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。

　　agency★

　　构词ag做，代理做+ency表机构或状态→代理机构

　　n.business or place of business providing a service 经销; 代理; 经销处; 代理处

　　真题连线2003 Text 1

　　Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. 司特雷福公司的简报听上去不像华盛顿当局的常规公文，在那儿，政府机构出言谨慎，以防出错。

　　agenda★

　　构词ag做，代理做+enda表示复数名词→做的事情→议程

　　n.1.sth discussed at a meeting 议事单; 议程表

　　2.a list or program of things to be done or considered议事日程

　　真题连线2006 Text 4

　　And since these messages have an agenda——to lure us to open our wallets to make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable. 由于这样的信息都有一项任务——即从我们的口袋里撬走钱包——所以它们使“幸福”的概念本身显得虚假。

　　agent★

　　构词ag做，代理做+ent表人或物→做的人→代理人

　　n.1.one empowered to act for or represent another代理人;代理商

　　2.a means by which sth is done or caused中介;动因;手段

　　真题连线2004 Text 1

　　Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. 有了搜索代理，就没那么多必要反复访问资料库了。

　　aggressive★

　　构词ag表强调+gress行走+ive形容词后缀→侵略性的

　　a.apt or ready to attack; offensive; quarrelsome侵略的, 好攻击的, 攻击性的

　　真题连线2004 Text5

　　Physicians—frustrated by their inability to cure the disease and fearing loss of hope in the patient - too often offer aggressive treatment far beyond what is scientifically justified. 医生由于不能治愈疾病，同时又担心病人失去希望，常常采用极端大胆的治疗方法，这些方法远远超出了科学能够认同的界限。

　　agony★

　　构词agon痛苦+y名词后缀→痛苦

　　n.the suffering of intense physical or mental pain痛苦

　　链接agonize v.感到苦恼

　　真题连线2002 Text 4

　　On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying. 另一方面，许多医疗界人士承认，致使医助自杀这场争论升温的部分原因是由于病人们的绝望情绪，对这些病人来说，现代医学延长了临终前肉体的痛苦。

　　agricultural★

　　构词agri田地，农业+culture培养+al形容词后缀→农业的

　　a.农业的, 耕种的, 农学(上)的

　　真题连线2000 Cloze Test

　　He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance against--the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to replace old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to feed the soil. 他必须储存大量谷物。而不是立即将之消费殆尽,惟有使粮食赢余，他才能继续养活自己及家人。他可将盈余用于以下三个方面：作为耕播的种子;应付难以预料的坏天气的后备;将之作为商品出售，以更新旧农具并购得肥田用的化肥。