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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resignation  Speak Example sentences
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[细阅,详细检查,仔细研究] close examination; minute inspection; critical observation
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[听从,辞职] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
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[违犯,违反,破坏,侵扰] treat violently; abuse; do violence to; disturb; interrupt
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[老套,一成不变,铅版] fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
resource  Speak Example sentences
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[事实上,实质上] almost completely; using computer technology over the internet
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[显示,泄露的事实] act of revealing or disclosing to others what was unknown before; manifestation of divine truth
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[受感染的,腐败的] of the seventh degree or order; the act of causing to rot; causing sepsis or putrefaction
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[资源,财力,办法,智谋] materials; abilities; available source
restrain  Speak Example sentences
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[支撑,延续] admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
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[无用的,无结果的,枉然] having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
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[克制,抑制] keep under control; hold back; place limits on
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[外科手术刀,解剖刀] a small knife with a thin, keen blade, used by surgeons and in dissecting
revelation  Speak Example sentences
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[显示,泄露的事实] act of revealing or disclosing to others what was unknown before; manifestation of divine truth
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[资源,财力,办法,智谋] materials; abilities; available source
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[无用的,无结果的,枉然] having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying
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[比赛,锦标赛] contest; sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner
revolution  Speak Example sentences
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[失业] not having a job; condition of being unemployed; state of being unused
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[革命] act of revolving; motion of a body around a fixed point or line; total or radical change in political organization
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[旋风,龙卷风] cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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[论题,论文] paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
rigid  Speak Example sentences
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[老套,一成不变,铅版] fixed and unvarying representation; conventional and oversimplified conception
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[推力,冲] push; force used in pushing; activity or idea is the main or essential thing it expresses
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[刚硬的,不屈的] stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
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[汹涌,澎湃,喷发] outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
salvage  Speak Example sentences
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[忍受,宽容] capacity for respecting the beliefs or practices of others; capacity to endure hardship or pain
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[鞍子,马鞍] load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride
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[支撑,延续] admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
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[补救,抢救,打捞,营救] save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use
sarcasm  Speak Example sentences
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[俯身,降低身份] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
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[论题,论文] paper; dissertation; an unproved statement put forward as a premise in an argument
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[革命] act of revolving; motion of a body around a fixed point or line; total or radical change in political organization
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[挖苦,讽刺] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
stoop  Speak Example sentences
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[强调,突出,重点] the lamp that produces an intense beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; the focus of public attention
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[俯身,降低身份] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
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[旋风,龙卷风] cyclone; localized and violently destructive windstorm
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[引诱,诱惑物] act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
sustain  Speak Example sentences
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[支撑,延续] admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
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[口头的] expressed in spoken rather than written words; consisting of words alone without action
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[切成细条,撕成碎片] a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off
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[足够的,充足的] adequate; enough; being as much as is needed