81.acumen n.聪明，敏锐
   political acumen 政治才干
   business acumen 经营才能；营业本领

82.acupuncture n.针灸，针刺疗法

83.acute adj.尖锐的；敏锐的；剧烈的；（疾病）急性的
   acute pain 剧痛
   acute sense 敏锐的感觉
   acute shortage of stn.严重缺乏……
   acute disease 急性病

84.adamant adj.固执的，不动摇的
   will of adamant 坚强的意志

85.adapt v.(使）适应，（使）适合；改编

   adaptable adj.能适应新环境的，可改变的

   adaptation n.适应，适合；改编物

   adapter, adaptor n.适配器，转接器；改编者

86.add v.增加，添加；相加；补充说，又说
   add up 加起来；讲得通；有道理
   add up to 合计达；意味着
eg. Her excuse just doesn't add up. 她的辩解就是无法自圆其说。

87.addict v.使沉溺，使入迷；使上瘾
   addict oneself to gambling 沉溺于赌博

   addict n.有瘾的人，着迷的人
   a drug addict 吸毒上瘾的人

   addiction n.沉溺，嗜好

   addictive adj.使上瘾的，使入迷的

88.addition n.加，加法；增加物
   in addition 另外，加之
   in addition to 除……之外（还）

   additional adj.附加的，另外的

   additionally adv.此外，而且

   additive n. 添加剂

89.address v.（在信封、包裹等上）写姓名地址；发表演说；称呼
           n.地址，住址；演说
eg.The king was addressed as "Your Majesty". 国王被称呼为陛下。

90.adept adj. 熟练的，擅长的，拿手的
   be adept in/at figures 善于计算

76.acronym n. 首字母缩写词

77.across prep. 横过，穿过；在……对面；与……交叉
   go across the street 穿过马路
   across the lake 在湖的另一边

   across adv. 从一边到另一边；在对面；交叉着
   a hole 20 meters across 一个20米宽的洞
   with arms across 双臂交叉着

78.act n. 行为；行动过程；法案，条例；[戏剧]幕
   a foolish act 愚蠢的行为
   act v. 行动，做事；起作用；[戏剧]表演
eg.The medicime failed to act. 药味见效。
   act against 违反
   act as 充当
   act for 代理
   act on/upon 遵照……行动；作用于，影响
   an act of God 不可抗力
   put on an act 装腔作势

   acting adj.代理的   n. 演技

   action n. 行动，行为；战斗，军事行为；作用；诉讼
   take action 采取行动
eg. Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩
   bring/call into action 使行动起来
   go into action 行动起来
   put sb. out of action 使失去效用

79.activate v. 使活动

   active adj.活跃的，积极的

   activist n.积极分子

   activity n. 活动，活动力；消遣活动，（某一领域内的）特殊活动
   a volacno in activity 活动中的火山

80.actual adj. 实际的，事实上的

   actuality n. 现实存在，现实性；事实，现状

   actually adv.实际上，事实上；竟然，居然

71.acquire v.获得，获取
   acquire a habit 养成一种习惯

72.acquisition n.获得；获得的东西（或人）；采集，收集；

73.acquit v. 宣告无罪
   acquit oneself 表现，完成
   acquit sb. of a crime 宣判某人无罪
   acquit oneself of a promise 履行诺言
   acquit sb. of resposibility/duty 解除某人的责任/义务

74.acre n.英亩
   broad acres 宽广的土地
   lord of broad acres 大地主
   God's acre 墓地
   a library with acres of books 拥有大量藏书的图书馆

75.acrobat n. 杂技演员；随机应变者；翻云覆雨
   a political acrobat 翻云覆雨的政客

   acrobatics n. 杂技

    Today has been raining outside all day long. When I saw the drops of the rain, standing in the rain, I suddenly recalled something.

    I remenbered when I was a child, I like the rainy days the most. And whenever it rains, I just wanted to go outside and enjoyed the rain and the air. I used to walking in the rain, see the people and things around me, and imagined something like the fairy tale would happen to me. And I just could feel happiness.

    But now, as I grow older, I can't help to worry about if my shoes and dress will be wet in the rainy days, caring if my hair will be not good-looking. And if I just alone, I couldn't help to feel lonely and sad. Why and when has it change? Or just I had been change?

    I recall my parents had once companied my to have a walk in a rainy evening. I remember I had a hug and kiss with my ex-boyfreind in a rainy night. I think of that I have always want to eat chaffy dish with my friends in a rainy night but without a chance. I also wanna go to see the sunrise in a moutain after a rainy night...

