4000 IELTS Academic Words

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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes

jungle

1

	[食谱,处方] medical prescription; a set of directions for making or preparing something, especially food
	[誓言,保证] promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something
	[洗衣店,要洗的衣服] washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
	[丛林] land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass

minus

2

	[不管,不顾,不注意] without consideration; despite everything; anyway
	[部长,公使,外交使节] one who performs service for another; officer of justice; executive head of a government department
	[天堂,伊甸乐园,天国] garden of Eden; any place of complete delight and peace
	[减去,零下,欠缺,负号] less; requiring to be subtracted; negative

motive

3

	[计算,估计,猜想] compute; take account of; have faith or confidence in
	[草地,草坪,草场] landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow
	[动机] emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
	[轻率的,鲁莽的] headstrong; rash; indifferent to or disregardful of consequences

municipal

4

	[部长,公使,外交使节] one who performs service for another; officer of justice; executive head of a government department
	[嫉妒的,妒忌的] resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious
	[市的,市政的] metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
	[食谱,处方] medical prescription; a set of directions for making or preparing something, especially food

pants

5

	[一步,步幅,步态,(马的)溜蹄,慢慢地走] a single movement from one foot to the other in walking; slow gait; step
	[裤子,短裤] trousers; underwear; garment extending from waist to knee or ankle
	[义务,职责] act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
	[(使)松弛,放松] make less severe or strict; become less tense

personnel

6

	[人员,职员] group of people willing to obey orders
	[预先的,在前的,更重要的,优先的] preceding in the order of time; former; previous
	[誓言,保证] promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something
	[天堂,伊甸乐园,天国] garden of Eden; any place of complete delight and peace

pit

7

	[对抗,竞争] confront; set into opposition or rivalry
	[(使)松弛,放松] make less severe or strict; become less tense
	[市的,市政的] metropolitan; civic; having local self-government
	[小路,小巷,航线,车道] passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road

plug

8

	[难题,谜] difficult question or problem
	[塞子,栓,电插头] something, such as a cork or a wad of cloth, used to fill a hole tightly; stopper
	[计算,估计,猜想] compute; take account of; have faith or confidence in
	[部长,公使,外交使节] one who performs service for another; officer of justice; executive head of a government department

pose

9

	[调查,研究] explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
	[理性的,合理的] consistent with; based on; using reason
	[形成,引起] pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
	[嫉妒的,妒忌的] resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious

pour

10

	[小说] printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
	[名声,名誉] state of being held in high esteem; general estimation in which a person is held by the public
	[流,倾泻,(雨)倾盆而下,倒茶] flow in a spurt; rain heavily; supply in large amounts
	[长棒,相互对立的观点之一] a long rod; one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions

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