Word List 4 apotheosis-astigmatism Flashcards
apotheosis
N. /神化,典范/elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something.
appall
V. /使惊慌,震惊/dismay; shock.
apparatus
N. / 器械, 设备/equipment.
apparition
N. /鬼,幽灵/ghost; phantom.
appease
V. /平静,安抚/pacify or soothe; relieve.
appellation
N. /名 字,标题/name; title.
append
V. /追加,附上/attach.
application
N. /勤奋的付出/diligent attention.
apposite
ADJ. /合适的/appropriate; fitting.
appraise
V. /估价/estimate value of.
appreciate
V. /感 激 ;增 值 ;赏 识 /be thankful for; increase in
worth; be thoroughly conscious of.
apprehend
V. /逮捕;惧怕;领会/arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive.
apprehension
N. /害怕/fear.
apprenticeship
N. /学徒身份/time spent as a novice learning a trade from a skilled worker.
apprise
V. /告诉/inform.
approbation
N. /同意,批准/approval.
appropriate
V. /获得;挪用,据为己有/acquire; take possession of for one’s own use.
apropos
PREP. /关于/with reference to; regarding.
aptitude
N. /能力,才能/fitness; talent.
aquatic
ADJ. /与水有关系的/pertaining to water.
aquiline
ADJ. /弯曲的,钩状的/curved, hooked.
arable
ADJ. /可耕种的/fit for growing crops.
arbiter
N. /仲裁者/a person with power to decide a dispute; judge.
arbitrary
ADJ. /反复无常;残暴;随机的/capricious; randomly chosen;
tyrannical.
arbitrator
N. /仲裁者/judge.
arboretum
N. /植物园/place where different tree varieties are exhibited.
arcade
N. /拱廊/a covered passageway, usually lined with shops.
arcane
ADJ. /秘密;谜/secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated.
archaeology
N. /考古学/study of artifacts and relics of early mankind.
archaic
ADJ. /过时的/antiquated.