精选SAT巴朗3500词汇(十)
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amorous ADJ. /爱情的/moved by sexual love; loving. "Love them and leave them" was the motto of the amorous Don Juan.
amorphous ADJ. /无形的,不成形的/formless; lacking shape or definition. As soon as we have decided on our itinerary, we shall send you a copy; right now, our plans are still amorphous.
amphibian ADJ. /两栖的/able to live both on land and in water. Frogs are classified as amphibian. also N.
amphitheater N. /椭圆形的剧院,斗兽场/oval building with tiers of seats. The spectators in the amphitheater cheered the gladiators.
ample ADJ. /丰富的,富足的/abundant. Bond had ample opportunity to escape. Why did he let us catch him?
amplify V. /放大/broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger. Charlie Brown tried to amplify his remarks, but he was drowned out by jeers from the audience. Lucy was smarter: she used a loudspeaker to amplify her voice.
amputate V. /截肢,切除/cut off part of body; prune. When the doctors had to amputate the young man'sleg to prevent the spread of cancer, he did not let the loss of a limb keep him from participating in sports.
amulet N. /护身符/charm; talisman. Around her neck she wore the amulet that the witch doctor had given her.
anachronistic ADJ. /时代错误/having an error involving time in a story. The reference to clocks in Julius Caesar is anachronistic: clocks did not exist in Caesar's time. anachronism, N.
analgesic ADJ. /止痛的/causing insensitivity to pain. The analgesic qualities of this lotion will provide temporary relief.
analogous ADJ. /类似的/comparable. She called our attention to the things that had been done in an analogous situation and recommended that we do the same.
analogy N. /类比,相似/similarity; parallelism. A well-known analogy compares the body's immune system with an army whose defending troops are the lymphocytes or white blood cells.
anarchist N. /无政府主义者/person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority. Denying she was an anarchist, Katya maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it entirely. anarchy, N.
anarchy N. /无政府主义/absence of governing body; state of disorder. The assassination of the leaders led to a period of anarchy.
anathema N. /诅咒/solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse. The Ayatolla Khomeini heaped anathema upon "the Great Satan," that is, the United States. To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words. anathematize,V.