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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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marble  Speak Example sentences
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[大理石] a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish
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[做錯事,犯罪,使人不快,傷感情] strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
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[自命不凡,華而不實,自大] intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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[跳進,投入,陷入] dive; submerge; become suddenly lower; decrease dramatically; throw oneself into a substance or place
mist  Speak Example sentences
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[中型的,自然的,中庸的,公允的] impartial; not supporting one side over another
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[橢圓形] elliptic; rounded like an egg
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[流產,早產] failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
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[薄霧,模糊不清的東西] visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere; haze before the eyes that blurs the vision
offend  Speak Example sentences
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[柱子,柱狀物,重要的支持者] a strong column made of stone, metal, or wood that supports part of a building
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[做錯事,犯罪,使人不快,傷感情] strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
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[根本的,激進的] drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
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[便攜的,手提的,輕便的] mobile; easily or conveniently transported
offshore  Speak Example sentences
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[橢圓形] elliptic; rounded like an egg
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[流產,早產] failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
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[離岸的,海面上的] at some distance from the shore
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[逗留,閒逛,流連] be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
overdue  Speak Example sentences
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[遲到的,過期的] past due; not paid at the scheduled time; late; delayed
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[自命不凡,華而不實,自大] intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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[草地,牧草場] a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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[出版,發行,公開,發表] make public; make known to humankind, or people in general
oversee  Speak Example sentences
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[激怒,惹,煽動,挑起] stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
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[點,微粒] a tiny piece of anything
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[做錯事,犯罪,使人不快,傷感情] strike against; attack; assail; make angry; affront
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[監督] supervise; manage; watch over and direct; examine or inspect
parliament  Speak Example sentences
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[草地,牧草場] a tract of low or level land producing grass; any field on which grass is grown for hay
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[國會,議會] formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
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[逗留,閒逛,流連] be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay
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[糾纏,困擾] preoccupy the mind of excessively; besiege; compass about; dominate the thoughts of someone
passive  Speak Example sentences
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[被動的] lacking in energy or will;  peacefully resistant in response to injustice
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[永久的] everlasting; continuing without interruption
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[時尚,方式,模式] prevailing style; manner; a way of doing something; fashion or style
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[鬍鬚] hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
peer  Speak Example sentences
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[妄想狂,偏執狂] psychological disorder by delusions; extreme, irrational distrust of others
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[凝視,仔細看] gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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[根本的,激進的] drastic; extreme; arising from or going to a root or source; basic
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[可選的] not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
phenomenon  Speak Example sentences
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[國會,議會] formal conference on public affairs; general council, especially an assembly of representatives of a nation
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[現象] appearance; anything visible, in matter or spirit; an extraordinary or very remarkable person or thing
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[操縱,(用策略)調動] plan for attaining a particular goal; deliberate, coordinated movement; strategy
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[天文館,天象儀] apparatus or model representing the solar system; museum in which images of stars are projected onto a domed ceiling