3500 ACT Vocabulary

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deign  Speak Example sentences
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(断开) separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
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(抹黑) blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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(屈服,屈尊) condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
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(忽略,轻视) belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
delve  Speak Example sentences
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(打败,战胜,失败,击败) disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
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(分发,扩散,散布) distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
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(虔诚的,诚恳的) expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field
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(挖掘,调查) dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
deride  Speak Example sentences
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(分心,分散注意力) cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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(伪装,做作,掩饰) pretend; hide feelings from other people
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(挖掘,调查) dig ground, as with spade; search deeply and laboriously
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(打趣,取消) ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
derogate  Speak Example sentences
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(减损,毁损) annul in part; repeal partly; restrict; limit the action of
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(缺乏的,不足的) inadequate; lacking an essential quality or element
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(有识别能力的,有偏见的) able to see differences; showing careful judgment or fine taste
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(屈服,屈尊) condescend to give or grant; esteem worthy; consider worth notice
detect  Speak Example sentences
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(苦差事,苦工) hard monotonous routine work
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(伪装,做作,掩饰) disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
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(察觉,发觉,探测,侦查) feel; discover the presence of; identify
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(魔鬼的) extremely evil or cruel; possessed or controlled by a demon
disband  Speak Example sentences
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(脱水) remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
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(领域,范围) field; territory over which rule or control is exercised; networked computers that share a common address
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(假扮,掩饰) dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception
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(解散,解体) loose bands of; set free; disunite; scatter
disguise  Speak Example sentences
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(忽略,轻视) belittle; speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; reduce in esteem or rank
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(没有表情的,呆板的) wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
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(假扮,掩饰) dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception
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(剥夺) free of; rid; remove all of one's clothing
disheveled  Speak Example sentences
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(肮脏,不整洁) marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
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(奸诈,狡猾,伪善,两面三刀,两面派) double-dealing; deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech; acting in bad faith.
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(设计,发明) form, plan, or arrange in the mind; transmit or give by will
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(虔诚的,诚恳的) expressing devotion or piety; earnest in religious field
disseminate  Speak Example sentences
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(诬陷,抹黑,诽谤) change appearance of something or someone to the negative; deform
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(察觉,发觉,探测,侦查) feel; discover the presence of; identify
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(分发,扩散,散布) distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
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(脱水) remove water from; dry out; lose water or bodily fluids
dissimulate  Speak Example sentences
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(大相径庭的,没关系的) fundamentally distinct or different in kind; entirely dissimilar
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(伪装,做作,掩饰) disguise or conceal behind a false appearance; make a false show of
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(分发,扩散,散布) distribute; spread; scatter like seeds
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(伪装,做作,掩饰) pretend; hide feelings from other people