ace
n. 1.(紙牌等中的)幺點(diǎn)，“A”牌
2.(網(wǎng)球等比賽中)發(fā)球得分
3.(在某方面的)佼佼者
a. 第一流的，杰出的
A: Do you play the acoustic guitar?
B: Usually I play the electric.
acoustic
a. 1.聽(tīng)覺(jué)的，聲音的
2.(樂(lè)器)原聲的采集者退散
A: Have you acquainted yourself with the material yet?
B: No, I still have to read the book.
acquaint
vt. (with)使認(rèn)識(shí)，使了解，使熟悉
A: Has the case come to a close?
B: Yes, the suspect was acquitted because there was not enough evidence.
acquit
vt. 1.宣判……無(wú)罪
2.(oneself)使(自己)作出某種表現(xiàn)
A: If you press that red button you will activate the bomb.
B:I’ll be sure not to press it then.
activate
vt. 使活動(dòng)起來(lái)，使開(kāi)始起作用
A: What do you want to be when you grow up?
B: A feminist activist , working for female rights
activist
n.(政治活動(dòng)的)積極分子，活動(dòng)家
A: Do you drink tea?
B: Yes, but I am addicted to coffee.
addict
n. 1.有癮的人;2.入迷的人
vt. 使成癮，使入迷
A: I watch too much television.
B: Me too, it is addictive
addictive
a. 使人入迷的，使人上癮的
A: Are you going to wear those old shoes to the wedding?
B: Yeah, I hate adhering to formalities.
adhere
vi. (to )1.黏附，附著;2.遵守，堅(jiān)持;3.追隨，支持
A: Your poster has fallen down from the wall.
B: I ran out of adhesive and forgot buy some more.
adhesive
n. 黏合劑
a. 可黏著的，粘性的
A: Where do you live?
B: Adjacent to the hospital, and near the school.
adjacent
a. (to)鄰近的，毗連的
A: I always see Mary and Bill together.
B: I do too, it is like as if they were adjoined at the hip.
adjoin
vt. 貼近，與…毗連
A: The pharmacy down the road is closed.
B: Yes, it lost its license to administer over the counter drugs.
administer
vt. 1.掌管，料理…的事務(wù);2.施行，實(shí)施;3.給予，派給，投(藥)
A: I am reading a book about a sailing voyage set in 1900.
B: Is that the one where the admiral gets thrown overboard?
admiral
n. 海軍將領(lǐng)，艦隊(duì)司令
A: He looks too young to be at university.
B: I thought he was just an adolescent
adolescent
n. 青少年
a. 青春期的，青少年的
A: I simply adore the band U2.
B: They are good , but I prefer The Cranberries.
adore
vt. 1.崇拜，致敬，愛(ài)慕;2.非常喜歡
A: Did you enjoy the wedding?
B: It was beautiful, the bride was adorned with rose in her hair.
adorn
vt. 裝飾，使生色
A: I can not wait until advent is over.
B: Likewise, then I can open all of my Christmas presents.
advent
n. 出現(xiàn)，到來(lái)
A: Peter and Mary are always fighting.
B: I didn’t know that they had an adversary relationship.
adversary
n. 對(duì)手，敵手
A: Did you see the thunder and lightening last night?
B: No, but the weather has been unusually adverse resently