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acclaim
【考法 1】 n. 稱贊： public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement
【例】 Many people were involved in the search, but the person who actually found the missing girl got all the acclaim. 許許多多的人都參與了搜救行動，但是只有真正找到那個迷失的小女孩的人才受到稱贊。
【近】 accolade, applause, credit, distinction, homage, honor, kudos, laud, laurels
【考法 2】 vt. 贊揚，贊頌： to declare enthusiastic approval of
【例】 He was acclaimed as the country's greatest modern painter. 他被盛贊為國內最優秀的現代畫家。
【近】 accredit, applaud, cheer, commend, endorse, exalt, hail, praise, salute, tout
【反】 castigate, excoriate, lambaste, pan, slam 猛烈抨擊
accomplish .
【考法 1】 vt. 完成，實現： to carry through (as a process) to completion
【例】 I don't think we can accomplish our goal unless we cooperate. 我認為只有合作才能實現我們的目標。
【近】 achieve, commit, execute, fulfill, make, perpetrate, prosecute, carry out
【反】 fail 失敗
【派】 accomplishment n. 成就；accomplished adj. 有造詣的
accord
【考法 1】 n. 一致： a state of consistency
【例】 This map doesn't seem to be in accord with the current layout of the streets. 這幅地圖似乎與當前的街道情況不盡一致。
【近】 accordance, agreement, conformity, congruence, congruity, consonance, harmony, tune
【反】 conflict, disagreement, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness 不一致
【考法 2】 vi. 相符合，相一致： to be consistent or in harmony
【例】 a theory that accords with the known facts 與已知事實相一致的理論‖He claims that the newspaper's quote does not accord with what he actually said. 他聲稱報紙引用的他的話與原文并不相符。
【近】 agree, chord, cohere, coincide, conform, correspond, fit, harmonize, jibe, sort, square, tally
【反】 differ, disagree 不相同，不一致
【考法 3】 vt. 授予，給予： to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned
【例】 Women were finally accorded the right to vote in 1920. 女性最終在 1920 年獲得了投票權。
【近】 accord, award, grant, vest, vouchsafe
【反】 withhold 保留，不給予；recant, retract, withdraw 撤回，收回
【派】 accordance n. 一致，和諧
acknowledge
【考法 1】 vt. 承認： to admit the existence, reality, or truth of
【例】 He refused to acknowledge the fact that her daughter has gone. 他拒絕承認女兒已經死去的事實。
【近】 admit, agree, allow, concede, confess, grant, own
【反】 deny 否認
【派】 acknowledgement n. 承認
acquire
【考法 1】 vt. 獲取，獲得： to get as one's own
【例】 bacteria that acquire tolerance to antibiotics 產生了抗藥性的細菌‖I have never acquired a taste for wine. 我從來就不具備對葡萄酒酒的品味能力。
【近】 attain, capture, draw, gain, garner, get, make, obtain, procure, realize, reap, secure, win, bring in
【反】 forfeit, lose 喪失
adversity
【考法 1】 n. 厄運，逆境： a state, condition, or instance of serious or continued difficulty or adverse fortune
【例】 The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.(Martha Graham) 烈火試真金，逆境煉勇士。--瑪莎·葛蘭姆‖finally overcame all the adversities of the Great Depression and rebuilt their fortunes 終于度過了大蕭條的困境，開始重新創造他們的財富
【近】 ill, hardship, misadventure, mischance, mishap, tragedy
【反】 fortune, luck, serendipity 好運氣
affectation
【考法 1】 n. 虛偽，做作： the act of taking on or displaying an attitude or mode of behavior not natural to oneself or not genuinely felt
【例】 the rolling of the ship made the young sailor squeamish 搖晃的船只讓年輕的水手感到惡心
【近】 fa.ade, guise, mannerism, pose, pretense, show
【反】 artlessness, genuineness, innocence, naivety 天真，淳樸
affirm
【考法 1】 vt. 聲稱為真，肯定屬實： to assert (as a judgment or decree) as valid or confirmed
【例】 He was unwilling to affirm without further study that the painting is an original Rembrandt. 在缺乏進一步研究的情況下，他不愿意聲稱這幅畫作是出自倫布蘭特的正品。
【近】 allege, assert, aver, avouch, avow, contend, declare, insist, maintain, profess, protest, purport, warrant
【反】 deny, gainsay 否定，反對
【派】 affirmation n. 肯定，確認
agility .
【考法 1】 n. （身手）敏捷： ease and grace in physical activity
【例】 His agility on the parallel bars has won him several medals. 他在雙杠上的矯捷身姿助他贏得了數枚獎牌。
【近】 deftness, dexterity, nimbleness, sleight, spryness
【反】 awkwardness, clumsiness, gaucheness, gawkiness, gracelessness, ungainliness （行動）笨拙
agreeable .
【考法 1】 adj. 令人愉悅的： pleasing to the mind or senses especially as according well with one's tastes or needs
【例】 Would you mind putting on some agreeable music for dinner ? 你介意為晚飯放一些令人愉快的音樂嗎？‖the agreeable melancholy resulting from a sense of the transitoriness of natural beauty 因為感慨自然之美稍縱即逝而產生的令人愉悅的憂傷
【近】 congenial, delectable, delicious, delightful, dulcet, enjoyable, felicitous, gratifying, heavenly, palatable,
pleasing, satisfying, savory
【反】 abhorrent, abominable, disagreeable, disgusting, loathsome, nauseating, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting 令人厭惡的
【考法 2】 adj. 隨和的： having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations
【例】 I have an agreeable art teacher who lets me do pretty much whatever I want. 我的藝術老師性格非常好，總是允許我去做我想做的事情。
【近】 affable, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, mellow, nice, pleasant, sweet, well-disposed
【反】 choleric, dyspeptic, fussy, grouchy, irascible, irritable, peevish, touchy 脾氣不好的，易怒的
【考法 3】 adj. 相一致的： being in harmony
【例】 These new security measures are not agreeable with our core concepts of personal freedom. 這些新的安保措施和我們所信仰的人身自由彼此抵觸。
【近】 amicable, compatible, congenial, consistent, consonant, frictionless, kindred, unanimous, united
【反】 disagreeable, discordant, disunited, incompatible, inharmonious 不一致的
adj. 始終如一的，一致的，堅持的
