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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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defective  Speak Example sentences
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[拖动] move or bring by force or with great effort
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[美化,赞扬] cause to seem more splendid; beautify
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[促进,增进] get greater distance; make more in advance
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[有缺陷的] having a defect; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
deficient  Speak Example sentences
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[从前,以前] previously; at an earlier time; once
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[缺口,凹痕] cavity; a depression scratched or carved into a surface
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[缺乏的,不足的] inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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[火腿,大腿] meat cut from the thigh of a hog, usually smoked
departure  Speak Example sentences
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[离开,出发] act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
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[开发,开采] unfair use of someone's work, giving little in return
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[使迷醉,施魔法于] charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
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[注意,关注,留意] pay attention to; listen to, and consider
divergence  Speak Example sentences
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[坦白的,直率的] honest; sincere; open and sincere in expression; straightforward
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[分歧,岔开] difference; deviation; separation; the act of moving away in a different direction
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[分配,分发] distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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[怪僻,古怪,特性] oddity; departure from that which is stated, regular, or usual; deviation from the center
drag  Speak Example sentences
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[拖动] move or bring by force or with great effort
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[空的,空洞的,空虚的] containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents
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[分配,分发] distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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[汉堡包] a fried bread of minced beef served on a bun
enchant  Speak Example sentences
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[扩张,发展] growth; extent or amount by which something has expanded
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[枚举] list each one; mention one by one
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[使迷醉,施魔法于] charm by sorcery; get control of by magical words and rites
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[无止境的] without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
endless  Speak Example sentences
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[挤,推,拥挤喧嚷] bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly
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[注意,关注,留意] pay attention to; listen to, and consider
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[无止境的] without end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable
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[功能的,有用的] useful; in good working order
expansion  Speak Example sentences
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[有缺陷的] having a defect; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
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[离开,出发] act of departing; the fact of a person or vehicle leaving somewhere
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[扩张,发展] growth; extent or amount by which something has expanded
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[雇员] worker; a person who works for another in return for financial or other compensation
faction  Speak Example sentences
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[开发,开采] unfair use of someone's work, giving little in return
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[轻率的] uncontrollably forceful or fast; done with head leading; headfirst
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[枚举] list each one; mention one by one
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[派别,内讧,纠纷] a party of persons having a common end in view
fiction  Speak Example sentences
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[挤,推,拥挤喧嚷] bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly
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[分配,分发] distribute; prepare and give out; deal out in parts or portions
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[小说,(虚构)故事] story; imaginative creation; literary work whose content is produced by imagination
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[注意,关注,留意] pay attention to; listen to, and consider