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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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madden  Speak Example sentences
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[超過] exceed or surpass; leave behind
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[必須的] morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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[使發狂,使發怒] make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry
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[研究生] a student who continues studies after graduation
melancholy  Speak Example sentences
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[公證人] one who records what is said or done; one legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity
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[拒絕,否定,取消] cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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[發生,發起,創辦] initiate; invent; bring into being; create
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[憂鬱] gloomy; feeling of thoughtful sadness; affected by depression
motif  Speak Example sentences
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[商業的,貿易的] trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
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[主旨,本意,動機] dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
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[拒絕,否定,取消] cancel out; make ineffective or invalid; deny
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[非法翻印,海盜行為] crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material
notary  Speak Example sentences
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[公證人] one who records what is said or done; one legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity
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[置於危險,威脅] pose a threat to; present a danger to;  threaten
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[超過] exceed or surpass; leave behind
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[商業的,貿易的] trading; commercial; of or relating to trade or traders
obedient  Speak Example sentences
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[服從的,順從的] the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
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[事件,發生] an event that happens
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[非法翻印,海盜行為] crime of pirate; robbery committed at sea; unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted or patented material
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[參數,參量] characteristic or feature that distinguishes something from others
obligatory  Speak Example sentences
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[公證人] one who records what is said or done; one legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity
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[點燃,照亮,激起] build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
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[必須的] morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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[不足的,質量差的] deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
obstruct  Speak Example sentences
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[阻塞(道路,通道等),妨礙,阻撓] stop; impede; shut out from view
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[使混亂,混雜] assemble without order or sense; a confused multitude of things; chaos or mess
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[營養不良] state of poor nutrition
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[位置,地方] place; district; surrounding or nearby region; particular neighborhood
onlooker  Speak Example sentences
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[很多的,浪費的] in great quantity or abundance; bountiful; exceedingly liberal
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[實際的,注重實效的] practical as opposed to idealistic; concerned with the practical worth or impact of something
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[點燃,照亮,激起] build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
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[旁觀者] one that looks on; spectator
outdated  Speak Example sentences
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[過時的,不流行的] old; old-fashioned; antiquated; out of date
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[傾向,癖性] state of being predisposed; tendency or inclination
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[使相等,使平衡] be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
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[世俗的,日常的] belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
outstrip  Speak Example sentences
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[明晰的,聰明的] easily understood; clear; intelligible
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[超過] exceed or surpass; leave behind
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[主旨,本意,動機] dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
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[推進] drive forward; cause to move forward or onward; push