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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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laurels  Speak Example sentences
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[插图,缩小的复制品] painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size
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[明信片] card for sending messages by post without an envelope
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[桂冠,荣誉] honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
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[分配,配额,定量,配给量] allotment; allowance; portion; allot; distribute in rations
limousine  Speak Example sentences
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[演讲术,祈祷室,小礼拜堂] place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
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[轿车,小客车] any of various large passenger vehicles, especially a luxurious automobile; van, or small bus on a regular route
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[放映机] an optical device for projecting a beam of light
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[母马] female of horse and other equine quadrupeds; sighing, suffocative panting, with a sense of pressure across the chest
mariner  Speak Example sentences
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[水手,海员] one whose occupation is to assist in navigating ships; seaman or sailor
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[乱丢] disorderly accumulation of objects; carelessly discarded refuse, such as wastepaper
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[遗赠] a gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor
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[盗用,挪用(别人的钱),私吞] appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle
miniature  Speak Example sentences
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[插图,缩小的复制品] painting or drawing included in a book; copy or model that represents in a greatly reduced size
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[铁板,乌合之众,暴民,下等人] lowest or coarsest class of people; iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron
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[动机,刺激] incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
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[困境,危险的境地,两难] tricky or dangerous situation; dilemma; troublesome
mirth  Speak Example sentences
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[气味] scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates or is perceived by the sense of smell
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[法令,政令] decree; authoritative command or order
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[犁田] move in a way that is cutting or going through something; cultivate; farm; break and turn over earth
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[欢笑] gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter
misappropriate  Speak Example sentences
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[法令,政令] decree; authoritative command or order
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[气味] scent; property or quality of a thing that affects, stimulates or is perceived by the sense of smell
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[放映机] an optical device for projecting a beam of light
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[盗用,挪用(别人的钱),私吞] appropriate wrongly; use for the wrong purpose; embezzle
oratory  Speak Example sentences
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[演讲术,祈祷室,小礼拜堂] place of orisons, or prayer; chapel or small room set apart for private devotions
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[犁田] move in a way that is cutting or going through something; cultivate; farm; break and turn over earth
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[及具毁灭性的] very destructive; tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
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[威严,最高权威] nobility; greatness and dignity of a sovereign; royal personage
outlandish  Speak Example sentences
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[激光] an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light
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[被掠食者,牺牲者,食物] hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense
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[奇异的,偏僻的,前卫的] unconventional; strikingly unfamiliar; located far from civilized areas
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[控制,调制到标准,调制(信号)] tone down in intensity; regulate; change from one key to another
plane  Speak Example sentences
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[议会(制)的] having the supreme legislative power
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[浪费的] wasteful; reckless with money
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[平整的表面,刨子,平面刨] flat or level surface; level of development, existence, or achievement
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[修改,修饰] act of modifying, or state of being modified; modified form or condition; a change
prey  Speak Example sentences
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[懦弱,胆怯] a drawback, as with fear or pain; show fear
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[被掠食者,牺牲者,食物] hunt or catch; victimize or make a profit at someone else's expense
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[显著的,明确的] very noticeable or certain; distinct; strongly marked
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[明信片] card for sending messages by post without an envelope