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  Academic Words Level 4 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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abound  Speak Example sentences
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[托運,託人看管] give, transfer, or deliver formally, as if by signing over into the possession of another
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[膨脹,突出] cause to curve outward; swell up; stick out; protrude
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[毀壞] ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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[充滿,富於] be full of; be plentiful
annihilate  Speak Example sentences
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[使人愉快的,合意的] ready to consent or submit; acceptable
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[卡路里(熱量單位)] unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
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[毀壞] ruin; lay waste; destroy; make desolate
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[毀滅,破壞] destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence
append  Speak Example sentences
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[丟棄] throw out something from one's hand; get rid of
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[追加,附上] attach; add as supplement or appendix
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[遺棄的,廢棄的] left and abandoned; negligent in performing a duty
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[讚揚,表揚] applaud; announce with great approval
aspiration  Speak Example sentences
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[雄心,抱負] ambition; something that you hope to achieve
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[原來的,土著的] being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
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[很大的,值得重視的] large enough to be noticed or to affect; perceptible
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[有害的] causing damage or harm; injurious
bewilder  Speak Example sentences
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[使迷惑,使昏亂] lead into perplexity or confusion; perplex with mazes
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[焦慮,不安,鼓動,煽動] anxiety; extreme emotional disturbance
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[催化劑] an agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
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[讚揚,表揚] applaud; announce with great approval
catalyst  Speak Example sentences
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[催化劑] an agent which brings about chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged
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[拘留,使延遲] keep back or from; withhold; restrain from proceeding; stay or stop; delay
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[建造,創立] form by assembling or combining parts; build; create
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[青春期] state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; transitional period between youth and maturity
collaboration  Speak Example sentences
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[堆積,積聚,積累] pile up; collect;  mount up; increase
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[吃草,瀏覽] graze; skim or glance at casually
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[有害的] causing damage or harm; injurious
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[合作] act of working together; act of cooperating with an enemy, especially it occupying one's own country
comparable  Speak Example sentences
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[相似的] similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy of being ranked with
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[充滿,富於] be full of; be plentiful
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[使人愉快的] delightful; delicious; extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
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[卡路里(熱量單位)] unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree
contradiction  Speak Example sentences
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[盅惑] deceive mind or judgment of; lead from truth or into error; frustrate or disappoint
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[矛盾,反駁] the assertion of contrary; denial of the truth of a statement; opposition, whether by argument or conduct
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[荒無人煙的] unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants
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[原來的,土著的] being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
dearth  Speak Example sentences
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[稀缺,缺乏] scarcity; shortage of food; famine from failure or loss of crops
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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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[原來的,土著的] being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native
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[使人愉快的,合意的] ready to consent or submit; acceptable