雅思考試常用名詞解析1

　　1.account

　　I have an account with the bank. 我在銀行開有戶頭。

　　He turned/put his knowledge of Spanish to good account. 他善加利用他對(duì)西班牙語(yǔ)文的知識(shí)。

　　Don’t stay away on account of John. 為了約翰，不要離開。

　　2.act

　　Don’t take him seriously --- it’s just an act. 不要把他看得太認(rèn)真 ——他只是假裝那樣而已。

　　In the act of (=while) picking up the ball, he slipped and fell. 正當(dāng)其拾球之際，他失足跌倒。

　　3.addition

　　They’ve just had an addition to the family. 他們家里剛又增加一口。

　　4.adjustment

　　They do an adjustment on humance resources to achieve the goal. 為了達(dá)到目標(biāo)，他們調(diào)整了人員。

　　5. advertisement

　　Advertisement helps to sell goods. 廣告有助于銷路。

　　6. agreement

　　I’m quite in agreement with what you say. 我十分同意你所說(shuō)的話。

　　7. air

　　My plans are still quite in the air. 我的計(jì)劃還未定案。

　　Radio Beijing is on the air 24 hours a day. 北京電臺(tái)全天24小時(shí)廣播。

　　8. amount

　　There is still quite an amount of prejudice against him. 人們對(duì)他尚有很大的偏見。

　　He has any amount of money. 他的錢不可數(shù)計(jì)。

　　9. amusement

　　He looked at me in amusement. 他很感興趣地望著我。

　　There are plenty of amusements here – cinemas, theatres, concerts, football matches, and so on. 這里有許多娛樂 - 電影院、戲院、音樂會(huì)、足球比賽等。