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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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drawback  Speak Example sentences
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[障碍,缺点] disadvantage or inconvenience; shortcoming; refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes
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[(自外国移入)移民] one who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there; non-native
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[使沮丧,使害怕] destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
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[取名叫,叫做] give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
equate  Speak Example sentences
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[障碍,缺点] disadvantage or inconvenience; shortcoming; refund or remittance, such as a discount on duties or taxes
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[摸索,探索] search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
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[味,味道,特殊滋味] the quality produced by the sensation of taste; a variety of tastes attributed to an object
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[使相等] make equal or equivalent; consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent
escalate  Speak Example sentences
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[逐步升高,逐步增强] rise; increase in extent or intensity
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[阵风,一阵狂风] blast; outburst; a sudden strong wind
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[捐赠] grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
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[期满,到期] come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one's last breath; die
escalator  Speak Example sentences
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[支出,花费] payment or expense; output
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[电动扶梯] stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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[推论,推断,推断的结果,结论] a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
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[捐赠] grant; award; give qualities or abilities to
evade  Speak Example sentences
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[谬误,错误] deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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[逃避,规避] get away from by artifice; escape by dexterity; avoid giving a direct answer to
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[闪烁,摇曳] flutter; flap the wings without flying; waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air
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[归纳,概括] reach a conclusion; become systemic and spread throughout the body
fabricate  Speak Example sentences
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[发生,发生率] rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
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[期满,到期] come to an end; terminate; lose validity; breathe one's last breath; die
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[制造,编造(谎言)] build; put together out of components or parts
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[公平,公正] the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporate; something that is just and fair
fallacy  Speak Example sentences
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[过度的] greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation; exceeding proper limits
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[谬误,错误] deceptive or false appearance; false notion; deception
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[索然无味的,单调的] lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
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[取名叫,叫做] give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
flavour  Speak Example sentences
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[味,味道,特殊滋味] the quality produced by the sensation of taste; a variety of tastes attributed to an object
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[移居入境] move into another country to stay there permanently
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[支出,花费] payment or expense; output
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[不可缺少的,必需的] essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
forte  Speak Example sentences
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[强项,特殊才能] particular skill; special talent
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[索然无味的,单调的] lacking flavor or zest; not tasty; dull
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[公平,公正] the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporate; something that is just and fair
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[取名叫,叫做] give  right to; authorize; furnish with a right or claim to something; designate; give a title to
fruition  Speak Example sentences
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[享用,成就,实现] bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization
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[强项,特殊才能] particular skill; special talent
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[推论,推断,推断的结果,结论] a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that you have
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[张着嘴呆看,裂缝] open the mouth wide; yawn from sleepiness, weariness, or dullness