    I do love rain, the secene in the rain, the drop of the rain from the high sky, the air after the rain, the mood and feeling in the rain... I love almost everything about rain.

    Applying for a job requires that you "sell" yourself to an employer as the best person for that job. Your first contact with the prosepective employer is very important. A job advertisement might invite you to phone directly. Then phone as soon as possible. Here are a few ideas to make this a bit easier.
    申请工作需要你把自己推销给雇主，让他认为你是最佳人选。你与未来雇主之间的第一次接触是至关重要的。招聘广告有时会让你直接打电话。那么你应该在最短时间内打出电话。下面是一些打电话的建议。

    Preparing for the call
1.  Work out what you want to say. Prepare a list of questions about the job. These may include aspects of the job that were not covered in the advertisement, such as the duties, age requirements, experience sought, aualifications, salary, location and how to apply.
    想好你想说什么。列出你想问的关于这份工作的问题，包括广告中没有提到的关于该工作的具体事项，如责任范围，年龄要求，所需经验，资历，薪水，工作地点及如何申请。

2.  Have your resume ready and be prepared to take notes.
    准备好你的简历，并随时准备记录信息。

3.  Note the title and name of the person you have to ask for.
    一定要注意你要找的负责人的姓名及其职务。

    Making the call
    When you call, keep it brief. Make sure you sound interestied in the job, ask for the information you want and answer any questions they may ask. Speak clearly and directly into the mouthpiece. Speak with a " smile " and be friendly and confident. Make a note of the time, place and person you will report to for the interview. End the call by thanking the person for taking the time to speak with you.
   你打电话时，一定要言简意赅。要确保你听起来确实对这份工作很感兴趣，询问你想知道的信息，并回答任何对方提出的问题。说话要对着话筒，吐字要清晰。说话时要脸上带着微笑，态度友好，充满自信。记录清楚面试时间，地点和应该找的面试官。最后，要感谢对方耐心地接听你的电话。

    If you do not get an interview, remember that you are only starting the preocess. You need to believe that if it is not this job, it may be the next.
    如果你没能得到面试机会，记住你只是刚刚开始。你要相信如果这份工作与你无缘，那么下一份或许就与你有缘。

61.accusation n. 指责；指控，控告
   be under an accusation 被控告
   bring an accusation against 起诉，谴责

   accuse v. 指责；指控，控告
   accuse sb. for the delay 把拖延的责任推到某人身上
eg.The police accused him of murder. 警方指控他谋杀。

62.accustom 使习惯于
   accustom oneself to rising early/to early rising 使自己习惯于早起
   accustom sb. to hot weather 使某人习惯于炎热天气

63.ace n. （纸牌的）幺点；能手，高手
   the ace of spades 黑桃A
   a teenis ace 王牌网球选手
   have an ace up one's sleeve 手中握有王牌，有应急的妙计
   play one's ace 打出王牌，使出绝招
   within an ace of 几乎，差点

64.ache v.疼痛；渴望   n.疼痛
eg. He's aching to go there. 他渴望去那里

65.achieve v. 完成，达到
   achieve one's purpose/aim 达到目的

   achievement n. 完成，达到；成绩，成就

66.acknowledge v. 承认；告知受到；作出反应；致谢 
   acknowledge oneself (to be )defeated 承认自己被击败
eg.He acknowledged the greeting with a nod. 他点一点头，回答了对他的问候。

   acknowledgement n. 承认；（对收到来信等的）确认通知；致谢
   in acknowledgement of sb.'s help 感谢某人的帮助

67.acid adj. 酸味的；（说话）尖刻的；讽刺的
        n.[化学]酸

68.acoustics n.声学；音响效果

69.acquaint v.使认识，使了解
   acquaint oneself with 熟悉，了解
   acquaint sb. with 通知某人，使某人了解
   be acquainted with 与……相识，了解
   become/get acquainted with 开始了解，开始认识

   acquaintance n. 相识，了解；熟人
   have a nodding acquaintance with 与……有点头之交
   cut/drop an acquaintance 断绝同一个熟人的来往
   make the acquaintance of sb./make sb,'s acquaintance 结识某人

70.acquiesce v. 默许，默认，勉强同意
   acquiesce in a plan/proposal 勉强同意计划
 

    Love is often nothing but a favourable exchange between two people who get the most of what they can expect, considering their value on the personality market.
    爱是两人之间欢娱的交流。他们有着共通的价值观念，他们从对方那里得到了他们期望得到的东西。

