2017必背高考英语3500词
42. afford vt. 负担得起,抽得出(时间); 提供
can/could/be able to afford sth/to do sth I can’t afford a book/to buy the book
43. afraid a. 害怕的;担心
be afraid to do 因为害怕不敢做…; be afraid of doing 害怕…
She was afraid to go out alone at night. She was afraid of waking him up.
44. against prep 对着，反对, 靠着，迎着，衬着
stand against the wall (靠墙站着) go against nature; be against sth 反对
They are strongly against the plan. The pine tree were black against the morning sky.
45. age n.年龄;时代 vi. 变老 for ages 多年; at an early age; at the age of … ;
of the same age=of an age After his wife’s death he aged quickly.
46. agree vi. 同意;应允
1)agree with ① agree with sb / what you say/your opinion.
②表示一致;“ (食物、天气、工作等)对…适宜”：
The weather does not agree with me. 这种天气对我不适宜。
A verb must agree with its subject in person and number.
What he does does not agree with what he says. 他言行不一致。
2)agree to the plan/ the arrangement/ the suggestion .
3)agree on /upon主要指双/多方通过协商而取得一致意见或达成协议：
We agreed on the price. 我们就价格达成了一致意见。
Both sides agreed on these terms. 双方都同意这些条件。
4) agree to do sth He agreed to go with us. 他同意同我们去。
5) reach/arrive at/come to an agreement 6) I can’t/couldn’t agree more.
47. ahead ad. 在前，向前 ahead of time 提前 go ahead 前进，干吧，说吧
48.◎aid n. 援助;救护;辅助工具
first aid 急救 in aid of 支持
by ( the) aid of 借助于，通过…的帮助 come/ go to one’s aid 帮助某人
v. 帮助，促进 aid (sb/ sth) in/ with ( doing) sth 帮助某人做…
49. aim at
① 瞄准,对准 He aimed the gun at the enemy officer.
② (向某方面)努力 She's aiming at ( trying to win) a scholarship.
③ 针对某人 My words were not aimed at you.
50.◎alike adj. 相像，十分相似 We are alike in many ways.
adv. 相似的，相同的 They tried to treat their children alike.
51. alive a. 活着的，存在的 catch …alive 活捉 keep…alive be alive with= be full of
The lake was alive with fish. Who is the greatest man alive.(后置定语)
52. allow v 准许，允许 allow doing/ sb to do
allow for 把 考虑进去 Has everything been allowed for in your plan?
53. almost adv几乎，差不多
Almost no one/nobody came to the party. There was almost no snow that winter.
54. alone adj/adv 单独的 孤独的
1) 形容词She is alone at home. (她独自一人在家。)
2) 副词I like to work alone. (我喜欢独自一人工作。)
3) “只有，仅仅”， The shoes alone cost $200. ※ let /leave sb /sth alone 别打扰
let alone 更不用说
★ lonely
1) 定语， “孤单的，无伴侣的，无人烟的，荒凉的，偏僻的” a lonely man / island.
2) 表语，“孤寂的，寂寞的” feel lonely ※ He lives alone but he doesn’t feel lonely.
55. aloud ad.大声地 read aloud/ think aloud
56. ◎amaze vt. 使惊奇，惊叹;震惊
What amazes me is how long she managed to hide it from us.
It amazed me that he could be so calm at such a time.
amazed adj. 惊奇的，惊讶的 amazing adj.令人惊奇的，惊叹的;震惊的
I’ m ___ that you have never heard of the Rolling Stones.
It’s ____ how often you see drivers using mobile phones.
57. ◎ amount n. 数额(尤指数量，大小等) a large amount of +u/n
large amounts of +u/n v. (数量，意义等) 等同，相当于 amount to
1) (数量上)达到，总计
Time lost through illness amounts to 1,357 working days.因疾病而损失的时间总共为
2)等于，意味着
Ultimately, their ideas amount to the same thing. 归根结底，他们想的都是一回事。
58. ● amuse vt. 使快乐，逗乐amuse sb. 使…高兴 The funny drawings amused the kids.
be amused by/at/ with 被…逗乐 amuse oneself 自娱自乐
The boys amused themselves by drawing. amusement n. to one’s amusement
59. ◎amusement n. 1) 娱乐,乐趣 to one’s amusement 让某人发笑
They were dancing and singing in the car, much to the amusement of passers-by.
他们在车里跳舞，唱歌，让路人感到十分有趣。
2) 娱乐活动，消遣活动 amusements amuse vt. amuse sb/ oneself 使开心，逗笑
amused / amusing adj. an amused smile / look/ expression 愉快的微笑/ 神情/ 表情
an amusing story/ film 有趣的，好笑的，逗人发笑的故事/ 电影
60. angry adj 生气的，愤怒的 (angrily /angrier )
be angry at (about) 因为…而生气 be angry with sb 生某人的气
61. announce vt. 宣布，宣告，公布
announce a decision / plan/ intention announce sth to sb announce that
At the end of the meeting , it was announced that an agreement had been reached.
make an announcement
62.◎announcement n. 通告，通知
63.◎annoy vt. (使)烦恼 be annoyed with sb.for (at) sth.
What annoyed him most was that he had received no apology.
annoyed adj. 略感烦恼(生气)的 annoying adj. 讨厌的，令人烦恼的
It’s _____that we didn’t know about this before.令人恼火的事，我们事先并不知道这一切
Mr Davies was ____that the books were missing.戴维斯先生生气了，因为那些书不见了。
64. answer n. the answer to the question v. answer a question/the door/the phone;
answer for 对… 负责 You will have to answer for your wrong doing one day.
65. ◎anxiety n. 忧虑，焦急，担心
anxious adj. 焦虑的，不安的;担心的 be anxious about sth for sb
渴望的，急切的 be anxious to do sth
67. ◎apologize n. 道歉，歉意 apology n.
make an apology/ apologies to sb for sth apologise to sb for sth
68. ●appeal v. n. 吸引，呼吁，恳求
The design has appealed to people of all ages. I appeal to you to protect the environment.
have/ hold appeal for sb. 对某人有吸引力 lose one’s appeal 失去吸引力