备考词汇

abduction

UK:  [æb'dʌkʃ(ə)n]

US:  [æb'dʌkʃ(ə)n]

n.

1.外展(作用)

2.诱拐

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1 . He goes on to claim that the purpose of his alleged abduction was to discredit Iran and its nuclear program.
接着他声称，绑架他的目的是为了诋毁伊朗以及其核项目。

2 . She spoke of her abduction, of how she was taken to one of the residences of Moammar Gadhafi's soldiers.
她说出了（卡扎菲支持者）对她的诱骗，关于她是怎么被卡扎菲的士兵带出其中一个处所。

3 . He says Pyongyang has also failed to investigate the past abduction of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents, as it had promised to do.
他说，平壤在调查北韩间谍过去绑架日本国民问题上没有遵守它曾作出的承诺。

4 . Bloggers without a high profile on the international stage are especially vulnerable to intimidation, abduction and worse, he said.
他说，在国际上名气不大的博客作者特别容易受到恐吓、绑架或更恶劣的对待。

5 . The Afghan Islamic Press news agency said the Taliban insurgents were responsible for the abduction.
阿富汗伊斯兰通讯社报道，塔利班武装分子对此次绑架事件负责。

abate

UK:  [ə'beɪt]

US:  [ə'beɪt]

第三人称单数：abates  现在分词：abating  过去分词：abated  

v.

1.减少,减轻(痛苦等);降低,减(价);缓和

2.(洪水、风暴、病痛等)减少,减轻,减退

3.消灭

4.止住,停息,渐渐平息

5.防止

6.〔律〕撤销(法令);扣减;停止诉讼;减免;(法令等)被废除

7.淡薄

8.除掉;夺去

9.【法律】中止,作废

10.【法律】取消(法令),中止(诉讼);排除(障碍)

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1 . Analysts said the improvement around the world suggested that the recessionary forces buffeting the global economy were starting to abate.
分析师表示，全球制造业活动的改善显示，冲击全球经济的衰退力量已开始消退。

2 . Her husband Emil Abate says his family in California would not have objected to his marrying a woman of any race.
她丈夫爱米尔·阿贝托称他在加州的家人不会反对他和任何种族的人结婚。

3 . Mike Geoghegan, chief executive, said the rise in UK insolvencies looked "unlikely to abate" in the medium term.
汇丰银行首席执行官纪勤（MikeGeoghegan）表示，看起来在中期内英国破产案的升势“不太可能减缓”。

4 . "Those are the securities most vulnerable to some sort of change" , said Joseph Abate, strategist at Barclays Capital.
巴克莱资本策略师约瑟夫•阿倍特（JosephAbate）指出：“如果出现某种变化，那些债券是最容易受到冲击的。”

5 . Alibaba is taking move abate China foreign trade glides the menace of pair of its business.
阿里巴巴正在采取举措减弱中国外贸下滑对其业务的威胁。

abhorrence

US:  [əbˈhɒrəns]

n.

1.〈正式〉厌恶;憎恨

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1 . In private they were less tactful. Taft dismissed him as "a peace crank" ; Roosevelt viewed him with "contemptuous abhorrence" .
私下里，他们就不那么客气，塔夫不屑地称他为“和平怪人”；罗斯福视他为“狂妄自大的讨厌鬼”。

2 . It has given me such an abhorrence of annuities, that I am sure I would not pin myself down to the payment of one for all the world .
我对养老金产生如此深的厌恶感，我可以确定我不会把罪归于他给我的报酬。

3 . Smartly tailored uniforms, an abhorrence of cultural difference, and a desire for racial purity are all of a piece with fascist mysticism.
量身定做的制服，深恶痛绝的文化差异，对种族纯洁性的渴望，都和法西斯神秘主义紧密相连。

4 . The president seems sincere in his abhorrence of corruption, but unwilling to take on vested interests threatened by the anti-graft drive.
总统似乎确实憎恶贪污腐败，但是他也不愿反贪行动威胁到既得利益。

5 . horror; disrelish; aversion; dislike; distaste; abhorrence; abomination; detestation; execration; loathing; odium.
憎恨；可憎的事物；厌恶；憎恶；厌恶；可憎的事物；厌恶。

abiding

UK:  [ə'baɪdɪŋ]

US:  [ə'baɪdɪŋ]

adj.

