absorb
v [T] 忍耐;忍受：
During the same period, families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement income.
[2007 Text 3]与此同时，家庭成员的退休收入也要承担更多风险。
【常见义】v [T]吸收;吸进
act
n [C] 行为;举动：
This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one.
[2007 Text 1]这次实验的成功，加上后来那些表明记忆力不是由遗传决定的实验，使埃里克森得出结论：记忆行为与其说是一种直觉活动，不如说是一种认知活动。
Instead, the studies ended up giving their name to the “Hawthorne effect”, the
extremely influential idea that the very act of being experimented upon changes subjects‟ behavior.
[2010 Section I]出人意料的是，人们最终以将这些研究的结果命名了为“霍桑效应”——一种极具影响力的观点，认为仅仅成为实验对象这一举动就足以使受试者的行为发生改变。Only a
decade earlier, such an act would have required legislative approval in Virginia. [2008 Text 4] 而仅仅在那之前的十年，这样的行为在弗吉尼亚还需要得到立法机构的批准。
n [C](立法机构所立的)法案，法令：
The only major objection came from Justice Antonin Scalia, who offered an even more robust defense of state privileges going back to the Alien and Sedition Acts. [2013 Text 4]唯一主要的反对来自大法官安东宁·斯卡利亚，他为州特权提供了更加强有力的辩护，这些州特权可回溯到《外国人与煽动叛乱法》这一法案。
【常见义】v [I, T]扮演
v [I]行动
address
v [T] (尤指正式地)向(某人或听众)讲话：
Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.
[2002 Text 1]因此，谈话对象不同，所谈的问题也不同。
v [T] 提出;提交(口头或书面的报告)以引起„„的注意：
Regrettably, however, the report‟s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.
[2014 Text 4] 然而，令人遗憾的是，该报告未能指出文科教育面临的危机的实质，故其带来的弊大于利。
v [T] 应对;处理：
Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are comprehensive programs that address the many needs of the homeless. [2006 Section I]《波士顿环球报》的记者克里斯·里迪指出，只有通过综合规划来满足无家可归者的各种需求，情况才能够得到改善。
【常见义】n [C]住址;地址
agent
n [C] 原动力;动因：
Since much of the variation is due to genes, one more agent; of evolution has gone. [2000 Passage 2]由于大部分的变异是由基因引起的，所以又一个影响进化的因素消失了。
【常见义】n [C]代理人，经纪人
air
n [C] 气质，风度：
Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert‟s appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him.”
[2011 Text 1] 甚至在《纽约时报》上发表文章支持任命吉尔伯特的托马西尼，都称其为“一位谦逊的音乐家， 在他身上没有指挥家那种令人望而生畏的神态”。
【常见义】n [U]空气
anchor
n [C] 主持人;主播：
Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling, smiling. [2006 Text 4]快餐食客们、新闻主播们以及发送短信息者，都在微笑，微笑，微笑。
【常见义】n [C]锚
answer
n [sing] (地位、作用等方面的)对应物;相当的人：
The press called her Britain‟s answer to Marilyn Monroe.
[2013 Text 1] 新闻界称她为英国的玛丽莲·梦露。
Overdressed is the fashion world‟s answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan‟s The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
[2013 Text 1] 迈克尔·波伦的《杂食者的困境》一书是维护消费者权益的畅销书，而《过度时装消费》则相当于时尚界的《杂食者的困境》。
【常见义】n [C]回答
v [I, T] 回答