备考资料：托福考试词汇研究－Unit2a_托福考试

备考资料：托福考试词汇研究－Unit2a

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Unit 2
　　afresh ad.重新;再

　　aftermath n.不幸事件之后;余波 [after-math]

　　agape a.张口惊视的 [a+gape 裂开,张嘴]

　　agenda n.议程 [agility¹ 灵活,敏捷]

　　agent n.代理人;管理人;代办人 [a commission ~ 委托贩卖商,批发商 a forwarding ~ 运送者,运输业者]

　　secret (confidential) ~ 密探

　　agglomerate² v.一堆;结块 [glomerulus 小球,血管小球]

　　aggrandize³ v.加大 [grandeur 雄伟]

　　aggravate⁴ v.加重;恶化 [gravity庄重]

　　aggregate⁵ n.集合;总数 [gregarious喜社交的 aggregation聚集,总和]

　　aggressive a.好斗的;进取的 [egress出口]

　　aggrieved⁶ a.因受伤而不平的;痛心的 [grievous令人悲痛的;伤势严重的]

　　aghast a.恐怖的;惊骇的 [GHASTLY可怕的;惊人的 gast恐惧 ghost魔鬼 ghast=gast=ghost]

　　agility n.动作敏捷;机智 [agile灵活的,轻快的]

　　agitate⁷ v.煽动 [ag做+itate表示不断的动作 agitated⁸被鼓动的,不安的 agitation鼓动,焦虑]

　　aglow⁹ a.发红的 [glow 发光;发热;热情]

　　agnostic n.不可知论者 [diagnostic诊断的 agnosticism不可知论 Agnus Dei]

　　agog¹⁰ a.兴奋的;有强烈兴趣的 [agonize v.使受苦;使苦闷] [agony极大痛苦 agonizing引起极大痛苦的]

　　agony n.烦恼;顶峰

　　agrarian¹¹ a.土地的;农业的

　　agrarius agreement n.协议;符合;同意

　　agronomist¹² n.农学家 [agro土地+nom学科+ist]

　　aground ad.在地上;搁浅

　　ail¹³ v.使受病痛;使苦恼 [ail=egle小病 ailment¹⁴不严重的疾病]

　　ailment n.疾病

　　airborne a.空气传播的;空降的

　　airtight a.密封的

　　aisle¹⁵ n.过道;走廊 [ajar ad.门微开;不调和地]

　　akin¹⁶ a.血族关系的;类似的 [a+kin 亲戚,血源关系]

　　alabaster¹⁷ a.雪白的 [alacrity n.乐意;欣然;敏捷 alacritas albeit¹⁸ conj.虽然 [al+beit albite n.曹长石,苏打长石 albus white + -ITE]

　　alchemy n.炼金术 [al=the+chemy=khemia冶炼术 chemis-try化学]

　　alcove¹⁹ n.凹室;壁龛

　　ale n.麦酒 [alewife n.啤酒店女主人 <17世纪的aloofe>]

　　alga n.海藻;藻类 [algae 海藻;藻类 algaecide 亦作 algicide 除海藻的药]

　　algebra²⁰ n.代数学

　　broken parts alias²¹ n.别名 [at another time, other wise]
alibi n.不在犯罪现场证明;辩词 [elsewhere]

　　alienate²² v.离间 [alien+nate 由ALIEN外国人而来 alienated疏远的,被隔开的]

　　alienist n.精神病医师 [ALIEN+ist]

　　alight v.降下;落在

　　alimentary²³ a.食物的;营养的 [ALIMENT 食物,营养品]

　　alimentation n.营养

　　alimony n.离婚赡养费;扶养费

　　allay²⁴ v.使缓和;使镇静 [al+LAY摆放 ally同盟]

　　allege²⁵ v.声称;宣称 [ALLEGATION(无证据)指控 illegal不合法的 allegiance忠诚]

　　allegiance n.忠贞;忠实

　　allegory n.讽喻;寓言

　　allergy²⁶ n.过敏症;厌恶 [allergic过敏的,对讨厌的 ergo-phobia厌工作症]

　　alleviate²⁷ v.减轻痛苦;缓和 [levity轻率]

