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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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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
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[根除,銷毀] act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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[(美)一角硬幣] a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar
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[有缺陷的] having a defect; faulty; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
definition  Speak Example sentences
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[拖動] move or bring by force or with great effort
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[鑲邊,繡花,添油加醋] decorate with needlework; add details to
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[移民(出國)] someone who leaves one country to settle in another
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[定義] clarity of outline; concise explanation
deformation  Speak Example sentences
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[拖動] move or bring by force or with great effort
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[損壞,變形] alteration in the shape or dimensions; a change for the worse
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[裝飾的,可作裝飾的] ornamental; embellishing; serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose
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[依賴,信賴] reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
dependence  Speak Example sentences
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[電子] an elementary particle with the negative charge
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[根除,銷毀] act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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[忽視,不顧,不理會] refuse to pay attention to; disregard; overlook; neglect
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[依賴,信賴] reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
divorce  Speak Example sentences
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[鑲邊,繡花,添油加醋] decorate with needlework; add details to
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[離婚] end a marriage; legal dissolution of a marriage
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[過量飲食] stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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[思家的,思鄉病的] unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons
effectiveness  Speak Example sentences
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[有害的,傷害的] damaging; noxious; detrimental; dangerous
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[根除,銷毀] act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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[州長,總督] head of a state government
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[效力] efficiency; quality of being effective
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[過量飲食] stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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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
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[吸引,拉] cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; pull along; haul; drag
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[抓住,抓緊] grip; take hold of or seize firmly with or as if with the hand
effort  Speak Example sentences
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[努力,盡力,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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[效力] efficiency; quality of being effective
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[閃爍,閃耀] sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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[展覽會,展覽品] exposition; presentation; large-scale public showing
employer  Speak Example sentences
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[定義] clarity of outline; concise explanation
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[拖動] move or bring by force or with great effort
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[雇主,老闆] a person or firm that employs workers
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[根除,銷毀] act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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[獸皮] prevent from being seen or discovered
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[特別的,非凡的] exceptional; remarkable; beyond what is ordinary or usual
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[閃爍,閃耀] sparkle or shine, especially shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; emit a soft, scintillating light; gleam
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[忽視,不顧,不理會] refuse to pay attention to; disregard; overlook; neglect