list 1 Flashcards
abdicate
V. /放 弃/renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he loved, he surprised the entire world.
abduction
kidnapping.
aberrant
abnormal
abet
/帮助,鼓励/aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.
abeyance
悬而未决
abject
ADJ. /穷困潦倒,卑微/wretched; lacking pride.
abjure
V. /发誓放弃/renounce upon oath.
ablution
N. /洗/washing.
abnegation
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.
abominable
ADJ. /可恶的,非常糟糕/detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad.
abortive
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.
abrade
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.
abrasive
ADJ. /摩擦的,粗糙的,研磨剂/rubbing away; tending to grind down.
abridge
V. /删节,节选/condense or shorten.
abrogate
ADJ. /废除/abolish.
abscond
V. /隐 匿 ,逃 避 ,躲 债/depart secretly and hide.
absolve
V. /谅解/pardon (an offense). The father confessor absolved him of his sins. absolution, N.
abstain
V. /控制,限制(自己)/refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice.
abstemious
ADJ. /节制(饮食),调节/sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.
abstinence
N. /节制(饮食)/restraint from eating or drinking.
abstruse
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.
abusive
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.
abut
V. /毗邻/border upon; adjoin. Where our estates abut, we must build a fence.
abysmal
ADJ. /无底的/bottomless. His arrogance is exceeded only
by his abysmal ignorance.
abyss
N. /深 渊 ,深 坑 ,无 底 洞 /enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit.
accede
V. /同意/agree.
accentuate
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.
accessible
ADJ. /可得到的/easy to approach; obtainable. We asked our guide whether the ruins were accessible on
foot.
accessory
N. /附件/additional object; useful but not essential thing. She bought an attractive handbag as an
accessory for her dress. also ADJ.
acclaim
V. /赞扬,表扬/applaud; announce with great approval.
acclimate
V. /适应/adjust to climate.
acclivity
N. /上山的陡坡/sharp upslope of a hill.
accolade
N. /出名的大奖/award of merit. In Hollywood, an “Oscar” is the highest accolade.
accomplice
N. /共犯,同伙/partner in crime.
accost
V. /搭讪,邂逅/approach and speak first to a person.
accoutre
V. /装备/equip.
accretion
N. /增长/growth; increase. The accretion of wealth marked the family’s rise in power.
accrue
V. /附带的,增长,积累/come about by addition
acerbity
N. /尖酸的(语气,脾气)/bitterness of speech and temper.
acetic
酸的
acidulous
ADJ. /酸的;尖锐,刻薄/slightly sour; sharp, caustic. James was unpopular because of his sarcastic and
acidulous remarks.
acknowledge
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.
acme
N. /顶点/top; pinnacle. His success in this role marked the acme of his career as an actor.
acoustics
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.
acquiesce
V. /默许/assent; agree without protesting.
acquittal
N. /无罪开释/deliverance from a charge.
acrid
ADJ. /尖锐;尖酸/sharp; bitterly pungent.
acrimonious
ADJ. /挖 苦 的 ,尖 酸 的( 语 言 ,行 为 )/bitter in words or manner.
acrophobia
N. /恐高症/fear of heights.
actuarial
ADJ. /保险精算的,精算/calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics.
actuate
V. / 推动,促使/motivate.
acuity
N. /尖锐/sharpness.
acumen
N. /思想敏锐/mental keenness. His business acumen
helped him to succeed where others had failed.
acute
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.
adage
N. /格言,谚语/wise saying; proverb.
adamant
ADJ. /坚硬, 不动摇/hard; inflexible.
addendum
N. /附加,附录,补充/an addition or supplement.
addle
V. /使变疯,腐坏/muddle; drive crazy; become rotten. This idiotic plan is confusing enough to addle
anyone. addled, ADJ.
address
V. /发表(演讲),处理,讨论/direct a speech to; deal with or discuss.
adept
ADJ. /擅长于/expert at. She was adept at the fine art of irritating people. also N.
adhere
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.
adherent
N. /支持者,追
随者/supporter; follower. In the wake of the scandal, the senator’s one-time adherents quickly deserted him.
adjacent
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.
adjunct
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.
admonish
V. /警告,训 斥/warn; reprove. He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways.
admonition
N. /警告/warning.
adorn
V. /装饰/decorate. Wall paintings and carved statues adorned the temple. adornment, N.
adroit
ADJ. /熟练,有技巧,灵巧的/skillful. His adroit handling of the delicate situation pleased his employers.