accumulate▲

　　构词ac表强调+cumul堆积+ate→堆积起来→积累

　　v.gradually get or gather together积累, 聚集而成;堆积

　　真题连线2001 Passage1

　　Specialisation can be seen as a response to the problem of an increasing accumulation of scientific knowledge. 专业化可被视为针对科学知识不断膨胀这个问题所作出的反应。

　　accurate ★

　　构词ac表强调+cur关心+ate→表强调关心，弄精确为止

　　a.1.free from error 正确无误的

　　2.careful and exact 精确的; 准确的

　　真题连线1995 Passage 3

　　Those people who have accurate, reliable up-to-date information to solve the day-to-day problems, the critical problems of their business, social and family life, will survive and succeed. 那些拥有准确、可信、最新信息并用来解决日常问题、工作中的重要问题以及社会和家庭问题的人就能生存下去并取得成功。

　　accuracy★

　　构词ac表强调+cur关心+acy名词后缀→正确

　　n.conformity to fact.准确;准确度;准确(性)

　　真题连线2002 Text 2

　　And thanks to the continual miniaturization of electronics and micro-mechanics, there are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy-far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone. 由于电子和微观机械仪器的不断缩小，现在已有一些机器人系统能够进行精确到毫米的脑部和骨髓手术，其精确性远远超过熟练的医生用他们的双手所能达到的水平。

　　acknowledge★

　　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。

　　actual★

　　构词act行动，做+ual 形容词后缀→真实的

　　a.existing in fact; real 实在的; 真实的; 实际的; 确实的

　　链接actually ad.实际地; 实在地

　　真题连线1997英译汉

　　Actually, it isn’t, because it assumes that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have. 事实并非如此，因为这种问法是以人们对人的权利有共同的认识为基础的，而这种共同认识并不存在。