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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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investigate  Speak Example sentences
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[使命,任務,計劃或執行任務] an assignment that is given to a person or group; an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; job or task
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[推薦,介紹(信)] making attractive or acceptable; pushing for something
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[調查,研究] explore; observe or inquire into in detail; examine systematically
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[隨機的] without definite purpose, plan, or aim; having no specific pattern
lawn  Speak Example sentences
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[香味,香水] pleasing, agreeable scent or odor
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[草地,草坪,草場] landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow
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[忠誠的,忠實的] steadfast in allegiance or duty; faithful to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty
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[內在的] inside; interior;  located within the limits or surface
lay  Speak Example sentences
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[解脫的感覺,使人愉快的變化,調劑] easing of burden or distress, such as pain or anxiety; release from post or duty; pleasant or amusing change
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[明白的,顯然的,顯而易見的] exposed; easily discovered; plain
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[名聲,名譽] state of being held in high esteem; general estimation in which a person is held by the public
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[產卵,下蛋] put into a certain place; cause to lie down; spread over a surface
layoff  Speak Example sentences
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[合法的,法律的] created by, permitted by law; according to the law of works
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[微小的,不重要的] trivial; of small importance; very small
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[階段,態] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
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[裁減僱員] dismissal of employees from their jobs
miracle  Speak Example sentences
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[痛苦,不幸,悲慘] great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind
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[奇蹟,奇事] wonderful thing; something that excites admiration or astonishment
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[有前途的,有希望的] likely to develop desirably; affording hope
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[醫生,內科醫生] a person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to treat diseases; doctor of medicine
mission  Speak Example sentences
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[期刊,雜誌] magazine; periodical; log; diary; a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
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[使命,任務,計劃或執行任務] an assignment that is given to a person or group; an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; job or task
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[維修,保養] preservation; support; continuance; court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another
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[名聲,名譽] state of being held in high esteem; general estimation in which a person is held by the public
perimeter  Speak Example sentences
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[周長] outer boundary length; closed curve bounding a plane area
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[減去,零下,欠缺,負號] less; requiring to be subtracted; negative
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[無處,無目的,無結果] not anywhere; not in any place or state
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[最大量(的),最大值(的)] the largest possible quantity
pin  Speak Example sentences
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[別針,飾針] a piece of wood, metal, generally cylindrical, used for fastening separate articles together
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[草地,草坪,草場] landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow
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[解脫的感覺,使人愉快的變化,調劑] easing of burden or distress, such as pain or anxiety; release from post or duty; pleasant or amusing change
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[量度,度量衡制,計量單位,量具] determine the size of something; mark the layout, or establish dimensions; estimate by evaluation or comparison
pine  Speak Example sentences
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[貸款,借出,借給,借貸] give temporarily; temporary provision of money
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[消瘦,憔悴,渴望,松樹] have a desire for something or someone; yearn; grieve or mourn for
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[草地,草坪,草場] landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow
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[忠誠的,忠實的] steadfast in allegiance or duty; faithful to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty
prescription  Speak Example sentences
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[藥方,處方] written instructions from a doctor; written order; an act of establishing official rules, laws, or directions
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[消瘦,憔悴,渴望,松樹] have a desire for something or someone; yearn; grieve or mourn for
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[跳躍] jump; hop; place jumped over or from
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[期刊,雜誌] magazine; periodical; log; diary; a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred