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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes

relevant

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	[刚硬的,不屈的] stiff and unyielding; strict; not flexible
	[支撑,延续] admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
	[有关的,相对的] pertinent; having a connection with the matter at hand
	[诽谤] defamation; false and malicious statement or report about someone

resign

2

	[(从表面)轻轻掠过,轻擦而过] pass near-surface of; brush the surface of; glide swiftly along the surface of; read in order to get principal facts
	[辞去(职务),听从,顺从] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
	[斜坡,斜面] be at an angle; incline
	[屠宰(牲畜),屠杀,杀戮(人)] act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage

scenery

3

	[总数,总和,概括,总结] mount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; amount
	[挨饿] hunger; deprive of food
	[标语] phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion
	[风景,景色] landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country

skim

4

	[(从表面)轻轻掠过,轻擦而过] pass near-surface of; brush the surface of; glide swiftly along the surface of; read in order to get principal facts
	[听从,辞职] act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, or office; surrender
	[速度] rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
	[俯身,降低身份] bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back

slope

5

	[细枝,嫩枝] small branch or division of a branch
	[(使)变形,改观] change in outward structure or looks; convert
	[斜坡,斜面] be at an angle; incline
	[翻滚,翻落] fall as if collapsing; fall quickly and without control

starve

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	[坚实的,充实的] fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
	[沉思,思索,投机] assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for profit
	[挨饿] hunger; deprive of food
	[战略的,战略性的] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective

strategic

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	[速度] rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
	[(使)变形,改观] change in outward structure or looks; convert
	[战略的,战略性的] helping to achieve a plan, for example in business or politics; critical to an intended objective
	[序列,顺序] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern

stride

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	[(从表面)轻轻掠过,轻擦而过] pass near-surface of; brush the surface of; glide swiftly along the surface of; read in order to get principal facts
	[速度] rapidity or speed of motion; swiftness
	[迅速的,敏捷的] quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
	[大步,一跨步,跨过] step; pace; significant progress

substantial

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	[汹涌,澎湃,喷发] outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
	[大步,一跨步,跨过] step; pace; significant progress
	[挖苦,讽刺] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony
	[坚实的,充实的] fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built

sum

10

	[屠宰(牲畜),屠杀,杀戮(人)] act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
	[总数,总和,概括,总结] mount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; amount
	[汹涌,澎湃,喷发] outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
	[使紧,变紧,使更严] draw tighter; straiten; make closer in any manner.

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