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1. adapt adept adopt
使适应;使适合adapt vt.He adapted himself to the cold weather. When he moved to Canada, the children adapted to the change very well. n. 内行;老手熟练的;精通的adept adj.(与at, in 连用)
She was adept at the fine art of irritating people.
采用vt.adopt 收养;采取;They adopted our methods.
正式通过;采纳The resolution was adopted by a vote of 180 in favour to 10 against it.
2.adopted adoptive
被收养的,被采纳的adj.adopted
an adopted child/an adopted advice
收养(孩子)的adoptive adj.an adoptive mother
3.averse adverse
连用)嫌恶的averse adj.(常与to
I am not averse to a dance party and a good mean after a week's hard work.
The minister is averse to/from flattery.
不利的;相反的adverse adj.an adverse decision
Adverse circumstances compelled him to close his business.
4 affection affectation
, 倾向疾病爱情affection n.友爱, , 影响,
做作假装n., 虚饰, affectation
5.altitude attitude aptitude latitude longitude multitude
altitude
At high altitudes of Tibet it is difficult to breathe.-(海拔)高度.
-The plane flew at an altitude of 20000 metres.
高处-People's attitude towards the skyscrapers varies widely.attitude n.姿势;态度-What is the Municipal Authority's attitude to the proposal of a tunnel across the river? 看法;意见What's the authorities' attitude towards this discord?
n.能力;才能;天资aptitude
范围;自由()用复数latitude n.纬度, 范围, ()地区, 行动或言论的n.经度, 经线longitude
多数, 群众multitude n.
6.angle angel
angle
-a right angle n.角;角度角落;墙角;棱角看法;看问题的角度观点;to consider all angles of the question
The professor angled his report to suit the audience he was speaking to.
-to angle a camera vt.转动一个角度带成见地描述(某事)He angles his reports to please his editor in chief.
用钩和钓钓鱼He is keen on angling.
连用)运用手段获得,攫取(与for
angel
天使;守护神;仁慈、漂亮的女人n.
7.announce denounce renounce pronounce
announce
vt.通告;宣布,宣告;发表
The captain announced that the plane was going to land.
The government announced that they would build a new highway to the mountain.
denounce vt.告发;揭发;斥责
正式放弃vt.renounce
He renounced his claim to the property.
宣布断绝关系He renounced his religion.
pronounce
发音;发出…音vt., vi.How do you pronounce c-l-e-r-k?
宣称;宣告;断言The expert pronounced the picture to be a forgery. The priest pronounced them man and wife.
Everyone pronounced the party to be very good.
(常与on, for, against, in favor of 连用)〈法〉宣判The judge
pronounced sentence on the prisoner.
8. annual annul
annual
-an annual event 每年的;一年一次的adj.annul
abolish/abolition; abrogate/abrogationvt.取消,废除(婚姻、契约等)9.apposite opposite
apposite
adj. 适当的opposite
, , 对等的应的, , adj.相对的对面的, 对立的相反的n.相反的事物
10 appraise apprise praise
appraise
vt.评估,评价,鉴定apprise
通知;告知vt.She was apprised of our arrival.
The secretary came to apprise us that the erection of the monster machine had been
successfully completed.
praise
赞美;赞扬;歌颂;赞颂vt.
She praised her daughter's hard work.
11.apprehensive comprehensive
apprehensive
-apprehensive for sb.'s safety 担心的adj.忧虑的;comprehensive adj.全面的;广泛的;包含内容多的;详尽的The state government gave a very comprehensive explanation of its plans for the development of electronic industry.
12 argument augment
argument
意见, ~(for,against),论点n.争论, 辩论, 论据,
augment
增大;增加vt., vi.
13. ascribe describe prescribe subscribe inscribe proscribe
, 归咎于ascribe vt.归因于描述形容v.描写vt., 记述, 形容, describe 开药方;处方;命令;规定prescribe vt., vi.`The law prescribes what should be done.
What punishment does the law prescribe for corruption?
The doctor prescribed total abstinence.
subscribe
to, for 连用)捐款;捐助;订购(报纸、杂志等)vt., vi.(常与连
用)同意,赞同(常与to
inscribe
in, on, with (常与连用)题写;铭刻vt.She inscribed her own name on the textbook.
连用)题名(常与to
This book I inscribe to my old comrades-in-arms.
proscribe vt.禁止
concent/decent 14. assent ascent
assent
连用)同意vi.(常与to
ascent
)提高, 攀登, 上坡路上升n., (地位, 声望等的
15 dissent descent decent
dissent
vi.
(常与from 连用)持异议;不同意;意见不一致He and I dissented from each other in choosing
a suitable candidate.
descent
n.
下降;下滑;降下;下来血统;遗传He traces his descent from an old Norman
family.
decent
adj
合适的体面的
16. assume resume consume presume
英语部分269/1359
vt.假定;假设assume
I assume you always get up at the same time.
采用;承担to assume new duties
恢复, 再用, 重新占用再继续> 概略, <美履历vt., 重新开始, ,
n.resume 摘要;消耗;消费;花费吃,喝consume vt., vi.His old car consumed much gasoline.
毁灭;烧毁The fire soon consumed the old wooden buildings in the neighbourhood.
presume vt., vi.(常与that 连用)假定;假设;认为
I presume from your speech that you are a foreigner.
You must presume no such thing.
当作;姑且认为If a person is missing for 7 years, he is presumed dead. to + inf 连用)放肆;擅作主张(常与A servant ought not to presume. 连用)指望;寄希望于…(与on, upon
We must not presume too mush on the reliability of such sources.