　　alley²⁸ n.小巷;小径

　　alligator²⁹ n.水陆两用战车;短吻鳄

　　allocate³⁰ v.拨下;留下 [allocation拨给,分配 location地点]

　　allopath n.用对症疗法的医生 [同allopathist = ALLOPATHY ] [allopathic 对症疗法的homeopathic顺势疗法的]

　　alloy³¹ n.合金 [unalloyed 未搀杂的;纯粹的]

　　allude³² v.暗指;提及 [ludicrous嬉笑的,可笑的 allusion³³暗示]

　　allure³⁴ v.引诱 [al+luere=LURE诱饵,魅力 allurement诱惑物]

　　allusion n.暗示;暗讽;引谕;引述 [ALLUDE) in ~ to 暗指,暗示. v.allude]

　　alluvial³⁵ a.冲积的 [alluvium 冲积土]

　　ally n.盟国;支持者 [perh dimin of ALABASTER 雪花石膏(制)的;白润光滑的]

　　alms n.施舍;周济;布施

　　aloof³⁶ a.远离的;不接近的 [a+loof= LUFF逆风而行]

　　alpine³⁷ a.高山的;阿尔卑斯山的：考试大

　　alteration³⁸ n.变更;改造 [altercation 口角,激辩,争吵]

　　alternate v.轮流 [(常与with连用) alternus交替 alter其它]

　　altitude n.高度;海拔

　　altruism³⁹ n.利他主义 [altru=alter其它+ism]

　　alumnus n.学生;毕业生校友

　　amalgamate⁴⁰ v.混合;合并 [AMALGAM混合物 AMASS⁴¹积聚]

　　amanuensis n.笔记者;文书

　　amass v.积累;收集

　　amateurish⁴² a.业余的;不熟练的 [(反professional) theatricals票友戏 AMATEUR业余爱好者

　　morous多情的

　　amatory a.恋爱的;色情的

　　amazon n.女战士["无乳房"; 传说古时亚马逊女战士为拉弓射箭之便割除右乳房) Amazon(希)亚马逊族女战士(住在黑海边)]

　　ambidextrous⁴⁴ a.十分灵巧的

　　ambiguity⁴⁵ n.暧昧;含糊话

　　ambiguous a.含糊的 [ambiguity模棱两可]

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1 agility
n.敏捷，活泼
参考例句：
The boy came upstairs with agility.那男孩敏捷地走上楼来。 His intellect and mental agility have never been in doubt.他的才智和机敏从未受到怀疑。

2 agglomerate
v.凝聚，结块；n.团块；集块岩；（杂乱的）堆积；
参考例句：
Similarly charged colloidal particles cannot come close enough together to agglomerate into larger particles.带相同电荷的胶粒不能紧密靠近，它们不能聚集成较大的颗粒。 Moreover,industries tend to agglomerate rather than to disperse.此外，产业倾向于聚集而不是分散化。

3 aggrandize
v.增大，扩张，吹捧
参考例句：
All he desired was to aggrandize his estate.他所希望的只是扩充他的家业。 The king sought to aggrandize himself at the expense of his people.国王以牺牲百姓为代价来扩大自己的权势。

4 aggravate
vt.加重(剧)，使恶化；激怒，使恼火
参考例句：
Threats will only aggravate her.恐吓只能激怒她。 He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it.他揉擦伤口只会使伤势加重。

5 aggregate
adj.总计的，集合的；n.总数；v.合计；集合
参考例句：
The football team had a low goal aggregate last season.这支足球队上个赛季的进球总数很少。 The money collected will aggregate a thousand dollars.进帐总额将达一千美元。

6 aggrieved
adj.愤愤不平的，受委屈的；悲痛的；（在合法权利方面）受侵害的v.令委屈，令苦恼，侵害( aggrieve的过去式)；令委屈，令苦恼，侵害( aggrieve的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句：
He felt aggrieved at not being chosen for the team. 他因没被选到队里感到愤愤不平。来自《简明英汉词典》 She is the aggrieved person whose fiance&1& did not show up for their wedding. 她很委屈，她的未婚夫未出现在他们的婚礼上。来自《简明英汉词典》

