3500 ACT Vocabulary

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abdicate  Speak Example sentences
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(警告,训斥) warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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(营养的) providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
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(建筑,建筑学) art and science of designing and erecting buildings; buildings and other large structures
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(放弃) give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
aboriginal  Speak Example sentences
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(航空,航空学) art or science of flying; flight; aeronautics
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(原来的,土著的) being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
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(无神论者) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality
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(过时的) no longer current or applicable; antiquated
acuity  Speak Example sentences
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(可恶的,非常糟糕) detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
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(公认地,诚然,无可否认地) doubtlessly; in an acknowledged manner; confessedly
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(营养的) providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion
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(尖锐) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
adherent  Speak Example sentences
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(控制,限制(自己)) refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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(与水有关系的) consisting of, relating to, or being in water
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(荒芜的) dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants
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(支持者,追随者) person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause
adornment  Speak Example sentences
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(警告,训斥) warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided
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(航空,航空学) art or science of flying; flight; aeronautics
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(装饰,装饰品) embellishment; decoration; something that beautifies or adorns; ornament
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(没有约束,放任情绪) lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
advanced  Speak Example sentences
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(秘密,谜) secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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(高级的,年老的,先进的) improved; highly developed or complex; ahead of the times; progressive
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(椭圆形的剧院,斗兽场) oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
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(掺杂) make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances
aggregate  Speak Example sentences
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(收集,聚集) gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to
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(尖锐) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
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(公理,自明的道理) self-evident truth requiring no proof
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(持久的,容忍) lasting for a long time; enduring; permanent
alacrity  Speak Example sentences
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(议程) items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered
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(没有约束,放任情绪) lacking restraint or control; feeling of extreme emotional intensity; unbounded enthusiasm
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(上山的陡坡,斜坡) upward slope, as of hill
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(欢快的情绪) cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
amiable  Speak Example sentences
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(放弃) give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim
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(控制,限制(自己)) refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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(可爱的,友好的,惬意的) good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
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(毁灭,破坏) destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
amphitheater  Speak Example sentences
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(无神论者) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality
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(椭圆形的剧院,斗兽场) oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena
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(无私的,关心他人的) unselfishly generous; concerned for others
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(荒芜的) dry; lacking moisture, especially having insufficient rainfall to support trees or plants