amateur[??m?t?] n. 業(yè)余愛好者，外行

professional and amateur star observers that suffers even more from light pollution.【2013天津閱讀]】除了專業(yè)和業(yè)余的天文愛好者外，甚至還有一群人遭受更多的光污染。

amaze [??me?z] vt. 使(某人)驚異或驚奇

We are teaching them that words do not amaze but confuse.【2012江蘇閱讀】

我們教的詞沒有讓他們感到驚異而是讓他們困惑。

同義詞: astonish surprise

amaze的形容詞：amazed;amazing

amaze的名詞：amazement

amazed[??me?zd] 驚奇的，驚訝的

My husband has always been good with animals, but I was still amazed when he befriended a female grouse(松雞)。【2014四川完形】我的丈夫一直和動物的關(guān)系很友好，但是我仍然很驚訝他可以和一只松雞成為朋友。

amazing [??me?z??] 令人驚奇的，令人驚訝的

The audience was impressed by his amazing performance.【2014廣東閱讀】他那令人驚奇的表演給顧客留下了深刻的映像。

amazement [??me?zm?nt] n. 驚訝

Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly.【2015江西閱讀】當(dāng)Jessica的父母大聲笑的時(shí)候，她驚訝地看著他們。

ambassador [?m?b?s?d?(r)] n. 男大使

ambassadress[?m?b?s?dr?s] n. 女大使

ambiguous [?m?b?ɡj??s] adj. 模棱兩可的

His reply to my question was somewhat ambiguous.【高考真句】他對我問題的回答有點(diǎn)模棱兩可。

易混詞：ambitous

ambitious [?m?b???s] adj.雄心勃勃的;野心勃勃的;艱巨的

She is an ambitious and sensitive person.【2014北京閱讀】他是一個(gè)野心勃勃并且敏感的人。

In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language.【2012山東閱讀】在1879年，牛津大學(xué)要求James Murray擔(dān)當(dāng)即將是英語史上最艱難的字典的編輯。

ambitious的名詞：ambition

ambition [?m?b???n] n. 雄心，抱負(fù)(褒);野心(貶)

As your son grows you also age and your ambitions become more unachievable.【2016天津閱讀】當(dāng)你的孩子長大的時(shí)候你也衰老了，同時(shí)你的抱負(fù)也變得更加不可實(shí)現(xiàn)

ambulance[??mbj?l?ns] n. 救護(hù)車

amount [??ma?nt] n. 數(shù)量，總額 [+of];

用法：a significant/large/considerable/enormous amount(s) of 大量的

She could save such a large amount of money because she lived a very simple life.【2014廣東閱讀】

她可以節(jié)約如此大量的錢因?yàn)樗^著一個(gè)非常簡單的生活。

In a sense, they are spending a significant amount of time in fruitless efforts as they multitask.【2013重慶閱讀】在一定意義上，當(dāng)他們在做多任務(wù)處理的時(shí)候他們浪費(fèi)了大量的時(shí)間。

短語：amount to v. (數(shù)量上)總計(jì),達(dá)到

The donation amounted to €190,000.【2012福建閱讀】捐款達(dá)到€190,000

ample [??mp?l]adj. 充足的,豐富的

There is ample evidence to prove his guilt.【高考真句】有充足的證據(jù)證明他的罪行。

同義詞：abundant adj. 充足的;adequate adj. 充足的

amuse [??mju?z] vt. 使開心,逗笑

Not everyone experiences anger in the same way; what angers one person may amuse another. 【2014江蘇閱讀】所有的人經(jīng)歷快樂的方式都是不一樣的;使一個(gè)人生氣的東西也許會讓另一個(gè)人開心。

Pets are playful animals and they amuse us.【2013江西閱讀】寵物是有趣的動物，它們可以逗笑我們。

近義詞：entertain vt 使快樂，娛樂

amuse的形容詞：amused;amusing amuse的名詞：amusement

amusing [??mju?z??] adj. funny and entertaining 好笑的，有趣的

Pets are amusing.【2013江西閱讀】寵物是有趣的。

amused [??mju?zd]adj. 開心的，被逗樂的

Lucy has a great sense of humor and always keeps her colleagues amazed with her stories. 【2015上?！縇ucy有很強(qiáng)的幽默感并且用故事使她的同事感到開心。

amusement [??mju?zm?nt] n. 娛樂，開心

It took us quite a long time to get to the amusement park.【2015上?！课覀兓撕荛L時(shí)間才到達(dá)娛樂場。

“Amusement cycling” is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now.【2012遼寧閱讀】“快樂騎行”是你現(xiàn)在在美國能獲得的最多的合法樂趣。

analyze [`?nl,a?z] vt. 分析

A report that analyzed nearly two decades of research on major GM food crops shows that GM engineering has failed to significantly increase US crop production.【2015陜西閱讀】一份關(guān)于分析轉(zhuǎn)基因食品的20年的報(bào)告顯示轉(zhuǎn)基因工程不能夠大量增加美國的糧食產(chǎn)量。

analyze的名詞：analysis [??n?l?s?s] n. 分析

ancestor[??ns?st?] n. 祖宗; 祖先

同義詞：forefather n. 祖先

anchor[??nk?] n. 錨 v. 停船，拋錨

ancient [?e?n??nt] adj. 古代的，古老的

Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the drawbacks of Western philosophy.【2012遼寧閱讀】一些社科學(xué)家建議西方人應(yīng)該充分利用古代中國的智慧去彌補(bǔ)西方哲學(xué)的缺點(diǎn)。

