四級(jí)口語(yǔ)邊練邊記 4

adhesive

n. 黏合劑

a. 可黏著的，粘性的

A: Where do you live?

B: Adjacent to the hospital, and near the school.

adjacent

a. (to)鄰近的，毗連的

A: I always see Mary and Bill together.

B: I do too, it is like as if they were adjoined at the hip.

adjoin

vt. 貼近，與…毗連

A: The pharmacy down the road is closed.

B: Yes, it lost its license to administer over the counter drugs.

administer

vt. 1.掌管，料理…的事務(wù);2.施行，實(shí)施;3.給予，派給，投(藥)

A: I am reading a book about a sailing voyage set in 1900.

B: Is that the one where the admiral gets thrown overboard?

admiral

n. 海軍將領(lǐng)，艦隊(duì)司令

A: He looks too young to be at university.

B: I thought he was just an adolescent

adolescent

n. 青少年

a. 青春期的，青少年的

A: I simply adore the band U2.

B: They are good , but I prefer The Cranberries.

adore

vt. 1.崇拜，致敬，愛慕;2.非常喜歡

A: Did you enjoy the wedding?

B: It was beautiful, the bride was adorned with rose in her hair.

adorn

vt. 裝飾，使生色

A: I can not wait until advent is over.

B: Likewise, then I can open all of my Christmas presents.

advent

n. 出現(xiàn)，到來

A: Peter and Mary are always fighting.

B: I didn’t know that they had an adversary relationship.

adversary

n. 對(duì)手，敵手

A: Did you see the thunder and lightening last night?

B: No, but the weather has been unusually adverse resently.