词汇_新标准大学英语综合教程4.doc

. . . . 新标准大学英语综合教程4 Abject ADJ?You use?abject?to emphasize that a situation or quality is extremely bad. 糟糕透顶的?[强调] Both of them died in abject poverty. 他们两个人都死于穷困潦倒。 Acceptably adv. 可欣然接受地；合意地 I don’t think I am a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well. 我认为我不是一个可以令人满意地做好各种不同工作的人。 Accessory N-COUNT?Accessories?are items of equipment that are not usually essential, but can be used with or added to something else in order to make it more efficient, useful, or decorative. 附件 ...an exclusive range of hand-made bedroom and bathroom accessories. …一个高档系列的手工制作的卧室及卫生间设备附件。 N-COUNT?Accessories?are articles such as belts and scarves which you wear or carry but which are not part of your main clothing. 配饰 It also has a good range of accessories, including sunglasses, handbags and belts. 它还有多种配饰，包括墨镜、手包和皮带。 N-COUNT?If someone is guilty of being an?accessory?to?a crime, they helped the person who committed it, or knew it was being committed but did not tell the police. 从犯?[法律] She had been charged with being an accessory to the embezzlement of funds from a cooperative farm. 她已被指控为挪用一个合作农场资金的一个从犯。 accessory, supplement, appendix, attachment, addition 这组词都有“附加物、增加物”的意思，其区别是： accessory?作“附件”解时，与attachment同义，可互换，但还指增加美观的附属品。 supplement?主要指使书、报等正广更完善而额外增加的部分。 appendix?指书末的附录。 attachment?指用于扩大原物用途的附件。 addition?仅强调数量的增加。 Acumen N-UNCOUNT Acumen is the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions. 敏锐; 精明 The firm’s success is largely due to Brannon’s commercial acumen. 公司的成功主要是因为布兰龙敏锐的商业头脑。 Adapt V-T/V-I If you adapt to a new situation or adapt yourself to it, you change your ideas or behavior in order to deal with it successfully. 适应 The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change. 这个世界将会不同，所以我们必须准备好适应变化。 V-T If you adapt something, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation. 改装 Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office. 做了个书架，以便将这个图书馆