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备考资料：托福考试词汇研究－Unit4a

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Unit 4
　　astringent¹ a.收敛性的;止血的 [stringent 严格的;严厉的]

　　astrolabe n.星盘

　　astrology n.占星学 [ASTRO-, -LOGY]

　　astute² a.机敏的;狡猾的 [astut or astutus astus craft]

　　asunder³ ad.散开;碎散;分别 [ on sundran into pieces: cf SUNDER分为二,分开,切开]

　　asylum⁴ n.收容所;避难所 [ asulon refuge a- not + sulon right ofseizure捕捉,扣押]

　　asymmetric⁵ a.不均匀的;不对称的

　　atheistic⁶ a.无神论者的 [atheism无神论]

　　athirst a.渴;渴望 [ ofthyrst for ofthyrsted pp. of ofthyrstan be thirsty]

　　athlete n.比赛者,运动家;强壮的人[ athleta athletes athleo contend for a prize(athlon)]

　　athletics⁷ n.pl.运动 [athlete运动员]

　　athwart ad.横穿过去;不顺利地 [A+THWART(古北欧语"横过")妨碍,反对,使挫折)]

　　atlas⁸ n.地图集 [ Atlas -antos a Titan who held up the pillars of theuniverse, whose picture appeared at the beginning] of [early atlases]

　　atomy n.微小之物;原子;矮人 [ANATOMY剖析;解剖学;骨骸 taken as an atomy]

　　atonal⁹ a.无调的

　　atone¹⁰ v.补偿;赎罪 [back-form ATONEMENT 赎罪 at one + -MENT, after medL adunamentum and earlier onementobs] [one(v)unite]

　　atrocious a.凶暴的;残酷的 [atrox -ocis cruel atrocity暴行]

　　atrophy¹¹ v.使衰退;使萎缩 [atrophie or LL atrophia a- not+trophe food]

　　attach v.附上,贴上;使属于 [estachier fasten: in Law sense thr. atachier]

　　attachment¹² n.附着;依恋;逮捕;扣押 [ attachement attacher(ATTACH, -MENT)]

　　attainment¹³ n.成就;造诣;学识

　　attentive¹⁴ a.注意周到的;倾听的 [attente, atente, fem pp. of atendre ATTEND]

　　attenuate¹⁵ v.使变细;使弱 [AD-, tenuis thin]

　　attest¹⁶ v.证明;证实 [AD-, testis witness]

　　attic¹⁷ n.阁楼 [attique, as ATTIC古怪的: orig a small order above a taller one]

　　attire¹⁸ n.服装;盛装;打扮 [atir(i)er equip a tire in order]

　　attorney n.代理人;律师 [ atorne pp. of atorner assignto+torner turn]

　　attribute n.品性 [ attribuere attribut-(AD-, tribuere assign)]

　　attrition n.摩擦;磨损 [attritio atterere attrit- rub]

　　attune¹⁹ v.使合拍调;使调和 [AT-+TUNE]

　　atypical a.非典型的;不正常的

　　auction²⁰ v.n.拍卖;拍卖人 [ auctio increase, auction augere auct- increase]

　　audacious a.大胆的;目中无人的 [ audax -acis bold audere dare audacity胆识;大胆;无耻]

　　audible a.听得见的,可听见的 [audibilis audire hear. audibility 听得见,可听性]

　　audience n.听众;观众 [audire hear]

　　audit²¹ n.检查(项目) [audire audit- hear audition听觉;试听(歌手等)]

　　auditorium²² n.听众席,观众席;大讲堂 [ neut. of auditorius (adj.): AUDITORY, -ORIUM]

　　augment²³ v.增加 [ augment(n), augere increase]

　　augury²⁴ n.占兆 [ augurie or augurium AUGUR]

　　august a.堂堂的;威风凛凛的 [ auguste or augustus consecrated²⁵, venerable]

　　aural²⁶ a.耳的;听觉的 [ auris ear auricular耳的;听觉的;耳语的]

　　aureate a.金色的;灿烂的 [ aureatus aureus golden aurum gold]

　　aureole n.光环 [aureola(corona), = golden(crown), fem of aureolus]

　　auroral²⁷ a.北极光的 [AURORA 极光;夜晚女神]

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1 astringent
adj.止血的，收缩的，涩的；n.收缩剂，止血剂
参考例句：
It has an astringent effect.这个有止血的作用。 Green persimmons are strongly astringent.绿柿子非常涩。

2 astute
adj.机敏的，精明的
参考例句：
A good leader must be an astute judge of ability.一个优秀的领导人必须善于识别人的能力。 The criminal was very astute and well matched the detective in intelligence.这个罪犯非常狡猾，足以对付侦探的机智。

3 asunder
adj.分离的，化为碎片
参考例句：
The curtains had been drawn asunder.窗帘被拉向两边。 Your conscience,conviction,integrity,and loyalties were torn asunder.你的良心、信念、正直和忠诚都被扯得粉碎了。

4 asylum
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
参考例句：
The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。 Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

5 asymmetric
a.不对称的
参考例句：
Most people's faces are asymmetric. 大多数人的脸不对称。 We have made no reference to asymmetric carbon atoms. 我们未曾涉及不对称碳原子。

6 atheistic
adj.无神论者的
参考例句：
She has the gift of the gab.她口才很好。 With his gift of gab, he should make an excellent politician.以其雄辩之才，他应该可以成为出色的政治家。

7 athletics
n.运动，体育，田径运动
参考例句：
When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。 Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

8 atlas
n.地图册，图表集
参考例句：
He reached down the atlas from the top shelf.他从书架顶层取下地图集。 The atlas contains forty maps,including three of Great Britain.这本地图集有40幅地图，其中包括3幅英国地图。

9 atonal
adj.无调的
参考例句：
The majority always turn an unfavorable attitude towards atonal composition.大多数人对无调性作品的态度往往是不能接受的。 People did not accept atonal music at that time.那时，人们还不接受无调性音乐。

10 atone
v.赎罪，补偿
参考例句：
He promised to atone for his crime.他承诺要赎自己的罪。 Blood must atone for blood.血债要用血来还。

11 atrophy
n./v.萎缩，虚脱，衰退
参考例句：
Patients exercised their atrophied limbs in the swimming pool.病人们在泳池里锻炼萎缩的四肢。 Many hoped he would renew the country's atrophied political system.很多人都期望他能使该国萎靡的政治体系振作起来。

12 attachment
n.附属物，附件；依恋；依附
参考例句：
She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。 She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。

13 attainment
n.达到，到达；［常pl.］成就，造诣
参考例句：
We congratulated her upon her attainment to so great an age.我们祝贺她高寿。 The attainment of the success is not easy.成功的取得并不容易。

14 attentive
adj.注意的，专心的；关心(别人)的，殷勤的
参考例句：
She was very attentive to her guests.她对客人招待得十分周到。 The speaker likes to have an attentive audience.演讲者喜欢注意力集中的听众。

15 attenuate
v.使变小，使减弱
参考例句：
Then we got involved with trying to find polymers that attenuate radiation.接著我们致力于找出能够减弱辐射的聚合物。 In a forest,wet wood and needles attenuate the signals.在森林中，潮湿的树木与针叶会使讯号变弱。

16 attest
vt.证明，证实；表明
参考例句：
I can attest to the absolute truth of his statement. 我可以证实他的话是千真万确的。 These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place. 这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。

17 attic
n.顶楼，屋顶室
参考例句：
Leakiness in the roof caused a damp attic.屋漏使顶楼潮湿。 What's to be done with all this stuff in the attic?顶楼上的材料怎么处理？

18 attire
v.穿衣，装扮[同]array；n.衣着；盛装
参考例句：
He had no intention of changing his mode of attire.他无意改变着装方式。 Her attention was attracted by his peculiar attire.他那奇特的服装引起了她的注意。

19 attune
v.使调和
参考例句：
His ear is still attune to the sound of the London suburb.他的耳朵对伦敦郊区的语音仍然一听就能辨别。 Our ears are becoming attuned to the noise of the new factory nearby.我们的耳朵逐渐适应了附近新工厂的噪声。

20 auction
n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖
参考例句：
They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。 They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

21 audit
v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听
参考例句：
Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。 As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。

22 auditorium
n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂
参考例句：
The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。 The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

23 augment
vt.(使)增大，增加，增长，扩张
参考例句：
They hit upon another idea to augment their income.他们又想出一个增加收入的办法。 The government's first concern was to augment the army and auxiliary forces.政府首先关心的是增强军队和辅助的力量。

24 augury
n.预言，征兆，占卦
参考例句：
Augury is the important part of Chinese traditional culture.占卜是中国传统文化中的一个重要组成部分。 The maritime passage was a good augury for the aerial passage.顺利的航海仿佛也是航空的好预兆。

25 consecrated
adj.神圣的，被视为神圣的v.把…奉为神圣，给…祝圣( consecrate的过去式和过去分词 )；奉献
参考例句：
The church was consecrated in 1853. 这座教堂于1853年祝圣。 They consecrated a temple to their god. 他们把庙奉献给神。来自《简明英汉词典》

26 aural
adj.听觉的，听力的
参考例句：
The opera was an aural as well as a visual delight.这部歌剧对于听觉和视觉都是一种享受。 You can use these tapes as aural material.你可以把这些磁带当作听力材料。

27 auroral
adj.曙光的；玫瑰色的
参考例句：
This high result was interpreted to reflect previous aurora activity.这一高结果可以用以前的极光活动来解释。 The aurora is one of nature's most awesome spectacles.极光是自然界最可畏的奇观之一。