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  Academic Words Level 5 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lance  Speak Example sentences
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[负责,指挥] be set, or to sit, in the place of authority; occupy the place of the president; direct as chief officer
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[长矛,鱼叉] the weapon, consisting of a long handle and steel blade or head; spear by horsemen, often decorated with a small flag
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[使声音降低,裹,覆盖,围住] make a sound quieter and less clear
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[总统职位,总统任期] office and function of the president; tenure of a president
lineage  Speak Example sentences
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[使超载,超过负荷] place too much a load on
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[总统职位,总统任期] office and function of the president; tenure of a president
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[华丽,富丽堂皇] grandeur; splendor; grand or imposing beauty
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[血统] direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry
magnificence  Speak Example sentences
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[华丽,富丽堂皇] grandeur; splendor; grand or imposing beauty
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[桂冠,荣誉] honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit
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[保护免于灭绝] make something last; preserve from extinction
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[平行的,类似的,相似的] being an equal distance apart everywhere; having the same tendency or direction
miller  Speak Example sentences
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[壁龛,合适的环境] small concavity; a position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it
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[猛攻,猛袭] assault; a very powerful attack
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[磨坊主人] one who keeps or attends a flour mill or gristmill; milling machine
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[语言学] humanistic study of language and literature
mince  Speak Example sentences
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[长矛,鱼叉] the weapon, consisting of a long handle and steel blade or head; spear by horsemen, often decorated with a small flag
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[民众,老百姓] the ordinary people who live in a particular country or place
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[怀孕,丰富] condition of being pregnant; fruitfulness; fertility
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[切碎,小步走路] cut into very small pieces; chop fine; suppress or weaken the force of
overload  Speak Example sentences
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[猛攻,猛袭] assault; a very powerful attack
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[公牛] domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
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[声明] public declaration of principles; statement of policy
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[使超载,超过负荷] place too much a load on
palpable  Speak Example sentences
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[小孔,气孔] the tiny opening in tissue, as in the skin of an animal; space in rock, soil
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[犁田] move in a way that is cutting or going through something; cultivate; farm; break and turn over earth
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[易于领会的,明显的] tangible; easily perceptible; unmistakable
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[省级的,视野不宽的,简单的] relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
parallel  Speak Example sentences
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[保护免于灭绝] make something last; preserve from extinction
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[沉思默想的,忧心忡忡的] deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
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[平行的,类似的,相似的] being an equal distance apart everywhere; having the same tendency or direction
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[语言学] humanistic study of language and literature
patriarchal  Speak Example sentences
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[家长的,族长的] a form of social organization in which a male is the family head and title is traced through the male line
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[省级的,视野不宽的,简单的] relating to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated
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[中子] an elementary particle with 0 charges and mass about equal to a proton
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[平行的,类似的,相似的] being an equal distance apart everywhere; having the same tendency or direction
pensive  Speak Example sentences
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[沉思默想的,忧心忡忡的] deeply, often dreamily thoughtful; engaged in serious thought or reflection; contemplative
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[放弃,宣布终止] sacrificing; giving up; state of having rejected your religious beliefs
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[(演说,文章等)冗长的,啰嗦的] redundant; relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
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[沟壑,峡谷] gorge; deep narrow steep-sided valley