3500 ACT Vocabulary

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accolade  Speak Example sentences
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(出名的大奖) award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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(原形) prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
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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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(年金,养老金) annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
acumen  Speak Example sentences
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(向上) in or into a high place; high or higher up
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(思想敏锐) mental keenness; quickness of perception
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(鬼,幽灵) ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
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(习惯了的) habitual to; used to; frequently practiced, used, or experienced; customary
aloft  Speak Example sentences
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(向上) in or into a high place; high or higher up
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(讨厌,敌意) in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
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(反祖,隔代遗传) resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parents; deformity returning after passage of two or more generations
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(先于) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
announcement  Speak Example sentences
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(出名的大奖) award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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(弯曲的,钩状的) curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
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(思想敏锐) mental keenness; quickness of perception
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(宣告,发表) formal public statement; act of making known publicly
annuity  Speak Example sentences
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(贪婪) greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
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(避免) make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing
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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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(原形) prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
antecede  Speak Example sentences
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(合适的) strikingly appropriate and relevant; well-suited
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(贪婪) greedy; eager for; marked by keen interest and enthusiasm
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(分配,制定) assign; distribute according to plan
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(先于) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
apparition  Speak Example sentences
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(助手,助教) helper; person who assists or helps someone else
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(鬼,幽灵) ghostly figure; sudden or unusual sight; appearance; state of being visible
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(宣布,发表,通告) herald; give out; proclaim; make known publicly
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(公理,自明的道理) self-evident truth requiring no proof
aquiline  Speak Example sentences
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(先于) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order
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(宣布,发表,通告) herald; give out; proclaim; make known publicly
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(截肢,切除) cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune
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(弯曲的,钩状的) curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
archetype  Speak Example sentences
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(宣布,发表,通告) herald; give out; proclaim; make known publicly
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(富有的,丰富的) having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
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(助手,助教) helper; person who assists or helps someone else
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(原形) prototype; original model or type after which other similar things are patterned
assimilate  Speak Example sentences
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(吸收,同化) incorporate and absorb into mind; make similar; cause to resemble
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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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(强有力的,坚持己见的) making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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(不成功的,失败) unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless