abundant★

　　構詞ab 表強調+und波動+ant形容詞后綴→多得象波浪一樣→豐富的

　　a.plentiful大量的，充足的，豐富的

　　習慣用語abundant in富于…;…很豐富

　　真題連線2005 Text 1

　　Feelings of righteous indignation, it seems, are not the preserve of people alone. Refusing a lesser reward completely makes these feelings abundantly clear to other members of the group. 不公平而引起的憤怒感似乎不是人類的專利。拒絕接受較少的酬勞可以讓這些情緒準確無誤地傳達給其它成員。

　　abuse★

　　構詞ab 偏離+use用→偏離正常使用→濫用

　　v.1.to use wrongly or improperly; misuse亂用，濫用

　　2.to hurt or injure by maltreatment虐待，傷害

　　n.1.improper use or handling; misuse 誤用;惡習

　　2.physical maltreatment虐待，傷害

　　真題連線1997 Passage 3

　　The phrase “substance abuse” is often used instead of “drug abuse” to make clear that substances such as alcohol and tobacco can be just as harmfully misused as heroin and cocaine. 他們常用“物質濫用”而不用“藥物濫用”來清楚表明濫用酒精、煙草這樣的物質如同濫用海洛因和可卡因一樣有害。

　　accelerate★

　　構詞ac表方向 +celer快，速+ate動詞后綴→加速

　　vt.1.to increase the speed of 加速，促進，加快…的速度

　　2.cause to occur sooner than expected使比預期發生的要早

　　鏈接acceleration n.加速，增速

　　真題連線2001英譯漢

　　According to BT’s futurologist，Ian Pearson，these are among the developments scheduled for the first few decades of the new millennium(a period of 1000years)，when supercomputers will dramatically accelerate progress in all areas of life. 根據英國電訊公司的未來學家伊恩·皮爾遜的看法，上述種種科研成就均屬新千年的最初幾十年內的開發項目之列，屆時超級計算機將大大加快人類生活各個領域里的進步。

　　access★

　　構詞ac表方向+cess走過去→接近

　　n.1.means of approaching or entering (a place)(接近或進入某地的)方法; 通路;入口

　　2.opportunity or right to use sth or approach sb接近某人的機會或權利;到達，享有權

　　v.存取

　　真題連線2008 Text 2

　　The Internet—and pressure from funding agencies, who are questioning why commercial publishers are making money from government�瞗unded research by restricting access to it—is making access to scientific results a reality. 網絡——連同來自于投資機構的壓力，他們質疑為什么商業出版商通過限制人們的使用來從政府資助的科學研究中獲利——使免費接觸到科學成果成為一個現實。

　　accessible★

　　構詞access+ible形容詞后綴→可接近的

　　a.1.easily approached or entered易接近的，易進入的

　　2.easily obtained易得到的

　　3.easy to talk to or get along with易相處的

　　真題連線2002英譯漢

　　As the interaction between organism and environment has come to be understood，however，effects once assigned to states of mind，feelings，and traits are beginning to be traced to accessible conditions. 然而，由于人(生物)和環境之間的相互作用已經逐漸被人們所認識，所以現在正開始從已知的環境去尋找一度認為是心態、情感和性格特征所造成的影響其根源所在。