abase | (降低,羞辱) humiliate; lower or depress in rank or esteem |
abash | (使难堪) embarrass; make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert |
abate | (减弱,减少) subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity |
abbreviate | (减短,缩写) make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase |
abdicate | (放弃) give up, renounce, abandon, lay down, or withdraw from, as a right or claim |
aberrant | (不正常的) abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm |
abet | (帮助,鼓励) aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage |
abeyance | (悬而未决) suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension |
abhor | (憎恨) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate |
abject | (穷困潦倒,卑微) being of the most miserable kind; wretched; lacking pride; brought low in condition or status |
abjure | (发誓放弃) renounce upon oath; abandon forever |
ablution | (洗) washing or cleansing of the body, especially as part of religious rite |
abnegation | (批判,自我牺牲) repudiation; self-sacrifice; renouncing your own interests in favor of interests of others |
abode | (住处,住所,等候,延迟) act of waiting; delay; stay or continuance in a place |
abolish | (废除) cancel; put an end to; destroy completely |
abominable | (可恶的,非常糟糕) detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad |
aboriginal | (原来的,土著的) being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native |
abortive | (不成功的,失败) unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless |
abrasive | (摩擦的,粗糙的,研磨剂) rubbing away; tending to grind down |
abridge | (删节,节选) condense; shorten; reduce length of written text |
abrogate | (废除) abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority |
abscond | (隐匿,逃避,躲债) leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution |
absolute | (完全的,肯定的) perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain |
absolve | (解脱责任) let off hook; relieve of requirement or obligation |
abstemious | (节制（饮食）,调节) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate |
abstinence | (节制（饮食）) restraint from eating or drinking; refraining from indulging appetite or desire |
abstract | (抽象的) theoretical; not concrete; not applied or practical; difficult to understand |
abstruse | (难以理解的,复杂的) obscure; profound; difficult to understand. |
abusive | (粗俗的侮辱,对身体有害的) coarsely insulting; physically harmful; characterized by improper or wrongful use |
abut | (毗邻) border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent |
abysmal | (无底的) bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad |
abyss | (深渊,深坑,无底洞) enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit; any deep, immeasurable space; hell |
academic | (学术的) related to school; not practical or directly useful; relating to scholarly organization; based on formal education |
accede | (同意) agree; give consent, often at insistence of another; concede |
accelerate | (加速) move faster; cause to develop or progress more quickly; occur sooner than expected |
accessible | (可得到的) easily approached or entered; obtainable; easy to talk to or get along with |
accessory | (附件) additional object; useful but not essential thing; subordinate or supplementary item |
acclaim | (赞扬,表扬) applaud; announce with great approval |
acclimate | (适应) accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt |
acclivity | (上山的陡坡,斜坡) upward slope, as of hill |
accolade | (出名的大奖) award of merit; expression of approval; praise |
accommodate | (招待,食宿,适应) do a favor or service for; provide for; supply with; make suitable; adapt; allow for |
accomplice | (共犯,同伙) partner in crime; associate in wrongdoing |
accord | (一致,协议) settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions; written agreement between two states |
accost | (搭讪,邂逅) approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with demand or request |
accretion | (增长) growth or increase in size by gradual external addition, fusion, or inclusion |
accrue | (增加) increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time |
acerbity | (尖酸的（语气,脾气）) bitterness of speech and temper; sourness or acidness of taste, character, or tone |
acetic | (酸的) having properties of vinegar; sour |
acidulous | (酸的,尖锐,刻薄) slightly sour in taste or in manner; sharp; caustic |
acknowledge | (认可,承认) declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks |
acme | (顶点) the highest point or level, as of achievement or development; maturity or perfection of animal |
acne | (粉刺) skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents, characterized by red pimples, caused by inflammation |
acoustics | (声学的) science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
acquiesce | (默许) assent; agree without protesting |
acquittal | (无罪开释) state of being found or proved not guilty; judgment of not guilty |
acrid | (尖锐,尖酸) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent |
acrimonious | (挖苦的,尖酸的（语言,行为）) bitter and sharp in language, tone, or manner |
acrophobia | (恐高症) fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places |
actuarial | (保险精算的,精算) calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics |
actuate | (推动,促使) put into motion or action; activate |
acuity | (尖锐) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness |
acumen | (思想敏锐) mental keenness; quickness of perception |
acute | (精明,敏锐,聪明) quickly perceptive; keen; having a sharp point or tip; extremely sharp or severe |
