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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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distil  Speak Example sentences
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[吃青草] scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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[浸入,沉浸於] plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
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[滴下,滲漏] drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream
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[改革,革新] change or alter by bringing in something new
dormant  Speak Example sentences
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[羈絆,腳鍊] restrain with U-shaped bar for ankles or feet; impede; hamper
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[睡著的,隱匿的] sleeping; not active but capable of becoming active
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[平衡] mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
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[歸納,概括] reach a conclusion; become systemic and spread throughout the body
earnest  Speak Example sentences
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[行會,同業公會,協會] association of people belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits;  business corporation
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[誠摯的,認真的] seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
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[闡釋,博覽會] exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information;  opening section of a fugue
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[亮光,閃光,發閃光] cause to emit a flash of light
enquire  Speak Example sentences
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[公平,公正] the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporate; something that is just and fair
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[噴出,爆發] explode; burst out; become violently active
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[驅散,消散,浪費] spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse
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[問,詢問] seek information by asking a question
ephemeral  Speak Example sentences
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[朝生暮死,短暫,短命] short-lived; enduring a very short time
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[驅逐,開除] expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
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[誠摯的,認真的] seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
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[監獄,監牢] place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
equitable  Speak Example sentences
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[閃爍] dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer
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[吃青草] scrape gently; feed on growing grasses and herbage
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[猶豫,躊躇] be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
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[公平的,公允的] marked by or having equity; just and impartial
erupt  Speak Example sentences
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[闡釋,博覽會] exhibition; part of a play that provides the background information;  opening section of a fugue
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[雕刻,鐫版,銘刻在心] carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving
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[噴出,爆發] explode; burst out; become violently active
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[逐漸的,逐步的,漸進的] proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, or from one state to another; regularly progressive
falter  Speak Example sentences
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[亮光,閃光,發閃光] cause to emit a flash of light
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[立交橋] flight over a specific location, usually at low altitude; overpass, as on a highway
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[猶豫,躊躇] be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
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[滴下,滲漏] drop; fall in drops; flow in a small stream
fixture  Speak Example sentences
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[雕刻,鐫版,銘刻在心] carve or cut into a block or surface, as used for printing; impress deeply as if by carving
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[平衡] mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
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[監獄,監牢] place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment
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[固定設備] commonplace object; object firmly fixed in place
gaol  Speak Example sentences
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[使絕緣,使隔離] make an island of; place in a detached situation or a state having no communication with surrounding objects
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[公平,公正] the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporate; something that is just and fair
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[有害,濃烈或難聞的氣體] a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas; emit a cloud of fine particles
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[監獄,監牢] place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment