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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes

digital

1

	[谋生,挡开,避开] ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
	[古怪的,奇怪的] departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern
	[索引,表征,标记,指数] anything which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses; prologue indicating what follows; the second digit
	[手指的,脚趾的,数字的] of or performance to fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers

diplomatic

2

	[用餐,进食,宴请] eat a principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to
	[事业,企业] company; firm; organization created for business ventures
	[奇怪的,不可预测的] no fixed or regular course; wandering
	[外交的,老练的] relating to diplomacy; marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others

elderly

3

	[检查,审查] look over; examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws
	[露齿而笑,咧嘴笑,露齿而笑] act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
	[较老的] somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age
	[产生,创造] bring into being; give rise to; produce

exaggerate

4

	[适当,合适,适度,当然,及时] as it ought to be; properly; regularly
	[性情,倾向,安排; 布置] natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
	[手指的,脚趾的,数字的] of or performance to fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers
	[夸大,夸张] represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate; magnify; do something to an excessive degree

exquisite

5

	[掩盖] provide an extensive explanation for words or phrases
	[投资,投入(精力,时间)] put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result
	[强加于,施加影响] demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
	[精致的,近完美的] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating

faculty

6

	[争论,争执] argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
	[才能,教职员组织] inherent power or ability; the body of persons with specific professional powers
	[投资,投入(精力,时间)] put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result
	[露齿而笑,咧嘴笑,露齿而笑] act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile

fend

7

	[可疑的,疑心的] distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
	[谋生,挡开,避开] ward off; make an effort to resist; keep off; prevent from entering
	[不理会,漠视] ignore; discount; take no notice of
	[不做事的,懒惰的浪费光阴] useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; given rest and ease; avoiding work or employment; lazy

flaw

8

	[灭绝的,不再活跃的,熄灭的] no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
	[瑕疵,缺陷,裂痕] crack or breach; gap or fissure; defect; fault; a sudden burst of noise and disorder
	[使看上去矮小] cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
	[精致的,近完美的] excellent; flawless; acutely perceptive or discriminating

foremost

9

	[最先的,最重要的,第一流的] leading; main; primary; first in time or place
	[开导,启发] supply with light; illuminate, as the sun enlightens the earth; make clear to the intellect; inform or instruct
	[强加于,施加影响] demand; force; compel to behave in a certain way
	[不理会,漠视] ignore; discount; take no notice of

fret

10

	[投资,投入(精力,时间)] put money or effort into something to make a profit or achieve a result
	[使分裂,使陷于混乱,破坏] upset; throw into confusion or disorder
	[而且,此外] in addition; moreover; still further
	[被激怒] cause to be uneasy; wear away

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