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主题: 每日一读之词汇篇(2)
list 2 ameliorate --- asset
ameliorate vt. 改善,改良,变好
to make better or more tolerable
ameliorate <>aggravate
amenity n. 适意,温和,礼仪
something that conduces to comfort, convenience, or enjoyment
amenity : comfortable :: honorarium : grateful
ameniable <>inimical
amiable a. 亲切的,和蔼可亲的 being friendly, sociable, and congeniall
inimical <> friendly / amiable / amicable
amicable a. 友善的,和平的 characterized by friendly goodwill : PEACEABLE
inimical <> friendly / amiable / amicable
amiss a. 有毛病的,出差错的
in a faulty way : IMPERFECTLY
amorphous adj. 无定形的，散漫的
having no definite form : SHAPELESS
amorphous : shape :: errant: course
amphibian n. 两栖动物,水陆两用飞机,水陆两用车
any of a class (Amphibia) of cold-blooded vertebrates (as frogs, toads, or salamanders) intermediate in many characters between fishes and reptiles and having gilled aquatic larvae and air-breathing adults
eaglet:bird::frog:amphibian
amplify vt. 扩大,详述,使增幅
to make larger or greater (as in amount, importance, or intensity) : INCREASE
mute <> amplify
amplitude n.广大；充足；振幅
the quality or state of being ample : FULLNESS
amplitude <> meagerness
anaerobic a.厌氧的. anaerobe n.厌氧微生物
living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen
anaerobic <> living in oxygen
anaerobic <> respiration
analgesic n.镇痛剂, a.止痛的
insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
analgesic : pain :: anesthetic : sensation
aseptic : disinfections :: anesthetic : numbs
pain : analgesic : sensation : anesthetic
pain : analgesic :: symptom : palliative
analgesia:pain::simplify:complexity
tonic:invigorate::anagelsic:deaden
analogy n. 类似，相似，类比，类推
a : resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike : SIMILARITY
b : comparison based on such resemblance
analysis n. 分析
separation of a whole into its component parts
synthesis <> analysis
anarchist n. 无政府主义者
one who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power anarchist : government :: abolitionist : slavery
anarchist : rebel :: apologist : defend
anarchy <> order
anathema n. 诅咒
the denunciation of something as accursed
panegyric <> anathema
ancestor n. 祖先,祖宗
one from whom a person is descended and who is usually more remote in the line of descent than a grandparent
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