词汇部分：
abase
V.
/降低，羞辱/lower; humiliate. Defeated, Queen Zenobia was forced to abase herself before the conquering Romans, who made her march in chains before the emperor in the procession celebrating his triumph. abasement, N.
abash V. /使难堪/embarrass. He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
abate V.
/减弱，减少/subside; decrease, lessen. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate. abatement, N.
abbreviate V.
/减短，缩写/shorten. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.
abdicate V.
/放弃/renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he loved, he surprised the entire world.
abduction N. /绑架/
kidnapping. The movie Ransom describes the attempts to rescue a multimillionaire's son after the child's abduction by kidnappers. abduct,V.
aberrant N. /不正常的/
abnormal or deviant. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment. also N.
abet V.
/帮助，鼓励/aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.
abeyance N. /悬而未决/suspended action. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.
abhor V.
/憎恨/detest; hate. She abhorred all forms of bigotry. abhorrence, N.
abject ADJ. /穷困潦倒，卑微/wretched; lacking pride. On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.
abjure V.
/发誓放弃/renounce upon oath. He abjured his allegiance to the king. abjuration, N.
ablution N. /洗/
washing. His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."
abnegation N. /批判，自我牺牲/repudiation; self-sacrifice. No act of abnegation was more pronounced than his refusal of any rewards for his discovery.
abolish
V.
/废除/cancel; put an end to. The president of the college refused to abolish the physical education requirement. abolition, N.
abominable ADJ. /可恶的，非常糟糕/detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad. Mary liked John until she learned he was dating Susan; then she called him an abominable young man, with abominable taste in women.
aboriginal
ADJ., N. /原来的，土著的/
being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native. Her studies of the primitive art forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals. aborigines, N.
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