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◆Unit 3

anarchist [ 'ænəkɪst ]

常考1 n. 无政府主义者 :someone who believes that governments, laws etc are not necessary

举例 The most furious anarchist become the most barefaced apostate.

最激烈的无政府主义者居然成了最露骨的变节者。

常考2 n. 反对权威的人;扰乱分子 :a person who rebels against any authority , established order, or ruling power

近义 anarch, frondeur, insurgent, insurrectionist, malcontent, mutineer, revolter

举例 He was a social anarchist.

他是个社会扰乱分子。

派生 anarchy[ 'ænəkɪ ] n. 无政府(状态);无秩序;混乱

anathema [ ə'næθəmə ]

常考1 n. 强烈的谴责,诅咒 :a vehement denunciation ; a curse

近义 curse, damnation, execration, imprecation, malediction

举例 the sound of a witch’s anathemas in some unknown tongue

常考2 n. 极讨厌的人或事物 :someone or something intensely disliked or loathed , usually used as a predicate nominative

近义 abhorrence, abomination, aversion, bête noire, bugbear, detestation, execration, hate

举例 Racial prejudice is an anathema to me.

我对种族偏见深恶痛绝。

ancestry [ 'ænsestrɪ ]

常考 n. 世系;血统 :ancestral descent or lineage

近义 bloodline, descent, extraction, genealogy, line, lineage

举例 a family who could trace their ancestry back to the sixteenth century 世系可上溯到16世纪的家族

ancillary [ æn'sɪlərɪ ]

常考1 adj. 从属的;附带的 :ancillary means additional to something else

近义 subordinate, subsidiary

举例 For Degas, sculpture was never more than ancillary to his painting.

常考2 adj. 辅助的;补充的 :the ancillary workers in an institution are the people such as cleaners and cooks whose work supports the main work of the institution ; auxiliary; helping

近义 accessory, adjuvant, appurtenant, collateral, contributory, subservient, subsidiary

举例 ancillary services like cleaning 清洁等后勤工作

anecdote [ 'ænɪkdəʊt ]

常考 n. 轶事,秘闻 :a usually short narrative of an interesting , amusing, or biographical incident

近义 fable, story, tale, tall tale, yarn

举例 He introduced his speech with a humorous anecdote.

派生 anecdotal[ ˌænɪk'dəʊtl ] adj. 轶事的,传闻的

animadversion [ ˌænɪməd'vɜ:ʃ(ə)n ]

常考 n. 谴责,评论 :strong criticism ;a critical or censorious remark

举例 witness the animadversions on the bleeding hearts who worried about the hostages看看关于为人质担忧的同情者们的评论吧

animosity [ ˌænɪ'mɒsətɪ ]

常考 n. 憎恶,仇恨 ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility; an antagonistic attitude

近义 animus, antagonism, antipathy, enmity, hostility, rancor

举例 There’s a long history of animosity between the two nations.

annex [ ə'neks ]

常考 v. 合并,吞并 :to incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city

举例 Hitler was determined to annex Austria to Germany.

派生 annexation[ ˌænek'seɪʃn ] n. 合并,附加;附加物

annihilate [ ə'naɪəleɪt ]

常考1 v. 彻底击败;战胜 :to defeat decisively ; vanquish

近义 crush, drub, overpower, overwhelm, smash, steamroller, thrash, trounce, vanquish

举例 The Dutch annihilated the Olympic champions 5-0.

常考2 v. 毁灭,彻底消灭 :to destroy completely

近义 abate, abolish, blot out, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, murder, root out

举例 The naval force was annihilated during the attack.

派生 annihilation[ əˌnaɪə'leɪʃn ] n. 歼灭,消灭;毁灭

annotate [ 'ænəteɪt ]

常考 v. 给……作注解 :to furnish (a literary work) with critical commentary or explanatory notes; gloss

近义 gloss, construe, elucidate, explain, expound, comment

举例 an annotated bibliography 附有注释的参考书目

派生 annotation[ ˌænə'teɪʃn ] n. 注释;评注 vqx1GXDyUP+auMG3LBtaogDq3kCJlK01SPxg3gQ7zoyQcjFAbnq+7JygP+IViyGv

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