构词ac表强调+knowldge知识，学识;知道→承认;答谢;报偿;告知收到

v.1.accept the truth of (sth); admit (sth) 承认(某事物)属实; 供认(某事物)

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

链接acknowledgementn.承认; 致谢; 感谢

真题连线2006 Text 3

Dr. Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative. 渥姆博士承认这些数字还只是保守数字。

acquaintance★

构词ac使+quaint知道+ance名词后缀→熟悉

n.1.knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship认识，相识，了解

2.a person whom one knows熟人

习惯用语a passing acquaintance with对…的肤浅的了解

have no acquaintance with不熟悉, 不了解

make the acquaintance of sb.(make sb.s acquaintance)结识某人

真题连线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. 在美国，这种趋势一开始是对经济衰落所做出的一种反应——出现于80年代后期缩小经济规模所引起的大量人员冗余之后——在英国，至少在我所认识的中产阶级的简化生活者中，这种趋势仍被认为与节俭有关联，虽然如此，然而我们有着不同的缘由去寻求，使自己的生活简单化。

acquire★

构词ac表强调+quire寻求得到→获取

vt.1.acquired, acquiring获得(知识等);取得;养成(习惯)

2.to gain possession of 占有

习惯用语acquire currency 传播; 流传, 散布 acquire acknowledge of 求得…的知识真题连线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. 他们应该对读者致编辑的来信及时做出反应，以防止动物权利倡导者借机伪装起真理的外表，猖獗盛行。

acquisitive★

构词ac表强调+quis寻求，询问+itive形容词后缀→一再寻求→贪婪的

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

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

习惯用语be acquisitive of(迫切地)想获得

真题连线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. 现在的情况是人们不能像以前那样轻易地、公开地坦陈自己的梦想，惟恐别人认为自己爱出风头、贪婪、庸俗不堪。

act★

构词act to do , to drive,“行动，做”

n.1.the process of doing or performing sth过程;一幕

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

3.a formal written record of proceedings or transactions备忘录，会议记录

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

2.to behave like or pose as; impersonate假装

习惯用语be in on the act参与;clean up(one’s)act改进举止

get into the act加入，参与;get(one’s)act together组织起来，有头绪

真题连线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. 为公司做事的经理与员工及他们的需求关系更加直接，但即便是这个经理也很少像逐渐消失的传统家族企业中的、更具家族化体制下的雇主那样对员工的情况了如指掌。

activate★

构词act行动，做+ivate使动用法→使…活动

v.make(sth)active 使(某事物)活动

链接active a.活跃的，敏捷的，积极的;在活动中的

真题连线1997 Passage 3

Stimulants initially speed up or activate the central nervous system, whereas depressants slow it down. 兴奋剂主要起到加速或激活中枢神经系统的作用，而镇静剂则相反：减缓它的活动。