SAT巴朗3500词汇分享(十二)
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annul v. /避免/make void. The parents of the eloped couple tried to annul the marriage.
anoint V. /神圣化/consecrate. The prophet Samuel anointed David with oil, crowning him king of Israel.
anomalous ADJ. /不正常的,变态的/abnormal; irregular. He was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures which he despised.
*anomaly N. /不正常/irregularity. A bird that cannot fly is an anomaly.
anonymity N. /匿名/state of being nameless; anonymousness. The donor of the gift asked the college not to mention him by name; the dean readily agreed to respect his anonymity.
anonymous ADJ. /匿名的/having no name. She tried to ascertain the identity of the writer of the anonymous letter.
antagonism N. /反抗,敌对/hostility; active resistance. Barry showed his antagonism toward his new stepmother by ignoring her whenever she tried talking to him. antagonistic,ADJ.
antecede V. /先于/precede. The invention of the radiotelegraph anteceded the development of television by a quarter of a century.
antecedents N. /历史环境;历史背景/preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background. Susi Bechhofer's ignorance of her Jewish background had its antecedents in the chaos of World War II. Smuggled out of Germany and adopted by a Christian family, she knew nothing of her birth and antecedents until she was reunited with her family in 1989.
antediluvian ADJ. /远古,上古,及其久远/antiquated; extremely ancient. Looking at his great-aunt's antique furniture, which must have been cluttering up her attic since the time of Noah's flood, the young heir exclaimed, "Heavens! How positively antediluvian!"
anthem N. /圣歌,赞美诗/song of praise or patriotism. Let us now all join in singing the national anthem.
anthology N. /选集/book of literary selections by various authors. This anthology of science fiction was compiled by the late Isaac Asimov. anthologize,V.
anthropocentric ADJ. /人类中心说/regarding human beings as the center of the universe. Without considering any evidence that might challenge his anthropocentric viewpoint, Hector cate-gorically maintained that dolphins could not be as intelligent as men. anthropocentrism, N.
anthropoid ADJ. /类人的/manlike. The gorilla is the strongest of the anthropoid animals. also N.
anthropologist N. /人类学家/a student of the history and science of mankind. Anthropologists have discovered several relics of prehistoric man in this area.