acknowledge★

　　構詞ac表強調+knowldge知識，學識;知道→承認;答謝;報償;告知收到

　　v.1.accept the truth of (sth); admit (sth) 承認(某事物)屬實; 供認(某事物)

　　2.report that one has received (sth) 告知已收到(某物)

　　鏈接acknowledgementn.承認; 致謝; 感謝

　　真題連線2006 Text 3

　　Dr. Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative. 渥姆博士承認這些數字還只是保守數字。

　　acquaintance★

　　構詞ac使+quaint知道+ance名詞后綴→熟悉

　　n.1.knowledge of a person acquired by a relationship less intimate than friendship認識，相識，了解

　　2.a person whom one knows熟人

　　習慣用語a passing acquaintance with對…的膚淺的了解

　　have no acquaintance with不熟悉, 不了解

　　make the acquaintance of sb.(make sb.�搒 acquaintance)結識某人

　　真題連線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. 在美國，這種趨勢一開始是對經濟衰落所做出的一種反應——出現于80年代后期縮小經濟規(guī)模所引起的大量人員冗余之后——在英國，至少在我所認識的中產階級的簡化生活者中，這種趨勢仍被認為與節(jié)儉有關聯，雖然如此，然而我們有著不同的緣由去尋求，使自己的生活簡單化。

　　acquire★

　　構詞ac表強調+quire尋求得到→獲取

　　vt.1.acquired, acquiring獲得(知識等);取得;養(yǎng)成(習慣)

　　2.to gain possession of 占有

　　習慣用語acquire currency 傳播; 流傳, 散布 acquire acknowledge of 求得…的知識

　　真題連線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. 他們應該對讀者致編輯的來信及時做出反應，以防止動物權利倡導者借機偽裝起真理的外表，猖獗盛行。

　　acquisitive★

　　構詞ac表強調+quis尋求，詢問+itive形容詞后綴→一再尋求→貪婪的

　　a.1.characterized by a strong desire to gain and possess渴望得到的，貪婪的

　　2.tending to acquire and retain ideas or information獲得并保存的

　　習慣用語be acquisitive of(迫切地)想獲得

　　真題連線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. 現在的情況是人們不能像以前那樣輕易地、公開地坦陳自己的夢想，惟恐別人認為自己愛出風頭、貪婪、庸俗不堪。

　　act★

　　構詞act to do , to drive,“行動，做”

　　n.1.the process of doing or performing sth過程;一幕

　　2.a decisional product delivered by a legislative body.法案，法令

　　3.a formal written record of proceedings or transactions備忘錄，會議記錄

　　v.1.to play the part of; assume the dramatic role of扮演

　　2.to behave like or pose as; impersonate假裝

　　習慣用語be in on the act參與;clean up(one’s)act改進舉止

　　get into the act加入，參與;get(one’s)act together組織起來，有頭緒

　　真題連線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. 為公司做事的經理與員工及他們的需求關系更加直接，但即便是這個經理也很少像逐漸消失的傳統(tǒng)家族企業(yè)中的、更具家族化體制下的雇主那樣對員工的情況了如指掌。

　　activate★

　　構詞act行動，做+ivate使動用法→使…活動

　　v.make(sth)active 使(某事物)活動

　　鏈接active a.活躍的，敏捷的，積極的;在活動中的

　　真題連線1997 Passage 3

　　Stimulants initially speed up or activate the central nervous system, whereas depressants slow it down. 興奮劑主要起到加速或激活中樞神經系統(tǒng)的作用，而鎮(zhèn)靜劑則相反：減緩它的活動。