本书条目按首字母的顺序排列，用首字母加号码的办法，将各条目逐一编号。为便于读者使用，本书除前面列有全部条目的目录外，后面还有出现在条目中的所有单词和短语及其编号的索引。

a/an

abbreviation/acronym/initialism

about/on

above/over

absorption/adsorption

accent/pitch/tone/intonation

accident/mishap

adapt/adopt

admission/admittance

adverse/averse

affect/effect

agnostic/atheist

ago/before

agree to/agree with

ala carte /prix fixe/table d'hete

ale/beer/bass/bitters/porter/.stout/lager

allow/permit

allusiun/illusion

already/all ready

alright/all right

always/all way,

alternate/alternatire

altogether/all together

alumnus/alumna

amaze/surprise

amend/emend

amiable/amicable

amid/amidst/among/amongst

amorai/immoral

ante-/anti

antique/collectible/memorabilia

anxious/eager

appetizer/hors d'oeuvre/antipasto

appraise/apprise

arraignment/indictment/trial

as/like

ass/donkey/burro

assembIageA-ollage

assume/presume

authoritarian/authoritative

avenge /revenge

await/wait for

backwardation/contango

bacterium/virus/microbe/germ/bacillus

bad/badly

band/orchestra/ensemble/combo

bar mitzvah/bat mitzvah

barometer/thermometer/hydrometer/hygrometer

baroque/rococo

barrister/solicitor

base/basis

bear/bull

beloved/loving

beside/besides

best/better

bi/semi

billiards/pool/snooker

billion/milliard

bisect/dissect

bit/byte

Btackshirts/Brownshirts

bloom/blossom/flower

blue-collar/white-collar

bond/debenture/share/stock/security

book value/market value./par value

brandy/cognac

braze/weId/solder

bring/take/fetch

Britain/Great Britain/United Kingdom/commonwealth

buffalo/bison

burgundy/beaujolais/bordeaux/daret/port/sherry

calorie/Calorie

canvaswork/needlepoint/tapestry

cape/headland/isthmus/peninsula/gulf/bay/cove

earat/karat/caret

cardigan/pullover

cardinal/ordinal

carpet/rug

case law/statute law/written law/unwritten law

casting/injection molding/extrusion molding/forging

centipede/millipede

champagne/Asti spumante/sparkling wine

childish/childlike

china/porcelain/ceramics/pottery/earthenware/stoneware

city/town/township/borough/municipality

civil law(system)/criminal law/common law(system)/

international law

classic/dassical

club soda/seltzer

col ise um /Colosseum

college/university

colloquial/informal

colt/filly/foal/pony/mare/stallion/gelding

common/mutual/reciprocal

common stock/ordinary share/preferred stock

preference share/A shares

compare /contrast

compensatory damages/punitive damages/nominal damages/

substantive damages/liquidated damages/unliquidated

damages/general damages/special damages

complex/complicated

complex/complication

compliment /complement

compose/comprise

concave/convex

concertmaster/leader

Confederate States of Anmeriea/U. S. Federal Union

connutat ion /denotat ion

contemptible/contemptuous

continuous/continual/constant

convalescent home/nursing home/old folks' home

convince/persuade/induce

cooperative/condominium

corporation/company/partnership

council/counsel

country/nation/state

crayfis/shrimp/lobsler/krill

criticism/critique/review

crow/raven/rook/jackdaw

crystal/glass

cuckold/wittol

cum laude/magna cum laude/summa cum laude

cyclone/hurricane/tornado/typhoon

cynicism/stoicism

dado/wainscot

data/datum

decide/determine

decry/descry

defective/deficient

definiens/definiendum

delusion/illnsion

demi-/hemi-/semi

depository/repository

depreciate/depreate

descriptive modifier/restrictive modifier

diagnosis /prognosis

dialectal/dialectic/dialectical

dictionary/glossary/iexiconAhesaurus

different from/different to/different than

direct mail/mail order/telemarketing

discover/invent

discreet /discrete

disinterested/uninterested

distinct/distinctive

dock/pier/wharf/jetty/quay/mole

doublet /cognate

druggist/pharmacist/chemist/apothecary

dwarf/midget

economic/economical

edition/printing

educator/educationist

effective/efficient

effeminate/feminine

egoist/egotist

either/both

electric /electrical/ electronic

elevation/plan

elicit/illicit

eligible/illegible

emigrate/ immigrate

enclave/exclave

endemic /epidemic /pandemic

enervate/mnervate

euphemism/euphuism

explain/interpret

extemporaneous/'impromptu

farther/further

faze/phase

fewer/iess

filet/fillet

fish/fishes

flatware/hollowware

flaunt/flout

flotsam/jetsam/iagan

fluid/liquid

forgo/forego

fraternal twin(s)/identical twin(s)

