adhesive

　　n. 黏合劑

　　a. 可黏著的，粘性的

　　A: Where do you live?

　　B: Adjacent to the hospital, and near the school.

　　adjacent

　　a. (to)鄰近的，毗連的

　　A: I always see Mary and Bill together.

　　B: I do too, it is like as if they were adjoined at the hip.

　　adjoin

　　vt. 貼近，與…毗連

　　A: The pharmacy down the road is closed.

　　B: Yes, it lost its license to administer over the counter drugs.

　　administer

　　vt. 1.掌管，料理…的事務(wù);2.施行，實施;3.給予，派給，投(藥)

　　A: I am reading a book about a sailing voyage set in 1900.

　　B: Is that the one where the admiral gets thrown overboard?

　　admiral

　　n. 海軍將領(lǐng)，艦隊司令

　　A: He looks too young to be at university.

　　B: I thought he was just an adolescent

　　adolescent

　　n. 青少年

　　a. 青春期的，青少年的

　　A: I simply adore the band U2.

　　B: They are good , but I prefer The Cranberries.

　　adore

　　vt. 1.崇拜，致敬，愛慕;2.非常喜歡

　　A: Did you enjoy the wedding?

　　B: It was beautiful, the bride was adorned with rose in her hair.

　　adorn

　　vt. 裝飾，使生色

　　A: I can not wait until advent is over.

　　B: Likewise, then I can open all of my Christmas presents.

　　advent

　　n. 出現(xiàn)，到來

　　A: Peter and Mary are always fighting.

　　B: I didn’t know that they had an adversary relationship.

　　adversary

　　n. 對手，敵手

　　A: Did you see the thunder and lightening last night?

　　B: No, but the weather has been unusually adverse resently.