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  Academic Words Level 4 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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adept  Speak Example sentences
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[通訊員,記者] one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical
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[擅長於] expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
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[輔助的] helper, additional or subsidiary
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[奇聞軼事] a short account of the amusing or interesting event; short narrative; a secret story of history or biography
afflict  Speak Example sentences
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[合作] act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
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[折磨,使苦惱] cause pain, suffering, or distress
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[減少,變小] dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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[一百週年紀念] relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
anecdote  Speak Example sentences
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[使驚異] affect with wonder; surprise; shock
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[必須做的,被強制的] mandatory; obligatory; required by rule
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[減少] lessen; reduce; make a quantity smaller
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[奇聞軼事] a short account of the amusing or interesting event; short narrative; a secret story of history or biography
augment  Speak Example sentences
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[增長] make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity
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[合作] act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
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[建立(政府),組成,構成] make up; form something
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[分界線,邊界] dividing line; border; frontier
auxiliary  Speak Example sentences
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[輔助的] helper, additional or subsidiary
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[通訊員,記者] one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical
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[表現的特色,刻畫的性格] distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
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[官僚機構] over-regulated administrative system
bookcase  Speak Example sentences
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[稀缺,缺乏] scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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[一百週年紀念] relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
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[建立(政府),組成,構成] make up; form something
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[書架] case with shelves for holding books, especially one with glazed doors
centenary  Speak Example sentences
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[簡要] brief and compact; expressing much in few words
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[一百週年紀念] relating to a 100-year period; occurring once every 100 years
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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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[減少,變小] dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
characterize  Speak Example sentences
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[官僚機構] over-regulated administrative system
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[表現的特色,刻畫的性格] distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of
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[有害的] causing damage or harm; injurious
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[建立(政府),組成,構成] make up; form something
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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[簡要] brief and compact; expressing much in few words
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[減少,變小] dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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[減短,降低] cut short or reduce; cut off end or tail, or any part
collaboration  Speak Example sentences
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[使驚異] affect with wonder; surprise; shock
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[合作] act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
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[混亂,漫無秩序] throw into disorder; break the array of.
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[表現的特色,刻畫的性格] distinguish; be characteristic of; be a distinctive trait or mark of