agency★

　　構詞ag做，代理做+ency表機構或狀態→代理機構

　　n.business or place of business providing a service 經銷; 代理; 經銷處; 代理處

　　真題連線2003 Text 1

　　Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. 司特雷福公司的簡報聽上去不像華盛頓當局的常規公文，在那兒，政府機構出言謹慎，以防出錯。

　　agenda★

　　構詞ag做，代理做+enda表示復數名詞→做的事情→議程

　　n.1.sth discussed at a meeting 議事單; 議程表

　　2.a list or program of things to be done or considered議事日程

　　真題連線2006 Text 4

　　And since these messages have an agenda——to lure us to open our wallets to make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable. 由于這樣的信息都有一項任務——即從我們的口袋里撬走錢包——所以它們使“幸福”的概念本身顯得虛假。

　　agent★

　　構詞ag做，代理做+ent表人或物→做的人→代理人

　　n.1.one empowered to act for or represent another代理人;代理商

　　2.a means by which sth is done or caused中介;動因;手段

　　真題連線2004 Text 1

　　Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. 有了搜索代理，就沒那么多必要反復訪問資料庫了。

　　aggressive★

　　構詞ag表強調+gress行走+ive形容詞后綴→侵略性的

　　a.apt or ready to attack; offensive; quarrelsome侵略的, 好攻擊的, 攻擊性的

　　真題連線2004 Text5

　　Physicians—frustrated by their inability to cure the disease and fearing loss of hope in the patient - too often offer aggressive treatment far beyond what is scientifically justified. 醫生由于不能治愈疾病，同時又擔心病人失去希望，常常采用極端大膽的治療方法，這些方法遠遠超出了科學能夠認同的界限。

　　agony★

　　構詞agon痛苦+y名詞后綴→痛苦

　　n.the suffering of intense physical or mental pain痛苦

　　鏈接agonize v.感到苦惱

　　真題連線2002 Text 4

　　On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying. 另一方面，許多醫療界人士承認，致使醫助自殺這場爭論升溫的部分原因是由于病人們的絕望情緒，對這些病人來說，現代醫學延長了臨終前肉體的痛苦。

　　agricultural★

　　構詞agri田地，農業+culture培養+al形容詞后綴→農業的

　　a.農業的, 耕種的, 農學(上)的

　　真題連線2000 Cloze Test

　　He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance against--the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to replace old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to feed the soil. 他必須儲存大量谷物。而不是立即將之消費殆盡,惟有使糧食贏余，他才能繼續養活自己及家人。他可將盈余用于以下三個方面：作為耕播的種子;應付難以預料的壞天氣的后備;將之作為商品出售，以更新舊農具并購得肥田用的化肥。

　　alarm★

　　構詞al表強調+arm武器→去拿武器→警報

　　n.1.warning sound or signal 警報 ;

　　2.apparatus that gives such a warning 警報器; 警報裝置

　　真題連線2004 Text 3

　　But don’t sound any alarms just yet. Consumers seem only concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy’s long-term prospects even as they do some modest belt-tightening.不過，目前還不必敲什么警鐘。消費者看起來略顯憂慮，并沒有驚慌失措。許多人雖然稍微勒緊腰帶，但他們說對于經濟的長期前景還是樂觀的。

　　allegation★

　　構詞al表強調+lege講，讀+ ion名詞后綴→主張，斷言, 辯解

　　n.the act of alleging 主張，斷言, 辯解

　　真題連線2003 Text 2

　　Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal. 當人們聽到醫學實驗虐待動物的指控時，許多人都不明白為什么有人會故意傷害動物。