6000 IELTS Academic Words

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  Academic Words Level 4 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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adolescence  Speak Example sentences
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[达到顶点,达到顶峰] reach the highest or most decisive point;  rise to the summit
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[青春期] state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; transitional period between youth and maturity
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[认为,视为] decide; judge; sentence; condemn
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[协调的] planned or accomplished together; combined
ascend  Speak Example sentences
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[修订,修改,变更] change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors
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[(渐渐)上升,升高,攀登] move up or climb something; mount
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[揭露,揭发,泄露] unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
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[商品,日用品] goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit
barricade  Speak Example sentences
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[减少,变小] dwindle; reduce; make smaller or less or to cause to appear so
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[住处,住所,适应,调节,通融] living quarters provided for public convenience; something that meets a need; convenience
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[弄脏,污染,感染] make impure or unclean by contact or mixture; pollute; defile
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[屏障,障碍物] hastily put together defensive barrier; obstacle
bibliography  Speak Example sentences
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[设计,发明] form, plan, or arrange in mind; transmit or give by will
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[遗弃的,废弃的] left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
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[揭露,揭发,泄露] unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
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[文献学] list of works of a specific author or publisher; list of writings relating to a given subject
clasp  Speak Example sentences
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[扣合,紧密合作] fastening device; firm grip
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[通讯员,记者] one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical
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[获得,完成] achieve or accomplish; gain
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[(渐渐)上升,升高,攀登] move up or climb something; mount
coarse  Speak Example sentences
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[破坏,摧毁] raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
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[青春期] state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; transitional period between youth and maturity
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[使降级,贬低] reduce level; lower grade of something
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[粗糙的] rough; harsh; of low, common, or inferior quality
compile  Speak Example sentences
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[邻近的,毗邻的] adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near
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[勤勉的,勤奋的] assiduous; industrious; hard-working
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[聚集,积累,汇集] put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
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[拥挤,拥塞] act of gathering or heaping together or forming a mass
conservation  Speak Example sentences
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[保存,保持] preservation or restoration from loss, damage, or neglect
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[原告,起诉人] one who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault
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[聚集,积累,汇集] put together or compose from materials gathered from several sources
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[协调的] planned or accomplished together; combined
correspondent  Speak Example sentences
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[通讯员,记者] one who communicates information, especially, by letter or telegram to newspaper or periodical
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[污斑,污迹,污渍,(品行上的)污点] spot or stain, as of ink on paper; blur; a weak point or failing
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[熟悉] inform about; cause to come to know personally; make familiar
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[揭露,揭发,泄露] unclose; open; remove a cover or envelope from; lay open or expose to view
decompose  Speak Example sentences
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[挫败] frustrate as by confusing or perplexing; impede force or movement of
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[分解,(使)腐烂] decay, or to cause something to decay
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[莽撞的,无礼的] characteristic of being brash; the trait of being rash and hasty; tasteless showiness
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[商品,日用品] goods; article of trade; advantage; benefit