LEARNING CORNER

1) ablaze--adv. in flames.
着火
闪耀
兴奋;激昂

2) ablutions--n. washing (face/hands,etc)
[宗教]沐浴(仪式),洗手(仪式)
洗礼仪式用的水
沐浴,洗澡

3) abode--n. home; of no fixed abode= with no permanent address.
past tense of abide
[书面语,文学用语]住所,住处
(ex) The suspect is a person of no fixed abode.

4) abolish-v. to cancel/ to remove.
废除
abolition--n. act of abolishing.
废除;消灭
(ex) We all hope for the abolition of war.
abolitionist--n. person who is in favour of abolition(especially of slavery/ capital punishment).
废除主义者

5) abominable--adj. horrible/disgusting; the abominable snowman=yeti
可恶的
糟透的,恶劣的
(ex) Murder is the most abominable crime.
abominably--adj. in a horrible way.
可恶地
极坏地
abominate--v. to dislike intensely.
厌恶
不喜欢
abomination--n. unpleasant/nasty thing.
令人厌恶的事情
(ex) Their abomination of violence was obvious.

6) aborigine--n. member of a race which was living in a country before the country was colonized; original inhabitant.
土着居民
aboriginal--adj. referring to aborigines.
原始的;土着的
(ex) aboriginal forest
(ex) an aboriginal language

7) abortion--n. (deliberate) miscarriage of an unborn child.
流产,墮胎
(ex) Abortion is illegal in some states.
abort--v. to cause an abortion to (s.o.), to stop (a project) taking place
流产
(计划等)失败
abortionist, n. person who carries out an illegal abortion.
施墮胎术者
abortive-- adj. (plan) which fails.
失败的
流产的
墮胎药