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  Academic Words Level 4 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[浸入,沉浸於] plunge into anything, especially a fluid; sink; dip
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[相差,缺乏一致] lack of consistency; the difference
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[地質學] the science which treats the structure and mineral constitution of the globe
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[摸索,探索] search blindly or uncertainly; reach about uncertainly; feel one's way
dominate  Speak Example sentences
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[逐步升高,逐步增強] rise; increase in extent or intensity
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[相差,缺乏一致] lack of consistency; the difference
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[不識字的,沒受教育的] uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
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[統治,支配,控制] monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
elapse  Speak Example sentences
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[滿的] furnished or equipped; sufficient to satisfy
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[(光陰)消逝] slip or glide away; pass away silently
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[誠摯的,認真的] seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
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[沙粒,硬粒] sand or gravel; rough, hard particles; coarse part of a meal; grain, as oats or wheat
entangle  Speak Example sentences
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[誠摯的,認真的] seriousness; reality; fixed determination; eagerness; intentness
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[使糾纏,捲入] twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
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[瘦骨嶙峋,憔悴,荒蕪] very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold; barren
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[指示器,指示針] one who, or that which, shows or points out
equate  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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[相差,缺乏一致] lack of consistency; the difference
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[使相等] make equal or equivalent; consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent
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[(光陰)消逝] slip or glide away; pass away silently
escalator  Speak Example sentences
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[華而不實的] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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[清晰的,坦率的] precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
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[電動扶梯] stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
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[花費,用光] lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
expenditure  Speak Example sentences
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[大屠殺,浩劫] great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire; massive slaughter
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[預見,預知] anticipate; predict; know about something before it happens
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[支出,花費] payment or expense; output
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[沙粒,硬粒] sand or gravel; rough, hard particles; coarse part of a meal; grain, as oats or wheat
explicit  Speak Example sentences
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[清晰的,坦率的] precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
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[根除,滅絕] eliminate; eradicate; kill on a large scale; kill a man
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[使加入,使入會] insert in a roil; register or enter in list or catalog; insert in records; enlist
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[花費,用光] lay out, apply, or employ in any way; consume by use; use up or distribute, either in payment or in donations
gaudy  Speak Example sentences
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[華而不實的] very showy or ornament, especially when excessive or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
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[使加入,使入會] insert in a roil; register or enter in list or catalog; insert in records; enlist
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[閃爍,搖曳] flutter; flap the wings without flying; waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air
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[統治,支配,控制] monopolize; command; rule; prevail; be prevalent in
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[不識字的,沒受教育的] uncultured; uneducated; not able to read or write
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[使糾纏,捲入] twist or interweave as not to be easily separated; make tangled, confused, and intricate; perplex; bewilder; puzzle
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[清晰的,坦率的] precisely and clearly expressed; definite; outspoken
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[陣風,一陣狂風] blast; outburst; a sudden strong wind