读故事，记忆其中的词汇。（摘自李俊的记忆超人）

 

1、A story about an abbess 一个女修道院院长的故事

 

Once upon a time, there was an abbess in a small abbey. She was very kind, but one day she was abetted by an abject abbot. He abducted her abed! After several months, her abdomen grew high, which abashed her very much and abased her to some degree. She abjured the abhorrent relationship. The abbot was taken aback and could not abide her abeyance. So she decided to abdicate. She gave a simple ablution and left the abbey with tears ablaze in her eyes. The pain in her heart abated. She abhorred her baby so much that she abandoned her in the abbey. That day when she left, she only brought with her a lovely abacus, which had the abbreviation of her name.

 

很久以前，一个小修道院里有一个女修道院院长。她人很好。但有一天她被一个卑鄙的男修道院院长教唆，诱拐她上了床。几个月后，她的腹部鼓了起来，这使她非常羞愧，也在一定程度上使她降低了身份。她发誓断绝这种令人憎恶的关系。男修道院院长很吃惊并且不能忍受她的终止。于是她决定退位。她进行了一个简单的仪式，然后眼里含着闪耀的泪花离开了修道院。她心中的疼痛减少了。她憎恶她的婴儿，于是她将其遗弃在修道院。走的那天，她只带走了她心爱的算盘。算盘上有她名字的缩写。

 

 

 

 

 

aback  adv.意外地、吃惊地，向后  be taken aback 突遇逆风、吓了一跳

 

abacus  n. 算盘

 

abandon  vt. 离弃, 丢弃 

We will never abandon our principles. 我们应该坚持原则。

 

abase  vt.使谦卑, 使感到羞耻使降低(地位、身份等)

The president is not willing to abase himself before the nation.

总统不愿在全国人民面前降低自己的威信。

 

abash  vt.使羞愧, 使局促, 使窘迫 

Your kindness quite abashed me. 你的好意使我十分不安。

 

abate  vt. & vi. 减少, 减轻, 减退; 消除

The storm began to abate slightly. 风暴开始稍有所减弱。

 

abbess  n. 女修道院院长,女庵主持

 

abbey  n.修道院

 

abbot  n. 男修道院院长,神父，方丈，主持

 

abbreviate  vt.缩略

The name Susan is often abbreviated to Sue. 人名Susan经常被缩写为Sue。

 

abdicate  vt. 放弃(职责、权力等)

He abdicated all responsibility for the care of the child.

他放弃了抚养孩子的全部责任。

 

abdomen  n. 腹部  abdominal  adj. 腹部的

The nurse tapped the patient's abdomen. 护士给病人放出腹水。

 

abduct  vt.劫持; 诱拐

The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten.

那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

 

abed  adv. 在床上,卧病在床

 

abet  vt.教唆(犯罪)

He abetted the thief in robbing the bank.

他教唆那个贼去抢劫银行。

 

abeyance  n.中止 暂搁

The rule has been in abeyance since 1980.

这一规定自1980年起失效。

 

abhor  vt.憎恶, 厌恶, 讨厌  abhorrent  adj.可恶的, 讨厌的不相容的

They abhor all forms of discrimination on the basis of race or sex.

他们憎恶种族和性别上的歧视。

 

abide vt. 容忍, 忍受

How can you abide such a person? 你怎么能屈从于这样的人?

 

abject adj. (指境况)凄惨的，绝望的 （人或行为）卑鄙的

This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.

这一政策最后以惨败而告终。

 

abjure  v. 发誓放弃,避免,公开放弃

 

ablaze adj. 着火; 燃烧  明亮; 灿烂

The wooden house was soon ablaze. 那幢木头房子很快就烧起来了。

The palace was ablaze with lights.那座宫殿灯火辉煌。

 

ablution n. 净身礼, 洗手礼, 洗身, 沐浴

He is performing his ablutions. 他在行净身礼。