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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
appall
使……驚嚇 The international community found the increase in patients stricken by the fatal disease appalling
appeal
懇求
apprentice
當學徒
approbate
批准 讚美
appropriate
適當 撥款 We should not appropriate other’s property without their permission
asset
資產
assiduous
勤勉的 syn. sedulous industrious diligent
assignment
作業 They were required to mimic human speech as their first assignment
assimilate
同化 吸收
assorted
各式各樣 miscellaneous a myriad of heterogeneous
attire
服裝
agony
痛楚 He was in agony because he had broken his leg
antagonist
對手
nostalgia
鄉愁
adulterate
摻混 Beef has been adulterated to increase its favor
adultery
私通 Mary divorces him on the ground of adultary
alias
別名
altruism
利他主義
alternation
交叉 交替 輪流 We are conscious of the adulternation of seasons
alteration
改變 更動
heterodox
非正統 異端 ant. orthodox
heterogeneous
不同的
aliment
營養 生計
altar
祭壇
altarage
香火錢 祭壇之祭品
haughty
傲慢的 syn. arrogant conceited
amenity
舒適
ameliorate
改良 改善 Good economic news or an optimistic message from President usually ameliorates the condition of the stock market
amiable
和藹可親的
amicable
友好的
amorous
多情的
enamor
傾心 迷戀
paramour
情婦
ambidextrous
兩手都靈巧
ambience
環境
ambiguous
語意含糊 syn. equivocal vague cryptic engimatic indefinite
ambivalent
矛盾
ambivert
內外向的人
amphibian
兩棲動物
ambulant
流動的
amputate
截肢
animate
賦予活力 活潑的 The soul animates body
animadvert
譴責 syn. denounce find fault with
equanimity
平靜 鎮定 syn. calmness composure poise serenity The man made a proposal with equanimity to her
magnanimous
慷慨
animosity
仇恨 syn. enmity acrimony hatred
pusillanimous
懦弱 syn. cowardly timidy
longanimous
堅忍
centennial
百年一次
perennial
多年生植物 永久的 syn. permanent perpetual eternal
semiannual
半年一次 syn biannual
antedate
較早發生 The great eternal truths and principles of life antedate all religions
anthropology
人類學
anthropomorphic
神人一體 (morphology 型態學)
misanthrope
憎恨人類者
philanthropic
仁慈的 syn. charitable benevolent
inept
不適合
antipathy
反感
antiquated
過時的 已廢棄的 These antiquated notions should be erased
antique
古代 古玩(antiquity 古物 古蹟)
antithesis
對照 對句
antonym
反義字
antonym
反義字
antinomy
自相矛盾 syn. paradox
antiseptic
防腐劑
aquarium
水槽 水族館
ardent
熱心
ardous
艱苦
arson
放火
articulate
清晰
asterisk
星狀物 星標
cataclysm
水災 巨變 syn. upheaval mishap
calamity
災禍
starry
燦爛輝煌
archaic
古代 早期
arctic
極寒的 北極的
archetype
典型
hierarchical
階級制的
matriarch
母系制度
archaeologist
考古學家
aristocracy
貴族政治
audible
聽得見的
audience
聽眾
auditory
聽覺
otology
耳科學
autocracy
獨裁政體
autobiograph
自傳
autograph
親筆簽名
authentic
真正的
audacity
大膽
authority
權力 權威
authorize
授權
auxiliary
輔助 syn.subsidiary
avaricious
貪婪的
avidity
貪心
avian
禽類
auspice
主辦 吉兆
augur
預言
inauguration
就職典禮
inauguration
就職典禮