高考英语3500个词汇及解析：A开头的词汇

　　26. action n. 行动 take action to do sth put sth into action 把…付诸实施

　　27. active adj. 积极的;主动的 take an active part in /be active in 积极参加

　　28.◎activity n. 活动 outdoor activities 户外运动

　　29.actual a.实际的 actually adv. in (actual) fact 实际上

　　30●adapt vi. 适应，适合，改编 vt. 使适应 adapt to change /the city life

　　adapt oneself to the new surroundings adapt the novel for a film adaptation n. 适应

　　31. add vt 添加，增加，补充说(that)

　　add(…)to 添加 add up 把…加在一起 add up to总计为; 总数为

　　a) His illness added to our trouble. b) He added that he would come again.

　　c) Please add these figures up. d) These numbers add up to 100.

　　e) He added some salt to the water.

　　32. address n.地址 vt.写地址;向…讲话(尤指演讲)

　　address the letter to sb. 给某人寄信 The letter was wrongly addressed.

　　The president addressed the public.

　　33.●adjust vt. 调整，调节，适应 adjust your speed /the volume/ the camera

　　adjust to the dark/ the single life adjust yourself to the student life adjustment n. 调整，调节

　　34. admire v 钦佩.;羡慕

　　admire sb for sth I admire John for his courage.

　　35. admit vt (admitted ,admitted)

　　1) 承认 admit one’s mistakes; admit doing/having done

　　He admitted having stolen the money.

　　2) 准许(入场，入学，入会) admit sb to /into→sb be admitted to

　　He has been admitted to Beijing University.

　　36.●adopt v. 收养，采用，采纳

　　adopt a child the adopted son/ daughter

　　adopt a new policy/ a suggestion/ a plan/ an attitude

　　37. advance vi推进，促进;前进 adj. advanced 先进的/ 高级的

　　in advance 预先，事先 an advanced worker

　　38. advantage n. 优点，好处(可数名词) 反：disadvantage

　　take advantage of 利用 have an advantage over 优于… to sb’s advantage 对(某人)有利

　　39. ◎advertise vt. 为…做广告

　　1)为…做广告 advertise a product / things

　　2)登广告征求/寻找… advertise for a new sales manager

　　40. advice n/u. advise vt. 忠告,劝告,建议 take/follow/ accept one’s advice 接受某人的建议

　　ask sb for advice 向某人寻求建议 a piece of advice 一条建议

　　give sb some advice on sth

　　advise sb (not) to do; advise doing; advise that …(should)+do

　　Our teacher advised that we should study hard.

　　41. ●affect vt. 影响, 深深打动，使悲伤等

　　Smoking affects health. People were deeply affected by the death of Jin Zhengri.

　　42. afford vt. 负担得起,抽得出(时间); 提供

　　can/could/be able to afford sth/to do sth I can’t afford a book/to buy the book

　　43. afraid a. 害怕的;担心

　　be afraid to do 因为害怕不敢做…; be afraid of doing 害怕…

　　She was afraid to go out alone at night. She was afraid of waking him up.

　　44. against prep 对着，反对, 靠着，迎着，衬着

　　stand against the wall (靠墙站着) go against nature; be against sth 反对

　　They are strongly against the plan. The pine tree were black against the morning sky.

　　45. age n.年龄;时代 vi. 变老 for ages 多年; at an early age; at the age of … ;

　　of the same age=of an age After his wife’s death he aged quickly.

　　46. agree vi. 同意;应允

　　1)agree with ① agree with sb / what you say/your opinion.

　　②表示一致;“ (食物、天气、工作等)对…适宜”：

　　The weather does not agree with me. 这种天气对我不适宜。

　　A verb must agree with its subject in person and number.

　　What he does does not agree with what he says. 他言行不一致。

　　2)agree to the plan/ the arrangement/ the suggestion .

　　3)agree on /upon主要指双/多方通过协商而取得一致意见或达成协议：

　　We agreed on the price. 我们就价格达成了一致意见。

　　Both sides agreed on these terms. 双方都同意这些条件。

　　4) agree to do sth He agreed to go with us. 他同意同我们去。

　　5) reach/arrive at/come to an agreement 6) I can’t/couldn’t agree more.

　　47. ahead ad. 在前，向前 ahead of time 提前 go ahead 前进，干吧，说吧

　　48.◎aid n. 援助;救护;辅助工具

　　first aid 急救 in aid of 支持

　　by ( the) aid of 借助于，通过…的帮助 come/ go to one’s aid 帮助某人

　　v. 帮助，促进 aid (sb/ sth) in/ with ( doing) sth 帮助某人做…

　　49. aim at

　　① 瞄准,对准 He aimed the gun at the enemy officer.

　　② (向某方面)努力 She's aiming at ( trying to win) a scholarship.

　　③ 针对某人 My words were not aimed at you.

　　50.◎alike adj. 相像，十分相似 We are alike in many ways.

　　adv. 相似的，相同的 They tried to treat their children alike.

　　51. alive a. 活着的，存在的 catch …alive 活捉 keep…alive be alive with= be full of

　　The lake was alive with fish. Who is the greatest man alive.(后置定语)

　　52. allow v 准许，允许 allow doing/ sb to do

　　allow for 把 考虑进去 Has everything been allowed for in your plan?

　　53. almost adv几乎，差不多

　　Almost no one/nobody came to the party. There was almost no snow that winter.

　　54. alone adj/adv 单独的 孤独的

　　1) 形容词She is alone at home. (她独自一人在家。)

　　2) 副词I like to work alone. (我喜欢独自一人工作。)

　　3) “只有，仅仅”， The shoes alone cost $200. ※ let /leave sb /sth alone 别打扰

　　let alone 更不用说

　　★ lonely

　　1) 定语， “孤单的，无伴侣的，无人烟的，荒凉的，偏僻的” a lonely man / island.

　　2) 表语，“孤寂的，寂寞的” feel lonely ※ He lives alone but he doesn’t feel lonely.

　　55. aloud ad.大声地 read aloud/ think aloud

　　56. ◎amaze vt. 使惊奇，惊叹;震惊

　　What amazes me is how long she managed to hide it from us.

　　It amazed me that he could be so calm at such a time.

　　amazed adj. 惊奇的，惊讶的 amazing adj.令人惊奇的，惊叹的;震惊的

　　I’ m ___ that you have never heard of the Rolling Stones.

　　It’s ____ how often you see drivers using mobile phones.

　　57. ◎ amount n. 数额(尤指数量，大小等) a large amount of +u/n

　　large amounts of +u/n v. (数量，意义等) 等同，相当于 amount to

　　1) (数量上)达到，总计

　　Time lost through illness amounts to 1,357 working days.因疾病而损失的时间总共为

　　2)等于，意味着

　　Ultimately, their ideas amount to the same thing. 归根结底，他们想的都是一回事。

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