【正文】 ed the law to provide more 律以提供更多的就業(yè)。 Britain converted to a decimal currency system in 1971 年改用十進(jìn)制貨幣體系。s converted to 。 The tailor altered the waistband on my pants because it was too 改了我的 褲腰因?yàn)樗o了。 He was loud and angry, and his friends told him to modify his ，脾氣暴躁；朋友們告訴他要改變自己的舉止。 Remodeling transformed an old, dark housesintosa cheerful 這所陳舊昏暗的房子變得賞心悅目。 Air fares vary from one airline to 。 admit 、再三追問(wèn)而 承認(rèn) 某一事實(shí)或過(guò)錯(cuò)。 confess (罪行、過(guò)錯(cuò)等 )，含有 坦白、 招認(rèn) 的意思。 concede ，但由于證據(jù)確鑿而不得不勉強(qiáng)承認(rèn)，還可以指 以退為進(jìn) 的承認(rèn)。 1 affiliate, link, attach, append 這一組動(dòng)詞都有 附加 的意思。 an affiliated middle school 一所附屬中學(xué) link 。 attach 、貼在、附在另一物上。 append ，附加 (與 attach 的意思比較接近 )。 1 affirm, assert, allege, claim, announce, proclaim 這一組動(dòng)詞都有 聲稱 的意思。 He affirmed his love for 。 She asserted that she was innocent .她宣稱自己是無(wú)辜的。 The suspect alleged that he had not been in the neighborhood at the time of the 。多指根據(jù)某種規(guī)定提出的要求或主張。 announce ，宣告。 The invention of the printing press announced the diffusion of 刷術(shù)的發(fā)明宣告了知識(shí)普及時(shí)代的來(lái)臨。指經(jīng)過(guò)深思熟慮后向大眾宣布一個(gè)明確的決定或判斷，尤其指重大事件的宣布，多用于官方場(chǎng)合。 1 aggravate, reinforce, increase, strengthen, intensify 這一組動(dòng)詞都有 加強(qiáng) 的意思。 I hurt my foot, then aggravated it by trying to walk too ，而過(guò)早的下地走路又加重了傷情。 A police officer saw three thieves robbing a bank and radioed to reinforce him.一位警察看到三個(gè)盜賊搶劫銀行，用無(wú)線電話要求增援。 The number of people has been 。 Exercising every day strengthens the 。 intensify 更強(qiáng)烈、劇烈，加劇，相當(dāng)于 to bee more intense or intensive。 alert ，留神的。 drinking 直站在旁邊，時(shí)刻準(zhǔn)備給大家斟酒。 He has a cautious attitude about spending 。 He is always considerate of others。 2 alive, live, living, lively 這一組形容詞都跟 活 有關(guān)。 After the accident, he was barely ，他奄奄一息。 We watched the live broadcast of the opera on 劇的實(shí)況。 Who is the world39。 She is a lively young girl, always laughing and doing 小姑娘，總是歡聲笑語(yǔ)忙個(gè)不停。 alleviate ，緩和 The painkiller alleviated the 。 The supply of oil has diminished because of the 了。 He reduced the amount of money they could 。 The population decreased a lot last 。 Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply 明顯下降。 2 allocate, separate, detach, divide 這一組動(dòng)詞都有 分開(kāi) 的意思。 The city government allocated money for schools and the police in this year39。 separate ，使隔離開(kāi)。 detach ；遠(yuǎn)離，疏遠(yuǎn)。 divide 。 2 ambiguous, obscure, vague, unclear, dim 這一組形容詞都有 模糊 的意思。 His ambiguous directions confused us。 obscure 。 The poetry of Ezra Pound is sometimes difficult to understand because it contains so many obscure vague ，不清楚的，多用于比喻意義，用來(lái)表示因邏輯關(guān)系不清、言辭籠統(tǒng)而導(dǎo)致的意義不清楚，該詞也可表示輪廓形狀的不清楚和模糊。 unclear 、 字跡不清楚，使人難以看懂；不肯定的。 It is unclear whether the economy will get 。 Don39。 His changes of recovery from illness are 性十分渺茫。 We must ask you to amplify your 說(shuō)明。 enlarge photograph 放大照片 enlarge a house 擴(kuò)建房屋 stretch v. (有彈 性地 )伸展，延伸，并有可能超過(guò)限度；伸長(zhǎng)、伸出 (身體某部位 )并繃緊肌肉 (尤指在放松后或?yàn)榱藟蛑澄?)。 Having finished their morning work, the clerks stood up behind their desks, stretching ，職員們站到桌子后面伸伸懶腰。 His eyeglasses magnify words so he can read 夠閱讀。 