     Immature love says " I love you because I need you." Mature love says “ I need you because I love you. " Let your mind start a journey thru a strange new world. Leave all thoughts of the world yo knew before. Let your soul take you where you long to be... Close your eyes let your spirit start to soar, and you'll live as you've never lived before.
    不成熟的爱人说：“我爱你，因为我需要你。”成熟的爱人说：“我需要你，因为我爱你。”让你的思绪在一个全新的世界里遨游，将你以前所拥有的思想完全抛弃，让你的灵魂带着你任由驰骋。闭上眼睛，放飞你的心灵，你将会发现一个和你以前生活的世界完全不同的世界。

     As long as anyone believes that his ideal and purpose is outside him, that it is above the clouds, in the past or in the future, he will go outside himself and seek fulfillment where it cannot be found. He will look for solutions and snswers at every point except where they can be found -- in himself.
     只要有人相信他的目标是存在于他自身之外去寻找其实现手段，那样肯定是徒劳的。他会尽他所能，到处寻找，然而唯一的办法是——从他自身去找到所有的答案。

     The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal.
     成者为王，败者为寇。

     There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives to the life by the unfolding of his powers.
     只有当人们完全释放自己的能量，这样的生活才会有意义。

     Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.
     人们有多富有并不重要，重要的是他能奉献多少。

     There can be no real freedom without the freedom to fail.
     若没有失败的自由，世界就不会有真正的自由。
    

     The only turly affluent are those who do not want more than they have.
      那些不去奢望得到比他们所拥有的更多的人才是真正的富人。

     Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness of a person to the world as a whole, not towards one "object" of love.
     爱不仅仅是对某一个人的关切，它是一种态度，一种方向，一种把全世界都作为一个整体来关心的定位，而不是只对于某一特定“物体”的爱。 
    

   It's said that today is "good sisters' day". But I feel so lonely right now. Since my good friends all now around me or they have their own things and troubles. And I don't know how to tell them or to ask for their accompany.

    I do think that's so hard to find a real friend in your life, who will accompany when you're lonely, who will help you when you're in trouble, who will be a fool when you just wanna be a fool, who will remind you about your life and your dreams.

     So when you have a chance to be a good friend or find a good friend, don't miss it. Since maybe it's the only chace you get in this life.

     Treause the friends around you, don't find them when you just need them. Spend sometime to be with them, to just be yourselves and enjoy yourselves.

     I've been wondered these days, is it good to change? I have a "friend" who has changed so much that I hardly could recognize her.

     What's worse, I found the thought of we are friends, just my own thinking and my own willing. I found the truth when I saw the words she worte in a book. I suddenly felt very cold and realized that I was a fool and just a tool.

     I really feel down and disappointed very much, and I feel be betraied. Is it really good to change and even turn into another person?

     I couldn't forgive her since I have gave my true heart and frienship to her. So I won't say a word to her anymore.
Am I too narrowness? I don't know.

51.accompaniment n.伴随物；伴奏，伴唱
   accompanist n.伴奏者，伴唱者
   accompany v.伴随，陪伴；伴奏，伴唱
eg.She accompanied the chorus on the piano. 她为合唱作钢琴伴奏。

52.accomplice n.帮凶，同谋

53.accomplish v.完成，实现
近义词：achieve 达到；完成
    accomplish通常强调完成（且常常是成功地完成）某项任务，而很少考虑其完成的手段，如：Heaccomplished a great deal during his first year.他在第一年里取得了较大的成就。
    achieve 通常强调付出努力，克服困难后完成某项任务，如：Thiswas what she had achieved after a quarter of a century of ceaseless labor. 这就是她25年不停工作后所取得的成果。
    accomplished adj.完成的；熟练的，有造诣的
    an accomplished fact 既成事实
    accomplishment n.完成；成就

54.accord v.（使）相符合，（使）相一致；给予，授予
   accord with one's wishes 与心愿一致
   accord sb. a title 授予某人称号
   in accord with 与……一致
   of one's own accord 自愿地
   out of accord with 与……不一致
   with one accord 一致地

60.accuracy n. 准确，精确
   with accuracy 准确地
   accurate adj. 准确的，精确的

    It sometimes seems that intense desire creats not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
    有时强烈的欲望不仅能够创造机会，还能激发人的聪明才智。

