abate | v. [減弱,減少] subside; decrease; become less in amount or intensity |
abbreviate | v. [減短,縮寫] make shorter; reduce to shorter form intended to represent full form, as for word or phrase |
aberrant | n. [不正常的] abnormal; markedly different from an accepted norm |
abeyance | n. [懸而未決] suspended action; temporary cessation or suspension |
abhor | v. [憎恨] fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate |
abolish | v. [廢除] cancel; put an end to; destroy completely |
abominable | a. [可惡的,非常糟糕] detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad |
aboriginal | a. [原來的,土著的] being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native |
abortive | a. [不成功的,失敗] unsuccessful; failing to accomplish an intended objective; fruitless |
abstain | v. [控制,限制（自己）] refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice |
abstruse | a. [難以理解的,複雜的] obscure; profound; difficult to understand |
abundant | a. [豐富,富足] plentiful; possessing riches or resources |
abut | v. [毗鄰] border upon; adjoin; touch or end at one end or side; lie adjacent |
abysmal | a. [無底的] bottomless; very profound; limitless; very bad |
accede | v. [同意] agree; give consent, often at the insistence of another; concede |
accentuate | v. [強調,重音] emphasize; stress; pronounce with stress or accent; mark with an accent |
acclaim | v. [讚揚,表揚] applaud; announce with great approval |
accrue | v. [增加] increase, accumulate, or come about as a result of growth; accumulate over time |
acoustics | n. [聲學的] science of sound; the quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in |
acquiesce | v. [默許] assent; agree without protesting |
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