attain★

　　構詞at 表強調+tain拿住→拿住了→獲得

　　vt.to achieve達到，獲得;

　　vi. to succeed in a directed effort, process, or progression到達

　　真題連線 2000 Passage 3

　　When a new movement in art attains a certain fashion, it is advisable to find out what its advocates are aiming at, for, however farfetched and unreasonable their principles may seem today, it is possible that in years to come they may be regarded as normal. 當一場新的藝術運動形成某種時尚時，理應弄清其倡導者的目標所在，因為無論他們的準則在今天看來是多么牽強附會、不可思議，將來都有可能被視為正常的。

　　attendance★

　　構詞at表強調+tend伸展+ance名詞后綴→伸展出去→出席

　　n.the act of attending.出席，參加

　　真題連線2006 Text 2

　　The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1，431 seats were 94 per cent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better.劇院已經打破了連續三年以來的就座率紀錄。去年整年的1431個座位的就坐率達到了94%，今年將會更高。

　　attention★

　　構詞at表強調+tent伸展+ion名詞后綴→伸展出去[聽別人講]→注意力

　　n.1.the ability or power to concentrate mentally.注意力

　　2.observant consideration; notice 謹慎的考慮;注意

　　習慣用語attract attention引起注意; bring sth. to sb.’s attention使某人注意某事

　　call sb.’s attention to sth.促使某人注意某事; devote one’s attention to專心于, 對…注意

　　鏈接attentive a.注意的，專心的，留心的

　　真題連線2007 Text 4

　　In bringing up the concept of GASP the author is making the point that information protection should be given due attention.在提出公認的安全措施觀念時，作者強調了信息保護應該受到應有的重視。

　　attitude▲

　　構詞att能力，傾向+itude性質，狀態等→態度

　　n.1.a position of the body or manner of carrying oneself 姿勢，姿態

　　2.a state of mind or a feeling; disposition 心態，看法

　　習慣用語attitude of mind思想方法; 看法, 觀點 take an attitude of采取…態度

　　strike an attitude擺出一種姿態; 作出舞臺上的身段; 裝模作樣

　　真題連線2001 Passage 3

　　Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. 這是一個棘手的行業，卻不斷地雇用觀點總體上使客戶惱怒的雇員。

　　attribute★

　　構詞at表強調+tribute給予→把原因給出→歸因

　　v.relate to a particular cause or source; ascribe歸因于,歸屬于

　　n.a quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to 屬性,品質,特征

　　習慣用語 attribute sth. to 把某事物歸功于

　　真題連線2009 Part B

　　Some attributed virtually every important cultural achievement to the inventions of a few, especially gifted peoples that, according to diffusionists, then spread to other cultures. 實際上，一些人將每一個重要的文化成就歸因于某些人，特別是天才的發明，之后，發明傳播到其他文化中去，這就是擴散主義者的觀點。

　　augment★

　　構詞aug增加+ment動詞后綴→增大，擴張

　　v.to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity擴大，增加，表強調

　　n.an enlargement or increase加大或增加

　　真題連線1999英譯漢

　　During this transfer，traditional historical methods were augmented by additional methodologies designed to interpret the new forms of evidence in the historical study. 在這種轉變中，歷史學家研究歷史時，那些解釋新史料的新方法充實了傳統的歷史研究方法。

　　authentic▲

　　構詞aut自己+hent領會+ic 形容詞后綴; 自己領會的→可靠的

　　a.conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust真的，真正的;可信的，有根據的

　　真題連線2005 Text 4

　　But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing”, has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. 然而，“做自己的事”這一對事務真實性和個性的崇高信條，已經導致了正式演講、寫作、詩歌及音樂的消亡。