation of a literary writer
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[破坏,损伤] spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of
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[上古的,原始的] belonging to an early stage; simple or naive in style; primeval
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[疏忽,忘记] disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
marital  Speak Example sentences
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[机械,机理,运作机制] device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something
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[指示,规定] dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
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[(军事或商业机构的)配合人员] association of persons, especially a military unit or a business organization
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[婚姻的] relating to marriage; relating to husband
matrimony  Speak Example sentences
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[唯利是图] interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
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[机械,机理,运作机制] device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something
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[指示,规定] dictate; guide; advise the use of; assert a right; claim
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[婚姻,结婚] union of man and woman as husband and wife; marriage; wedlock
meadow  Speak Example sentences
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[草地,牧草场] a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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[责骂,斥责,咆哮] scold; express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language
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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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[破坏,损伤] spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of
mechanism  Speak Example sentences
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[灰泥,石膏] the adhesive tape used in dressing wounds; a hardened surface as on a wall or ceiling
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[机械,机理,运作机制] device; machine; the technical aspects of doing something
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[死,暴卒] be destroyed; pass away; become nothing
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[无意中听到,从旁听到] hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
motivate  Speak Example sentences
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[悦耳的音调] tune; pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds; poem suitable for setting to music or singing
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[激发,刺激] stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
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[唯利是图] interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
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[婚姻,结婚] union of man and woman as husband and wife; marriage; wedlock
neurotic  Speak Example sentences
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[风景,山水,风景画] scenery; an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view
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[疏忽,忘记] disregard; ignore; pay little or no attention to
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[神经病患者] of or about the nerves; seated in the nerves; nervous
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[中世纪的] very old-fashioned; as if belonging to the Middle Ages