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2、hout informing the buyer; when consumers learned that Beech-Nut had adulterated their apple juice by mixing it with water, they protested vigorously. advent N./到来，出现/arrival. Most Americans were unaware of the advent of the Nuclear Age until the news of Hiroshima reached them. adventitiousADJ./偶然/ac
3、cidental; casual. He found this adventitious meeting with his friend extremely fortunate. adversary N./对手/opponent. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his adversary. adverse ADJ./讨厌，敌意/unfavorable; hostile. The recession had a highly adverse effect on Fathers investment portfolio: he lost so muc
4、h money that he could no longer afford the butler and the upstairs maid. adversity, N. adversity N./贫困，不幸/poverty; misfortune. We must learn to meet adversity gracefully. advocacy N./支持，辩护/support; active pleading on somethings behalf. No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond Tutu from his advocacy
5、of the human rights of black South Africans. advocate V./辩护/urge; plead for. The abolitionists advocated freedom for the slaves. also N. aerie N./猛禽的窝/nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk). The mother eagle swooped down on the unwitting rabbit and bore it off to her aerie high in the Rocky Moun
6、tains. aesthetic ADJ./审美的/artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful. The beauty of Tiffanys stained glass appealed to Esthers aesthetic sense. aesthete, N. affable ADJ./平易近人的/easily approachable; warmly friendly. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at
7、how affable his new employer was. affected ADJ./假的，做作的/artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress. His affectedmannerisms-his Harvard accent, his air of boredom, his use of obscure foreign wordsbugged us: he acted as if he thought he was too good for his old high school friends. affectation,
8、 N. affidavit N./宣誓书/written statement made under oath. The court refused to accept his statement unless he presented it in the form of an affidavit. affiliation N./联合，加入/joining; associating with. His affiliation with the political party was of short duration for he soon disagreed with his colleagu
9、es. affinity N./亲缘关系/kinship. She felt an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains. affirmation N./正面肯定，确认/positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath. Despite Toms affirmations of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie. af
10、fix V./增加，附于/fasten; attach; add on. First the registrar had to affix her signature to the license; then she had to affix her official seal. affliction N./痛苦/state of distress; cause of suffering. Even in the midst of her affliction,Elizabeth tried to keep up the spirits of those around her. affluen
11、ce N./富足，财富/abundance; wealth. Foreigners are amazed by the affluence and luxury of the American way of life. affront N./侮辱，冒犯;蓄意蔑视/insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect. When Mrs. Proudie was not seated beside the Archdeacon at the head table, she took it as a personalaffront and refused t
12、o speak to her hosts for a week. alsoV. aftermath N./后果，结果/consequences; outcome; upshot. People around the world wondered what the aftermath of Chinas violent suppression of the student protests would be. agenda N./议程/items of business at a meeting. We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an agenda
13、 that there was very little time for the meeting. agent N./方法，工具;代表/means or instrument; personal representative; person acting in an official capacity. I will be the agent of Americas destruction, proclaimed the beady-eyed villain, whose agent had gotten him the role. With his face, he could never
14、have played the part of the hero, a heroic F.B.I. agent. agglomeration N./聚集，累积/collection; heap. It took weeks to assort the agglomeration of miscellaneous items she had collected on her trip. aggrandizeV./增加，加强/increase or intensify. The history of the past quarter century illustrates how a Presid
15、ent may aggrandize his power to act aggressively in international affairs without considering the wishes of Congress. aggregate V./收集，聚集/gather; accumulate. Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers in so-called junk bonds managed to aggregate great wealth in short periods of time. aggregation, N. aggressor N./攻击者/attacker. Before you punish both boys for fighting, see whether you can determine which one was the aggressor. aghast ADJ./吓坏了的/horrified. He was aghast at the nerve of the speaker who had insulted his host. agility N./敏捷/nimbleness. The agility of the acrobat amazed and th