    We feel free when we escape-- even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
    当我们逃避的时候，我们总会觉得得到了解脱----哪怕是从一种不太难受的环境逃避到一种更加难受的境界。

    There whould be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other.
    如果生活在同一片蓝天下的人们不能互相理解的话，这样还能称为社会吗？

    The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
    预见将来唯一的方法就是利用自己的能力来塑造将来。

    No matter what our achievements might be, we think well ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.
     不管我们的成就怎样，我们只会在较少的情况下会认为我们会很棒。我们需要别人来给我们作评判，他们能够发现我们的弱点和错误。我们需要别人告诉我们自己并不是自己想象中的那样糟。

    You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
    你可以通过观察对手吓唬你的方法知道他最害怕什么。

    The leader has to be practical and a reaklist, yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist.
    领导者行为上必须注重实际，但语言上却需要表达理想的境界。

    In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned usually find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
    在事情急剧变化的时候，只有善于学习的人才能去得到未来。他们会发现自己生活在以前不曾有过的世界里。

    We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.
    我们对那些让我们梦想成真的人并不心存感激，因为他们已经破坏了我们的美梦。

    We need our own dreams.
    我们需要有自己的美梦。

p.s.: I suddenly wonder if we'll really happy after all our dreams have come true. If we have been seeking our dreams for our whole life, then what can we do after we fufill it? It's so good to have dreams in our life journey, isn't it?

41.academic adj.学校的，大学的；学术的；纯理论的，无实用意义的
   an academic degree 学位
   academy n.私立中学；学院，专科学校；研究院，学会

42.accede v. 允诺，同意；就职  
   accede to the presidency 就任总统

43.accelerate v.（使）加快，促进；增长
   accelerate one's steps 加快步伐
   accelerate world peace 促进世界和平

44.accent n.口音，土音；重音；重音符号
   with a strong/heavy/marked/thick accent 带有浓重口音
   a primary/secondary accent 主/次音

45.accept v.接受；同意，认可
   acceptable adj.可接受的，受欢迎的
   acceptance n.接受，被接受；喜爱，赞同
   gain/find/obtain/win acceptance 被接受（承认），受欢迎

46.access 1 n.进入，通路；接近（进入）的机会（权利）
eg.The only access to that building is along a muddy track.去那栋楼房的唯一途径是一条泥泞小路。
   have access to education 有受教育的机会
   access 2 v.存取（数据）
   gain/get access to 有接近（进入、使用）的机会或权利
   accessible adj. 易接近的，可进入的；易受影响的
   a town accessible by rail 有铁路通达的城镇
eg. She is a girl accessible to pity.她是个有同情心的女孩。

47.accessory n.附件，附属品；从犯，帮凶

48.accident n.意外事件，事故
   by accident 偶然
   without accident安全地
   accidental adj. 意外的，偶然的

49.acclaim n.欢呼，喝彩
           v.向……欢呼；为……喝彩
   acclaim the heroes 向英雄们欢呼
eg.They acclaimed him as the best writer of the year.他们公认他为当年最佳作家。

50.accommodate v.容纳；提供住宿；使适应
   accommodation n.住所，膳宿；适应
   find/seek accommodation 寻找住所

    It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
    从何处来不重用，重要的是你去往何处。

     Your decision to be, have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well. Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with a longer than anyone else.
     你高于平常人的决定也必将会带来平常人所能得到的结果。你最大的财富就是你自身的能力。

      You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.
      你不能控制事物的发展，但你可以改变自己的态度。只要那样你才能主宰事物，而不被其所左右。

      Those people ho develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
      那些勇于学习新知识并将其应用于各自己生活中的人是我们社会进步及变化的先驱者。

      The more you seek security, the less of it you have. But the more you seek opportunity, the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.
      你越是寻找安全感，你越觉得不安全。你越是寻找机会，你倒是越觉得你会得到更多的安全感。

       Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, " What's in it for me?"
       成功人士总是去寻找那些能对他们有所帮助的机会，而不成功人士却总是在发问：“这对我来说意味着什么？”

      All successful people, men and women, are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.
      无论男女，所有成功的人都喜欢做梦。他们会设想他们的成功是什么，他们的失败又是怎样。他们会每天朝着他们自己的成功目标迈进。

