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  Academic Words Level 1 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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adult  Speak Example sentences
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[成年的,已成人的,成年人] one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
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[负担,支撑] support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
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[强有力的,坚持己见的] making assaults; unjustly attacking; combative; hostile; tending to spread quickly
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[内容,容量] volume; something contained; material, including text and images
afford  Speak Example sentences
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[付得起,冒险做] pay; provide; have the financial means for; bear the cost of
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[仅仅] just; only; hardly; scarcely
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[会计员,会计师] one who maintains and audits business accounts
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[调整,使适于] change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable
agency  Speak Example sentences
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[仅仅] just; only; hardly; scarcely
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[代理,代办,代理处,经销处,社,机构,作用,力量] a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
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[海峡,沟,途径,渠道,频道] passage for water or other fluids to flow through; bed of a stream or river; route of communication or access
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[打扰,烦扰,麻烦] annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
agenda  Speak Example sentences
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[无遮蔽的,赤裸的,光(秃)的] lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing
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[议程] items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered
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[代理,代办,代理处,经销处,社,机构,作用,力量] a business that serves other businesses; an administrative unit of government
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[会计员,会计师] one who maintains and audits business accounts
aisle  Speak Example sentences
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[锻打的,被击败的,人迹罕至的] formed or made thin by hammering; totally worn-out; exhausted
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[(教堂的)走廊,耳堂,(剧院观众席间的)狭长过道] passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane; the wing of a building
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[调整,使适于] change something slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable
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[跳起,弹回] jolt; rebound after having struck an object or a surface
alarm  Speak Example sentences
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[负担,支撑] support; sustain; carry; have; yield; give birth; hold up or support
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[警报,警报器,警铃,闹钟,惊慌] any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger
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[嗡嗡声,发出嗡嗡声] confusion of activity and gossip; the sound of rapid vibration
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[议程] items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered
auction  Speak Example sentences
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[拍卖] public sale of property to the highest bidder
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[(教堂的)走廊,耳堂,(剧院观众席间的)狭长过道] passageway between rows of seats, as in an auditorium or an airplane; the wing of a building
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[使窒息] breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; reduce the air supply
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[付得起,冒险做] pay; provide; have the financial means for; bear the cost of
bare  Speak Example sentences
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[使接触,联系] get in touch with; reach
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[无遮蔽的,赤裸的,光(秃)的] lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing
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[半身(雕)像,过度饮食] the occasion for excessive eating or drinking; complete failure; sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
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[成年的,已成人的,成年人] one who has attained maturity or legal age; fully grown
beaten  Speak Example sentences
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[打扰,烦扰,麻烦] annoy; trouble; make agitated or nervous; fluster
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[会计员,会计师] one who maintains and audits business accounts
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[危害,妥协] adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
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[锻打的,被击败的,人迹罕至的] formed or made thin by hammering; totally worn-out; exhausted
bonus  Speak Example sentences
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[被控告的,被告] defendant or defendants in a criminal case; a person charged with an offense
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[红利,奖金,额外津贴,意外收获] an extra dividend to the shareholders; money paid in addition to a stated compensation
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[危害,妥协] adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of
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[会计员,会计师] one who maintains and audits business accounts