3500 ACT Vocabulary

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faculty  Speak Example sentences
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(小心翼翼地) with great care or delicacy; cautiously
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(脆弱) lack of physical strength; weakness; feebleness
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(才能,教职员组织) inherent power or ability; body of persons with specific professional powers
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(在压力下放弃) renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure
fallacious  Speak Example sentences
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(假的,误导的) false; tending to mislead; deceptive
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(有利的,有助的,赢得赞扬的 I hope you will give favorable consideration to my suggestion.我希望你对我的建议作出肯定的表示。) approving or pleasing; granting what has been desired or requested
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(取悦) give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
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(缺点,弱点) moral weakness; failing; weak point; slight fault
fanatic  Speak Example sentences
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(整个领域) entire range; all notes in musical scale
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(想象出来的,不真实的) fictional, relating to imaginative creation
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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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(狂热的,盲信的) person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause; showing evidence of possession by a god or demon
favorable  Speak Example sentences
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(壁画) cool, refreshing state of air; art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries
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(轻佻的,嬉皮笑脸的) lacking in seriousness; not serious; relatively unimportant
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(有利的,有助的,赢得赞扬的 I hope you will give favorable consideration to my suggestion.我希望你对我的建议作出肯定的表示。) approving or pleasing; granting what has been desired or requested
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(想象出来的,不真实的) fictional, relating to imaginative creation
foreshadow  Speak Example sentences
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(预言,预测) give indication beforehand; indicate by signs
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(比喻) not literal, but metaphorical; using figure of speech
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((发表长篇演讲来)阻挠法案通过) block legislation by making long speeches
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(取悦) give pleasure to; satisfy; indulge; make happy
forgo  Speak Example sentences
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(壁画) cool, refreshing state of air; art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries
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(放弃) give up; do without; go or pass by without claiming
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(掠过) fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by
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(轻视,嘲笑,愚弄) reject; mock; express contempt for rules by word or action; behave with contempt
forsake  Speak Example sentences
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(使混乱,使迷惑) confuse; hot and rosy, as with drinking; be in a heat or bustle; be agitated
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(放弃) give up; do without; go or pass by without claiming
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(继续向前) precede; go ahead of; go forward; go on
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(放弃) leave someone who needs or counts on you
frank  Speak Example sentences
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(使起斑点) spot; make spot or mark onto; mark with small spots
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(整个领域) entire range; all notes in musical scale
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(坦白的,直率的) honest; sincere; open and sincere in expression; straightforward
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(在压力下放弃) renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure
fresco  Speak Example sentences
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(壁画) cool, refreshing state of air; art of painting on freshly spread plaster, before it dries
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(福音) doctrine that is believed to be of great importance
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(措辞巧妙的,精巧的) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen
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(坦白的,直率的) honest; sincere; open and sincere in expression; straightforward
frightening  Speak Example sentences
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(令人恐惧的,引起突然惊恐的) inspiring with fear; causing fear; of capable of causing fear; scary
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(最先的,最重要的,第一流的) leading; main; primary; first in time or place
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(才能,教职员组织) inherent power or ability; body of persons with specific professional powers
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(在压力下放弃) renounce or deny something, especially under oath; swear falsely, usually under pressure