1.〔书面语〕持久的,不变的

2.永久的

3.由来已久的

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1 . There was just one problem, which hadn't occurred to his handlers - Uri was a vegetarian with an abiding respect for all life.
只是有一点是其上司没有想到的——尤里是个历来尊重一切生命的素食主义者。

2 . Dining room ground handling for the milky white tiles easy to take care of, in the law-abiding, in a few more lighter.
客厅餐厅地面处理为乳白色的地砖便于打理，在中规中矩中多了一些轻松的话题。

3 . If I have been critical, it is only to share with you my faith and abiding belief in both music and young people.
如果我苛刻，那只是我在与你分享我对音乐对年轻人的信念和坚定的信心。

4 . Samuelson's desire to carve a role for economics in contemporary policy debates was the other abiding theme of his career.
让经济学在当代政策辩论中扮演某种角色，是贯穿萨缪尔森事业生涯的另一个主题。

5 . There seem to be economic benefits for a society where people are law-abiding, trustworthy, caring and generally nice.
一个社会如果人人守法、诚信、相互关爱和普遍正派，看上去是有经济价值的。

abjure

UK:  [æb'dʒʊə(r)]

US:  [æb'dʒʊr]

第三人称单数：abjures  现在分词：abjuring  过去分词：abjured  

v.

1.发誓弃绝(信仰等);公开放弃(国籍、权利等)

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1 . Adrienne Lecouvreur on her deathbed was willing to confess and receive communion, but refused to abjure her profession.
阿德莉娜勒库弗勒临终之时希望忏悔、聆听圣言，但她拒绝发誓放弃她的职业。

2 . So, in a high-stakes, nationally televised debate, Obama might be called upon to defend his pastor and church, or abjure his faith.
因此在一个风险很大的赌注，全国电视直播的辩论，奥巴马也许被要求去为他的牧师和教会辩护，要不就放弃他的信念。

3 . The company was forced to abjure the practice of firing pregnant employees after being sued for discrimination.
这家公司在被控告有歧视行为之后，不得不放弃开除怀孕员工的措施。

4 . He also encouraged satyagrahis to feel empathy for their political opponents and to abjure violence against the British.
他也鼓励非暴力不合作运动者们对政治对手怀有同情心，公开声明不对英国人采取暴力。

5 . Even those who should abjure their errors were condemned, if men, to die by the sword; if women, to be buried alive.
一个基督徒即使放弃了这些“异端”，仍是要被定罪的，男的用刀杀，女的活埋。

aback

UK:  [ə'bæk]

US:  [ə'bæk]

adv.

1.使船后退

2.向后;【航海】逆帆

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1 . Moseley was taken aback; he said he wanted to spend time fact-finding first.
莫斯利措手不及；他说他需要先花时间进行实地调查。

2 . But even he might have been taken aback by the recipe concocted by Peter Ferlow.
但是就连他也可能会对彼得·费尔罗调制的配方大吃一惊。

3 . She was a little taken aback, but then she reminded herself, "Well, if I'm going to die, the best way is to die meditating. "
她有点吃惊，不过，她接著提醒自己，“好吧，如果要死，最好是死在禅定当中。”

4 . She must have been a little too taken aback to reply as I can't seem to recall what she had to say to that.
她一定是花了很长时间才反应过来怎样回答我，因为我记不起她当时是怎么说的了。

5 . None of these reversals is a surprise, but conservatives have been taken aback at the unflinching speed of the changes.
这些政策反转中，没有一项令人感到奇怪。但是保守派人士却着实被这种迅猛改变的速度吓了一跳。

abdominal

UK:  [æb'dɒmɪn(ə)l]

US:  [æb'dɑmɪn(ə)l]

adj.

