abase V. /降低，羞辱/lower; humiliate. Defeated, Queen Zenobia was forced to abase herself before the conquering

　　Romans, who made her march in chains before the emperor in the procession celebrating his triumph. abasement, N.

　　abash V. /使难堪/embarrass. He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

　　abate V. /减弱，减少/subside; decrease, lessen. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.

　　abatement, N.

　　abbreviate V. /减短，缩写/shorten. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.

　　abdicate V. /放弃/renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he loved, he

　　surprised the entire world.

　　abduction N. /绑架/kidnapping. The movie Ransom describes the attempts to rescue a multimillionaire's son after the

　　child's abduction by kidnappers. abduct,V.

　　aberrant N. /不正常的/abnormal or deviant. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire

　　experiment. also N.

　　abet V. /帮助，鼓励/aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he

　　had planned.

　　abeyance N. /悬而未决/suspended action. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

　　abhor V. /憎恨/detest; hate. She abhorred all forms of bigotry. abhorrence, N.

　　abject ADJ. /穷困潦倒，卑微/wretched; lacking pride. On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty,

　　huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.

　　abjure V. /发誓放弃/renounce upon oath. He abjured his allegiance to the king. abjuration, N.

　　ablution N. /洗/washing. His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in

　　the Bath."

　　abnegation N. /批判，自我牺牲/repudiation; self-sacrifice. No act of abnegation was more pronounced than his refusal

　　of any rewards for his discovery.

　　abolish V. /废除/cancel; put an end to. The president of the college refused to abolish the physical education

　　requirement. abolition, N.

　　abominable ADJ. /可恶的，非常糟糕/detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad. Mary liked John until she learned he

　　was dating Susan; then she called him an abominable young man, with abominable taste in women.

　　aboriginal ADJ., N. /原来的，土著的/being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native. Her studies of the primitive art

　　forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals. aborigines, N.

　　abortive ADJ. /不成功的，失败/unsuccessful; fruitless. Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to abandon

　　their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully. abort,V.

　　abrade V. /磨损，侵蚀/wear away by friction; scrape; erode. The sharp rocks abraded the skin on her legs, so she put

　　iodine on her abrasions.

　　abrasive ADJ. /摩擦的，粗糙的，研磨剂/rubbing away; tending to grind down. Jus t as abrasive cleaning powders can wear

　　away a shiny finish, abrasive remarks can wear away a listener's patience. abrade,V.

　　abridge V. /删节，节选/condense or shorten. Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War

　　and Peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel.

　　abrogate ADJ. /废除/abolish. He intended to abrogate the decree issued by his predecessor.

　　abscond V. /隐匿，逃避，躲债/depart secretly and hide. The teller who absconded with the bonds went uncaptured until

　　someone recognized him from his photograph on "America's Most Wanted."

　　absolute ADJ. /完全的，肯定的/complete; totally unlimited; certain. Although the King of Siam was an absolute monarch,

　　he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.

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