1. Abacus:n. 算盤
They also learned to use the abacus.(他們還學(xué)習(xí)珠算。)
2. Abase:v. 使謙卑,使降低
The president is not willing to abase himself before the nation.(總統(tǒng)不愿在全國(guó)人民面前降低自己的威信。)
3. Abate:v. (指風(fēng)勢(shì)、疼痛等)減弱,減輕,減退
The storm began to abate slightly.(風(fēng)暴開始稍有所減弱。)
4. Abdicate:v. 正式放棄(官職、權(quán)利),讓位,退位
King Edward Ⅷ abdicated in 1936 to marry a commoner.(國(guó)王愛德華八世于1936年退位與一個(gè)平民結(jié)婚。)
5. Abduct:v. 誘拐,拐走,綁架
Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted.(偵探尚未排除她被綁架的可能性。)
6. Aberrant:a. 不循常規(guī)的,不走正路的
It reflects the aberrant personality of some American politicians hostile to China’s development and becoming powerful.(這是美國(guó)一些反華政客仇視中國(guó)發(fā)展和強(qiáng)大的變態(tài)心理的表現(xiàn)。)
7. Abhor:v. 憎恨(某人,某事物),厭惡,討厭
They abhor all forms of racial discrimination.(他們?cè)鲪喝魏涡问降姆N族歧視。)
8. Abject:a. 1.(情況)凄慘的,絕望的2. (人、動(dòng)作或行為)無恥的,下賤的
This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.(這一政策最后以慘敗而告終。)
What an abject performance!(多么卑劣的行為!)
9. Abode:n. 房屋,家
With no fixed abode(居無定所)
10. Abominable:1.可憎的,可惡的2. 糟糕的,極壞的
Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.(他們虐待犯人的做法令人厭惡。)
The sanitary conditions in this restaurant are abominable.(這家飯館的衛(wèi)生狀況糟透了。)