adage | (格言,谚语) wise saying; brief familiar proverb; expression of popular wisdom |
adamant | (坚硬,不动摇) extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding |
adapt | (改变) make fit for; change to suit a new purpose |
addendum | (附加,补充) something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a book |
addiction | (瘾,依赖) compulsive physiological and psychological need for a substance; being abnormally dependent on something |
addle | (使变疯,腐坏) muddle; drive crazy; become confused |
adept | (擅长于) expert at; very skilled; having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude |
adhere | (黏着) stick fast; stick to firmly; be compatible or in accordance with |
adherent | (支持者,追随者) person who adheres; one who follows or upholds a leader, party, cause |
adjacent | (邻近的,毗邻的) adjoining; neighboring; close to; lying near |
adjunct | (无用的附加物) something added on or attached generally nonessential or inferior |
admonish | (警告,训斥) warn; counsel someone against something to be avoided |
adorn | (装饰) enhance or decorate with or as if with ornaments |
adroit | (熟练,有技巧) skillful and adept under pressing conditions |
adulation | (奉承,恭维) excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise |
adulterate | (掺杂) make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances |
advent | (到来,出现) coming or arrival, especially of something extremely important |
adventitious | (偶然) accidental; casual; not inherent but added extrinsically |
adversary | (对手) opponent in contest; someone who offers opposition |
adverse | (讨厌,敌意) in opposing direction; harmful or unfavorable; acting or serving to oppose |
adversity | (贫困,不幸) state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune |
advocacy | (支持,辩护) support; active pleading on behalf of something |
advocate | (辩护,推广) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something |
aesthetic | (审美的) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste |
affable | (平易近人的) easily approachable; warmly friendly |
affected | (假的,做作的) speaking or behaving in artificial way; emotionally stirred or moved; infected or attacked |
affidavit | (宣誓书) written statement made under oath |
affiliation | (联合,加入) partnership; alliance; association in the same family or society |
affinity | (亲缘关系) natural attraction, liking, or feeling of kinship; relationship by marriage |
affirmation | (正面肯定,确认) positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath |
affliction | (痛苦) cause or condition of pain, suffering, or distress |
affluence | (富足,财富) abundance; a plentiful supply of material goods; wealth |
affront | (侮辱,冒犯,蓄意蔑视) insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect |
agenda | (议程) items of business at a meeting; list or program of things to be done or considered |
agglomeration | (聚集,累积) collection; heap; act or process of gathering into a mass |
aggrandize | (增加,加强) increase scope of; extend; intensify; make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation |
aggregate | (收集,聚集) gather into a mass, sum, or whole; amount to |
aghast | (吓坏了的) struck by shock, terror, or amazement |
agility | (敏捷) mentally quick; moving quickly and lightly |
agitate | (激怒,打扰) cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb |
agnostic | (无神论者) one who is skeptical of existence of a god or any ultimate reality |
agrarian | (耕地的,耕种的) pertaining to land or its cultivation; relating to agricultural or rural matters |
alacrity | (欢快的情绪) cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness |
alchemy | (炼金术士) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming |
alcove | (小隔间,壁橱) nook; small, recessed section of a room |
alias | (别名) assumed name; another name; name that has been assumed temporarily |
alienate | (孤立,树敌) cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally |
alimentary | (营养的) providing nourishment; concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion |
alimony | (（离婚后的）生活费,抚养费) payment by a husband to his divorced wife, or vice versa |
allay | (平静下来,（使）冷静下来) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve |
allege | (断言) state without proof; assert to be true |
allegiance | (忠诚) loyalty to a nation, sovereign, or cause; fidelity to any person or thing; devotion |
allegory | (寓言) symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form |
alleviate | (解脱,释放,释然) provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part |
alliteration | (头韵) repetition of beginning sound in poetry |
allocate | (分配,制定) assign; distribute according to plan |
alloy | (混合,减少纯度) combine; mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate |
allude | (暗指) refer casually or indirectly, or by suggestion |
allure | (诱惑,引诱) attract with something desirable; be highly, often subtly attractive |
aloft | (向上) in or into a high place; high or higher up |
altercation | (大声争吵,激烈争论) noisy quarrel; contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy |
altruistic | (无私的,关心他人的) unselfishly generous; concerned for others |
amalgamate | (结合,整合) combine; unite in one body; mix or alloy a metal with mercury |
amass | (收集) collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit |
ambidextrous | (双手都灵巧) capable of using either hand with equal ease |
ambience | (环境) particular environment or surrounding influence; atmosphere of environment |
ambiguous | (模棱两可的) unclear or doubtful in meaning |
