vt.憎惡，厭惡，討厭

They abhor all forms of discrimination on the basis of race or sex. 她們?cè)鲪悍N族和性別上的歧視。

abate

vt. & vi.減少，減輕，減退；消除

The storm began to abate slightly. 風(fēng)暴開(kāi)始稍有所減弱。

adjacent

adj. 鄰近的

These young students lives in adjacent rooms. 這些年輕的學(xué)生住在毗連的房間里。

admonish

vt.勸告，訓(xùn)誡

The teacher admonished the boys for being lazy. 老師告誡學(xué)生不要偷懶。

advent

n.出現(xiàn)，到來(lái)

Since the advent of atomic power, there have been great changes in industry. 自從原子能問(wèn)世以來(lái)，工業(yè)領(lǐng)域起了很大變化。