fuse/fuze

game/sport

Gestapo/ss

gibe/jibe

gold/golden

good/well

gourmet /gourmand

gravitation/gravity

gravy/sauce/dressing

green paper/white paper

Greenwich Mean Time/Standard Time/Daylight Saying

Time

guarantee/guaranty/guarantor/warrantee/warrantor/

warranty

gun/rifle

harbor/port

hare/rabbit

harvest moon/hunter's moon

healthy/healthfuI

heart attack/stroke/heart failure

heath/moor

high comedy/low comedy

higher criticism/lower criticism

highlands/the Highlands

lowlands/the Lowlands

homograph/homophone/homonym

hope/wish

hotel/inn/motel

house/home

hung/hanged

-ic/-ous

ice cream/sherbet/sorbet/ice milk

illegal/illicit/illegitimate

imply/infer

incredible/incredulous

indexes /indices

inflammable/nonflammable

informal/slang

ingenious/ingenuous

innocent/not guilty

in vitro/in vivo

irpny/satire

-ise/-ize

jam/preserve/conserve/marmalade

judicial/judicious

leave/iet

lexicography /iexicology /etymology

libel/slander

lie/iay

loathe/loath

locate/situate

luxurious/luxuriant

macro/micro

marriage/matrimony/wedlock/nuptials/wedding

mass/weight

masterful /masterly

material/materiel

may/might

memorize/recite

mem/orize/remember

metaphor/simile

militate/mitigate

monetary/fiscal

monogamy/bigamy/polygamy

monologue/soliloquy

monopsony/duopsony/oligopsony

motor/engine

nauseous/nauseated

neurosis/psychosis

no/not

noisome/noisy

number/numeral

officiat/officious

opera /oratono /operetta

ophthalmologist/optician/optometnst/oculist

-or/-our

overtone /undertone

page/ieaf

parameter/perimeter

parchment /palimpsest /vellum

parentheses/brackets/braces

partly/partially

pate/terrine

pedant/pedagogue

perfume/cologneAoilet water

phylum/class/order/family/genus/species

pitiful/pitiable/piteous

pleasant /pleased

pratical /practicable

practice/praetise

precipitate/precipitous

preface/foreword/introduction

prescribe/proscribe

pressurize/pressure

presumptive /presumptuous

principal/principle

private school/public school

prohlem/question

prophecy/prophesy

proposal /proposition

pseudonym/alias

psychologist/psychiatrist

receive/accept

referee/umpire

refurnish/refurbish/redccorate/renovate

regret/remorse

related/relevant

relation/relative

remember doing/remember to do

repethious/repetitive/repeated

restful/resrfve

rob/steal

salary/wage

salon/saloon

satisfactory/satisfying/satisfied

sensible/sensitive

shadow/shade

shall/will

shelve/table

snake/serpent

soda/soda water/soda pop

South/Deep South

specie/species

speed/velocity

speedometer/mileometer/odometer/tachometer

spurious/specious

steeple/spire

stimulus/stimulant

strategy/tactics/stratagem

stratum/strata

successful/successive

such/like this

sugar/icing sugar/granulated sugar/superfine sugar/

candy

summerhouse/summer house

that/which

this/that

till/until

till/(until)/by

tilKuntil)/to

timidityAemerityAimorousness

tolerance /toleration

tortoise/turtle/rerrapin

tortuous/torturous

toupee/wig/transformation

triumphal/triumphant

typhoid/typhus

upstage/downstage

use/usage

vena/venial

waterproof/water-repellent/water-resistant

whisky/whiskey

who/whom

womanly/womanish

wool/hair

wreak/wreck/wrack

3.省略原词中的几个字母.有时在右上角加省略号（’）表示。

如：etc..（etcetera），don’t（donot）等。

缩写词中间和后面的圆点用或不用均可。

acronym指可以照发音规律读出来的缩写词。如AlDS

（AcquiredImmune，DeficiencySyndrome，获得性免疫缺损

综合症，简称艾滋病），NATO （NorthAtlanticTreaty（）r－

ganization，北大西洋公约组织）等。这种缩写词一般不用圆点。

initialism是近年来新造的词，指任何一种缩写词。

A3

about/on

两词作介词用时，前者含义是“关于”，后者含义是“论”。例如：

we talked about romanticpoets in the 19thcentury.（我们谈论了

19世纪的浪漫诗人。）He wrote an essayonromanticpoetsinthe

19thcentury.（他写了一篇论19世纪浪漫诗人的文章。）所以

about通常意味着一般性和大众化的东西，而on则有学术探讨性

质。例如：

There will be aseries of lectureson marke tmechan is min the

department.（系里将举行一系列有关市场机制问题的讲座。）

She talked about her experienceasafilmactress.（她谈了自

己作为电影演员的经历。）

A4

above/over

这两个词都有“在……上方”（＝higherthan）的含义，而且在

上方的东西与其下面的东西之间，也都可以有一些距离。两词的区

别是over含有垂直上方的意思，above则仅指更高的平面、水平、

等级等。例如，一个人站在一楼的某个房间里，那么我们可以说整

个二楼都是abovehim，而只有他头顶上的那部分二楼是over

him。此外，如果要表示“在上方覆盖”或“在上方越过”的意思，一

般只能用over而不用above，例如：

This plane will fly over the is land at midnight.（这架飞机将

在午夜飞越该岛。）

There wered ark cloud sover the city.（乌云笼罩着城市。）

A5

absorption/adsorption

这两个词的拼法和发音十分接近，容易混淆，应予以注意。

absorption意为“吸收”，指物体把外界的某些物质吸到内部，

并与之融和或化合。例如：

Blotting－paperdriesupwetinkbyabsorption.（吸墨纸把墨水

吸干。）

此外，这个词还有比喻和引申的含义，指“全神贯注”或“合

并”。例如：

The children’sabsorptionin their game was socomplete that

they did not notice the first fewdropsofrain.（孩子们玩得十分

专心致志，竟没有察觉到开始掉雨点了。）

The small farm facedabsorption in to abigone.（这个小农场

面临被大农场兼并的前景。）

adsorption意为“吸附（作用）”，指固体或液体把气体或溶质

吸过来，使之附着在自己表面上，这个词多用于物理、化学专业中。