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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lament  Speak Example sentences
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[不足的,质量差的] deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
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[明显的,公然的] open to view; not secret or hidden
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[使相等,使平衡] be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
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[悲伤,恸哭] grieve; express sorrow; regret deeply
lodging  Speak Example sentences
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[寄宿,住房(常指出租的房间)] accommodation; a temporary place to stay
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[使为难,使困惑,使混乱] confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve
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[极为重要的] foremost in importance; supreme in rank
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[服从的,顺从的] the subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command
meticulous  Speak Example sentences
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[表示语音的] of or about the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language
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[匆忙的,突然的,未成熟的,草率的] rash; moving rapidly and heedlessly; speeding headlong; occurring suddenly
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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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[小心翼翼的] excessively careful; marked by extreme care in the treatment of details
metropolitan  Speak Example sentences
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[氧化物] any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen
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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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[不足的,质量差的] deficient in amount, quality, or extent; having little flesh; lean; scanty or inadequate
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[主旨,本意,动机] dominant theme or central idea; repeated figure or design in architecture or decoration
monologue  Speak Example sentences
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[坚定的,倔强的] stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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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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[单调乏味的,无变化的] boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
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[独白,个人长篇演说] speech uttered by a person alone; dramatic soliloquy
mould  Speak Example sentences
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[泥土] crumbling, soft, friable earth; soil
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[在前的] ahead; before; existing or happening before someone or something
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[雨衣,防水胶布] waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth
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[单调乏味的,无变化的] boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
obstinate  Speak Example sentences
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[坚定的,倔强的] stubbornly adhering to an attitude or opinion; hard to control or treat
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[剽窃] steal another's ideas and pass them off as one's own
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[误用,滥用,虐待] treat or use improperly; use to bad purpose; misapply; abuse; treat ill
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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
onlooker  Speak Example sentences
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[使相等,使平衡] be balanced or held in suspension; hover; carry or hold in equilibrium; balance
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[旁观者] one that looks on; spectator
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[表示语音的] of or about the voice; relating to sounds of spoken language
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[核心的] central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
overt  Speak Example sentences
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[内在的,固有的] relating to essential nature of a thing; inherent; built-in
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[明显的,公然的] open to view; not secret or hidden
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[必须的] morally or legally constraining; required; binding
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[氧化物] any compound of oxygen with another element; a binary chemical compound of oxygen
paramount  Speak Example sentences
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[极为重要的] foremost in importance; supreme in rank
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[研究生] a student who continues studies after graduation
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[核心的] central or vital part; most material and central part; grain or seed as of corn
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[必须的] morally or legally constraining; required; binding