expand 、體積的擴(kuò)大、增大，也可以指內(nèi)容或細(xì)節(jié)的充實(shí)。 2 anger, fury, indignation, resentment 這一組名詞都有 憤怒、生氣 的意思。 After their argument, he expressed his anger by punching the other man in the ，他一拳打在那個(gè)人的臉上以發(fā)泄怒氣。 indignation ，尤其指出于道義上的激憤。 There was a feeling of resentment in the office after everyone39。 2 apparent, evident, manifest, obvious, distinct 這一組形容詞都有 明顯的 之意。 He is very unhappy, and it is apparent that he wants to leave 興，顯然他現(xiàn)在想走了。 It is evident that he is guilty。 manifest ，明顯的，多指根據(jù)外 部特征或跡象便能看出或了解其意義，常作表語(yǔ)。 obvious ，顯而易見(jiàn)的，含有無(wú)可辯白，不需證明之意。 distinct ，明顯的；不同的，獨(dú)特的。 Medical care has made a distinct improvement in his 康有了明顯的好轉(zhuǎn)。 The boss applauded my efforts by praising my ，對(duì)我的努力表示贊許。s hand=applaud,不能說(shuō) applaud one39。 clap ， clap mend ，用于對(duì)具體功績(jī)或成就表示嘉獎(jiǎng)，通常指上級(jí)對(duì)下級(jí)、長(zhǎng)輩對(duì)晚輩的贊賞。 praise ，用于對(duì)某人的優(yōu)秀品質(zhì)表示欽佩羨慕；贊頌，贊美。 Survivors of the crash praised God for saving 使他們得救。 area ；面積；專業(yè)領(lǐng)域。 district 。 The northeast region of the USA includes New York and the six New England 。 The police were alerted that the escaped criminal might be in the 察都十分警惕因?yàn)樘优艿淖锓?就藏在附近地區(qū)。 The city passed a law to create a business zone on some empty 過(guò)法律，在一些空地上開(kāi)辟商業(yè)區(qū)。 assembly ，集會(huì)。 conference n. (專門性的 )會(huì)議，討論會(huì)。 congress ， (美國(guó)的 )國(guó)會(huì)。 rally n. (鼓舞士氣的 )集會(huì)；群眾性集會(huì)。s excitement for the next ，以便鼓舞士氣打好下次比賽。 During summer vacations some teachers attend seminars at ，一些教師在學(xué)院里參加研究班。 the autumn session of Parliament 議會(huì)的秋季會(huì)議 summit ，峰會(huì) (通常為領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人參加 )。 symposium n. (學(xué)術(shù)、科研方面的 )座談會(huì)，專題報(bào)告會(huì)。 3 assessment, estimate, evaluation 這一組名詞都有 評(píng)估 的意思。 We have a low assessment on our 。 The mechanic gave me a rough estimate of two or three hundred dollars for the repairs to my 200 或 300 美元。 He gave a positive evaluation of our scientific 究給予了積極的評(píng)價(jià)。 associate ，結(jié)交；聯(lián)系，聯(lián)想。 We associate with our neighbors at ，我們同鄰居交往。 Several political parties allied with each other against higher 黨派聯(lián)合起來(lái)反對(duì)提高稅收。 The girl bined sugar, butter, and flour to made the 、黃油和面粉混合到一起做成面團(tuán)。 The nation united against its 。 average ，一般的，它強(qiáng)調(diào)的是一般水準(zhǔn)或普通水準(zhǔn)；通常在有數(shù)字出現(xiàn)的情況下， 表示 平均的 。 mon ，普通的，不足為奇的，有時(shí)引申為 平凡的 ，強(qiáng)調(diào)事物的共同性。 Car accidents are a mon 。 In general, the economy is doing well ，現(xiàn)在的經(jīng)濟(jì)形式還不錯(cuò)。 Poverty is a universal problem all over the 問(wèn)題。 3 award, reward award ，授予，給予；也可以指法庭裁決給予 。 The school principal awarded a prize in history to the best 將歷史獎(jiǎng)授予最出色的學(xué)生。后跟 with 用來(lái)說(shuō)明以何物作為報(bào)酬。 3 aware, conscious aware ，意識(shí)到的，強(qiáng)調(diào)感官對(duì)外界事物的意識(shí)。 conscious ，意識(shí)到的，一般指內(nèi)心所意識(shí)到的。 3 base, foundation, ground 這一組名詞都有 基礎(chǔ) 的意思。 They use their apartment in New York as a home base from which they travel 。 The foundation for our house is made of 的。 3 basic, elementary, fundamental basic ，基礎(chǔ)的，既可用于具體事物，也可用于抽象事物。 elementary ，初級(jí)的。 Honesty is a fundamental principle in dealing with 的基本原