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adjacent 临近的，毗邻的(to) a city and its adjacent suburbs adjoin 贴近，与...毗邻 His house adjoins the lake. adverse 不友好的，敌对的 She felt adverse to her husbands friends. aesthetic 美学的，艺术的，审美 an aesthetic theory affliliate 使隶属（或附属）于，使成为会员 a government affiliated company aggravate 加重，加剧，恶化 aggravate the declining economy agitate 搅动（液体等） The machine agitated the mixture. allege 断言，宣称 The newspaper alleges the mayors guilt. asert alternate 交替，轮流 Night and day alternate. amend 修改，修订 amend the spelling in sb.s paper apart 成零碎 Such cheap clothes come apart after a few washings. appraise 估量，估计 appraise the infants weight apprehend 对...担心 Do you apprehend that there will be any difficulty? ascend 登高，（渐渐）上升，升高 The airplane ascended into the cloud. ascertain 查明，弄清，确定 I ascertained that he was dead. ashamed 惭愧的，羞耻的 I am ashamed for being so stupid. assault 攻击，袭击 We made an assault on the enemy fort. auxiliary 辅助的 an auxiliary rocket bias 偏见，偏心 have a bias against sb.(或sth.) boom 低沉有回响的声音 The great bell tolled with a deep boom. brace 托架，支架 He braced his muscles and lifted the weight. bribe 贿赂 accept(或take)a bribe from sb. brief 短暂的，简短的，简洁的 a brief holiday brisk 轻快的，生气勃勃的 a brisk pace chronic （疾病）慢性的，（人）久病的 chronic indigestion cluster （果实，花等的）串，束，簇; (人或物)的群，组 a cluster of tourists clutch 紧抓，紧握 clutch at an opportunity coherent 一致的，协调的 lack coherent political goals coincide 相符，相一致 100 Centigrade coincides with 212 Fahrenheit. collide 碰撞，互撞 The car collided with the truck. consolidate 巩固，加强 consolidate one’s position conspicuous 显眼的，明显的，引人瞩目的 He felt as conspicuous as if he had stood on a contaminate弄脏,污染,玷污,毒害: Fumes contaminate the air contempt轻视,轻蔑:show a contempt for sb =look down on contrive设计,想出:contrive a new method corrode(渐渐)损害,(一点一点地)损伤:Bribery corrodes the confidence that must exist between corrupt堕落的,腐败的,贪赃舞弊的:lead a corrupt life courtesy 谦恭有礼。有礼的举止（或）言辞：come in without courtesy designate 指明，表明：designate boundaries