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  Academic Words Level 5 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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downcast  Speak Example sentences
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[沮丧] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
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[不能取消的,不能变更的] unalterable; irreversible; impossible to retract or revoke
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[照明,启发] degree of visibility of your environment
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[了无生气的,死气沉沉的] lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull
endorsement  Speak Example sentences
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[基于假设的,设想的,假想的] based on assumptions; supposed
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[欢乐,快活] merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
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[劝告,规劝] act of inciting to laudable deeds; incitement to that which is good; language intended to incite and encourage
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[背书,赞同] act of endorsing; support; formal and explicit approval; a signature that validates something
entrust  Speak Example sentences
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[委托,付托] give over something to another for care, protection, or performance; give as a trust to someone
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[立即,马上] proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
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[沮丧] low in spirits; depressed; directed downward
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[公民权,营业执照] a right granted by authority; right to vote; business licensed to sell a product in a particular area
escort  Speak Example sentences
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[枯槁的,憔悴的] wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
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[照明,启发] degree of visibility of your environment
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[遗产] any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
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[护送,护送者] one who conducts someone as an attendant; guard; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey
fencing  Speak Example sentences
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[围墙,栅栏,击剑,剑术] a barrier that serves to enclose an area
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[天空的,天上的] of or belonging to heaven or god
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[无尽的] being or seeming to be without an end; endless; tedious; continual
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[厌倦] the feeling of being bored by something tedious
gaiety  Speak Example sentences
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[流氓,无赖,恶棍] untrustworthy person;  deceitful and unreliable scoundrel; a man of humble birth; male servant
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[欢乐,快活] merry or joyful activity; festivity; bright color or showiness, as of dress; finery
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[迟钝的,硬心肠的] unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
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[步态,步法,速度] manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving; walk; the rate of moving
gauge  Speak Example sentences
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[标准量度,计量器] standard or scale of measurement; an instrument for measuring or testing
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[爱挑剔的] easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
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[公民权,营业执照] a right granted by authority; right to vote; business licensed to sell a product in a particular area
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[犁沟,皱纹] trench in the earth made by a plow; any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal; wrinkle on the face
groom  Speak Example sentences
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[监考] watch diligently; keep watch over examination candidates to prevent cheating
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[立即,马上] proximately; directly; without an interval of time; without delay; promptly; instantly; at once
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[不高贵的,不光彩的] of lowly origin; not noble in quality, character, or purpose; unworthy
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[马夫,新郎,男孩,青年人] boy or young man; waiter; servant; man recently married, or about to be married; the bridegroom
haggard  Speak Example sentences
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[护送,护送者] one who conducts someone as an attendant; guard; protection, care, or safeguard on a journey
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[了无生气的,死气沉沉的] lifeless; not animated or energetic; dull
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[迟钝的,硬心肠的] unconscious; unresponsive; very small or gradual
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[枯槁的,憔悴的] wasted away; showing wearing effects of overwork or suffering
heading  Speak Example sentences
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[厌倦] the feeling of being bored by something tedious
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[爱挑剔的] easily upset; given to bouts of ill-temper; full of superfluous details
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[标题,航向] course or direction in which a ship or aircraft is moving; title, subtitle, or topic that stands at the top or beginning
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[恶魔,魔鬼] implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel