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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dime  Speak Example sentences
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[潮湿的] containing a high amount of water or water vapor
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[定义] clarity of outline; concise explanation
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[空心的,凹陷的] sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
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[(美)一角硬币] a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar
diplomacy  Speak Example sentences
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[潜水者,跳水运动员] one who works underwater
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[健康] health; vigor; state or condition of being fit; suitability or appropriateness
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[入迷,迷恋,魅力] capacity to attract intense interest
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[外交,交际手腕] tact; politics; negotiation between nations
dispense  Speak Example sentences
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[展览会,展览品] exposition; presentation; large-scale public showing
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[无知的,不了解的] lacking education or knowledge; unaware
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[分配,分发] distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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[雾] droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground; haze
eccentricity  Speak Example sentences
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[优良的,杰出的] surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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[特别的,非凡的] exceptional; remarkable; beyond what is ordinary or usual
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[怪僻,古怪,特性] oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center
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[促进,增进] get greater distance; make more in advance
efficiency  Speak Example sentences
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[(美)一角硬币] a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar
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[空心的,凹陷的] sound as if echoing in an empty space; void; vain; not solid; having space or gap or cavity
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[雾] droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground; haze
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[效率,功效] effectiveness; quality or property of being efficient; the ratio of useful output to the total input in any system
election  Speak Example sentences
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[雾] droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground; haze
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[降级,降格,退化] humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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[用锄耕地,锄] weed, cultivate, or dig up with a tool, which has a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
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[选举,当选] voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
exhaustion  Speak Example sentences
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[疲备,耗尽] act of draining out or draining off; the act of emptying of the contents; state of being exhausted
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[降级,降格,退化] humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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[排除,除去] act of removing or getting rid of something
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[含义,暗示] something hinted at or suggested; an act of implying; condition of being implied
extraordinary  Speak Example sentences
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[祖先,祖宗] an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people
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[特别的,非凡的] exceptional; remarkable; beyond what is ordinary or usual
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[分配,分发] distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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[选举,当选] voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
fascination  Speak Example sentences
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[雾深的,模糊的] obscured by fog; indistinct or hazy in outline
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[入迷,迷恋,魅力] capacity to attract intense interest
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[努力,尽力,成果] the exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object
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[选举,当选] voting; balloting; right or ability to make a choice
forefather  Speak Example sentences
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[健康] health; vigor; state or condition of being fit; suitability or appropriateness
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[祖先,祖宗] an ancestor; forebear; a member of the past generations of one's family or people
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[离开,出发] act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
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[渴望的,热心的] wanting very much to do or have something