     In the beginning, all things are hopeful. we prepare ourselves to start anew. Though we may be intent on the magnificent journey ahead, all things are contained in the frist moment: our optimism, our fith, our resolutio, our innocence.
     在起点，所有一切都充满希望。我们准备从头开始。尽管我们把注意力放在前方奇妙的旅途上，但开始那一刻的信心，观念，决心及率真已经决定了我们前方旅途的一切。

    In order to start, we must make a decision. The dicision is a commitment to daily self-cultivation. We must make a strong commection to our inner selves. Outside matters are superfluous. Alone and naked, we negotiate all of life's travails. Therefore, we alone must make something of ourselves, transforming ourselves into the instruments for experiencing the deepest spiritual essence of life.
    为了这一时刻，我们必须先做一个决定。这个决定在我们日常的自我修养中早已形成，我们必须把它和自己内心深处建立一种紧密的联系。外部的一切都是多余的。我们劳其一生，最终依然是孤身赤裸裸归于尘土。因此，我们必须做点什么，引导我们自己去经历生活最深层的精神实质。

     Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a supersition, but a confirmation. They are a response. It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock wil come alive. In the same way, once we choose to commit ourselves to spiritual practice, even the mountains and valleys will reverberate to the sound of our decision.
     一旦我们下定决心，一切都接踵而来了。吉兆的出现不是迷信，而是肯定。他们是对经心的回应。据说如果有人选择矢志不渝的对岩石祈祷，那么岩石也会变得有生命。同样，如果我们选择坚定自己的精神旅途，即使是高山和峡谷也会对我们的决心做出回应。

31.absolve v. 解除，赦免
eg.It absolves me from the contract. 它解除了合同对我的约束。

32.absorb v. 吸收，吸引
   absorb moisture from the air 吸收空气中的水分
eg.He is absorbed in study. 他专心学习。
   absorption n.吸收，吸收过程；全神贯注

33.abstain v.（自我克制地）戒绝；弃权
   abstain from drinking 戒酒
   abstain from voting/on the vote 投票时弃权

34.absention n.戒绝，避免；弃权
   absention from alcohol 戒酒

35.abstinence n.节制，禁欲； 小斋

36.abstract  1  adj. 抽象的
eg.Beauty is an abstract concept. 美是个抽象概念。
   abstract  2  n. 摘要，梗概；抽象，抽象派作品
   abstract  3 v.提取，抽取；做摘要

37.absurd adj.荒谬的，可笑的，荒唐可笑的
   an absurd opinion 谬见
eg. Don't be absurd!不要胡闹！

38.abundance n.丰富，大量
   an abundance of sunshine 充足的阳光
   in abundance 丰富，大量
eg. At the party there was food and drink in abundance. 派对上有大量的食品和饮料。
    abundant adj.大量的，充足的
eg.China is abundant in natural resources. 中国自然资源丰富。

39.abuse   1  v.辱骂，滥用，妄用
   abuse one's power 滥用权力
   abuse 的过去式和过去分词为abused,现在分词为abusing
近义词：misuse 误用，滥用
     abuse 和 misuse两词都有“不正确地使用”的意思。abuse 有过度使用以致与最初目的相背离的意思，如：He abused his privileges in activities outside his oficial capacity.他在职务范围之外滥用特权。而misuse所强调的是滥用或误用行为本身，而非结果，如：He often misuses idions. 他总是错误地使用成语。
    abuse  2  n.辱骂；滥用。妄用
    beap/shower abuse on/upon sb.辱骂某人
    abusive adj. 辱骂的；被滥用的；腐败的
    be abusive to sb.辱骂某人

40.abyss n. 深渊，无底洞，深不可测的东西
   an abyss of disgrace 丢脸至极
 

    When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.

    When I found I couldn't change my nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

    Now as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family and I could have made an impact on the town.

    Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.

   My feelings: I was moved after I read this paragraph. I suddenly understand that : Never try to change the others before you try to change yourself. And maybe it's needless that to change the others since we're all individual and have our own thoughts and our own lives. 

