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aggravate¹ vt. 使恶化,使更严重加重

to make worse, more serious, or more severe : intensify² unpleasantly

succor³ <> aggravate

ameliorate <>aggravate

aggregate vt.vi. 聚集,集合,合计

to collect or gather into a mass or whole

coalesce⁴ <> disaggregate

disaffected⁵ <> content

aggrieve⁶ vt. 使委屈,使苦恼,侵害

to give pain or trouble to : DISTRESS⁷

aggrieve <>gratify

agony n. 极大的痛苦

intense pain of mind or body : ANGUISH⁸, TORTURE

agonized⁹ : distress :: obsessed¹⁰ : concern

painful : agonizing¹¹ :: important : paramount

airtight a. 密闭的,不透气的,无懈可击的

airtight: loophole::

alacrity¹² n. 敏捷,轻快,乐意

promptness in response : cheerful readiness

husbandry : dissipate :: alacrity : procrastinate

alacrity <> dilatoriness¹³ / hesitance

albino n. 白公,白化病者,白化变种 (or albinism)

an organism exhibiting deficient¹⁴ pigmentation

albino : pigment¹⁵ :: prairie : tree

alibi¹⁶ n.托辞，借口，辩解

an excuse usually intended to avert¹⁷ blame or punishment

alibi:exculpatory::warning:admonishery

alibi : excuse ::

align v.定位，对齐，排成一行，结盟

to bring into line or alignment

aligned¹⁸ <> askew¹⁹

awry²⁰ <>orderly/aligned

allay²¹ v. ①平息(愤怒等) ②缩小

to subdue²² or reduce in intensity²³ or severity : ALLEVIATE²⁴

allay <> increase the intensity of

adversary²⁵ <>ally

allegiance n．忠诚，拥护

devotion or loyalty²⁶ to a person, group, or cause

authoritativeness:pundits ::allegiance:partisans

allegory n. 寓意；寓言

the expression by means of symbolic²⁷ fictional²⁸ figures and actions of truths or generalizations²⁹ about human existence allegory : fiction

alleviate v．缓和，减轻 RELIEVE, LESSEN

abate³⁰ : tax :: alleviate : distress

alleviate <> exacerbate³¹

alliterate v. 押头韵

the repetition of usually initial consonant³² sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables

alliterate : remove :: blazon³³ : efface

allude vi. 暗示,提及

to make indirect reference; broadly : REFER

allude <>mention explicitly

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1 aggravate
vt.加重(剧)，使恶化；激怒，使恼火
参考例句：
Threats will only aggravate her.恐吓只能激怒她。 He would only aggravate the injury by rubbing it.他揉擦伤口只会使伤势加重。

2 intensify
vt.加强；变强；加剧
参考例句：
We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。 They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

3 succor
n.援助，帮助；v.给予帮助
参考例句：
In two short hours we may look for succor from Webb.在短短的两小时内，韦布将军的救兵就可望到达。 He was so much in need of succor,so totally alone.他当时孑然一身，形影相吊，特别需要援助。

4 coalesce
v.联合，结合，合并
参考例句：
And these rings of gas would then eventually coalesce and form the planets.这些气体环最后终于凝结形成行星。 They will probably collide again and again until they coalesce.他们可能会一次又一次地发生碰撞，直到他们合并。

5 disaffected
adj.（政治上）不满的，叛离的
参考例句：
He attracts disaffected voters.他吸引了心怀不满的选民们。 Environmental issues provided a rallying point for people disaffected with the government.环境问题把对政府不满的人们凝聚了起来。

6 aggrieve
v.使委屈，使苦恼；侵害
参考例句：
I hope I didn't aggrieve her feeling.我希望我并没有伤害到她的感情。 Transshipment without permission,copy and other behaviors that aggrieve copyright are forbidden.禁止未经许可转载、复制及其他侵害著作权行为。

7 distress
n.苦恼，痛苦，不舒适；不幸；vt.使悲痛
参考例句：
Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。 Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。

8 anguish
n.(尤指心灵上的)极度痛苦，烦恼
参考例句：
She cried out for anguish at parting.分手时，她由于痛苦而失声大哭。 The unspeakable anguish wrung his heart.难言的痛苦折磨着他的心。

9 agonized
v.使（极度）痛苦，折磨( agonize的过去式和过去分词 )；苦斗；苦苦思索；感到极度痛苦
参考例句：
All the time they agonized and prayed. 他们一直在忍受痛苦并且祈祷。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 She agonized herself with the thought of her loss. 她念念不忘自己的损失，深深陷入痛苦之中。来自辞典例句

