A Flashcards
afloat
漂浮 He manage to keep afloat by holding on the side of the boat
relinquish
放棄
amalgamate
混合 The film has amalgamate with an American company
renounce
放棄
ameliorate
改良 syn. alleviate ant. exacerbate
abyss
地獄
ambrosia
美食
anodyne
止痛藥
analphabetism
文盲 syn. illiteracy
anesthetic
麻醉
amnesia
健忘症
amorphous
無形狀
sanction
批准 鼓勵
atypical
異常 Has the woman had one breast biopsy with atypical hyperplasia
averse adj. aversion n.
厌惡
abjure
棄絕 We don’t force anyone to abjure his religion
abrogate
取消 廢止 syn. repeal retract rescind revoke annul
abscond
畏罪谮逃
downright
= absolute 絕對
abstemious
有節制 syn. self-deny
abstruse
深奧 philosopher’s words are often abstruse
actuate
驅策 激勵 syn. incite animate
agenda
議程
agile
敏捷 輕快 syn. nimble brisk
agitate
擾亂 鼓勵 Don’t agitate yourself over it
cogent
使人信服 she presented cogent arguments to the jury
enact
演出 扮演 制定法律 Enact a law allowing unrestricted emigration
exacting
精確 苛求 I can never live up to my father’s exacting standard
exactitude
精密度
exigent
緊急的
lethargy
怠惰
prodigal
揮霍 奢侈
repercussion
反應 回響
pedagogue
教師
atrocity
兇惡 暴行 syn. barbarism massacre brutality
acrid
辛辣
acrimony
尖酸刻薄 The dispute was renewed with increasing acrimony
acumen
敏銳 MS. Johnson has business acumen
acute
劇烈 敏銳 your eyesight is acute acute disease
acronym
頭字語
accent
口音
acclaim
喝采 歡呼 we acclaimed him as the best player of the year
acclimate
適應
accomondate
容納
accredit
歸諸於 委任 The diplomats are accredited to a country
accuse
控訴
acquit
宣告無罪
adhere
堅持 黏著
admonish
婉轉警告 syn. reprimand, tip off
affection
感情 He will be remembered by many with affection as a faithful and kind friend.
affinity
鄰近 緣分 We have close affinity with the landscape with nostalgia
affirm
斷言 肯定
afflict
使苦惱 痛苦 He was afflicted with irregular heart rhythms
affront
冒犯 侮辱 The boy affronted the teacher by scurrilous words
aggrandize
提高 增大 All he desired was to aggrandizement his estate
aggrieve
使苦惱 悲傷
allay
減緩 Her fears were allayed by her mother’s consolation
allegory
寓言
allegation
聲稱
alleviate
減少
allocate
分配
allude
暗示
allure
引誘 The allure of the exotic and delicious foods drew hundreds of diners to the restaurant
annex
併吞 霸佔 Part of the country area was annexed to the city in recent months
annotate
註釋 The report was annotate
apparel
服裝 syn.attire