3500 ACT Vocabulary

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facetious  Speak Example sentences
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(方圆,周围环境) distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
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(不合时宜的玩笑,幽默) joking ,often inappropriately; humorous
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(促进,增进) get greater distance; make more in advance
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(粒化) form into grains or small masses; make rough on surface
facile  Speak Example sentences
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(偷) steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
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(充足的,容易完成的,肤浅的) done or achieved with little effort or difficulty; ready or fluent
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(减弱下去,褪色,消失,枯萎) disappear; die out; lose color; lose freshness
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(预言,预测) give indication beforehand; indicate by signs
faint  Speak Example sentences
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(无经验的) young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
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(失态,出丑) socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
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(微弱的,模糊的,无力的) lacking strength or vigor ; weak
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(激怒,挑起骚动,暴乱) agitation; chemical phenomenon in which an organic molecule splits into simpler substances
feckless  Speak Example sentences
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(失态,出丑) socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
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(无目标无计划的) without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
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(密切相关) related to the topic being discussed or considered; appropriate or fitting; relevant
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(喂养,饲养,吃草,靠…为生) give food to; supply with nourishment
fertilize  Speak Example sentences
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(无目标无计划的) without skill, ineffective; worthless; lacking purpose
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(无经验的) young and inexperienced; having just acquired its flight feathers
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(施肥,使丰饶,使受精) enrich; make fertile; make fruitful or productive
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(失态,出丑) socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public
fictive  Speak Example sentences
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(想象出来的,不真实的) fictional, relating to imaginative creation
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(满的) furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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(波动的,起伏的,摇摆不定的) rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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(狂笑,哄笑) loud, rude burst of laughter; horse-laugh
flippant  Speak Example sentences
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(促进,帮助,使变容易) help bring about; make less difficult
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(轻率的,没礼貌的,嬉皮笑脸的) lacking proper seriousness; speaking freely; talkative; communicative
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(嘲笑) mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
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(偷) steal, especially in a small, sly way; take from another on a petty scale, as by violation of trust
fluctuate  Speak Example sentences
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(指尖) extreme end or tip of a finger
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(波动的,起伏的,摇摆不定的) rise and fall in or as if in waves; shift; vary irregularly
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(减弱下去,褪色,消失,枯萎) disappear; die out; lose color; lose freshness
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(州长,总督) head of a state government
flux  Speak Example sentences
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((语言)流利) quality of smoothness of flow; quality of being fluent in language
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(变迁,流动) flowing; series of changes; state of being liquid through heat
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(狂笑,哄笑) loud, rude burst of laughter; horse-laugh
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(嘲笑) mock; laugh at with contempt and derision
foreshadow  Speak Example sentences
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(预言,预测) give indication beforehand; indicate by signs
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(促进,帮助,使变容易) help bring about; make less difficult
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(非常坏的,残忍的,恶名昭著的) obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous; flaming into notice
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(失态,出丑) socially awkward or tactless act; foolish error, especially one made in public