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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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doctrine  Speak Example sentences
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[强项,特殊才能] particular skill; special talent
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[沙粒,硬粒] sand or gravel; rough, hard particles; coarse part of a meal; grain, as oats or wheat
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[教育,学说] principles presented for belief, as by religious; the principle of law; an act of teaching; instruction
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[运用(力量),施加] use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
downpour  Speak Example sentences
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[索然无味的,单调的] lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
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[不可缺少的,必需的] essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
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[强项,特殊才能] particular skill; special talent
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[大雨,暴雨] pouring or streaming downwards especially  a heavy or continuous shower
drench  Speak Example sentences
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[得出] draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
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[湿透,浸透,喝过量] wet through and through; soak; put potion down the throat of; steep in moisture; wet thoroughly
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[间歇的,断断续续的] periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
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[索然无味的,单调的] lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
dual  Speak Example sentences
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[开始,早期的] beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
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[弱的] physically weak; easily broken
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[引起,激起,唤起] bring out; arouse; call forth
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[双重的] expressing, or consisting of, the number two; belonging to two
elevate  Speak Example sentences
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[间歇的,断断续续的] periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
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[举起,抬高,使上升] raise; give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
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[节约的,精打细算] sparing; economical; costing little; inexpensive
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[先驱,前身] predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
elicit  Speak Example sentences
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[作为典型,具体化] serve as an example of; embody
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[得出] draw out; bring forth or to light;  generate or provoke as response or answer
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[强项,特殊才能] particular skill; special talent
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[先驱,前身] predecessor; one who goes before or announces the coming of another
exclaim  Speak Example sentences
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[张着嘴呆看,裂缝] open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness
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[呼喊,大叫] cry out suddenly, as from surprise or emotion
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[问,询问] ask a question; seek for truth or information by putting queries
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[嘈杂,喧哗] loud noise of many confused voices; tumult; uproar.
exert  Speak Example sentences
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[排水,排泄] emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid
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[运用(力量),施加] use power or the ability to make something happen; apply; exercise
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[(光阴)消逝] slip or glide away; pass away silently
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[开始,早期的] beginning to exist or appear; in an early stage
extinguish  Speak Example sentences
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[蓄意误导,含混,模棱两可] open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead
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[间歇的,断断续续的] periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals
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[随之发生] pursue; follow or come afterward; follow as a consequence
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[熄灭] quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
fluent  Speak Example sentences
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[散开,分裂,消失] scatter; drive away; cause to vanish
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[问,询问] ask a question; seek for truth or information by putting queries
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[流利的,流畅的] easy and graceful in shape; graceful; smooth and unconstrained in movement
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[排水,排泄] emptying accomplished by draining; gradual flowing off, as of a liquid