adapt vt.使适应, 改编
adapt for 使适合于; 为...改编[改写]
adapt from 根据...改写[改编]
adapt oneself to 使自己适应或习惯于某事
adapt sth. to 使某事物适应或适合
The movie was adapted from a novel.
这部电影是由小说改编的。
adopt vt.采用, 收养
The resolution was adopted by a vote of 180 in favour to 10 against it.
决议案以一百八十票对十票获得通过。
One refers to an adopted child but to adoptive parents.表示 adopted（被收养的）孩子而不是 adoptive（有收养关系的）父母) administration n.管理，经营；行政机关；政府
admire v.赞美, 钦佩, 羡慕
We all admired her for the way she saved the children from the fire.
她把孩子们从大火中救出来,我们都钦佩不已。
Everybody admires him for his fine sense of humour.
人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感。
admit v.容许, 承认, 接纳
This ticket admits two people to the football match.
这张票可供两人入场看足球赛。
He admitted his crime.
他招认了罪行。
The rules and regulations admit of no other explanation.
这些规章制度不容许有其他解释。
(admit of容许有; 有...可能; 容有...的余地)
同义辩析：admit acknowledge confess
意都含“承认”的意思。
admit 通常指因外界压力、良心或判断而承认某事的存在或真实性, 含“不情愿”之意, 如:
I admit that she is right.
我承认她是对的。
acknowledge 指“公开承认”, 常用于过去隐瞒或否认之事,如:
With so much evidence against him he had to acknowledge his error.
在这么多的证据面前, 他不得不承认错误。
confess 着重承认自己的过错或罪恶, 因此有“忏悔”、“坦白”的含意, 如:
He has confessed his crime.
他承认了自己的罪行(含坦白之意)。
adulteration n.掺假；劣等货，假货，次品
advance vi.前进，推进，取得进展
n.前进，进展；预付款
in advance 预先
You must pay for the book in advance.
你必须预先付书的钱。
advance of 在…之前
advertise v.为...做广告
affect vt.影响, (使)感动
He was deeply affected by my words.
他听了我的话很受感动。
同义辩析：affect effect influence
作为动词, 都含“影响”的意思。
affect 指“产生的影响之大足以引起反应”,着重“影响”的动作, 有时含有“对...产生不利影响”的意思, 如:
This article will affect my thinking.
这篇文章将会影响我的思想。
effect 指“实现”、“达成”,着重“造成”一种特殊的效果, 如:
This book effected a change in my opinion.
这本书使我的看法起了变化。
influence 指“通过说服、举例等对行动、思想、性格等产生不易觉察到的,潜移默化的影响”, 如:
Influenced by a high-school biology teacher, he took up the study of medicine.
在一位中学生物教师的影响下, 他从事医学研究。
（affect, influence, touch, impress,sway,move这组动词的一般含义为使人或能作出反应的物产生或受到影响。）
affiliate n.附属公司；联营公司
affix n.附件，附录
vi.附贴，盖（章），签署
affix a stamp to the envelope
在信封上贴邮票
afford vt.提供, 给予, 供应得起,花得起时间
The transaction afforded him a good profit.
这笔买卖使他赚了一大笔。
If we could afford it, we´d like to go abroad for our holidays.
如果出得起旅费,我们想到国外去度假。
aftermarket n.后继市场；零件市场
aged adj.年老的, ...岁的, 老年人特有的
My daughter is aged 7 years.
我女儿7岁。
The sick and the aged need our help.
病人和老人需要我们帮助。
agency n.代理处，机构
agent n.代理人，代理商
aggregate a.总的，累积的
~GNP国民生产总值
agreement n.一致，同意；协议，合同
agree on [upon]
对...达成协议; 对...取得一致意见
agree to sth.
同意某事
agree to differ
同意各自保留不同意见
agree with
同意...的意见; 与...一致; 对...适合
alienation n.转让，让渡
alience n.受让人
allocation n.拨款；分配
alms [a:mz] n.救济金；捐款
alone adj.单独的,孤独的, 独自的
adv.独自地, [用在名词或代词之后]只有, 唯有, 仅仅
He went home alone.
他独自一人回家去了。
(lonely adj.孤独的, 寂寞的, 偏僻的, 人迹罕至的
"The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean."
这个人要飞往洛卡尔--大西洋上的一个孤岛。)

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