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  Academic Words Level 4 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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avert  Speak Example sentences
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[官僚機構] over-regulated administrative system
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[男女同校教育] system of education in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes
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[加速] move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected
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[轉移,防止] prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
barter  Speak Example sentences
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[男女同校教育] system of education in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes
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[洞穴,供居住或躲藏的洞或地道] tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
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[順時針方向的(地)] in the direction that the hands of a clock move
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[物品交換,易貨貿易] trade goods or services without the exchange of money
bitumen  Speak Example sentences
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[瀝青] mineral pitch; black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame
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[災難,不幸] the event that brings terrible loss, lasting distress, or severe affliction; disaster; misery
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[順時針方向的(地)] in the direction that the hands of a clock move
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[計劃,設計] form by an exercise of ingenuity; invent or design
bureaucracy  Speak Example sentences
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[耗盡,減少] decrease fullness of; use up or empty out
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[粗笨 ,累贅] heavy; difficult to handle because of weight or bulk
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[看出,察覺到] detect; perceive, recognize, or understand something that is not clear
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[官僚機構] over-regulated administrative system
burrow  Speak Example sentences
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[洞穴,供居住或躲藏的洞或地道] tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
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[抵抗,不屈服] refusal to yield; readiness to contend or resist
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[聽得見的] perceptible; heard or perceptible by the ear
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[官僚機構] over-regulated administrative system
coeducation  Speak Example sentences
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[男女同校教育] system of education in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes
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[稀釋,淡化] weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
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[獲得,完成] achieve or accomplish; gain
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[吃草,瀏覽] graze; skim or glance at casually
composite  Speak Example sentences
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[物品交換,易貨貿易] trade goods or services without the exchange of money
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[南極的] opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or the region near it
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[吃草,瀏覽] graze; skim or glance at casually
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[拼湊成的,混合成的] made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded
confer  Speak Example sentences
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[(漸漸)上升,升高,攀登] move up or climb something; mount
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[授予,贈與,(專門會議)商議] bestow; present; have a conference in order to talk something over
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[與水有關係的] consisting of, relating to, or being in the water
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[靈巧的,敏銳地] quick and skillful; neat in action or performance
contaminate  Speak Example sentences
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[弄髒,污染,感染] make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
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[瀝青] mineral pitch; black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame
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[(漸漸)上升,升高,攀登] move up or climb something; mount
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[(船)停泊] space for the ship to dock or anchor; allotted place; the place to sleep or stay; appointment or job
correspondence  Speak Example sentences
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[官僚機構] over-regulated administrative system
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[鞏固,合併] make solid; unite or press together into a compact mass; harden or make dense and firm
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[與水有關係的] consisting of, relating to, or being in the water
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[通信,信件] similarity or analogy; communication by the exchange of letters