ambivalence | (矛盾的观点或情绪) state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate |
amble | (漫步,缓行) moving at an easy pace; walk slowly or leisurely |
ambrosia | (神仙食品,美味) something with delicious flavor or fragrance; fruit dessert made of oranges and bananas with shredded coconut |
ambulatory | (可移动的,不固定) able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary |
ambush | (埋伏,伏击) disposition or arrangement of troops for attacking an enemy unexpectedly from a concealed station |
ameliorate | (提高) make or become better; improve; grow better |
amenable | (有服从义务的,随时服从的) responsive to advice or suggestion; responsible to higher authority; willing to comply with; agreeable |
amend | (修订,修改,变更) change for the better; improve; remove faults or errors |
amenities | (令人愉快的,礼貌的) convenient features; courtesies |
amiable | (可爱的,友好的,惬意的) good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly |
amicable | (温和的,友好礼貌的) exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; not quarrelsome |
amiss | (错误) out of proper order; not in perfect shape; faulty |
amity | (友谊) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations |
amnesia | (失忆,健忘) partial or total loss of memory, usually resulting from shock or illness |
amnesty | (原谅) general pardon granted by government, especially for political offenses |
amoral | (不道德的) lacking moral sensibility; not caring about right and wrong. |
amorous | (爱情的) moved by sexual love; loving |
amorphous | (无形的,不成形的) formless; lacking shape or definition |
amphibian | (两栖的) able to live both on land and in water |
amphitheater | (椭圆形的剧院,斗兽场) oval building with tiers of seats from central open space or arena |
ample | (丰富的,富足的) more than enough in size or scope or capacity; fairly large |
amputate | (截肢,切除) cut off part of body, especially by surgery; prune |
amulet | (护身符) object worn, especially around neck, as a charm against evil or injury; charm |
analgesic | (止痛的) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
analogous | (类似的) comparable; similar or alike |
analogy | (类比,相似) similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity |
anarchist | (无政府主义者) person who seeks to overturn established government; advocate of abolishing authority |
anarchy | (无政府主义) absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion |
anathema | (诅咒) solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse |
ancestry | (祖先) family descent; series or line of ancestors; lineage |
anchor | (固定,锚) secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place; narrate or coordinate |
ancillary | (辅助的) serving as aid or accessory; auxiliary |
anecdote | (奇闻轶事) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography |
anemia | (贫血) condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles; deficiency of red blood cells; lack of vitality |
anesthetic | (麻醉药) substance that causes loss of sensation; producing temporary loss or impairment of feeling |
anguish | (极度痛苦) agonizing physical or mental pain; extreme suffering |
angular | (有尖角的,瘦骨嶙峋的) sharp-cornered; consisting of an angle or angles; stiff in manner |
animated | (活跃的,有生气的) having life or vigor or spirit; filled with activity; in form of cartoon |
animosity | (仇恨) bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act |
animus | (敌意) feeling of enmity or ill will; attitude that informs one's actions; disposition |
annals | (记录,历史) chronological record of the events of successive years |
annex | (接手) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit |
annihilate | (毁灭,破坏) destroy completely; reduce to nonexistence |
annotate | (评论,注释) comment; make explanatory notes |
annuity | (年金,养老金) annual payment of allowance or income; periodical payment, amounting to a fixed sum in each year |
annul | (避免) make or declare void or invalid; reduce to nothing |
anodyne | (止痛药,起安慰作用的事物) source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain |
anoint | (神圣化) apply oil or similar substance to; put oil on during religious ceremony as a sign of sanctification or consecration. |
anomalous | (不正常的,变态的) deviating from normal or common order, form, or rule |
anomaly | (不规则,异常,反常) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order |
anonymity | (匿名) state of being nameless; one that is unknown or unacknowledged |
antagonism | (反抗,敌对) active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor |
antecede | (先于) precede; go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order |
antecedents | (历史环境,历史背景) preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background |
antediluvian | (远古,上古,及其久远) antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times |
anthem | (圣歌,赞美诗) song of praise or patriotism; song of devotion or loyalty |
anthology | (选集) book of literary selections by various authors |
anthropoid | (类人的) manlike; resembling a human, especially in shape or outward appearance |
anthropologist | (人类学家) one who studies history and science of mankind |
anthropomorphic | (人形的) having human form or characteristics |
anticlimax | (反高潮,突降) letdown in thought or emotion; decline viewed in disappointing contrast with previous rise |
antidote | (解药) medicine to counteract a poison or disease; agent that relieves or counteracts |
antipathy | (反对,厌恶) strong feeling of aversion; dislike |
antiquated | (过时的,陈旧的) too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged |
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