【同义】side by side
abrupt [ ə'brʌpt ]
adj. 突然的，唐突的，意外的
Most paleontologists suspect that abrupt changes in climate led to the mass extinctions.(真题)
大部分古生物学家都猜想是气候的突变导致了生物大灭绝。
The abrupt closing of negotiations meant the standoff would last indefinitely. 谈判的突然结束，表明僵局将无限期的延长下去。
【同义】brusque, curt
absence [ 'æbsəns ]
n. 缺席，缺乏，缺少
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. 没有证据并不是缺席的理由。
His absence at the meeting was noticed and did not promote confidence in the company.
A nearly complete absence of craters indicates that Europa's surface ice resembles Earth's Antarctic ice cap.(真题)
木卫二上几乎没有环形山，这一点表明木卫二的地面冰与地球南极冰层极其相似。
After drying the fish, the women pounded some of them into fish meal, which was an easily transported food used in soups, stews, or other dishes provide protein and thickening in the absence of fresh fish or while on long trips.(真题)
把鱼风干之后，妇女们会把其中的一些捣碎制成鱼粉，这是一种方便携带的食品，在缺少鲜鱼或在长途旅行时的烹饪中可以将其加入汤或炖菜里，可以起到补充蛋白质并将汤变得浓稠的作用。
【扩展】absent adj. 缺席的，缺少的
【同义】lack
absolutely [ 'æbsəlu:tli ]
adv. 完全地，绝对地
These new rules are absolutely ridiculous.
We have absolutely no way to confirm what he said. 我们完全没有办法证明他所说的话。
The beaver is absolutely industrious.(真题)
水獭是一种非常勤劳的动物。
【同义】completely, utterly, totally
absorb [ əb'sɔ:b ]
v. 1. 吸收
One adaptation is to be light in color, and to reflect rather than absorb the Sun's rays.(真题)
浅色的外表是一种适应方式，这样可以反射太阳光而不吸收其热量。
This gamma radiation is absorbed by atoms.(真题)这种伽玛射线被原子吸收。
2. 使全神贯注 The little child was absorbed in that picture book.
【同义】take in, sop up;engross, enthrall
absorbent adj. 能吸收的 n. 吸收剂
The towel he used to clean up the mess was very absorbent.
absorbed adj. 全神贯注的
He stopped and watched with amusement to see the child so absorbed in a crowd of ants.
他停下来，饶有兴趣地看那个正全神贯注盯着一群蚂蚁的小孩。
abstract [ 'æbstrækt ]
adj. 1. 抽象的
He could not understand the abstract ideas presented in the theoretical course.
2. 抽象派的
She achieved an abstract simplicity in her paintings.(真题)
她的绘画有抽象派的简洁风格。
Representational motifs largely replaced the earlier abstract decorations.(真题)
具象派主题大部分取代了早期的抽象派装饰风格。
【扩展】abstracted adj. 抽象的，心不在焉的
abstraction n. 抽象化，抽象概念
The issue had to be discussed in detail and not in abstraction.
【同义】unconcrete, conceptual; nonrepresentational
absurd [ əb'sə:d ]
adj. 荒唐的，可笑的
It was an absurd situation that no one understood.
Don Quixote makes chivalry seem absurd.(真题)
堂吉诃德让骑士精神看起来很荒唐可笑。
【扩展】absurdity n. 荒唐，谬论
The absurdity of having a five year old comment on the news was comic. 把对一条新闻的评论保存了五年，这个荒唐的事实是很可笑的。
【同义】ridiculous, nonsensical, ludicrous
abundant [ ə'bʌndənt ]
adj. 丰富的，充裕的
There was an abundant supply of iron ore in the ground.
“In Europe”, said, Thomas Jefferson, “the object is to make the most of their land, labor being abundant.”(真题)“在欧洲，”托马斯·杰佛逊说，“目标是最大限度地利用他们充裕的土地和劳动力”。
