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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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devastating  Speak Example sentences
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[等式,方程式,相等] making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium
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[貨物,貨運] transport commercially as cargo; load with goods; goods carried by a large vehicle
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[破壞性的] destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
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[出現,浮現] come into prominence; spring up; appear
dispute  Speak Example sentences
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[通過空氣傳染的,有傳染性的] able to pass disease from one person, animal, or plant to another; contaminating
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[功績,特指勇敢的行為,壯舉] achievement; accomplishment; an act that shows skill, strength, or bravery
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[爭論,爭執] argument; angry altercation; quarrel; verbal controversy; debate
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[急速的,匆匆的,急躁的] easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise
drift  Speak Example sentences
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[編輯,剪輯] revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange the matter of, for publication
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[有意於,安排,擺脫,斷絕,處置] get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange
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[出現,浮現] come into prominence; spring up; appear
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[漂流,漂泊] float; moving aimlessly; wander
edit  Speak Example sentences
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[教,命令] teach; make aware of
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[貨物,貨運] transport commercially as cargo; load with goods; goods carried by a large vehicle
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[編輯,剪輯] revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange the matter of, for publication
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[有意於,安排,擺脫,斷絕,處置] get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange
grid  Speak Example sentences
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[學院,學會,協會] the association organized to promote art or science, or education
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[貨物,貨運] transport commercially as cargo; load with goods; goods carried by a large vehicle
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[富於想像力的] marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
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[格子,格柵] the framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; grating or mesh
grim  Speak Example sentences
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[破壞性的] destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
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[教,命令] teach; make aware of
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[深惡,憎惡] dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
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[冷酷的,可怕的] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
grind  Speak Example sentences
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[露齒而笑,咧嘴笑,露齒而笑] act of withdrawing lips and showing teeth; a broad smile
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[青少年(的)] youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
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[深惡,憎惡] dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards
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[磨碎,碾碎] crush; scrape; reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading
hasty  Speak Example sentences
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[有歷史意義的,歷史上著名的] having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical
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[富於想像力的] marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
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[編輯,剪輯] revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange the matter of, for publication
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[急速的,匆匆的,急躁的] easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise
hemisphere  Speak Example sentences
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[編輯,剪輯] revise and prepare for publication; select, correct, arrange the matter of, for publication
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[被雇用,僱用,使用] act of employing or using; work in which one is engaged; occupation
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[即將到來的,準備好的,現成的] ready or about to appear; making appearance
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[半球,半腦] halves; half of a sphere bounded by a great circle
historic  Speak Example sentences
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[漂流,漂泊] float; moving aimlessly; wander
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[地平線,眼界,視野] the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet; a range of one's knowledge, experience, or interest
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[注射,注入,灌溉] put in; infuse; force or drive fluid into something
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[有歷史意義的,歷史上著名的] having importance or significance in history; belonging to the past; historical