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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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discriminate  Speak Example sentences
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[區別,辨別,歧視] make a clear distinction; distinguish; make sensible decisions; judge wisely
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[碎石,砂礫] small stones, or fragments of stone; tiny pebbles, often intermixed with particles of sand
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[傷害] injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
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[發生,發生率] rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
drudgery  Speak Example sentences
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[苦差事,苦工] hard, monotonous routine work
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[忍耐,持久(力)] perseverance; state or fact of persevering; continuing existence
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[縮水,減少] shrink; reduce in size; become less
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[不可缺少的,必需的] essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
equator  Speak Example sentences
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[赤道,天赤道] the imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles
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[(股份的)紅利] the sum of money to be divided and distributed; share of a sum divided that falls to individuals; a distribute sum
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[使相等] make equal or equivalent; consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent
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[拍翅振翼,振翼而飛,不安,焦急] vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
equilibrium  Speak Example sentences
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[熄滅] quench; put out, as a light or fire; cause to die out; put an end to; destroy
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[平衡] mental or emotional balance; state of balance of any causes, powers, or motives
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[(害蟲,盜賊等)大批出沒於,寄生於] overrun; invade in great numbers; occupy in large numbers or live on a host
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[驅逐,開除] expelling; driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership or association
equip  Speak Example sentences
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[(害蟲,盜賊等)大批出沒於,寄生於] overrun; invade in great numbers; occupy in large numbers or live on a host
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[使沮喪,使害怕] destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
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[使著迷,使神魂顛倒] cause to be interested or curious; captivate
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[裝備,配備] supply with necessities such as tools or provisions; furnish with the qualities necessary for the performance
erect  Speak Example sentences
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[憤慨的,憤憤不平的] affected with indignation; wrathful; passionate; irate; feeling wrath by unworthy or unjust treatment
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[發生,發生率] rate of occurrence; particular occurrence
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[不可缺少的,必需的] essential; requisite;  impossible to be omitted or remitted
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[使樹立,建立,創立] construct; stand; set up
exterminate  Speak Example sentences
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[根除,滅絕] eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
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[煙筒,漏斗] passage or avenue for a fluid or flowing substance; a smoke flue or pipe; iron chimney of a steamship
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[推導,總結] deduce; conclude from evidence or premises; lead to as a consequence or conclusion
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[拍翅振翼,振翼而飛,不安,焦急] vibrate or move quickly; drive in disorder; throw into confusion; wave or flap rapidly in an irregular manner
fascinate  Speak Example sentences
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[使著迷,使神魂顛倒] cause to be interested or curious; captivate
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[使沮喪,使害怕] destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
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[浸入,沉浸於] plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
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[敲詐,勒索] obtain from another by coercion; get money by threats
furnish  Speak Example sentences
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[忍耐,持久(力)] perseverance; state or fact of persevering; continuing existence
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[為某物提供家具,用家具佈置] provide; supply; equip with what is needed, especially to provide furniture for
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[縮水,減少] shrink; reduce in size; become less
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[商人,企業家,承包人] a person who organizes and operates a business; contractor
glimmer  Speak Example sentences
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[縮水,減少] shrink; reduce in size; become less
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[傷害] injure or hurt; become worse; affect negatively
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[使沮喪,使害怕] destroy courage or resolution by exciting dread; cause to lose enthusiasm
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[閃爍] dim or intermittent flicker or flash of light; faint glow; shimmer