1.腹部的,腹腔的

2.〔医〕腹部的

3.〔医〕腹式的

4.腹的

5.腹位的

6.【鱼类】有腹鳍的

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1 . Result Forty-two cases were all cured, 3 cases incision infection. There was no abdominal abscess, incision fistula or other complication.
结果本组全部治愈，感染3例，未出现吻合口瘘及腹腔脓肿并发症。

2 . If you are planning on getting pregnant, you should be very cautious about the placement of any tattoo near the abdominal area.
如果你正在计划怀孕，要非常谨慎地考虑任何腹部的纹身。

3 . The patient appetite waste away, dry mouth smell, the surface of the tongue with a yellow moss, often accompanied by abdominal pain.
病人食欲废绝，口腔干燥发臭，舌面覆有黄白苔，常伴有腹痛。

4 . For a new analgesia which is cheap, highly effective and easy to manipulate normatively, we would prefer Abdominal Acupuncture.
为了探索一种价格低廉、起效迅速、操作规范的新的镇痛方法，我们选择了腹针疗法。

5 . One of the easiest ways to get six pack abs involves burning off the body fat that covers the abdominal muscles.
打造腹肌最简单的方法之一就是燃烧覆盖在腹部肌肉上的脂肪。

abbey

UK:  ['æbɪ]

US:  ['æbi]

复数：abbeys  

n.

1.修道院,大教堂,大寺院

2.阿比〔姓氏〕

3.全院修道士[修道女]

4.艾比

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1 . The day after she died, my 4-year-old daughter Meredith was crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey.
在它死后，我年仅四岁的女儿梅瑞迪斯哭得很伤心，她说她很想很想艾比。

2 . Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal wedding is to be celebrated in Westminster Abbey in London on April 29 (Today).
伦敦当地时间4月29日，英国威廉王子将携凯特·米德尔顿在英国伦敦威斯敏斯特大教堂举行盛大婚礼。

3 . Then there has been the announcement by Abbey, the UK bank, that it would be prepared to lend home buyers five times their gross income.
此外，英国阿比国民银行（Abbey）已宣布，准备向购房者提供相当于他们年收入5倍的贷款。

4 . The first wedding to take place at the abbey was that of King Henry I of England and Princess Matilda of Scotland in 1100.
第一对在威斯敏斯特大教堂完婚的新人是1100年英格兰国王亨利一世和苏格兰的马蒂尔德公主。

5 . The children come to the Abbey to see Maria. Sister Margarita answers their bell.
孩子们到修道院找玛丽亚。玛格丽塔修女开门。

abbreviation

UK:  [əˌbri:vi'eɪʃn]

US:  [əˌbri:vi'eɪʃn]

复数：abbreviations  

n.

1.省略,缩写,简化,缩写词,略语

2.【数学】约分

3.【音乐】略号

4.〔数〕约分;〔乐〕略号

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1 . And soon OK was to find its place in many languages as a reminder of a familiar word or abbreviation.
很快OK就在不同语言中作为某个常见单词或缩写词的提示语存在。

2 . This latter term would even preserve the abbreviation DSD , but would give it a more widely accepted meaning .
后一个术语甚至可能会附和缩写DSD，但是可能会让更多人接受这个含意。

3 . I looked up the word "expo" in this dictionary. "Expo" is an abbreviation for "exposition" .
我在这本词典里查到了“expo”一词，它是“exposition”的缩写。

4 . The second and more recent sense of the word art is as an abbreviation for creative art or fine art.
第二个和更近的意义上的艺术是作为一个缩写创作或美术。

5 . I'm not a prodigy, but people close to me that I prodigies, I puzzled, until they know the abbreviation of comrade is a mental derangement!
我不是神童，但我身边的人都叫我神童，我百思不得其解，直到后来才知道是神经病同志的简称！

abash

UK:  [ə'bæʃ]

US:  [ə'bæʃ]

过去分词：abashed  现在分词：abashing  第三人称单数：abashes  

v.

1.使局促不安

2.使…羞愧,使…脸红

3.挖苦

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1 . If I had not known before that you were trying somehow to abash me I should know it now.
如果我以前不知道你老是挖苦我，那么现在我知道了。

2 . That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm.
能够使得小鸟不安保有此多暖意。

3 . That could abash the little bird.
能使小巧的鸟儿备受伤害。

4 . abash: cause to feel self-conscious or embarrassed
使局促不安；使困窘