absurb [ Eb5sE:d ] adj.荒謬的, 荒唐可笑的(insane,loony;preposterous)
(反)rational 理性的sensible有判斷力的
abundant [E5bQndEnt] adj. 豐富的,盛產(chǎn),富于
(反)infrequent, rare, uncommon; inadequate, scanty , scarce
abuse [E5bju:s] v. 辱罵,毀謗(to attack in words;revile)濫用,虐待
(類)declamation·grandiloquence=diatribe·abuse 雄辯·夸夸其談=惡罵·辱罵(同義)
【注】grandiloquence:a pompous style in language;declaim:to speak pompously
(類)polemic·disputatious=invective·abusive 好爭(zhēng)論的·好爭(zhēng)辯的=漫罵的·辱罵的(同義)
diatribe·abuse=burlesque·mockery 惡罵·辱罵=諷刺的嘲笑·嘲笑(同義)
(例)verbal abuse. 污言穢語(yǔ) to abuse a privilege 濫用特權(quán) to abuse a horse虐待一匹馬
(記)ab(表否定)+ use(用)不怎么好好用→濫用
abut [ E5bQt ] v. 鄰接, 毗鄰(lie adjacent)
(類)contiguous·abut=simultaneous·coincide毗鄰的·毗鄰=同時(shí)發(fā)生的·同時(shí)發(fā)生(形動(dòng)同義)
(記)觀察:a和b在字母表中毗鄰;u和t 在字母表中也毗鄰→鄰接, 毗鄰
abysmal [E5bIzmEl] adj. 深不可測(cè)的,無(wú)底的(immeasurably low or wretched)
(類)stygian·dark=abysmal·low 極黑的·黑=極深的·低的(程度)
(記)來(lái)自:abyss(深淵)a+byss(諧音:必死)聯(lián)想:一個(gè)人跳入深淵必死。