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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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protrude  Speak Example sentences
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[突出] extend out or project in space; stick out
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[位于之下,成为基础] be located under or below; be the support or basis of; account for
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[讳忌的 禁忌] ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion; prohibition
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[经历,遭受] experience; suffer; pass through
quiver  Speak Example sentences
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[轻微快速的振动] shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
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[后继者,继起之物,继承人,继任者,接班人] one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left
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[(灵魂)重生,新生] renewal;  growth of lost or destroyed parts or organs
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[临时的] temporary; provided for present need only
recession  Speak Example sentences
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[牵引] friction between body and surface on which it moves
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[修改,修订] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing
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[行动迟缓的] lazy; with little movement; very slow
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[撤退] withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
rehabilitate  Speak Example sentences
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[叫起,唤醒,激发,激怒] become active; excite, as to anger or action; stir up; awaken
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[使通风] freshen; circulate through and freshen
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[可触摸的,真实的] able to be touched; real or concrete; palpable
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[恢复,复原] restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
safeguard  Speak Example sentences
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[少要价钱,少算价钱] charge below or under; charge less than is usual or suitable
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[苗条的,纤细的,微少的] having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
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[做的,制成的,形成于] putting together; made delicately or elaborately; having been worked or prepared somehow
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[防卫措施,防范措施] one who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection
sluggish  Speak Example sentences
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[行动迟缓的] lazy; with little movement; very slow
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[牵引] friction between body and surface on which it moves
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[租赁,租用,租赁期限] possession or occupancy of lands or buildings under a lease; temporary possession of what belongs to another
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[苗条的,纤细的,微少的] having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
soluble  Speak Example sentences
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[可溶解的,可解决的] able to be dissolved; able to be explained
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[吵闹,混乱] noise, as made by a crowd;  riot or uprising
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[杂色的,各式各样的] differed; diversified; various
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[减少,变弱] decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end
sprout  Speak Example sentences
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[一大群,挤满,占满,蜂拥] dense moving crowd; a large group of honeybees
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[同时发生的] existing, happening, or done at the same time
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[长出,萌芽] have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up
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[恢复,复原] restore to proper condition; help to re-adapt, as to the former state of health or good repute
successor  Speak Example sentences
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[突出] extend out or project in space; stick out
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[估价,评价,估出的价格] act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; act of setting a price; estimation
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[做的,制成的,形成于] putting together; made delicately or elaborately; having been worked or prepared somehow
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[后继者,继起之物,继承人,继任者,接班人] one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left
toddle  Speak Example sentences
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[苗条的,纤细的,微少的] having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
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[精炼,精制] purify; make more precise; improve
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[(小孩子的)蹒跚学步] walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.
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[后继者,继起之物,继承人,继任者,接班人] one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left