在线4000 Essential English Words meaning课程其他-中国考试

a

c

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r

a

t

e

'ækjərət

If something is accurate, it is completely correct.

a

n

a

l

y

z

e

'ænə,laɪz

To analyze something is to study it.

a

s

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r

o

i

d

'æstərɔɪd

An asteroid is a giant rock from outer space.

c

o

n

t

r

o

v

e

r

s

y

ˈkɑntrəvɝsɪ

A controversy is a dispute about something that affects many people.

e

v

o

l

v

e

ɪ'vɑlv

To evolve is to change over time.

f

a

c

t

o

r

'fæktɚ

A factor is something that has an effect on the way another thing happens.

g

e

n

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t

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c

dʒə'nɛtɪk

If something is genetic, it is related to the genes in one’s body.

g

e

n

o

m

e

'dʒinom

A genome is the collection of all the genes in a living thing.

i

d

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n

t

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c

a

l

aɪ'dɛntɪkl

To be identical is to be the same as someone or something else.

i

n

t

e

l

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c

t

u

a

l

,ɪntə'lɛktʃuəl

An intellectual is a very smart person.

m

a

j

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r

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t

y

mə'dʒɔrəti

A majority of something is more than half of the people or things in that group.

m

a

m

a

l

'mæml

A mammal is an animal that usually has hair and is not born from an egg.

m

u

l

t

i

p

l

y

'mʌltɪplaɪ

To multiply is to increase in number.

o

f

s

p

r

i

n

g

'ɔfsprɪŋ

Offspring are the children of a person or the babies of an animal.

p

e

s

t

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c

i

d

e

'pɛstɪsaɪd

A pesticide is a substance used to kill insects.

r

e

g

u

l

a

t

e

'rɛɡjulet

To regulate something is to control how it happens.

r

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n

f

o

r

c

e

,riɪn'fɔrs

To reinforce something is to make it stronger.

s

t

r

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c

k

e

n

'strɪkən

If someone or something is stricken by a disease or problem, they are badly affected by it.

v

a

s

t

væst

If something is vast, it is very large.

v

e

g

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a

r

i

a

n

ˌvɛdʒəˈtɛrɪən

A vegetarian is someone who does not eat any meat products.

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