7 agitate
vi.(for,against)煽动，鼓动；vt.搅动
参考例句：
They sent agents to agitate the local people.他们派遣情报人员煽动当地的民众。 All you need to do is gently agitate the water with a finger or paintbrush.你只需要用手指或刷子轻轻地搅动水。

8 agitated
adj.被鼓动的，不安的
参考例句：
His answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定，回答全乱了。 She was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时，她十分焦虑。

9 aglow
adj.发亮的；发红的；adv.发亮地
参考例句：
The garden is aglow with many flowers.园中百花盛开。 The sky was aglow with the setting sun.天空因夕阳映照而发红光。

10 agog
adj.兴奋的，有强烈兴趣的； adv.渴望地
参考例句：
The children were all agog to hear the story.孩子们都渴望着要听这个故事。 The city was agog with rumors last night that the two had been executed.那两人已被处决的传言昨晚搞得全城沸沸扬扬。

11 agrarian
adj.土地的，农村的，农业的
参考例句：
People are leaving an agrarian way of life to go to the city.人们正在放弃农业生活方式而转向城市。 This was a feature of agrarian development in Britain.这是大不列颠土地所有制发展的一个特征。

12 agronomist
n.农学家
参考例句：
The agronomist suggested growing rice on the dried river bed.那位农学家建议在干涸的河床上种水稻。 She has elected to become an agronomist.她决心做一个农学家。

13 ail
v.生病，折磨，苦恼
参考例句：
It may provide answers to some of the problems that ail America.这一点可能解答困扰美国的某些问题。 Seek your sauce where you get your ail.心痛还须心药治。

14 ailment
n.疾病，小病
参考例句：
I don't have even the slightest ailment.我什么毛病也没有。 He got timely treatment for his ailment.他的病得到了及时治疗。

15 aisle
n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道
参考例句：
The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。 The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。

16 akin
adj.同族的，类似的
参考例句：
She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。 Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。

17 alabaster
adj.雪白的；n.雪花石膏；条纹大理石
参考例句：
The floor was marble tile,and the columns alabaster.地板是由大理石铺成的，柱子则是雪花石膏打造而成。 Her skin was like alabaster.她的皮肤光洁雪白。

18 albeit
conj.即使；纵使；虽然
参考例句：
Albeit fictional,she seemed to have resolved the problem.虽然是虚构的，但是在她看来好象是解决了问题。 Albeit he has failed twice,he is not discouraged.虽然失败了两次，但他并没有气馁。

19 alcove
n.凹室
参考例句：
The bookcase fits neatly into the alcove.书架正好放得进壁凹。 In the alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves.火炉两边的凹室里是书架。

20 algebra
n.代数学
参考例句：
He was not good at algebra in middle school.他中学时不擅长代数。 The boy can't figure out the algebra problems.这个男孩做不出这道代数题。

21 alias
n.化名；别名；adv.又名
参考例句：
His real name was Johnson,but he often went by the alias of Smith.他的真名是约翰逊，但是他常常用化名史密斯。 You can replace this automatically generated alias with a more meaningful one.可用更有意义的名称替换这一自动生成的别名。

22 alienate
vt.使疏远，离间；转让(财产等)
参考例句：
His attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith.他离间那两个朋友的企图失败了，因为他们彼此完全信任。 We'd better not alienate ourselves from the colleagues.我们最好还是不要与同事们疏远。

23 alimentary
adj.饮食的，营养的
参考例句：
He had the disease of alimentary canal.他患了消化道疾病。 This system is mainly a long tube,called the alimentary canal.这一系统主要是一根长管，称作消化道。

24 allay
v.消除，减轻(恐惧、怀疑等)
参考例句：
The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。 They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。

25 allege
vt.宣称，申述，主张，断言
参考例句：
The newspaper reporters allege that the man was murdered but they have given no proof.新闻记者们宣称这个男人是被谋杀的，但他们没提出证据。 Students occasionally allege illness as the reason for absence.学生时不时会称病缺课。

26 allergy
n.(因食物、药物等而引起的)过敏症
参考例句：
He developed an allergy to pollen.他对花粉过敏。 The patient had an allergy to penicillin.该患者对青霉素过敏。

27 alleviate
v.减轻，缓和，缓解(痛苦等)
参考例句：
The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。 Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。

