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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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[收入,国家的税收] money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
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[有关的,相对的] pertinent; having a connection with the matter at hand
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[谣言] piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
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[骚动,混乱] state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
resignation  Speak Example sentences
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[地势,地形] piece of ground having specific characteristics or military potential; area of land; ground
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[火山] fissure in the earth's crust through which molten lava and gases erupt
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[听从,辞职] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession,  or office; surrender
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[标准成分的(金或银),道地的,纯正的,英国货币] any English coin of standard value; coined money
restless  Speak Example sentences
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[石板,候选人名单提名] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
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[绕转,旋转,考虑,细想] turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
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[不安宁的,好动的] never resting; unquiet; uneasy; continually moving; eager for change; discontented
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[出口,出路] small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
rigid  Speak Example sentences
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[整洁的,有条不紊的] being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
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[刚硬的,不屈的] stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
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[斜坡,斜面] be at an angle; incline
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[石板,候选人名单提名] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
sentiment  Speak Example sentences
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[无情的] pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
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[神志清楚] condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind
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[感情,情绪,情操] thought prompted by passion or feeling; feeling toward or respecting; disposition prompting to action or expression
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[骚动,混乱] state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
shuttle  Speak Example sentences
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[症状,征兆] sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient
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[出口,出路] small opening; means of escape or release; outlet; hole for the escape of gas or air
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[梭子,公共交通工具(往返固定的线路)] public transport that consists of a bus or train, or airplane that runs between two points; spacecraft
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[感情,情绪,情操] thought prompted by passion or feeling; feeling toward or respecting; disposition prompting to action or expression
slaughter  Speak Example sentences
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[有关的,相对的] pertinent; having a connection with the matter at hand
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[石板,候选人名单提名] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
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[螺旋形的,盘旋的] rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
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[屠宰(牲畜),屠杀,杀戮(人)] act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
solemn  Speak Example sentences
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[严肃的,庄严的,隆重的] serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
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[刚硬的,不屈的] stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
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[值得做的] sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest
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[骚动,混乱] state of extreme confusion or agitation; commotion or tumult
spiral  Speak Example sentences
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[螺旋形的,盘旋的] rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in the shape of a coil
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[绕转,旋转,考虑,细想] turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
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[有关的,相对的] pertinent; having a connection with the matter at hand
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[有效的,实质的,虚的] existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in fact; existing in mind, especially as a product of imagination
strategic  Speak Example sentences
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[整洁的,有条不紊的] being in proper time; timely; arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper
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[谣言] piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
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[石板,候选人名单提名] any rock or stone that is thin and flat for roofing or covering houses
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[战略的,战略性的] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective