answer v. 回答, 响应n. 回答, 响应, 答案(answer the telephone/接电话; the answer to the question/问题的答案);
anticipate v. 预期, 预料, 期待(anticipate sb.s arrival/期待某人的到来);
anxious adj. 忧虑的,不安的(about, for), 渴望的, 急切的(be anxious about./为...而忧虑; be anxious to do sth. /渴望做..; be anxious for sth./ 渴望有(得到));
any pron. 任何一个, 无论哪一个, 哪些adj. 一些,什么(用于否定句,疑问句和条件句中)(in any case/无论如何);
anybody pron. [用于否定句、疑问句、条件句]任何人, 无论谁[什么人] (如:Did you see anybody there?/ 你在那里看见了什么人了吗?);[用于肯定句]任何一个人(如:You may ask anybody here for help./你可以请求这里的任何人帮忙。);
anyone pron. 任何人;无论谁;
anything pron. [用于否定句、疑问句、条件句]任何东西, 任何事物 ,无论什么东西(事情) 如:Is there anything in that box? /在那盒子里有什么东西吗?(anything but/决不, 并不 ;如:I will do anything but go there./我决不到那里去, anything else/还有其他要说/做的事情;
apart adv. 分开, 离开(three miles apart/相隔三英里; tear .. apart/把..拆开; apart from/除…外);
apartment n. 公寓住宅
apologize v. 道歉, 作为正式辩护或解辩(apologize to sb. for sth. [for doing sth.]/向某人为某事(为做了某事));
词汇题解析:
a) The train came to an abrupt stop, making us wonder where we were.
A. slow B. noisy C. sudden D. jumpy
C. 分析:借助划线词所在的局部搭配结构(..stop)确认答案。
Jumpy—jump y
Noisy –nois (e) y
(考研, 1990)
b) The book contained a large ___ of information.
A. deal B. amount C. number D. sums
分析: 该题考察近义词的辨析。
deal n. 交易,买卖
a great deal of/ a good deal of 大量的(修饰不可数名词/time)
sum n.总数,总计,总额
a large [small] sum of 巨[小]额的,大[小]量的
large sums of 大量的