28 alley
n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路
参考例句：
We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。 The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。

29 alligator
n.短吻鳄(一种鳄鱼)
参考例句：
She wandered off to play with her toy alligator.她开始玩鳄鱼玩具。 Alligator skin is five times more costlier than leather.鳄鱼皮比通常的皮革要贵5倍。

30 allocate
vt.分配，分派；把…拨给；把…划归
参考例句：
You must allocate the money carefully.你们必须谨慎地分配钱。 They will allocate fund for housing.他们将拨出经费建房。

31 alloy
n.合金，(金属的)成色
参考例句：
The company produces titanium alloy.该公司生产钛合金。 Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.青铜是铜和锡的合金。

32 allude
v.提及，暗指
参考例句：
Many passages in Scripture allude to this concept.圣经中有许多经文间接地提到这样的概念。 She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles.她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。

33 allusion
n.暗示，间接提示
参考例句：
He made an allusion to a secret plan in his speech.在讲话中他暗示有一项秘密计划。 She made no allusion to the incident.她没有提及那个事件。

34 allure
n.诱惑力，魅力；vt.诱惑，引诱，吸引
参考例句：
The window displays allure customers to buy goods.橱窗陈列品吸引顾客购买货物。 The book has a certain allure for which it is hard to find a reason.这本书有一种难以解释的魅力。

35 alluvial
adj.冲积的；淤积的
参考例句：
Alluvial soils usually grow the best crops.淤积土壤通常能长出最好的庄稼。 A usually triangular alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river.三角洲河口常见的三角形沉淀淤积地带。

36 aloof
adj.远离的；冷淡的，漠不关心的
参考例句：
Never stand aloof from the masses.千万不可脱离群众。 On the evening the girl kept herself timidly aloof from the crowd.这小女孩在晚会上一直胆怯地远离人群。

37 alpine
adj.高山的；n.高山植物
参考例句：
Alpine flowers are abundant there.那里有很多高山地带的花。 Its main attractions are alpine lakes and waterfalls .它以高山湖泊和瀑布群为主要特色。

38 alteration
n.变更，改变；蚀变
参考例句：
The shirt needs alteration.这件衬衣需要改一改。 He easily perceived there was an alteration in my countenance.他立刻看出我的脸色和往常有些不同。

39 altruism
n.利他主义，不自私
参考例句：
An important feature of moral behaviour is altruism.道德行为一个重要特点就是利他主义。 Altruism is crucial for social cohesion.利他主义对社会的凝聚是至关重要的。

40 amalgamate
v.(指业务等)合并，混合
参考例句：
Their company is planning to amalgamate with ours.他们公司正计划同我们公司合并。 The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body.工会将试图合并其群体纳入一个国家机构。

41 amass
vt.积累，积聚
参考例句：
How had he amassed his fortune?他是如何积累财富的呢？ The capitalists amass great wealth by exploiting workers.资本家剥削工人而积累了巨额财富。

42 amateurish
n.业余爱好的，不熟练的
参考例句：
The concert was rather an amateurish affair.这场音乐会颇有些外行客串的味道。 The paintings looked amateurish.这些画作看起来只具备业余水准。

43 theatricals
n.（业余性的）戏剧演出，舞台表演艺术；职业演员；戏剧的( theatrical的名词复数 )；剧场的；炫耀的；戏剧性的
参考例句：
His success in amateur theatricals led him on to think he could tread the boards for a living. 他业余演戏很成功，他因此觉得自己可以以演戏为生。来自《简明英汉词典》 I'm to be in the Thanksgiving theatricals. 我要参加感恩节的演出。来自辞典例句

44 ambidextrous
adj.双手很灵巧的，熟练的，两面派的
参考例句：
I'm neither left-handed nor right-handed;I'm ambidextrous.我不是只用左手或右手，我是双手并用。 Jack is an ambidextrous hitter;he can bat right-handed or left-handed.杰克是一位双手都很灵巧的打击手，他可以用右手或左手打击。

45 ambiguity
n.模棱两可；意义不明确
参考例句：
The telegram was misunderstood because of its ambiguity.由于电文意义不明确而造成了误解。 Her answer was above all ambiguity.她的回答毫不含糊。