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◆Unit 1

attendant [ ə'tendənt ]

常考 adj. 伴随的;相关的 accompanying or following as a result

近义 accompanying, attending, coincident, concomitant, concurrent

举例 Mr. Branson’s victory, and all the attendant publicity, were well deserved.

派生 attendance[ ə'tendəns ] n. 出席;参加;出勤

attenuate [ ə'tenjʊeɪt ]

常考 v. 使减轻;使减弱 :to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of; weaken

近义 cut, dilute, thin, water (down), weaken

举例 You could never eliminate risk, but preparation and training could attenuate it.

派生 attenuation[ əˌtenjʊ'eɪʃn ] n. 变薄;减少;变弱

attest [ ə'test ]

常考 v. 证实,证明 :to attest something or attest to something means to say, show , or prove that it is true

近义 authenticate, bear out, confirm, corroborate, evidence, justify, substantiate, validate, verify, warrant

举例 His beautifully illustrated book well attested his love of the university.

attribute [ ə'trɪbju:t ]

常考1 n. 属性,性质 :an inherent characteristic

近义 character, characteristic, feature, mark, peculiarity, property, quality, savor, trait

举例 He has every attribute you could want.

他有各种你想要的特性。

常考2 v. 把……归因于,归结于 :to explain by indicating a cause

近义 accredit, ascribe, assign, charge, credit, impute, lay, refer

举例 Most historians attribute such declines to wars and conquests.

常考3 v. 认为(文章、艺术品或评论)出自…… :if a piece of writing, a work of art, or a remark is attributed to someone , people say that they wrote it, created it, or said it

举例 attributed the painting to Titian 认为这幅画是由蒂希安创作的

常考4 v. 将(品质或特征)加于……;认为……为……所有 :if you attribute a particular quality or feature to someone or something, you think that they have got it

举例 People were beginning to attribute superhuman qualities to him.

attune [ ə'tju:n ]

常考 v. 协调,使熟悉;适应 :to bring into a harmonious or responsive relationship; make something or somebody familiar with something

近义 accommodate, conform, coordinate, harmonize, integrate, proportion, reconcile, tune

举例 We are becoming attuned to the noise of the new factory nearby.

atypical [ ˌeɪ'tɪpɪkl ]

常考 adj. 反常的;不具代表性或同类特性的 :not conforming to type; unusual or irregular

近义 aberrant, abnormal, anomalistic, anomalous, deviant, divergent, irregular, preternatural, unnatural

举例 an atypical form of a disease 非典型的疾病

audacious [ ɔ:'deɪʃəs ]

常考1 adj. 勇敢的,爱冒险的 intrepidly daring ; adventurous

近义 bold, courageous, dauntless, fearless, intrepid, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous

举例 an audacious mountain climber 一个勇敢的登山者

常考2 adj. 大胆创新的 :spirited and original

举例 an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas

常考3 adj. 鲁莽的 :recklessly bold; rash

近义 adventuresome, daredevil, daring, foolhardy, rash, reckless, temerarious, venturesome, venturous

举例 an audacious maneuver 一个鲁莽的策略

augment [ ɔ:g'ment ]

常考 vt. 增加,提高 :to make greater , more numerous, larger, or more intense

近义 aggrandize, amplify, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax

举例 augment one’s income by writing reviews 通过写书评增加收入

augur [ 'ɔ:gə(r) ]

常考1 v. 预言,预测 :to predict , especially from signs or omens; foretell

近义 adumbrate, bode, forecast, forerun, foreshadow, foretell, foretoken, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate

举例 the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me

常考2 v. 预示,成为……的预兆 :to be a sign or to serve as an omen of; betoken

近义 betoken, bode, forebode, foreshadow, foreshow, foretoken, omen, portend, presage, promise

举例 A smooth dress rehearsal augured well for the play.

auspice [ 'ɔ:spɪs ]

常考1 n. 保护或支持;庇护 protection or support ; patronage

近义 aegis, backing, patronage, patronization, sponsorship

举例 doing research under the auspices of the local historical society

常考2 n. 预兆 :a sign indicative of future prospects; an omen

举例 Auspices for the venture seemed favorable.

冒险行动已显示出好预兆。 xO0X2QxWjyUM5h9B1hYyOnT7LpsIH1TiWWx/gpdNG64SkhALw0YsvGrh+dXwAIWM

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