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abaft
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[ə'bɑ:ft]
prep. 在 ... 之后 Be careful, the mule is a vicious beast, not safe abaft the beam.当心，骡子是一种险恶的畜牲，(站在)它后面不安全。 |
beam [bi:m]
n. 光线，电波，横梁，容光焕发 vt. 闪亮，为 ... 上梁 vi. 微笑，发光 |
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abase
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abase [ə'beis]
vt. 降低 ... 的地位，降低 ... 的品格，贬低 To lower in rank, prestige, or esteem. See Synonyms at degrade. |
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abash
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abash [ə'bæʃ]
vt. 使羞愧，使困窘 To make ashamed or uneasy; disconcert. See Synonyms at embarrass. |
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abate
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abate [ə'beit]
v. 缓和，减弱 The storm/wind/rain has started to abate. |
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abattoir
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abattoir ['æbətwɑ:;ˌæbə'twɑ:]
n. 屠宰场，角斗场 a place where animals are killed for their meat |
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abbess
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abbess['æbis]
n. 女修道院院长，尼姑庵住持 a woman who is in charge of a convent |
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abbey
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abbey['æbi]
n. 修道院，修道院教堂 a building where monks or nuns live or used to live. Some abbeys are now used as churches |
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abbot
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abbot['æbət]
n. 男修道院院长 a man who is in charge of a monastery |
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abdicate
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abdicate['æbdikeit;'æbdəˌkeit]
vt. 正式放弃（权利或责任等），让位 She was accused of abdicating all responsibility for the project. |
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abduct
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abduct[æb'dʊkt]
vt. 诱拐，绑走 The company director was abducted from his car by terrorists. |
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abed
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abed[ə'bed]
adv. 在床上 adj. 在床上的 |
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aberration
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aberration [ˌæbə'reiʃən]
n. 越轨，误差，偏差 I'm sorry I'm late - I had a mental aberration and forgot we had a meeting today. |
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abet
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abet [ə'bet]
v. 煽动，教唆，教唆某人犯罪 His accountant had aided and abetted him in the fraud. |
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abetter,abettor
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abettor [ə'betə]
n. 唆使者 =abetter |
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abeyance
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abeyance [ə'beiəns]
n. 中止，暂搁，停止 The project is being held in abeyance until agreement is reached on funding it. |
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abhor
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abhor [əb'hɔ:]
vt. 憎恶，厌恶，痛恨 to hate a way of behaving or thinking, often because you think it is immoral: I abhor all forms of racism. |
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abhorrent
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abhorrent [əb'hɔ:rənt;əb'hɔrənt]
adj. 令人憎恨的，可恶的，背离的 morally very bad: an abhorrent crime Racism of any kind is abhorrent to me. |
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abide
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abide [ə'baid]
vt. 遵守，忍受 vi. 居留 to live or stay somewhere: He abided in the wilderness for forty days. |
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abject
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abject ['æbdʒekt]
adj. 卑贱的，不幸的，可怜的 1.abject misery/poverty/terror, etc. when someone is extremely unhappy, poor, frightened, etc: They live in abject poverty. This policy has turned out to be an abject failure. 2.showing no pride or respect for yourself: an abject apology He is almost abject in his respect for his boss. |
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abjure
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abjure [əb'dʒuə]
v. 发誓放弃 to state publicly that you no longer agree with a belief or way of behaving: He abjured his religion/his life of dissipation. |
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ablaze
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ablaze [ə'bleiz]
adj. 著火的，闪亮的，激昂的 The ballroom was ablaze with lights. |
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abode
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abode [ə'bəud]
n. 住处，住所，逗留 <古>等待 动词abide的过去式与过去分词 the place where someone lives: FORMAL The defendant is of no fixed abode (= has no permanent home). |
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abolish
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abolish [ə'bɔliʃ]
vt. 废止，革除 to end an activity or custom officially: I think bullfighting should be abolished. |
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abominable
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abominable [ə'bɔminəbl;ə'bɔmənəbəl]
adj. 讨厌的，令人憎恶的 very bad or unpleasant: The prisoners are forced to live in abominable conditions. The weather's been abominable all week. |
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abominate
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abominate [ə'bɔmineit;ə'bɔmə'neit]
vt. 痛恨，憎恶 to hate something very much: He abominates cruelty of all kinds. |
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abrade
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abrade [ə'breid]
v. 擦伤，磨损 to remove part of the surface of something by rubbing |
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abreast
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abreast [ə'brest]
adv. 并肩地，赶得上 1 describes two or more people who are next to each other and moving in the same direction: We were running/cycling two abreast. The motorcyclist came abreast of her car and shouted abuse at her. 2 keep abreast of sth to stay informed about the most recent facts about a subject or situation: I try to keep abreast of any developments. |
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abrogate
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abrogate ['æbrəugeit;'æbrəˌgeit]
vt. 废除，废止 to end a law, agreement or custom formally: The treaty was abrogated in 1929. |
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abscess
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abscess ['æbsis]
n. 脓肿，脓疮 a painful swollen area on or in the body, which contains pus (= thick, yellow liquid): She had an abscess on her gum. |
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abscond
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abscond [æb'skɔnd]
vi. 潜逃，逃匿 1 to go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere: Two prisoners absconded last night. 2 to go away suddenly and secretly because you have stolen something, usually money: They absconded with $10 000 of the company's money. |
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absolution
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absolution [ˌæbsə'lu:ʃən]
n. 免罪，赦罪 这个词与absolute没有关系，前者是absolve的名词！！ (especially in religion or law) to free someone from guilt, blame or responsibility for something: The report absolved her from/of all blame for the accident. |
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