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  Academic Words Level 5 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rout  Speak Example sentences
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[嚇跑,趕出,擊退] put to disorderly flight or retreat; drive out; cause to flee; defeat overwhelmingly
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[宇宙飛船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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[拒斥,擊退,嚴拒] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[用清水沖洗,漱] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
servitude  Speak Example sentences
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[拒斥,擊退,嚴拒] force or drive back; drive back; refuse; disgust
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[臨時] for a limited time only
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[彈性,彈力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[奴隸身份,苦工] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
shortcut  Speak Example sentences
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[捷徑] a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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[哨兵] one that keeps guard; soldier stationed as a guard
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[用清水沖洗,漱] cleanse with water; flush; wash lightly without soap
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[高低不平的,崎嶇的] uneven; rough; very difficult
sinister  Speak Example sentences
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[激發,激勵] bring about; arouse; inspire; activate
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[用茅草覆蓋屋頂] house roof made with a plant material
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[邪惡的] suggesting or threatening evil
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[沒有污點的] completely neat and clean
skyscraper  Speak Example sentences
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[啜飲] drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
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[織錦,掛毯] a heavy textile with a woven design
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[全世界的] global; universal; throughout the world
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[摩天大樓] a very tall building with many stories
snare  Speak Example sentences
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[骯髒,卑鄙] filthy; unethical or dishonest; dirty; foul; morally degraded
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[彈性,彈力] ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune; buoyancy
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[羅網,陷井] trap; gin; anything by which one is entangled and brought into trouble
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[戰爭,鬥爭狀態] military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies
spaceship  Speak Example sentences
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[宇宙飛船] spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
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[曲折的,蜿蜒的] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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[奴隸身份,苦工] forced labor imposed as a punishment for crime; lack of personal freedom
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[殘留物,餘額] the remainder of something after removal of parts or a part; balance
submarine  Speak Example sentences
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[水下的] beneath the surface of the water; undersea
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[啜飲] drink or imbibe in small quantities; take in with lips in small quantities, like liquid; draw into the mouth; suck up
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[臨時] for a limited time only
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[同義的] having the same or a similar meaning; identical; equivalent
surly  Speak Example sentences
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[顯著的,突出的,卓越的] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[捷徑] a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
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[粗暴的,陰沉的,板著臉的,無禮的] rude; sullenly ill-humored; gloomy; threatening, as of weather conditions
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[不宜的,相反的] not encouraging or approving or pleasing; having or showing opposition
symposium  Speak Example sentences
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[顯著的,突出的,卓越的] prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs
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[全世界的] global; universal; throughout the world
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[回复,故態復萌] return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief; backslide; turn back to
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[專題討論家,研討會] collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic