六级高频词汇第2讲

1.     adverse / ‘ædvә:s/a. 不利的,敌对的,相反的, 逆的

The police said Mr. johnson's decision would have no adverse effect on the progress of the investigation. 

警方说哈德菲尔德先生的决定对于调查进展不会有任何不利的影响。

2.advertise / ‘ædvәtaiz/vt.通知 vi.登广告

(1)The company is spending heavily to advertise its strongest brands.

该公司在花重金为其最强势的品牌做广告。

(2)There is no need to advertise the fact that you are single. 

没必要宣传你单身这回事儿。

3.advocate / ‘ædvәkeit/n

(1)支持：The group does not advocate the use of violence.

该团体不支持使用暴力。

(2)拥护者：He was a strong advocate of free market policy.

他是自由市场政策的坚定倡导者。

(3)An advocate is a lawyer who speaks in favor of someone or defends them in a court of law. 辩护律师

4.aerial / ‘ɛәriәl/

（1）天线：The aerial doesn't look very secure to me.

我看这天线不太牢固。

（2） 空中的、航空的：Aerial bombing of rebel positions is continuing.

对叛军阵地的空中轰炸仍在继续。

5.aesthetic / i:s’θetik/a. 美学的,审美的,有 美感

（1）审美的：These products are known for their aesthetic appeal as well as their durability and quality. 

这些产品因其审美吸引力以及耐用性和质量好著称。。

（2）He responded very strongly to the aesthetic of this particular work.

他对这部作品的审美特质反应十分强烈。

6.affiliate / ә’filieit/vt. 附属,接纳 vi. 有 关

（1）分支机构：The World Chess Federation has affiliates in around 120 countries.

世界象棋联盟在大约一百二十个国家内设有分支机构。

（2）附属于：The hospital is affiliated with the local university.

这家医院附属于当地大学。

（3）有关The majority of people questioned affiliated themselves with a religious group.

接受询问的人大多数都属于某个宗教团体。

7.affirm / ә’fә:m/vt.断言，批准;证实

（1）证实Everything I had accomplished seemed to affirm that opinion.

我所做成的每件事似乎都证实了那个观点。

（2）公开肯定

The court affirmed that privacy should be protected

法院公开肯定，应当保护隐私。

8.afflict / ә’flikt/vt. 使痛苦,折磨

There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments.

有两大问题困扰有听觉障碍的人。

9.agenda / ә’dʒendә/n. 议程,应办事项

（1）The next itemon the agendais the publicity budget.

议程表上的下一项是宣传预算。

（2）hidden agenda

He accused his competitors of having a hidden agenda to harm his company.

10.aggravate / ‘ægrәveit/vt. 使恶化,使更加重

（1）使恶化：Stress and lack of sleep can aggravate the situation.

紧张和缺少睡眠会使情况恶化。

（2）使严重Military intervention will only aggravate the conflict even further.

军事介入只会使冲突加剧

（3）惹怒

What aggravates you most about the company’s rules?

公司最让你恼火的政策是什么？

11.agitation / ædʒi’teiʃәn/n.鼓动，煸动;搅动

（1）焦虑：Danny returned to Father's house in a state of intense agitation.

丹尼在一种极为焦虑不安的状态下回到了父亲的家。

（2）widespread agitation caused by traffic accident 交通事故造成的骚乱

12.agony / ‘ægәni/n.极度痛苦

Jack collapsedin agonyon the floor.

杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。

13.agreeable / ә’griәbl/a.惬意的;同意的

（1）We spent a most agreeable day together. 我们在一起度过了非常愉快的一天。

（2）欣然同意：Do you think they will be agreeable to our proposal? 你认为他们会爽快同意我们的提议吗？

14.alert / ә’lә:t/a.警惕的;活跃的

(1)警觉的：We all have to stay alert.

我们都必须保持警觉。

（2）He wanted to alert people to the activities of the group.

他想警告人们注意这个组织的行动。

（3）on the alert for : 准备应对

They want to be on the alert for similar buying opportunities. 

他们要准备应对类似的购买机会。

15.alien / ‘eiljәn/a.外国的 n.外国人

(1) He said they were opposed to the presence of alien forces in the region.

他说他们反对他所描述的在该地区有外国军队的存在。

(2) 模式的Such an attitude is alien to most businessmen.

这种态度对大多数商人都很陌生。

(3) 外国人、外星人

16.allege / ә’ledʒ/vt. 宣称,申述,主张,断言

（1）断言：She alleged that there was rampant drug abuse among the male members of the group.

她指称该组织中有大量的男性滥用药物。

17.alleviate / ә’li:vieit/vt. 减轻,使缓和

（1）减缓Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain.

如今，很多方法可以被用来减轻背部疼痛。

Their energies were focused on the alleviation of the refugees' misery.

他们把精力集中在了对难民苦难的减轻上。

18.alliance / ә’laiәns/n. 联盟,联合

（1）he two parties were still too much apart to form an alliance.

这两个党派分歧大得还不能形成联盟。

19.allocate / ‘ælәkeit/vt. 分派,分配

（1）分配：The 1985 federal budget allocated $7.3 billion for development programmes.

1985年联邦预算拨了73亿美元用于开发项目。

（2）They intend to allocate more places to mature students this year.

今年他们打算给成人学生提供更多的名额。

20.allowance / ә’lauәns/n 津贴，补助费

（1）She gets an allowance for taking care of Amy.

她照顾艾米是有津贴的。

（2）Most of our flights have a baggage allowance of 44 lbs per passenger.

我们大多数航班的行李限量是每位乘客44磅。

（3）免税额度

Income taxes skyrocketed and tax allowances were lowered.

所得税急剧上升而免税额却下降了

（4）make allowancesfor sth/sb

She tried to make allowances for his age.

她已经尽力考虑到他的年龄了。

He's tired so I'll make allowances for him. 

他累了，所以我会体谅他的。