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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes

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	[失误,(时间等)流逝] gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty
	[唯利是图] interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
	[便携的,手提的,轻便的] mobile; easily or conveniently transported
	[开垦,要求归还,收回] bring into or return to a suitable condition for use; claim back; make useful again

lure

2

	[尽管,虽然,可是,然而] nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary
	[引诱,诱惑] bait; charm; attract
	[球拍] a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle
	[开垦,要求归还,收回] bring into or return to a suitable condition for use; claim back; make useful again

mercenary

3

	[唯利是图] interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
	[装饰,装饰物] decoration; something used to beautify
	[国会,议会] formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
	[尽管,虽然,可是,然而] nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary

mobile

4

	[移动的] movable; not fixed; fluid; unstable
	[降落伞] rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
	[月台,平台,讲坛] stage; a raised horizontal surface
	[石油] dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons

mortgage

5

	[降落伞] rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall
	[抵押贷款,抵押证书抵押] transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan
	[月台,平台,讲坛] stage; a raised horizontal surface
	[深刻的] deep; not superficial; far-reaching

notwithstanding

6

	[尽管,虽然,可是,然而] nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary
	[鞭子] any of the short hairs fringing the edge of the eyelid
	[蔓延,侵占,超过,超出] run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
	[失误,(时间等)流逝] gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; unobserved or imperceptible progress; slip or error; failing in duty

organism

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	[生物,有机物] living being; system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
	[讨厌的人,讨厌的事] something that annoys or gives trouble and vexation; something that is offensive or noxious
	[刺穿,戳破] a small hole made by a sharp object; pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into
	[导致,促使,击败,盛行] induce; be greater in strength or influence; triumph; win out

origin

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	[先例] act or instance that may be used as an example in subsequent similar cases
	[所有权,所有制,主权] having and controlling property
	[蔓延,侵占,超过,超出] run or extend beyond normal or desired limit; overflow
	[起源,开端,出身] the first existence or beginning of anything; birth; fountain

overall

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	[唯利是图] interested in making money; profit-oriented; hired for service in a foreign army
	[离奇古怪的,做的精巧的,过时的] odd; old-fashioned; picturesque; unfamiliar or unusual in character
	[逗留,闲逛,流连] be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
	[全部的,全面的] general; comprehensive; from one end to the other; including everything

portion

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	[便携的,手提的,轻便的] mobile; easily or conveniently transported
	[尽管,虽然,可是,然而] nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary
	[一部分,部分] section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
	[普通的,一般的] moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace

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