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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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resign  Speak Example sentences
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[辞去(职务),听从,顺从] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[约会,约会地点,会合] meeting at a prearranged time and place; popular gathering place; prearranged meeting point for troops or ships
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[传唤,召唤,召呼] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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[过剩的] remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
shatter  Speak Example sentences
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[草皮,地盘] the surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass; territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
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[技术人员,专门技师] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[孤独的,独居的] isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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[使粉碎,破碎] destroy; break up; break into many pieces
specialize  Speak Example sentences
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[监督,指导] administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
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[专攻,专门研究,专务] mention especially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object
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[技术人员,专门技师] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[拒给,保留] refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
straightforward  Speak Example sentences
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[辞去(职务),听从,顺从] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon
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[坦白的,诚实的,易懂的] proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank
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[孤独的,独居的] isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
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[引诱,诱惑物] act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
sufficient  Speak Example sentences
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[教育,教养] process of bringing up, nourishing, or maintaining; rearing and training received during childhood
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[足够的,充足的] adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
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[技术人员,专门技师] one skilled particularly in the technical details of work
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[孤独的,独居的] isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
summon  Speak Example sentences
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[传唤,召唤,召呼] call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
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[荒野,荒凉的地方] a tract of land or region, uncultivated and uninhabited, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; wild or desert
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[强调,突出,重点] the lamp that produces an intense beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; the focus of public attention
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[序列,顺序] serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
suppress  Speak Example sentences
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[有益健康的] conducive to sound health or well-being; beneficial
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[镇压,抑制,查禁] put down by force or authority; overwhelm; keep from being revealed
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[使粉碎,破碎] destroy; break up; break into many pieces
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[变化,多样性,变种] diversity; quality or condition of being various or varied
swift  Speak Example sentences
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[踢马刺] urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
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[血管,静脉,木纹,矿脉,岩脉] a tube that carries blood to the heart from the other parts of the body
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[迅速的,敏捷的] quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
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[使粉碎,破碎] destroy; break up; break into many pieces
timber  Speak Example sentences
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[资源,财力,办法,智谋] materials; abilities; available source
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[木材,木料] wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood
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[踢马刺] urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
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[挥发的,飞行的,可变的,爆炸的] tending to vary often or widely, as in price; inconstant or fickle; tending to violence
upbringing  Speak Example sentences
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[教育,教养] process of bringing up, nourishing, or maintaining; rearing and training received during childhood
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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
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[拒给,保留] refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
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[足够的,充足的] adequate; enough; being as much as is needed