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  Academic Words Level 4 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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amplify  Speak Example sentences
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[放大] broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make larger or more powerful; increase
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[年金,养老金] annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
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[火山口,弹坑] a bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano
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[伤害,危害] harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
annuity  Speak Example sentences
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[弄脏,污染,感染] make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
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[稀释,淡化] weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
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[年金,养老金] annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year
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[压下,压低] lower in spirits; press down
badminton  Speak Example sentences
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[矛盾,反驳] the assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
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[羽毛球运动] game played on a court with light long-handled rackets
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[模棱两可] state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
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[使膨胀,使扩大] make wider or larger; cause to expand; enlarge; widen
coincide  Speak Example sentences
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[易燃的,可燃的,易燃物] capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
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[同时发生,相符合,相巧合] occur at the same time as; correspond
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[评价,估价] assessment; evaluation; the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth
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[混乱,漫无秩序] throw into disorder; break the array of.
collaboration  Speak Example sentences
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[排列,整理] set out for display or use; place in orderly arrangement
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[奇闻轶事] a short account of the amusing or interesting event; short narrative; a secret story of history or biography
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[合作] act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
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[讨厌,敌意] in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose
combustible  Speak Example sentences
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[易燃的,可燃的,易燃物] capable of igniting and burning; easily aroused or excited
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[设计,发明] form, plan, or arrange in mind; transmit or give by will
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[困扰] attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
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[限制] restrict in movement; circumscribe
compel  Speak Example sentences
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[强迫,引起] force; coerce; necessitate or pressure by force
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[转移,防止] prevent; turn or cause to turn off or away
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[稀释,淡化] weaken; make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water
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[在…中] in the middle of; among; surrounded by
constituent  Speak Example sentences
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[同时发生,相符合,相巧合] occur at the same time as; correspond
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[认知的] knowing or perceiving; part of mental functions that deals with logic
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[困扰] attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
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[分量或部件,选举人,投票人] component or part; citizen, voter
contaminate  Speak Example sentences
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[恰当的,贴切的] likely; precisely suitable; appropriate; quick to learn or understand
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[用具,器具] durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
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[弄脏,污染,感染] make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
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[模棱两可] state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
convene  Speak Example sentences
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[召集,集合] cause to come together formally
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[大洪水] great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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[用具,器具] durable goods for home or office use; device or instrument for household use
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[小平房] small house or cottage usually having a single story and attic