21.abort v.（使）流产；（使计划等）夭折，中止；
   abort a mission 中途取消计划

22.abound v.大量存在，充满
   abound in/with 盛产，富于
eg.Japan abounds with rain.日本雨量充沛。

23.above prep. 在上面；大于，高于；不屑于
         adv.在上面，在较高处；在上文
   the facts mentioned above 上述事实
   above all 首先，首要
   above oneself 自负，自命不凡
eg.He is above doing such things.他不至于做出这种事来。
近义词：over 在……上方
反义词：below 在……下方
    above 既可指垂直的上方，也可指非垂直的上方，而over只能用来指垂直的上方。

24.aboveboard adj.光明正大的

25.abreast adv. 并肩，并排；赶得上，不落伍
   stand abreast 并肩而立
   keep abreast of/with 与……齐头并进

26.abridge v.节略，缩短
eg.It was abridge from the original work. 它由原著缩略而成。

27.abroad adv. 在国外，到国外；到处，广泛
   go abroad 出国
   cigarette ends scattered abroad 散落一地的烟头
   be all abroad 稀里糊涂，离谱

28.abrupt adj.意外的，突然的；粗鲁的，无礼的
   an abrupt turn 急转弯
   abruptly adv.突然；猛然；粗鲁地

29.absence n.缺席，不在；缺乏 
   absence fro work 缺勤
   the absence of evidence 缺乏证据
   absent 1  adj.缺席的，不在的；漫不经心的
   an absent look 一种漫不经心的神情
   absent 2 v. （使）缺席
eg.He absented from the meeting.他没有到会。
   absentee n.缺席者
   absent-minded adj.心不在焉的，健忘的

30.absolute adj.完全的；绝对的；专制的，独裁的；
               （语法）独立的
   have absolute trust in sb. 完全相信某人
   absolute ownership 绝对占有权
   an absolute participle 独立分词 
   absolutely adv.完全地，确实地；一定，当然
eg.You are absolutely wrong.你完全错了。
  

16.aboard adv.prep. 在（船、飞机、车）上，上（船、飞机、车）
   aboard a plane 在飞机上

17.abode n.住所，家
   of/with no fixed abode 居无定所
   take up one's abode 居住

18.abolish v.废除，取消，革除
   abolish slavery 废除奴隶制
   abolish gad customs 革除陋习
   abolition n.废止，废除

19.abominable adj.令人讨厌的，可恶的
eg.Snakes are abominable to him.他非常讨厌蛇。

20.aboriginal adj.土著的，原始的，原来的
   aboriginal inhabitants 土著居民
   aboriginal forests 原始森林
   aborigine n.土著人
   aborigine 常以复数aborigines出现，表示澳大利亚土著居民，土生动物或植物

11.aberrant adj.不走正路的，不循常规的,异常的

12.ability n.能力，才能
   cultivate one's ability 培养才能
   demonstrate/display/exhibit/show one's ability 显露才能

13.ablaze adj.着火的，发光的，闪耀的，（人心）激昂的
eg. The wooden house was soon ablaze. 木房子很快就烧起来了。

14.able adj.能够，聪明能干的
近义词：capable, competent 聪明能干的，有能力做某事的
反义词：unable 不能的，不会的
      incapable 无能的
      incompetent 不胜任的
   able后常接动词不定式，一般用作表语，表示具有做某事所必需的技巧，力量，知识等，多用于指人，有时也表示具有超乎寻常的能力，如：The baby will be able to talk soon.这个婴儿很快就会讲话了。
   capable后常接of,强调足智多谋，多才多艺，具有应变能力等。它既可用于指人，也可用于指物，有时也可用于贬义，如：a man capable of judging works of art有艺术鉴赏能力的人  He is a man capable of doing anything.他是个什么事都做得出的人。
   competent强调具有应付某一局面，从事某一行业或胜任某一工作的能力，如：They want to find a competent housekeeper.他们想找一位称职的管家。
   ably adv.能干地，熟练地

15.abnormal adj.反常的，不正常的
   an abnormal phenomenon 反常现象
eg.That is simply abnormal.那简直反常。
   abnormally adv.反常地，不规则地 
   abnormality n.不正常，变态
 

4.abbey  n.修道院，大寺院
音近异意：lobby n.大厅，休息室

5.abbreviate v.缩写，缩减
  abbreviation n.缩写词，缩略语

6.abdicate n.放弃（职位，责任，权利等）
  abdicate (from) the throne 放弃王位
  abdicate a right 放弃权利

7.abdomen n.腹，腹部，腹腔

8.abduct v.绑架，诱拐

9.abhor v.痛恨，憎恶
  abhor的过去式和过去分词为abhorred,现在分词为abhorring

10.abide v.容忍，忍受；（by）遵守
   abide by the law 守法
   abide的过去式和过去分词为abode或abided.
   abide作“容忍，忍受”解时，常用于否定句或疑问句，如：They couldn't abide each other. 他们彼此无法容忍。
   abiding adj. （信念等）永恒的，持久的