② (向某方面)努力 She's aiming at ( trying to win) a scholarship.

　　③ 针对某人 My words were not aimed at you.

　　50.alike adj.相像，十分相似 We are alike in many ways.

　　adv.相似的，相同的 They tried to treat their children alike.

　　51.alive a.活着的，存在的 catch …alive 活捉 keep…alivebe alive with= be full of

　　The lake was alive with fish. Who is the greatest man alive.(后置定语)

　　52.allow v 准许，允许 allow doing/ sb to do

　　allow for 把 考虑进去Has everything been allowed for in your plan?

　　53.almost adv几乎，差不多

　　Almost no one/nobody came to the party.There was almost no snow that winter.

　　54.alone adj/adv 单独的 孤独的

　　1) 形容词She is alone at home.(她独自一人在家。)

　　2) 副词I like to work alone.(我喜欢独自一人工作。)

　　3) “只有，仅仅”， The shoes alone cost $200.※ let /leave sb /sth alone 别打扰

　　let alone 更不用说

　　★ lonely

　　1) 定语， “孤单的，无伴侣的，无人烟的，荒凉的，偏僻的” a lonely man / island.

　　2) 表语，“孤寂的，寂寞的” feel lonely ※ He lives alone but he doesn’t feel lonely.

　　55.aloud ad.大声地 read aloud/ think aloud

　　56.amaze vt.使惊奇，惊叹;震惊

　　What amazes me is how long she managed to hide it from us.

　　It amazed me that he could be so calm at such a time.

　　amazed adj.惊奇的，惊讶的 amazing adj.令人惊奇的，惊叹的;震惊的

　　I’ m ___ that you have never heard of the Rolling Stones.

　　It’s ____ how often you see drivers using mobile phones.

　　57.amount n.数额(尤指数量，大小等) a large amount of +u/n

　　large amounts of +u/n v.(数量，意义等) 等同，相当于 amount to

　　1) (数量上)达到，总计

　　Time lost through illness amounts to 1,357 working days.因疾病而损失的时间总共为

　　2)等于，意味着

　　Ultimately, their ideas amount to the same thing. 归根结底，他们想的都是一回事。

　　58.amuse vt.使快乐，逗乐amuse sb.使…高兴 The funny drawings amused the kids.

　　be amused by/at/ with 被…逗乐 amuse oneself 自娱自乐

　　The boys amused themselves by drawing. amusement n.to one’s amusement

　　59.amusement n.1) 娱乐,乐趣 to one’s amusement 让某人发笑

　　They were dancing and singing in the car, much to the amusement of passers-by.

　　他们在车里跳舞，唱歌，让路人感到十分有趣。

　　2) 娱乐活动，消遣活动 amusementsamuse vt. amuse sb/ oneself 使开心，逗笑

　　amused / amusing adj. an amused smile / look/ expression 愉快的微笑/ 神情/ 表情

　　an amusing story/ film 有趣的，好笑的，逗人发笑的故事/ 电影

　　60.angry adj 生气的，愤怒的 (angrily /angrier )

　　be angry at (about) 因为…而生气 be angry with sb 生某人的气

　　61.announce vt.宣布，宣告，公布

　　announce a decision / plan/ intention announce sth to sbannounce that

　　At the end of the meeting , it was announced that an agreement had been reached.

　　make an announcement

　　62.announcement n.通告，通知

　　63.annoy vt.(使)烦恼 be annoyed with sb.for (at) sth.

　　What annoyed him most was that he had received no apology.

　　annoyed adj.略感烦恼(生气)的annoying adj.讨厌的，令人烦恼的

　　It’s _____that we didn’t know about this before.令人恼火的事，我们事先并不知道这一切

　　Mr Davies was ____that the books were missing.戴维斯先生生气了，因为那些书不见了。

　　64.answer n. the answer to the question v. answer a question/the door/the phone;

　　answer for 对… 负责 You will have to answer for your wrong doing one day.

　　65.anxiety n.忧虑，焦急，担心

　　anxious adj.焦虑的，不安的;担心的 be anxious about sth for sb

　　渴望的，急切的 be anxious to do sth

　　67.apologize n.道歉，歉意 apology n.