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abdicate

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V. /放 弃/renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he loved, he surprised the entire world.

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abduction

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kidnapping.

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aberrant

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abnormal

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abet

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/帮助,鼓励/aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.

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abeyance

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悬而未决

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abject

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ADJ. /穷困潦倒,卑微/wretched; lacking pride.

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abjure

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V. /发誓放弃/renounce upon oath.

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ablution

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N. /洗/washing.

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abnegation

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N. /批判,自我牺牲/repudiation; self-sacrifice. No act of abnegation was more pronounced than his refusal
of any rewards for his discovery.

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abominable

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ADJ. /可恶的,非常糟糕/detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad.

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abortive

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ADJ. /流产的/unsuccessful; fruitless. Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to abandon
their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully. abort,V.

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abrade

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V. /磨损,侵蚀/wear away by friction; scrape; erode. The sharp rocks abraded the skin on her legs, so she put iodine on her abrasions.

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abrasive

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ADJ. /摩擦的,粗糙的,研磨剂/rubbing away; tending to grind down.

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abridge

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V. /删节,节选/condense or shorten.

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abrogate

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ADJ. /废除/abolish.

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abscond

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V. /隐 匿 ,逃 避 ,躲 债/depart secretly and hide.

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absolve

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V. /谅解/pardon (an offense). The father confessor absolved him of his sins. absolution, N.

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abstain

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V. /控制,限制(自己)/refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice.

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abstemious

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ADJ. /节制(饮食),调节/sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.

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abstinence

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N. /节制(饮食)/restraint from eating or drinking.

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abstruse

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ADJ. /难以理解的,复杂的/obscure; profound; difficult to understand. She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does.

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abusive

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ADJ. /粗俗的侮辱,对身体有害的/coarsely insulting; physically harmful. An abusive parent damages a child both mentally and physically.

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abut

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V. /毗邻/border upon; adjoin. Where our estates abut, we must build a fence.

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abysmal

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ADJ. /无底的/bottomless. His arrogance is exceeded only

by his abysmal ignorance.

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abyss

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N. /深 渊 ,深 坑 ,无 底 洞 /enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit.

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accede

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V. /同意/agree.

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accentuate

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V. /强调,重音/emphasize; stress. If you accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative, you may wind up with an overoptimistic view of the world.

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accessible

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ADJ. /可得到的/easy to approach; obtainable. We asked our guide whether the ruins were accessible on
foot.

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accessory

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N. /附件/additional object; useful but not essential thing. She bought an attractive handbag as an
accessory for her dress. also ADJ.

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acclaim

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V. /赞扬,表扬/applaud; announce with great approval.

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acclimate

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V. /适应/adjust to climate.

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acclivity

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N. /上山的陡坡/sharp upslope of a hill.

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accolade

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N. /出名的大奖/award of merit. In Hollywood, an “Oscar” is the highest accolade.

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accomplice

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N. /共犯,同伙/partner in crime.

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accost

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V. /搭讪,邂逅/approach and speak first to a person.

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accoutre

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V. /装备/equip.

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accretion

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N. /增长/growth; increase. The accretion of wealth marked the family’s rise in power.

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accrue

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V. /附带的，增长，积累/come about by addition

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acerbity

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N. /尖酸的(语气,脾气)/bitterness of speech and temper.

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acetic

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酸的

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acidulous

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ADJ. /酸的;尖锐,刻薄/slightly sour; sharp, caustic. James was unpopular because of his sarcastic and
acidulous remarks.

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acknowledge

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V. /认可,承认/recognize; admit. Although I acknowledge that the Beatles’ tunes sound pretty dated today, I still prefer them to the “gangsta rap” songs my brothers play.

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acme

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N. /顶点/top; pinnacle. His success in this role marked the acme of his career as an actor.

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acoustics

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N. /声学的/science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in. Carnegie Hall is liked by music lovers because of its fine acoustics.

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acquiesce

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V. /默许/assent; agree without protesting.

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acquittal

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N. /无罪开释/deliverance from a charge.

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acrid

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ADJ. /尖锐;尖酸/sharp; bitterly pungent.

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acrimonious

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ADJ. /挖 苦 的 ,尖 酸 的( 语 言 ,行 为 )/bitter in words or manner.

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acrophobia

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N. /恐高症/fear of heights.

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actuarial

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ADJ. /保险精算的,精算/calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics.

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actuate

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V. / 推动,促使/motivate.

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acuity

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N. /尖锐/sharpness.

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acumen

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N. /思想敏锐/mental keenness. His business acumen

helped him to succeed where others had failed.

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acute

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ADJ. /adj. 严重的，[医] 急性的；敏锐的；激烈的；尖声的/quickly perceptive; keen; brief and severe.The acute young doctor realized immediately that the gradual deterioration of her patient’s once acute hearing was due to a chronic illness, not an
acute one.

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adage

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N. /格言,谚语/wise saying; proverb.

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adamant

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ADJ. /坚硬, 不动摇/hard; inflexible.

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addendum

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N. /附加,附录,补充/an addition or supplement.

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addle

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V. /使变疯,腐坏/muddle; drive crazy; become rotten. This idiotic plan is confusing enough to addle
anyone. addled, ADJ.

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address

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V. /发表(演讲),处理,讨论/direct a speech to; deal with or discuss.

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adept

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ADJ. /擅长于/expert at. She was adept at the fine art of irritating people. also N.

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adhere

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V. /vi. 坚持；依附；粘着；追随

vt. 使粘附/stick fast. I will adhere to this opinion until proof that I am wrong is presented. adhesion, N.

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adherent

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N. /支持者,追

随者/supporter; follower. In the wake of the scandal, the senator’s one-time adherents quickly deserted him.

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adjacent

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ADJ. /邻近的,毗邻的/adjoining; neighboring; close by. Philip’s best friend Jason lived only four houses down the block, close but not immediately adjacent.

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adjunct

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N. /附加物/something added on or attached (generally nonessential or inferior). Although I don’t
absolutely need a second computer, I plan to buy a laptop to serve as an adjunct to my desktop model.

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admonish

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V. /警告,训 斥/warn; reprove. He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways.

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admonition

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N. /警告/warning.

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adorn

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V. /装饰/decorate. Wall paintings and carved statues adorned the temple. adornment, N.

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adroit

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ADJ. /熟练,有技巧，灵巧的/skillful. His adroit handling of the delicate situation pleased his employers.

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