构词ad+minister(mini小+ster→小人→古代大臣称自己是“小人”→部长，大臣)+ation名词后缀→做部长→管理

n.1.management经营

2.the activity of a sovereign state in the exercise of its powers or duties.行政

习惯用语under sb.’s administration在某人的管理下; during the administration of sb.在某人的任期内

真题连线2005 Text 2

If the administration won’t take the legislative initiative, Congress should help to begin fashioning conservation measures . 如果政府不争取立法上的主动权，国会就应该帮助政府开始采取保护措施。

admire★

构词ad表强调+mire惊奇，看→表强调让人惊喜→羡慕

v.1.to regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval 以愉快、惊奇及赞同的心情看待

2.to enjoy喜欢，想要喜欢(某物)

真题连线2004 Text4

Intellect, according to Hofstadter, is different from native intelligence, a quality we reluctantly admire. 按照霍夫斯塔特的观点，才学不同于天生的智力，它是一种我们不太情愿去赞赏的品质。

admit★

构词ad表强调+mit送，放出→送来→许可进入

vt.1.to permit to enter允许进入

2.to permit to exercise the rights, 许可，准许允许行使…的权利

3.to grant to be real, valid, or true确认承认是真实的，有事实根据的

vi.1.to afford possibility提供可能性

2.to allow entrance允许进入;通往真题连线2000 Passage 3

With regard to Futurist poetry, however, the case is rather difficult, for whatever Futurist poetry may be - even admitting that the theory on which it is based may be right—it can hardly be classed as Literature. 然而，就未来派诗歌而言，情况却相当不同，因为无论未来派诗歌为何物——即使承认其理论根据可能正确，也很难称之为文学。

adopt★

构词ad增加+opt选择→通过选择增加→采纳

v.1.take sb into one’s family 收养某人

2.take over采纳

3.choose sb as a candidate or representative 挑选某人作候选人或代表

链接adoptivea.过继的; 采纳的

真题连线2009 Text 2

Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put up for adoption.在这些测试当中，最受欢迎的是父子关系及亲属关系测试——被收养的孩子可以用它来找到与自己有血缘关系的亲属，家庭也可以用此来查找供收养的小孩子的亲属关系。

advocate★

构词ad增强+voc叫喊，声音+ate动词后缀→增强声音→拥护

v.speak publicly in favour of(sth); recommend; support 拥护; 提倡; 支持

n.拥护者, 鼓吹者, 提倡者

真题连线2003 Text 2

Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. 科学家应该对动物权利鼓吹者做出强有力的回应，因为他们的言论混淆了公众的视听，从而威胁到卫生知识和卫生服务的进步。

affect★

构词af表强调+fect做，制作→使人做→影响

v.1.have an influence on; produce an effect on 影响

2.cause (sb) to have feelings of sadness or sympathy; touch 使人有悲伤或同情的感觉; 感动

链接affecting a.动人的; 感人的

affection n.爱，爱慕之情

真题连线2001 Passage 1

Specialisation was only one of a series of related developments in science affecting the process of communication. 专业化仅是科学领域内一系列影响交流过程的有关现象之一。

afford▲

构词af表强调+ford拿出→表强调拿出→买得起

v.have enough money, time, space, etc for (a specified purpose)为某目的有足够的钱、时间等;负担得起

真题连线1999英译汉

While history once revered its affinity to literature and philosophy，the emerging social sciences seemed to afford greater opportunities for asking new questions and providing rewarding approaches to an understanding of the past. 尽管历史学曾经崇尚它与文学和哲学的相似性，但新兴的社会科学似乎为人们提出新问题和提供了解过去的有效途径开辟了更为广阔的天地。