【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 d on the opposite hill . Artery a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the blood :動(dòng)脈 Arthritis a disease cause pain and swilling in the joints of the body : 關(guān)節(jié)炎 Ascertain to discover ( the facts of something ) 。 get to know : 發(fā)現(xiàn) 。查明 。確定 I am going to ascertain the truth Ascribe attribute to : 把 … 歸于 He ascribe his success to skill and hand work. Assault a sudden violent attack :突襲 He led an assault against or to which one is being sent : ( 分配的 ) 工作 。任務(wù) an assignment in India Assist to help or support : 援助 幫助 They assisted ( him ) in performing the operation Associate ( cause to ) join as friends or business partners : ( 使 ) 交往 , 合伙 He associate with criminals . Assortment a group of mixed things or of various example of the same type of thing 。 mixture: 什錦 。各式各樣物品的配合 . This box contains an assortment of candy . Assume to take as a fact or as true without proof ,s uppose: 假定 。設(shè)想 . If he?s not here in five minutes ,we will assume (that) he isn?t ing . Assure to try to cause ( someone ) to believe or trust in something 。 promise : 保證 。擔(dān)保 I assure you that this medicine cannot harm you . Assured having or showing certainty of one?s own abilities : 自信的 ,有信心的 an assured manner Asterisk a star like mark ( * ) use : 星狀標(biāo)記 (*) Asthma a diseased condition which makes breathing very difficult at times : 氣喘 (病 ) 。哮喘 . Astrology the art of understanding the supposed influence on events and character of the starts and plas : 占星術(shù) ,星占學(xué) Asymmetric having sides that are not alike : 不對(duì)稱的 Attach to fix 。 fasten 。 join : 固定住 。系 。連接 The picture is attached to the wall by a nail . Attain to succeed in arriving at , esp . after effort 。 reach : (尤指經(jīng)過努力 )獲得 ,達(dá)到 She attained the position of director . Attendance the act of attending :照顧 。護(hù)理 There is a doctor in attendance . Audience the people listening to or watching a performance , speech , television show , etc . 聽眾觀眾 The audience was / were very exited by the show . Audiovisual of , for, or concerning both sight and hearing : 視聽的 ,聽覺的 ,視覺的 The school?s audiovisual department has lots of films and records . Automatic able to work or move by itself without needing the operation of a person : ( 尤指機(jī)器 ) 自動(dòng)的 The heating system here has an automatic temperature control . Auxiliary offering or giving help 。 adding support : 輔助的 。補(bǔ)助的 。附屬的 . Auxiliary workers / machinery Available able to be gotten , abstained , used , seen . etc . 可得到的 ,可用的 ,可看見的 I?m sorry ,sir , those shows are not available in your size . Average the amount found by adding together several quantities and then dividing by number of quantities : 平均數(shù) The average of 3,8,and 10 is 7 Aware having knowledge or understanding : 意識(shí)到的 。知道的 Are you aware of the difficulty / that there is a difficulty ? Awesome expressing or causing feelings of awe ( esp . when fear is present ) : 可怕的 。令人恐懼的 an awesome account of the terrors of war Ballot to vote or decide by secret voting ( about ) : 投票 They?ve balloted for the new chairman , but nobody knows the result yet . A sheet of paper used to make a secret vote : 投票用紙 。投票 They are counting the ballots now . Bankruptcy the quality or state of being BANKRUPT : 破產(chǎn) (指事例 ) There were many bankruptcies in the business world because it was hard to sell anything that year . Barbecue a metal framework on which to cook meat over an open fire , usu. outdoors : 烤肉 用的架子 Barge a large low flatbottomed boat used mainly for carrying heave goods on a canal or river : 大平地載貨船 。駁船 Barrier something placed in the way in order to prevent or control the movement of people or things : 障礙 The police put up barriers to control the crowed . Basic more necessary than anything else 。 on which everything else depends , or is built : 基本上 。根本上 the basic rules of good driving Basis that from which something is made , started , built , developed, or calculated : 基礎(chǔ) 。根據(jù) The basis of this drink is orange juice . Batch a quantity of material or number of things to be dealt with at one time: 需要一次處理的東西 a batch of bread /leaves Beach a shore of an ocean , sea , or lake or the bank of a river covered by sand , smooth stones , or large pieces of rock : 海泊湖泊 , 河泊 A seashore area, esp. one used for swimming and sunbathing: (游泳 , 日光浴之 ) 海灘 Bend to ( cause to ) be forced into or out of a curve or angle : ( 使 ) 彎曲 to bend the wire Beneficial ( of nonliving thing ) helpful 。 useful : ( 指非生物 ) 有益的 。有用的 His vacation has had a beneficial effect . Benzene a colourless liquid, obtained chiefly from coal , that burns quickly and changes easily into a gas , it is used to make certain types of engine run and in making various chemical products : 苯 ( 要從煤提煉而成之無色液體 ) Bid to offer ( a price ) whether for payment or acceptance , as at an auction : (拍賣時(shí) ) 出價(jià) She bid 10 yuan for the book . Biodegradable able to decay or disintegrate naturally : 會(huì)腐爛的 。 會(huì)自然分解的 Plastic is not biodegradable . Bizarre strange 。 peculiar 。 odd : ( 尤指外表或事件 )奇怪 。稀奇古怪 Blast to break up by explosions : ( 指巖石 )