Wind power is an ancient source of energy to which we may return in the near future.【2015上?！匡L(fēng)力是一個(gè)我們在不遠(yuǎn)的將來將使用的能源。

anecdote [??n?kd??t] n. 逸事，趣聞

anger [???ɡ?] n.憤怒 v. 使憤怒

When I met him, I had a lot of anger inside of me.【2012福建閱讀】當(dāng)我見到他的時(shí)候我非常憤怒。

This really angered me.【 2013湖南閱讀】這真的讓我很生氣。

同義詞：annoyance n. 憤怒

anger的形容詞：angry [???ɡ?ri] adj. 生氣的,憤怒的

用法：be angry with 對……感到生氣

Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other.【2015江西閱讀】杰西卡的父母仍然在生彼此的氣。

同義詞：annoyed adj. 生氣的

animal [??n?ml] n. 動物

ankle [???k?l] n. 踝，踝關(guān)節(jié)

anniversary [?n??v??s?r?] n. 周年紀(jì)念日

John and I will celebrate our fortieth wedding anniversary next month.【2014山東】約翰和我將在下個(gè)月慶祝我們第40個(gè)周年紀(jì)念日。

announce [??na?ns] vt. 宣布，宣告

In January, Starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6,800 of its stores.【2015湖北閱讀】星巴克在一月宣布顧客可以使用他們的電話在6800個(gè)商店里面買東西。

announce的名詞：announcement[??na?nsm?nt] n. 宣布、宣告

announce的近義詞：declare v. 宣布

annoy [??n??] vt. (使)惱怒，使生氣

But I could see that he was doing all these to annoy me. [2014湖北閱讀]但是我可以看得出來他所做得一切都是為了使我惱怒/生氣

annoy的兩個(gè)形容詞形式: annoyed;annoying

annoy的名詞形式：annoyance

annoy [??n??d] adj. 惱怒的，生氣的

He’s annoyed.【2015全國二閱讀】他很生氣。

annoying [??n????] adj. 令人惱怒的，令人生氣的

It was really annoying; I couldn’t get access to the data bank you had recommended.【2016天津】真是太令人生氣了!我無法得到你推薦的銀行的信息

annoyance [??n???ns] n. 生氣

The possible existence of annoyance results from our inability to sort out e-mails.【2012山東閱讀表達(dá)】生氣的存在可能是因?yàn)槲覀儾荒苷黼娮余]件。

annual [??nj??l] adj. 每年的，一年一次的

University tuition fees are currently capped at 3,000 annually.【2013上海閱讀】現(xiàn)在大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)每年最高3000元。

answer [?ɑ?ns?] v. 回答;答復(fù);n. 回答，答復(fù)

Then they were asked to analyze the relationships by answering some questions.【2014四川閱讀】然后他們被要求通過回答問題來分析關(guān)系。

Dad answered children’s Christmas letters every year.【2012浙江閱讀】爸爸每年都答復(fù)孩子們的圣誕信件。

But have you ever noticed the smell? Unless it is bad, the answer is likely to be no.【2014北京閱讀】

但是你注意到氣味沒有?除非氣味很糟糕，否則答案可能是你沒有注意到。

用法：answer to ……的答案

There are problems psychology doesn’t have the answer to, and which no words can describe.【2013廣東閱讀】有些問題心理學(xué)是沒有答案的，并且這些問題文字也無法描述。

同義詞：reply v. 回答;respond v. 回答;response n. 回答

ant [?nt] n. 螞蟻

antique [?n?ti?k] n. 古董

anxiety [???za??t?] n. 焦慮，擔(dān)心

They also help students prepare for college mathematics and overcome their anxiety about this amazing field of study.【2012北京閱讀】它們能夠使學(xué)生們對大學(xué)數(shù)學(xué)做好準(zhǔn)備并且克服他們對這一學(xué)習(xí)領(lǐng)域的焦慮。

Studies show that too much multitasking can lead to increased stress, anxiety and memory loss. 【2015浙江閱讀】研究顯示太多的多任務(wù)處理會導(dǎo)致越來越多的壓力、擔(dān)心以及失憶。

同義詞：concern n. 擔(dān)心; worry n. 擔(dān)心

anxiety的形容詞：anxious

anxious [???k??s] adj. 擔(dān)心的，焦慮的

用法：be anxious about對……感到擔(dān)心/焦慮

Jack still can’t help being anxious about his job interview.【2016江蘇】杰克情不自禁地?fù)?dān)心他的工作面試。

be anxious to do 渴望做……

Tom was extremely anxious to meet Bingley.【2013福建閱讀】Tom非?？释姷紹ingley。

“渴望”的同義詞:be eager to do/for sth; be desperate to do/for sth;long to do/for sth; desire to do/for sth