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　　（1）Able ability enable capable be able to do能够做…

　　have the ability to do能够做，有能力做…：

　　例句：He has the ability to make very good boat.

　　enable sb to do使…能做…：来源：www.examda.com

　　例句：Internet has enabled us to get information from all over the world.

　　Be capable of能够做…：来源：www.examda.com

　　例句：He is capable of drawing oil painting.

　　（2）Absent 反义词：present

　　（3）Abroad国外，海外： live ~ go ~

　　例句：Many young people are eager to go abroad to study.

　　（4）Access： 入口，途径；机会，权利。

　　Have access to sth

　　例句：Citizens in the town all have access to the books in the local（当地的）library.

　　（5）Absorb 吸收 be absorbed in全神贯注于…

　　例句：All the students are absorbed in Professor's lecture on China's economy.

　　（6）Accept接受 receive收到（不一定接受）

　　例句：She received a gift from him， but she didn't accept it.

　　（7）By accident=by chance 偶然地 on purpose 故意地

　　（8） According to 根据

　　例句：According to the article， environmental pollution has been taken under control.

　　（9）Take… into account=take… into consideration 把…考虑在内

　　例句：I hope my teacher will take into account my illness when he grades our test paper.

　　Account 描述

　　例句：She gave an account of what he saw in China.

　　（10） Accuse sb of sth = charge sb with（for） sth 指责…做了…；指控…犯了…

　　例句：He was accused of robbing the bank and sentenced ten years in gail.

　　（11）Be accustomed to = be used to 习惯于 后接 sth或 doing sth

　　used to 过去有 过去常常 后接 do sth

　　例句：Mr. Smith is not used/accustomed to driving on the right.

　　I'm already used to the life here.

　　There used to be a house near the river.

　　He used to get up while he was in the middle school.

　　（12）Achieve 获得，达到

　　例句：You will achieve nothing if you waste your time this way.

　　（13）Adapt=adjust 适应 ~ adopt 收养；采用

　　例句：You should adapt to college life as soon as possible.

　　He adjusted himself very quickly to the weather in the country.

　　（14）Add to 增添 add up to 总计达

　　（15） In addition（to）=besides 此外

　　例句：In order to master a foreign language， we should learn some grammar. In addition， we'd better learn some words.

　　（16）Adequate=enough

　　（17）Admit 承认

　　例句：He admitted him mistake at last.

　　（18）In advance 预先，提前

　　例句：You should inform（通知） me in advance if you are going to come.

　　（19）Take advantage of = make use of 利用

　　例句：We can take advantage of computer to analyze data.

　　A good habit in learning is to make full use of class time.

　　（20）Affect （v.） effect （n.） influence （v & n） 影响 effort 努力

　　have an effect/influence on对…有影响

　　make an effort to do或 make efforts to do

　　例句：The latest discovery in gene will have a great effect on the health of human beings.

　　They made great efforts to find a new cure to lung cancer .

　　（21）Afford （to do） sth 买/花/用/支付得起

　　例句：It's hard to imagine how he can afford （to buy） a house on his small salary.

　　（22）Be afraid of 担心，害怕

　　（23）At the age of

　　（24）Agree with 同意

　　agree on 同意 （双方就…达成一致）

　　agree to 同意 （上级，父母对下级，晚辈允许…）

　　例句：The two countries have agreed on the date for next talk.

　　My parents don't agree to my staying outside overnight.

　　（25）Ahead of time 提前

　　例句：We finished our assignment ahead of time.

　　（26）By air=by plane by sea= by ship by bus/train on foot

　　（27）After all 毕竟 above all 首先 （not…） at all 一点（也不） all over

　　（28）Allow/permit … to do… 允许…做…

　　（29）Although/though but 连词 不能同时用在句子中。

　　As连词 倒装句

　　in spite of/despite介词 不连接句子

　　例句：Although he was seriously ill， he went on with the experiment.

　　Young as he is， he has already learned three foreign languages： English， French and Japanese.

　　Although he is young，he has already learned three foreign languages ：English， French and Japanese.

　　In spite of/despite his illness， he went on with his experiment.

　　（30）Be angry with sb be angry at sth

　　（31）Apart from=besides除了…。之外，还有…。=except除了…

　　例句：No one knows what happened except mr. Smith.

　　He has a large collection of books besides CDs.