acknowledge★

　　構(gòu)詞ac表強(qiáng)調(diào)+knowldge知識(shí)，學(xué)識(shí);知道→承認(rèn);答謝;報(bào)償;告知收到

　　v.1.accept the truth of (sth); admit (sth) 承認(rèn)(某事物)屬實(shí); 供認(rèn)(某事物)

　　2.report that one has received (sth) 告知已收到(某物)

　　鏈接acknowledgementn.承認(rèn); 致謝; 感謝

　　真題連線(xiàn)2006 Text 3

　　Dr. Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative. 渥姆博士承認(rèn)這些數(shù)字還只是保守?cái)?shù)字。

　　acquaintance★

　　構(gòu)詞ac使+quaint知道+ance名詞后綴→熟悉

　　n.1.knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship認(rèn)識(shí)，相識(shí)，了解

　　2.a person whom one knows熟人

　　習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)a passing acquaintance with對(duì)…的膚淺的了解

　　have no acquaintance with不熟悉, 不了解

　　make the acquaintance of sb.(make sb.�搒 acquaintance)結(jié)識(shí)某人

　　真題連線(xiàn)2001 Passage 5

　　While in America the trend started as a reaction to the economic decline—after the mass redundancies caused by downsizing in the late-80s—and is still linked to the politics of thrift, in Britain, at least among the middle class downshifters of my acquaintance, we have different reasons for seeking to simplify our lives. 在美國(guó)，這種趨勢(shì)一開(kāi)始是對(duì)經(jīng)濟(jì)衰落所做出的一種反應(yīng)——出現(xiàn)于80年代后期縮小經(jīng)濟(jì)規(guī)模所引起的大量人員冗余之后——在英國(guó)，至少在我所認(rèn)識(shí)的中產(chǎn)階級(jí)的簡(jiǎn)化生活者中，這種趨勢(shì)仍被認(rèn)為與節(jié)儉有關(guān)聯(lián)，雖然如此，然而我們有著不同的緣由去尋求，使自己的生活簡(jiǎn)單化。

　　acquire★

　　構(gòu)詞ac表強(qiáng)調(diào)+quire尋求得到→獲取

　　vt.1.acquired, acquiring獲得(知識(shí)等);取得;養(yǎng)成(習(xí)慣)

　　2.to gain possession of 占有

　　習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)acquire currency 傳播; 流傳, 散布 acquire acknowledge of 求得…的知識(shí)

　　真題連線(xiàn)2003 Text 2

　　They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and acquire a deceptive appearance of truth. 他們應(yīng)該對(duì)讀者致編輯的來(lái)信及時(shí)做出反應(yīng)，以防止動(dòng)物權(quán)利倡導(dǎo)者借機(jī)偽裝起真理的外表，猖獗盛行。

　　acquisitive★

　　構(gòu)詞ac表強(qiáng)調(diào)+quis尋求，詢(xún)問(wèn)+itive形容詞后綴→一再尋求→貪婪的

　　a.1.characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess渴望得到的，貪婪的

　　2.tending to acquire and retain ideas or information獲得并保存的

　　習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)be acquisitive of(迫切地)想獲得

　　真題連線(xiàn)2000 Passage 5

　　What has happened is that people cannot confess fully to their dreams, as easily and openly as once they could, lest they be thought pushing, acquisitive and vulgar. 現(xiàn)在的情況是人們不能像以前那樣輕易地、公開(kāi)地坦陳自己的夢(mèng)想，惟恐別人認(rèn)為自己愛(ài)出風(fēng)頭、貪婪、庸俗不堪。

　　act★

　　構(gòu)詞act to do , to drive,“行動(dòng)，做”

　　n.1.the process of doing or performing sth過(guò)程;一幕

　　2.a decisional product delivered by a legislative body.法案，法令

　　3.a formal written record of proceedings or transactions備忘錄，會(huì)議記錄

　　v.1.to play the part of; assume the dramatic role of扮演

　　2.to behave like or pose as; impersonate假裝

　　習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)be in on the act參與;clean up(one’s)act改進(jìn)舉止

　　get into the act加入，參與;get(one’s)act together組織起來(lái)，有頭緒

　　真題連線(xiàn)1996 Passage 3

　　The paid manager acting for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away. 為公司做事的經(jīng)理與員工及他們的需求關(guān)系更加直接，但即便是這個(gè)經(jīng)理也很少像逐漸消失的傳統(tǒng)家族企業(yè)中的、更具家族化體制下的雇主那樣對(duì)員工的情況了如指掌。

　　activate★

　　構(gòu)詞act行動(dòng)，做+ivate使動(dòng)用法→使…活動(dòng)

　　v.make(sth)active 使(某事物)活動(dòng)

　　鏈接active a.活躍的，敏捷的，積極的;在活動(dòng)中的

　　真題連線(xiàn)1997 Passage 3

　　Stimulants initially speed up or activate the central nervous system, whereas depressants slow it down. 興奮劑主要起到加速或激活中樞神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)的作用，而鎮(zhèn)靜劑則相反：減緩它的活動(dòng)。