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abandon★

构词a不+ban禁止+don给予→不禁止给出去→放弃

vt. 1.give up completely放弃

2.forsake，desert 遗弃, 丢弃

3.yield completely to 放肆, 放纵; 沉湎于

n. freedom from worry or inhibitions放肆; 放纵; 尽情; 任意

真题连线2001 Passage 5

Abandoning the doctrine of “juggling your life”, and making the alternative move into “downshifting” brings with it far greater rewards than financial success and social status. 放弃“忙忙碌碌”的生活哲学，转而过一种“放慢生活节奏”的生活所带来的回报，比经济成功和社会地位更有价值。

absolute★

构词ab不+solute松开→决不松开→绝对的

a.1.complete; total绝对的; 完全的, 纯粹的,确实的

2.unrestricted; unlimited; unqualified无条件的, 不受限制的

3.having unlimited power 专制的, 独断的

4.certain; undoubted 确实的, 肯定的

真题连线2001 Passage 5

My experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting” has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality. 我这个被美国人称为“放慢生活节奏”的试验，却使我老掉牙的借口变成了绝对的现实。

absorb★

构词ab表强调+sorb吸→吸引

vt.1.to take sth in through 吸收

2.include sth/sb as part of; merge with 并吞

3.hold the interest of sb fully使(精神)贯注

习惯用语be absorbed by 被…吞并, 为…所吸收

be absorbed in 全神贯注在…, 一心从事, 热衷于

absorb sb.’s attention 吸引某人注意真题连线2007 Part C

Sharpening judgment by absorbing and reflecting on law is a desirable component of a journalist’s intellectual preparation for his or her career.通过并运用法律来提高判断能力是一名新闻记者为其职业生涯做好知识准备的一个重要组成部分。

absorbed★

构词ab.表强调+sorb吸+ed形容词后缀→被吸引的→全神贯注的;专心的

a.wholly involved or occupied; engrossed 热衷的，专注的

真题连线2006 Text 1

People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption”launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. 人们被一种消费文化所吸引，这种文化是由十九世纪在高雅的氛围中陈列着琳琅满目的商品的百货商店所发起的。

abstract★

构词abs离开+tract拉，拖→拉出，抽

a.1.existing in thought but not having practical抽象的; 理论上的, 不现实的

2.difficult to understand;深奥的;难以理解的

vt. 1.to take away; remove抽取;拿走

2.to summarize;概括;归纳

n.摘要，梗概

链接abstracteda.心不在焉的

abstractionn.提取

习惯用语in the abstract 抽象地, 观念上, 理论上; make an abstract of 把…的要点摘录下来

真题连线2003 英译汉

Thus, the anthropological concept of “culture”, like the concept of “set” in mathematics, is an abstract concept which makes possible immense amounts of concrete research and understanding. 因此，人类学中的“文化”概念就像数学中“集”的概念一样，是一个抽象概念。它使大量的具体研究和认识成为可能。

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