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admonition N. /警告/warning. After the student protesters repeatedly rejected Chairman Deng's admonitions, the government issued an ultimatum: either the students would end the demonstration at once or the soldiers would fire on the crowd.
adorn V. /装饰/decorate. Wall paintings and carved statues adorned the temple. adornment, N.
adroit ADJ. /熟练,有技巧/skillful. His adroit handling of the delicate situation pleased his employers.
adulation N. /奉承,恭维/flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies and yes men. adulate,V.
adulterate V. /掺杂/make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It is a crime to adulterate foods without 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.
adventitious ADJ. /偶然/accidental; 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 Father's investment portfolio: he lost so much 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 something's behalf. No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond Tutu from his advocacy 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 Mountains.
aesthetic ADJ. /审美的/artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's aesthetic sense. aesthete, N.
affable ADJ. /平易近人的/easily approachable; warmly friendly. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.
affected ADJ. /假的,做作的/artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress. His affected mannerisms-his "Harvard" accent, his air of boredom, his use of obscure foreign words-bugged us: he acted as if he thought he was too good for his old high school friends. affectation, N