英语六级词汇备考-高频单词及例句（1）

　　1, acquisition n. 获得,添加的物品

　　The children progressed in the acquisition of basic skills.

　　孩子们在掌握基本技术方面取得了进步。

　　He is a valuable acquisition to our firm.

　　他是我们公司新来的得力雇员。

　　2, adolescent a. 青春期的,青年的 n. 青少年

　　The adolescent period is ones best time.

　　青少年时期是一个人最美好的一段时光。

　　The audience were mostly adolescents.

　　听众几乎都是年轻人。

　　3, adverse a. 不利的,敌对的,相反的,逆的

　　Dirt and disease are adverse to the best growth of children. 肮脏与疾病对儿童健康成长不利。

　　He is adverse to going abroad. 反对出国。

　　4, aesthetic a. 美学的,审美的,有美感

　　My aesthetic standards are quite different from his.

　　我的审美标准与他的大不相同。

　　That armchair is comfortable but not very aesthetic.

　　那张扶手椅坐起来舒服，但不太美观。

　　5, affiliate vt. 附属,接纳 vi. 有关

　　They affiliated themselves with the same political party.

　　他们加入了同一政党。

　　Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.

　　我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。

　　6, afflict vt. 使痛苦,折磨

　　Famine and war still afflict mankind.

　　饥饿和战争仍使人类遭受痛苦。

　　7, aggravate vt. 使恶化,使更加重

　　The lack of rain aggravated the already serious lack of food. 缺少雨水加重了业已严重的食物短缺。

　　If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him.

　　假如他再激怒我, 我就要揍他。

　　8, agitation n.鼓动,煸动;搅动

　　Small shopkeepers carried on a long agitation against the big department stores. 小店主们长期以来一直在煽动人们反对大型百货商店。

　　9, alleviate vt. 减轻,使缓和

　　The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.

　　医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。

　　10, amends n. 赔偿

　　Did you make amends to Tom for his loss?

　　你赔偿汤姆的损失了吗?