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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lubricate  Speak Example sentences
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[独白,个人长篇演说] speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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[加润滑剂,使润滑] make smooth or slippery
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[夸示,炫耀] making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade
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[垂直落下] fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
metropolitan  Speak Example sentences
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[传播,流传] spread or flow throughout; pervade
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[主要都市的,大城市的] city center; one who lives in a city center
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[罪行,恶劣行为] evil deed; wicked action
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[世俗的,日常的] belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
misdeed  Speak Example sentences
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[热情洋溢的喝彩] enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
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[城市郊区,边缘] part or region remote from a central district, as of a city or town; fringe; outer border
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[罪行,恶劣行为] evil deed; wicked action
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[多边的,多 国参加的] having many sides; many-sided
monologue  Speak Example sentences
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[使发狂,使发怒] make mad; drive to madness; craze; excite violently with passion; make very angry
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[养育,教育] nourish; help grow or develop; foster
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[垂直落下] fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
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[独白,个人长篇演说] speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
muddle  Speak Example sentences
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[迷惑的,搞乱了的,混淆了的] make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
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[多边的,多 国参加的] having many sides; many-sided
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[主要都市的,大城市的] city center; one who lives in a city center
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[伤害] wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of the body
multilateral  Speak Example sentences
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[加润滑剂,使润滑] make smooth or slippery
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[声明,宣告] declare; announce something publicly or officially, especially something positive
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[多边的,多 国参加的] having many sides; many-sided
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[垂直落下] fall straight down; plunge; decline suddenly and steeply
outcry  Speak Example sentences
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[独白,个人长篇演说] speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
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[普遍的,流行的] widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
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[大声疾呼,强烈抗议] strong protest or objection; loud cry or clamor
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[霉运,不幸] unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck
outlying  Speak Example sentences
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[体格] natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person
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[边远的,偏僻的] relatively distant or remote from a center or middle
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[在前的] ahead; before; existing or happening before someone or something
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[迷惑的,搞乱了的,混淆了的] make muddy; mix confusedly; think, act, or proceed in a confused or aimless manner
ovation  Speak Example sentences
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[世俗的,日常的] belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
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[家畜,牲畜] any animals kept for use or profit
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[霉运,不幸] unfortunate occurrence; mishap; bad luck
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[热情洋溢的喝彩] enthusiastic, prolonged applause; show of public homage or welcome
painstaking  Speak Example sentences
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[辛勤的] extremely careful and diligent work or effort; taking of pains
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[困惑,茫然] quality or state of being perplexed or puzzled; complication; intricacy; entanglement; embarrassment
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[普遍的,流行的] widespread; widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted
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[前任,前辈] the former occupant of a post; ancestor or forefather