11.absurd
[əb'sɜ:d]
adj.荒谬的;荒唐的;n.无价值，无意义;
[例句] Your claim is quite absurd.
你的要求很荒谬。
12.abuse
[ə'bju:s]
n.滥用;侮辱，恶言;vt.滥用;虐待，辱骂;
[例句] I was left shouting abuse as the car sped off.
汽车飞驰而去，留下我在那里大声咒骂。
13.academy
[əˈkædəmi]
n.专科学校，学会，研究院;
[例句] The British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
英国电影和电视艺术学院。
14.accelerate
[əkˈseləreɪt]
vt.促进，(使)加快，(使)增速，vi.加快，加速;
[例句] The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。
15.access
[ˈækses]
n.入口;出口;接近;进入;增长;爆发;vt.接近;进入;使用;接
近;获取;
[例句] The facilities have been adapted to give access to wheelchair users.
这些设施已经改造过以方便轮椅使用者进入。
搭配：have/get/gain access to 有机会或权利得到(进入、接近、使用 )。
16.accessory
[əkˈsesəri]
adj.辅助的;同谋的;
17.accident
[ˈæksɪdənt]
n.附件;从犯;(衣服的)配饰;装饰品;adj.附属的;附加的;
n.事故;意外事件;机遇;偶然;附属品;
[例句] It's no accident that the boom in police series on TV coincided with the decline of
the Western.
警匪剧在电视上盛行之时恰好是西部片衰退之际，这并非偶然。
搭配：by accident 偶然
18.acclaim
[əˈkleɪm]
v.称赞;赞扬;欢呼;喝彩;n.公开赞扬;称誉;
[例句] He was acclaimed as England's greatest modern painter.
他被誉为英格兰现代最伟大的油画家。
19.accommodate
[əˈkɒmədeɪt]
vt.容纳;使适应;向…提供住处;帮忙
[例句] Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing conditions.
某些种类的动植物不能适应迅速变化的环境。
20.accompany
[əˈkʌmpəni]
vt.陪伴，陪同;附加，补充;与…共存;为…伴奏
[例句] This volume of essays was designed to accompany an exhibition in Cologne.
这本文集是为配合在科隆举办的一场展览而出的。
