3500 ACT Vocabulary

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accost  Speak Example sentences
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(搭讪,邂逅) approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
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(权力,权限,权威人士) jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
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(酸的,尖锐,刻薄) slightly sour in taste or in manner; sharp; caustic
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(核算,稽核) examination of accounts; adjustment or correction of accounts
achievement  Speak Example sentences
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(成就,功绩) feat; accomplishment; award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective
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(磨损,侵蚀) wear away by friction; scrape; erode
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(鉴别) prove genuine; establish authenticity of
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(亲缘关系) natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
admonish  Speak Example sentences
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(吸引,引起注意) draw to, or cause to tend to; engage or fix, as the mind, attention; invite or allure
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(权力,权限,权威人士) jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
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(宣告,发表) formal public statement; act of making known publicly
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(警告,训斥) warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
adumbrate  Speak Example sentences
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(隐匿,逃避,躲债) leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
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(勾画出轮廓,隐约显示,预示,蒙上阴影) give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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(憎恨) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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(宣告,发表) formal public statement; act of making known publicly
affinity  Speak Example sentences
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(勾画出轮廓,隐约显示,预示,蒙上阴影) give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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(舰队) a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
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(不正常的,变态的) deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
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(亲缘关系) natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage
alliteration  Speak Example sentences
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(勾画出轮廓,隐约显示,预示,蒙上阴影) give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
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(权力,权限,权威人士) jurisdiction; power to enforce laws, exact obedience, command, determine, or judge; government
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(头韵) repetition of beginning sound in poetry
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(高点,顶点,高潮) highest point; vertex; summit; climax
annuity  Speak Example sentences
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(缺少的,不在的,缺席的) go away or leave ; missing; not present
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(年金,养老金) annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
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(降低,羞辱) humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem
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(搭讪,邂逅) approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request
anomalous  Speak Example sentences
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(考古学) study of artifacts and relics of early mankind
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(警告,训斥) warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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(不正常的,变态的) deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule
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(厌恶,抵制) firm dislike; turning away; avoidance of a thing, situation, or behavior because of dislike
apprenticeship  Speak Example sentences
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(学徒身份) term during which one learns a trade from skilled worker; service or legal condition of an apprentice
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(追加,附上) attach; add as supplement or appendix
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(辅助的) helper, additional or subsidiary
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(勾画出轮廓,隐约显示,预示,蒙上阴影) give hint or indication of something; disclose partially or guardedly; overshadow; shade
archetype  Speak Example sentences
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(舰队) a fleet of warships; a large group of moving things
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(辅助的) helper, additional or subsidiary
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(支持,辩护) support; active pleading on behalf of something
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(原形) prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned