20、affect(v.)effect(n.)influence(v&n)影響 effort 努力

have an effect/influence on 對…有影響

make an effort to do 或 make efforts to do

The latest discovery in gene will have a great effect on the health of human beings.

They made great efforts to find a new cure to lung cancer.

21、afford(to do)sth買/花/用/支付得起

It's hard to imagine how he can afford(to buy)a house on his small salary.

22、be afraid of 擔心，害怕

23、at the age of

24、agree with 同意

agree on 同意(雙方就…達成一致)

agree to 同意(上級，父母對下級，晚輩允許…)

The two countries have agreed on the date for next talk.

My parents don't agree to my staying outside overnight.

25、ahead of time 提前

We finished our assignment ahead of time.

26、by air=by plane by sea= by ship by bus/train on foot

27、after all 畢竟 above all 首先(not…)at all一點(也不)all over

28、allow/permit…to do… 允許…做…

29、although/though but 連詞不能同時用在句子中。

As 連詞倒裝句

in spite of/despite 介詞不連接句子

Although he was seriously ill，he went on with the experiment.

Young as he is，he has already learned three foreign languages：English，F(xiàn)rench and Japanese.

Although he is young，he has already learned three foreign languages：English，F(xiàn)rench and Japanese.

In spite of/despite his illness，he went on with his experiment.

30、be angry with sth; be angry at sth

31、apart from=besides除了…之外，還有…

=except 除了…

No one knows what happened except mr. Smith.

He has a large collection of books besides CDs.

32、apply(for申請)應用

He has successfully applied for a position(職位)in the company.

33、appreciate 欣賞

感激(加動名詞doing)

I really appreciate your coming to the party.類似動詞有：

enjoy，mind介意，avoid避免，escape逃避，can't help禁不住，risk冒險，need=want需要

insist on 堅持

My hair needs cutting.

34、approve 贊成，批準

35、argue with sth 與…爭論

36、arise;from rise arouse raise

New problems will arise as the old ones have been solved.(出現(xiàn))

Are there any things arising from last meeting?(源于)

His speech aroused little interest among the students.(引起，激起)

The company has raised the prices of its products.(提高)

The prices of goods rose day by day during the Spring Festival.(上升)

37、Artificial人工的，假的 flowers

38、as for 至于 as to 關于，至于 as if/though 似乎，好象