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4000 IELTS Academic Words

Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes

jam

1

	[激情,熱情] strong feeling or emotion; fervor
	[一綹捲髮] strand or cluster of hair; fastening together; a closing of one thing upon another; device operated by a key
	[登,上(馬或車),攀登,爬上,騎,乘] go up or advance; fix onto a backing; put up or launch
	[擠進,塞入,夾住,陷入困境,果醬] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together

jungle

2

	[奢侈,豪華] something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive
	[消瘦,憔悴,渴望,松樹] have a desire for something or someone; yearn; grieve or mourn for
	[叢林] land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
	[預備的,初步的] prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory

lamb

3

	[裸體的,無遮蓋的] bare and pure; completely unclothed
	[小羊,羔羊,受騙上當者] the young of the sheep; simple, unsophisticated person
	[擠進,塞入,夾住,陷入困境,果醬] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
	[調查,研究] explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically

legend

4

	[發動] begin; originate; initiate; send off; take off
	[圖例] explanatory list of symbols on a map; unverified story handed down from earlier times
	[很少地,罕有地] not often; in an unusual degree; exceptionally
	[嬰兒室,托兒所,苗圃] room for baby; area in a household set apart for the use of children

loop

5

	[護照] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
	[圈成環,纏繞] circle; ring; move in loops; make a loop in; join with a loop
	[反對,反抗,對抗] place in front of, or over against; set opposite; exhibit; confront; resist; withstand
	[奢侈,豪華] something that is an indulgence rather than necessity; excessively expensive

marrow

6

	[擠進,塞入,夾住,陷入困境,果醬] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
	[骨髓,精華] tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the essence; the best part
	[調查,研究] explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
	[否定的,負的] adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic

novel

7

	[小說] printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction
	[裸體的,無遮蓋的] bare and pure; completely unclothed
	[原則,主義,原理,定律] basic truth or law or assumption; rule or law of nature; rule of personal conduct
	[收據,收條,接受,收到] act of receiving; acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid

nuclear

8

	[討厭的,冒犯的] causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
	[追捕,追趕,尋求] follow after; follow to obtain; endeavor to attain
	[時期,學時,週期] an amount of time; a fixed time during the life of a person or in history
	[核子的,核的,原子能的] of, relating to, or forming a nucleus of an atom; pertaining to, or using nuclear weapons

passion

9

	[裸體的,無遮蓋的] bare and pure; completely unclothed
	[圈成環,纏繞] circle; ring; move in loops; make a loop in; join with a loop
	[激情,熱情] strong feeling or emotion; fervor
	[收據,收條,接受,收到] act of receiving; acknowledgment of goods delivered or money paid

period

10

	[激情,熱情] strong feeling or emotion; fervor
	[發動] begin; originate; initiate; send off; take off
	[義務,職責] act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
	[時期,學時,週期] an amount of time; a fixed time during the life of a person or in history

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