1.aluminum n.铝
例:Air pollution from the giant aluminum refinery is killing our plants.
2.alumna n.女校友,女毕业生(a female former student of a school, college or university)
3.alumnus n.男校友,男毕业生(a male former student of a school, college or university)
例:He is an alumnus of Peking University of the class of 1986.
4.amalgam n.混合物( combination)
词根记忆:本义是“汞合金”,该词来自拉丁文amalgama(混合);联想记忆:am+alg+am,前后两个am结合--混合
例:amalgam of Chinese and Western medicines中西药合剂
派生词:amalgamate(v.合并,联合):amalgamation(n.混合,合并)
5.amass v.积聚(to gather,accumulate)
词根记忆:a+ mass( -团)--变成--团--积聚
例:While in college, John amassed a shelf of reference books.
派生词:amassment(n.积蓄,聚积)
同根词:massive(a.巨大的)
6.amateur n.业余爱好者(one who practisesa sport or art without receiving money for it one who is unskilled or inexperienced in an activity)
词根记忆:amat( =amor爱)+eur(人)--爱好的人--业余爱好者
例:He is an amateurin boxing.
派生词:amateurish(a.业余爱好的;不熟练的)
同根词:amorous(n.多情的)
7.amber n.琥珀( hard clear yellowish brown gum )
发音记忆:“爱不”--爱不释手的珍物--琥珀
8.ambiguity n.模棱两可,模糊(uncertainty)
词根记忆:ambi(绕着,在什么周围)+guity--围着什么绕来绕去--模棱两可
例:The ambiguityof the teachers response made us realize he did not know the answer.
9.ambiguous a.意义不明的,模棱两可的( obscure)
例:The professor gave an ambiguous answer to Janes question.
10.ambitious a.有抱负的,雄心勃勃的( having a desire to achieve a particular goal);宏大的( an idea or plan on a large scale and needs a lot of work to be carried out successfully)
例:Over the last ten years, overcrowding in the prisons of Barraland has essentially been eliminated as a result of an ambitious program of prison construction.
派生词:ambitiously(ad.雄心勃勃地:热切地)
同根词:ambition(n.野心)
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