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常考 v. 贬低，使谦卑（降低地位、威望） ：to lower in rank , office, prestige, or esteem
近义 debase, derogate, disparage, depreciate, deprecate, demean
举例 The president is not willing to abase himself before the nation.
总统不愿在全国人民面前降低自己的威信。
常考 v. 减少，降低 ：to reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen
近义 decrease, diminish, drain, dwindle, ebb, lessen, rebate, reduce
举例 Although their initial anger had abate somewhat, they continued to berate the careless worker who had broken the machine.
尽管他们起初的愤怒某种程度上减轻了，但是他们继续训斥那个粗心地毁坏了机器的工人。
常考 v. 缩写，缩短 ：to make briefer especially; to reduce to a shorter form intended to stand for the whole
近义 abridge, condense, curtail, reduce, shorten
举例 He abbreviated his first name to Alec.
他将自己的名字缩写为亚历克。
常考1 v. 退位；辞职 ：to relinquish formally a high office or responsibility
近义 abandon, cede, relinquish, render, renounce, resign, surrender, waive, yield
举例 The last French king was Louis Philippe, who abdicated in 1848.
常考2 v. 放弃（责任）；失（职） ：to refuse to be responsible for something, when you should be or were before
近义 discard, cashier, cast, jettison, reject, scrap, shed, slough, throw away, throw
举例 Many parents simply abdicate all responsibility for their children.
常考 n. 异常，不合常规 ：a departure from the normal or typical
近义 aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, anomaly, deviance, deviancy, deviation, irregularity, preternaturalness, unnaturalness
举例 events that were aberrations from the norm 不合常规的事件
常考1 v. 促进，支持 ：to approve, encourage, and support (an action or a plan of action); urge and help on
近义 aid, assist, do for, help out, stead
举例 The media have also abetted the feeling of unreality.
媒体也在一旁对这种非现实感推波助澜。
常考2 v. 教唆，伴同（犯罪等） ：if one person abets another, they help or encourage them to do something criminal or wrong
举例 His wife was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for aiding and abetting him.
他的妻子作为他的从犯被判入狱7年。
常考 n. 中止；暂搁 ：the condition of being temporarily set aside ; suspension
近义 dormancy, intermission, latency, quiescence, suspension
举例 The matter was left in abeyance until Haig saw French.
注意 考生要注意该词的常用搭配：in abeyance 搁置；悬而未决；暂停使用。
常考 n. 憎恶，厌恶 ：a feeling of repugnance or loathing
近义 abomination, aversion, detestation, hate, hatred, horror, loathing, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion
举例 They are anxious to show their abhorrence of racism.
常考1 adj. 卑微的，讨好的 ：expressing or offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit
近义 humble, menial, servile
举例 Read’s apology to Heflin was not exactly abject and did little to resolve their decades-long quarrel.
常考2 adj. 绝望无助的；凄苦可怜的 ：being of the most miserable kind; wretched
举例 abject poverty 赤贫
常考1 v. 发誓放弃，郑重声明放弃 ：to recant solemnly; repudiate
近义 recall, recant, retract, take back, withdraw
举例 abjure one’s beliefs 发誓放弃某人的信仰
常考2 v. 弃权，放弃（行动或行为等） ：to give up (an action or practice, for example); abstain from
举例 For nearly 21 years after his resignation as Prime Minister in 1963, he abjured all titles, preferring to remain just plain “Mr.”