absorb vt.吸收;使专心
【搭配】be absorbed in专心于
【考题】She was so in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door.
A)attracted B)absorbed C)drawn D)concentrated
(1996.1/25/B)
【译文】她工作如此专心以致于没听见有人敲门。
abuse vt.滥用;虐待n.滥用
【考题】It has been revealed that some government leaders their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.
A)employ B)take C)abuse D)overlook
(1996.6/34/C)
【译文】据透露，一些政府官员滥用职权为自己谋取非法利益。
accomplish v.达到;完成
【考题】The project， by the end of 2000，willexpand the city's telephone network to cover 1，000，000 users.
A)accomplished B)being accomplished
C)to be accomplished D)having been accomplished
(1999.6/68/C)
【译文】预计在2000年前完成的这项工程将扩大该市的电话网至 1，000，000用户。
account n.账;账户v.说明……原因
【搭配】on account of 为了……的缘故，因为
take...into account 考虑到
【考题】I'd his reputation with other farmers and business people in the community，and then make a decision about whether or not to approve a loan.
A)take into account B)account for
C)make up for D)make out
(2000.1/63/A)
【译文】我得向社区的其他的农户和商人们了解他的信誉，然后再决定是否同意他的贷款请求。
ban v.禁止
In most countries the sale of liquor to children is banned.大多数国家都禁止卖酒给小孩子们。
n.禁止，禁令
announce a 30-day ban on hunting宣布30天的禁猎令
【辨析】ban，forbid 和 prohibit三个词都表示“禁止”，其中ban语气最重，指权威机关正式禁止。 forbid是普通用词，指个人行为。prohibit是正式用词，指用法律或法令来禁止。
bare a.无遮盖的;空的;仅仅的
a bare hillside 光秃秃的(无树木的)山坡
a room bare of furniture 几乎没有家具的房间
the bare necessities of life 最起码的生活必需品
v.揭露，暴露，揭开，去除……的覆盖物
bare one's head 脱去帽子
bare one's heart 表露真情
【全真考题】Although they plant trees in this area every year，the tops of some hills are still .
(99.6)
A)bare B)vacant C)blank D)hollow
[答案]A
barely ad.仅仅，只不过，几乎不
We barely had time to catch the train.我们仅有勉强赶上火车的时间。
【用法】1.barely 用在句首时引起句子倒装。 2.barely 含有否定意义，因此用在反意疑问句中时，句尾的疑问短句要用肯定形式。3.barely...when 结构表示“刚……就……”，barely 所在的部分要倒装。 4.barely 不与 ever，any 和 at all 连用。
【辨析】barely，hardly，rarely 和 scarcely四个词意义相近，都表否定概念，但也有一些差别。
rarely 意为“难得，不常”(not often)。
Rarely have I seen him smile.
hardly 往往强调能力上有困难，意为“简直不，很难”。
He can hardly jump over the fence.
scarcely 往往强调不足，常同 enough，sufficient，any 等表示程度的词连用，意为“不太，几乎，简直没有”。
He has scarcely any money left.
barely 与 hardly 和 scarcely 意思相近，意为“几乎，勉强，仅能做到”。但如果后面跟有 ever，any，at all 等词，只能用 hardly 或 scarcely，不能用 barely。
benefit n.益处;优越性;保险金，救济金
I've had the benefit of a good education.我得益于良好的教育。/the benefits of science科学的优良条件/ unemployment benefits失业保险
vi.得益
He hasn't benefited from the experience.他并没有从他的经验中受益。
vt.使……受益
This policy benefits the whole city.这个政策使整个城市受益。
【用法】benefit 作不及物动词时，其后常接介词 from。
bore vt.使……感到厌烦
All his old stories bore me.他所有的老生常谈使我厌烦。
n.令人厌烦的事物
Don't be such a bore.别这么讨厌。
【用法】bore的两种分词形式boring 和 bored：boring 表示主动，指某事物令人厌烦;bored表示被动，指被某事物弄得厌烦。
He was bored with his job./It's a boring film.
类似的词还有interesting与interested;exciting与 excited等。
