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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[降级,降格,退化] humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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[使变硬] become hard or harder
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[依赖,信赖] reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
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[饥饿] strong desire for something; feel the need to eat
dependent  Speak Example sentences
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[晋升,赞扬] raise in rank or dignity; praise
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[依赖的,从属的,由…而定的] relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
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[展览会,展览品] exposition; presentation; large-scale public showing
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[文件的,纪录片] film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
disappointment  Speak Example sentences
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[失望] feeling of dissatisfaction
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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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[挤,推,拥挤喧嚷] bustle; cause to move furtively and hurriedly
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[令人恐惧的,引起突然惊恐的] inspiring with fear; causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
documentary  Speak Example sentences
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[探险家,探测者] someone who travels into little known regions
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[州长,总督] head of a state government
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[依赖的,从属的,由…而定的] relying on or requiring the aid of another for support
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[文件的,纪录片] film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
equality  Speak Example sentences
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[肥料] any substance used to make the soil more fertile
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[(木材,金属等做的)框架] structure that gives shape or support; closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines
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[同等,平等] state or quality of being equal
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[阻挡,妨碍] put at a disadvantage; prevent the progress or free movement of
excitement  Speak Example sentences
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[闪烁,闪耀] sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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[入迷,迷恋,魅力] capacity to attract intense interest
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[激动,兴奋,刺激] state of being emotionally aroused
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[探险家,探测者] someone who travels into little known regions
exploitation  Speak Example sentences
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[展览会,展览品] exposition; presentation; large-scale public showing
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[开发,开采] unfair use of someone's work, giving little in return
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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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[感激的,感谢的] thankful; appreciative of benefits received
extinction  Speak Example sentences
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[激动,兴奋,刺激] state of being emotionally aroused
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[肃静,安静] make silent or quiet; keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of
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[文件的,纪录片] film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event; of or derived from documents
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[消失,灭绝] death of all its remaining members
formation  Speak Example sentences
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[形成,结构] the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged; pattern
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[州长,总督] head of a state government
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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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[感激的,感谢的] thankful; appreciative of benefits received
frame  Speak Example sentences
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[形成,结构] the way something is naturally made or the way it has been arranged; pattern
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[(木材,金属等做的)框架] structure that gives shape or support; closed, often rectangular border of drawn or printed lines
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[激动,兴奋,刺激] state of being emotionally aroused
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[饥饿] strong desire for something; feel the need to eat