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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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[抵销,补偿] counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for; balance
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[锯齿状的,不整齐的] unevenly cut; having the texture of something so cut; having a rough quality
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[点燃,照亮,激起] build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
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[测量的,计量的] standard of measurement; a geometric function that describes the distances between pairs of points in a space
offhand  Speak Example sentences
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[使溢出,使泛滥,充满,洋溢] flow over; cover with, or as with, water or other fluid; spread over; flow over the brim of
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[疲倦的,无精打采的] lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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[草率的,即席的,未经考虑的] without planning or thinking ahead; right away; immediately
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[活塞] the sliding piece which either is moved by or moves against; a mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
onlooker  Speak Example sentences
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[旁观者] one that looks on; spectator
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[家禽,食用家禽] domestic fowls reared for eating, or their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, ducks, and geese
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[身后的,遗腹的] after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
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[借口,托辞] excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
oust  Speak Example sentences
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[研究生] a student who continues studies after graduation
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[活塞] the sliding piece which either is moved by or moves against; a mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
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[假定,假设,前提] a proposition upon which an argument is based; assumption; land and the buildings on it
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[剥夺,驱逐] expel; eject from a position or place; force out
overflow  Speak Example sentences
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[使溢出,使泛滥,充满,洋溢] flow over; cover with, or as with, water or other fluid; spread over; flow over the brim of
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[活塞] the sliding piece which either is moved by or moves against; a mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
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[借口,托辞] excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
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[抵销,补偿] counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for; balance
overture  Speak Example sentences
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[可行的] feasible; capable of being affected, done, or put into practice
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[借口,托辞] excuse; something serving to conceal plans; the fictitious reason
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[活塞] the sliding piece which either is moved by or moves against; a mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
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[前奏曲,序曲] an opening or aperture; recess; introductory section or part, as of a poem
patriotism  Speak Example sentences
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[测量的,计量的] standard of measurement; a geometric function that describes the distances between pairs of points in a space
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[爱国主义,爱国心] love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; virtues and actions of a patriot
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[沉思,考察,深思熟虑,小孔,细口] gaze intently; stare; scrutinize; read or study carefully and attentively
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[世俗的,日常的] belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly; concerned with commonplaces; ordinary
physique  Speak Example sentences
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[爱国主义,爱国心] love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; virtues and actions of a patriot
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[体格] natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person
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[传单] small  leaf; a leaf-like organ or part
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[身后的,遗腹的] after death, as of child born after father's death or book published after author's death
piston  Speak Example sentences
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[点燃,照亮,激起] build or fuel a fire; cause to glow; light up; inspire
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[活塞] the sliding piece which either is moved by or moves against; a mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
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[研究生] a student who continues studies after graduation
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[疲倦的,无精打采的] lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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[疲倦的,无精打采的] lacking energy or vitality; weak; sluggish; lacking spirit or liveliness
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[剽窃] steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
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[最大化] make as big or large as possible
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[巨大的] impressively great in size, force, or extent; enormous