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  Academic Words Level 2 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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degradation  Speak Example sentences
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[损失惨重的,悲伤的] extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
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[广的,多方面的,广泛的] widespread; far-reaching; wide
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[降级,降格,退化] humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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[使气馁,阻碍] depress; take away hope from
descendant  Speak Example sentences
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[子孙,后裔] offspring; person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
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[领会,调查,测量] measure the depth; come to understand
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[优良的,杰出的] surpassing others in some good quality or the sum of qualities; of great worth; eminent, in a good sense
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[损失惨重的,悲伤的] extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
disapproval  Speak Example sentences
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[海湾] an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
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[改编成戏剧,编写剧本] represent something in a dramatic manner; add details to
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[不赞成] a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing
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[晋升,赞扬] raise in rank or dignity; praise
distribution  Speak Example sentences
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[分发,分配] act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
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[不适] distress; uneasiness; mental or bodily distress
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[精疲力尽的] depleted; extremely tired
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[促进,增进] get greater distance; make more in advance
employer  Speak Example sentences
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[证据] something which makes evident or manifest; any mode of proof
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[雇主,老板] a person or firm that employs workers
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[嘶哑的,粗嗄的] having a harsh, rough, grating voice or sound, as when affected with a cold; making a rough, harsh cry or sound
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[疲乏,劳累] physical or mental weariness; exhaustion
exclusion  Speak Example sentences
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[排除,逐出] rejection; an act of excluding or shutting out
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[海湾] an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land; larger than a bay
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[洋娃娃,玩偶] small toy with a human figure, normally for little children
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[扭曲,歪曲] the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
extravagant  Speak Example sentences
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[奢侈的 无节制的] wandering beyond one's bounds; exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained
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[效率,功效] effectiveness; quality or property of being efficient; the ratio of useful output to the total input in any system
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[结实的,坚定的] hard; solid; resolute; determined
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[损失惨重的,悲伤的] extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
fathom  Speak Example sentences
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[领会,调查,测量] measure the depth; come to understand
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[降级,降格,退化] humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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[洋娃娃,玩偶] small toy with a human figure, normally for little children
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[损失惨重的,悲伤的] extremely bad; terrible; dreadful
firm  Speak Example sentences
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[信徒] believer; someone who continues to support someone or something
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[过量饮食] stuff oneself; overeat; make a pig of oneself
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[结实的,坚定的] hard; solid; resolute; determined
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[家具] movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
furniture  Speak Example sentences
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[扭曲,歪曲] the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
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[想象中的,虚构的] having existence only in the imagination; fanciful; visionary
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[家具] movable articles in a room or an establishment that make it fit for living or working
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[晋升,赞扬] raise in rank or dignity; praise