assault ★

　　构词as表强调+sault跳→表强调跳起来→进攻

　　v.to make an assault 猛烈地攻击，袭击

　　n.a violent physical or verbal attack 突然而猛烈的攻击

　　真题连线2000 Passage 4

　　Last year Japan experienced 2125 incidents of school violence, including 929 assaults on teachers. 去年日本发生了2125起校园暴力事件，其中包括929起袭击老师事件。

　　assemble★

　　构词as表强调+semble相类似，一样→不断使东西相同→组装[东西]

　　v.1.to bring or call together into a group or whole:召集

　　2.to fit together the parts or pieces of装配

　　vi.to gather together; congregate集合

　　真题连线1998 Passage 3

　　Defenders of science have also voiced their concerns at meetings such as “the Flight from Science and Reason,” held in New York City in 1995, and “Science in the age of (Mis)information,” which assembled last June near Buffalo. 科学的捍卫者们也在一些会议上表示了他们的担忧。比如，1995年在纽约举行的“远离科学和理性”会议，以及去年6月在布法罗附近召开的“信息(迷信)时代的科学”会议。

　　assert★

　　构词as表强调+sert加入，插入→强行插入观点→断言

　　vt.1.to state or express positively; affirm断言

　　2. to defend or maintain维护，坚持(自己的权利)

　　n.1.the act of asserting.武断的行为

　　2.something declared or stated positively断言

　　链接assertion n.主张, 断言, 声明

　　习惯用语assert oneself坚持自己的权利; 表现自己的权威

　　真题连线2008英译汉

　　He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited, for which reason he felt certain that he never could have succeeded with mathematics.他此外还断言，在深入理解冗长且完全抽象的观点上，他的能力有限。有鉴于此，他曾确信自己在数学方面不会有成就。

　　assess ★

　　构词as表强调+sess坐→坐在一旁→评审→估价

　　vt.to estimate the value of (property); determine the value; appraise评估(财产、收入);征税;评价

　　真题连线2007 Text 2

　　In his article “How Intelligent Is Intelligence Testing?”, Sternberg notes that traditional test best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge, components also critical to problem solving and life success.在其名为“智力测试如何明智?”这篇文章中，斯顿伯格指出，传统的测试最恰当地评估了分析能力和语言表达能力，但没有测量创造性和实际知识，这些也是解决问题、在生活中取得成功的关键因素。

　　asset ★

　　构词as朝向+set充足→走向富裕→有财产

　　1.valuable or useful quality or useful person有价值的, 有用的特性, 有用的人

　　2.thing, especially property, owned by a person, company, etc资产

　　真题连线2007 Text 4

　　Surely it should be obvious to the dimmest executive that trust, that most valuable of economic assets, is easily destroyed and hugely expensive to restore - and that few things are more likely to destroy trust than a company letting sensitive personal data get into the wrong hands.当然，对于最怀疑的管理人员来说，显而易见的应该是，诚信(最珍贵的经济财产)被轻易破坏，而要恢复诚信却代价高昂，此外，很少有什么比一个公司听任敏感的个人信息落入不妥当人之手更可能破坏诚信的了。

　　assign★

　　构词as表强调+sign记号，信号→不断给人信号→指定

　　vt.to set apart for a particular purpose;select for a duty;appoint派给，分配;选定，指定

　　习惯用语 assignment n.分配，指派;(分派的)任务

　　真题连线2002英译汉

　　As the interaction between organism and environment has come to be understood，however，effects once assigned to states of mind，feelings，and traits are beginning to be traced to accessible conditions. 然而，由于人(生物)和环境之间的相互作用已经逐渐被人们所认识，所以现在正开始从已知的环境去寻找一度认为是心态、情感和性格特征所造成的影响其根源所在。

　　assimilate★

　　构词as表强调+simil相类似，一样+ate动词后缀→不断相同→同化

　　vt.to consume nutrients into the body after digestion吸收;使同化

　　vi.to become assimilated被吸收;被同化

　　真题连线2004 英译汉

　　We are obliged to them because some of these languages have since vanished, as the peoples who spoke them died out or became assimilated and lost their native languages. 我们之所以感激他们，是因为从此以后，这些语言中的一部分消失了，因为讲这些语言的人要么灭绝了，要么被同化了，因而丧失了自己的语言。

　　assist ★

　　构词as表强调+sist站立→站在一起→帮助

　　vt.to give help or support to协助，帮助，促进

　　vi. to give aid or support; be present, 参加; 出席在场

　　习惯用语assist sb. with sth. = assist sb. to do sth. = assist sb. in doing sth. 帮助某人

　　真题连线2002 Text 4

　　The Supreme Court’s decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering. 最高法庭关于医生协助病人结束生命问题的裁决，对于如何用药物减轻病危者的痛苦这个问题来说，具有重要的意义。

　　associate★

　　构词as表强调+soc同伴，引申为社会+iate动词后缀→成为社团→联合

　　vt.to connect in the mind or imagination; to join together, combine联想;交往;联合

　　n.a companion; a comrade 伙伴

　　a.联合的,副的associate professor [美]副教授

　　链接association n.联盟，协会，社团;交往，联合;联想(associat(e)联合+ion名词后缀→社团)

　　真题连线2009 Part C

　　In the former case the education is incidental; it is natural and important, but it is not the express reason of the association. 对于前者，教育是偶然的，很自然，也很重要，但它不是这种联系存在的特别的理由。