10 obsessed
adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的
参考例句：
He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。 The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。

11 agonizing
adj.痛苦难忍的；使人苦恼的v.使极度痛苦；折磨(agonize的ing形式)
参考例句：
I spent days agonizing over whether to take the job or not. 我用了好些天苦苦思考是否接受这个工作。 his father's agonizing death 他父亲极度痛苦的死

12 alacrity
n.敏捷，轻快，乐意
参考例句：
Although the man was very old,he still moved with alacrity.他虽然很老，动作仍很敏捷。 He accepted my invitation with alacrity.他欣然接受我的邀请。

13 dilatoriness
n.迟缓，拖延
参考例句：

14 deficient
adj.不足的，不充份的，有缺陷的
参考例句：
The crops are suffering from deficient rain.庄稼因雨量不足而遭受损害。 I always have been deficient in selfconfidence and decision.我向来缺乏自信和果断。

15 pigment
n.天然色素，干粉颜料
参考例句：
The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls.古罗马人在织物和墙壁上使用天然颜料。 Who thought he might know what the skin pigment phenomenon meant.他自认为可能知道皮肤色素出现这种现象到底是怎么回事。

16 alibi
n.某人当时不在犯罪现场的申辩或证明；借口
参考例句：
Do you have any proof to substantiate your alibi? 你有证据表明你当时不在犯罪现场吗？ The police are suspicious of his alibi because he already has a record.警方对他不在场的辩解表示怀疑，因为他已有前科。

17 avert
v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)
参考例句：
He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。 I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

18 aligned
adj.对齐的，均衡的
参考例句：
Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard.务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。

19 askew
adv.斜地；adj.歪斜的
参考例句：
His glasses had been knocked askew by the blow.他的眼镜一下子被打歪了。 Her hat was slightly askew.她的帽子戴得有点斜。

20 awry
adj.扭曲的，错的
参考例句：
She was in a fury over a plan that had gone awry. 计划出了问题，她很愤怒。 Something has gone awry in our plans.我们的计划出差错了。

21 allay
v.消除，减轻(恐惧、怀疑等)
参考例句：
The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。 They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。

22 subdue
vt.制服，使顺从，征服；抑制，克制
参考例句：
She tried to subdue her anger.她尽力压制自己的怒火。 He forced himself to subdue and overcome his fears.他强迫自己克制并战胜恐惧心理。

23 intensity
n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度
参考例句：
I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。 The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

24 alleviate
v.减轻，缓和，缓解(痛苦等)
参考例句：
The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。 Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。

25 adversary
adj.敌手，对手
参考例句：
He saw her as his main adversary within the company.他将她视为公司中主要的对手。 They will do anything to undermine their adversary's reputation.他们会不择手段地去损害对手的名誉。

26 loyalty
n.忠诚，忠心
参考例句：
She told him the truth from a sense of loyalty.她告诉他真相是出于忠诚。 His loyalty to his friends was never in doubt.他对朋友的一片忠心从来没受到怀疑。

27 symbolic
adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的
参考例句：
It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。 The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。

28 fictional
adj.小说的，虚构的
参考例句：
The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。 The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。

29 generalizations
一般化( generalization的名词复数 )；普通化；归纳；概论
参考例句：
But Pearlson cautions that the findings are simply generalizations. 但是波尔森提醒人们，这些发现是简单的综合资料。来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 大脑与疾病 They were of great service in correcting my jejune generalizations. 他们纠正了我不成熟的泛泛之论，帮了我大忙。

30 abate
vi.(风势，疼痛等)减弱，减轻，减退
参考例句：
We must abate the noise pollution in our city.我们必须消除我们城里的噪音污染。 The doctor gave him some medicine to abate the powerful pain.医生给了他一些药，以减弱那剧烈的疼痛。

31 exacerbate
v.恶化，增剧，激怒，使加剧
参考例句：
WMO says a warming climate can exacerbate air pollution.世界气象组织说，气候变暖可能会加剧空气污染。 In fact efforts will merely exacerbate the current problem.实际上努力只会加剧当前的问题。

32 consonant
n.辅音；adj.[音]符合的
参考例句：
The quality of this suit isn't quite consonant with its price.这套衣服的质量和价钱不相称。 These are common consonant clusters at the beginning of words.这些单词的开头有相同辅音组合。

33 blazon
n.纹章，装饰；精确描绘；v.广布；宣布
参考例句：
I believe Shakespeare wants to blazon forth a notion of disciplinary well-ordered and morality.我认为莎士比亚想宣扬一种有纪律有秩序有道德的社会主张。

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