BookFourLessonElevenacclimatize[(also–ise)(ac=ad-to+climate气候+-ize使成~状态，使~化)v.tobecomeusedtoanewplace,situationortypeofweather（使）习惯（新地方、新情况、新气候）；（使）服水土:Arrivetwodaysearlyinordertoacclimatize.[常用短语]acclimatizeoneselfto…使适应，使习惯:Shewasfineonceshehadacclimatizedherselftothecold.[同类短语]同表“易于，习惯于”的短语：adaptoneselfto…,accustomoneselfto…,adjustoneselfto…,accommodateoneselfto…其中adaptoneselfto…这一短语常用于表达改变现有状况适应新的或其他情况的意思：It’sdifficulttoadaptoneselftosuddenchangesoftemperature.accustomoneselfto…往往含有开始不习惯，后逐渐习惯的意思：Hetriedtoaccustomhishuntingdogtothenoiseofgun.adjustoneselfto…具有强调改变或调整现有状况等以适应某人或新情况的意思：Astronautsinflightmustadjusttoweightlessness.accommodateoneselfto…强调改变已有的事物状况等以适应新的情况或其他事物的意思：Youmustaccommodateyourselftohisneeds.[记忆技巧]n.[U]acclimatization,-isationanatheman.[a–=negative(否定)=not,without][U,C,usuallysing.](formal)sththatiscompletelytheoppositeofwhatyoubelievein诅咒；革出教门；被诅咒者；令人厌恶的人：Racialprejudiceis(an)anathematome.[词形变换]anathematizev.诅咒，谴责aptadj.havinganaturaltendency(todosth)1.suitableorappropriateinthecircumstances恰当的；适当：Thesongshouldhavebeenmoreaptforabassvoice.2.~tobe…,~todosthlikelyorhavinganaturaltendencytodosth易于…，有…倾向：Babiesareapttoputobjectsintotheirmouths.3.~pupil,apersonwhohasanaturalabilitytolearnandunderstand天资聪颖的人[常用短语]beaptto常会……，容易……：Heisapttobecareless.[典型考题]Thewordswereall____andwellchosen.A.suitableB.appropriateC.aptD.fit[试题详解]答案为C。句意：用词非常恰当并经仔细斟酌。apt只从理性而言，某事是恰当的，贴切的，符合客观要求的。suitable和appropriate只适合某种场合、目的情况等这一组词中appropriate的语意最强，fit指资格或能力上适合于做某事，用以表示人：anappropriateexample，适合适宜的例子；bookssuitableforchildren，适合儿童的读物；Wemustdecideafittimeandplaceforthemeeting.表相似意思的词还有becoming等，becoming表示常用的、相似的，日常生活中常来表达服装颜色、款式与人相配，言谈举止符合某人的身份和地位的意思：abecomingspeech.另外，apt,liable,都有易于的意思，但前者表达“可能性”这一观念比较直率，后者含有“遭到的意思”：Thetelephoneisapttoringmoreintheafternoon.Eggsareliabletobreakifnothandledcarefully.[词形变换][OPP]inaptaptlyadv.TheaptlynamedGrandHotel名副其实的大饭店aptnessn.[U]assent[(as-to+sent-tofeel感觉)1.vi.~(tosth)(formal)toagreetoarequest,anideaorasuggestion同意，赞成（要求、想法或建议）：Nobodywouldassenttothetermstheyproposed.2.n.(formal)approvaloragreementfromsomeonewhohasauthority赞成；同意：Thedirectorhasgivenherassenttotheproposal.[常用短语]assentto认可，批准，同意：Theparentshaven’tassenttotheirson’sideatotravelwithclassmatesinthesummerholiday.Balkan[1.n.aninhabitantoftheBalkanPeninsula巴尔干人2.adj.ofordenotingorrelatingtotheBalkancountriesortheirinhabitantsortheBalkanPeninsulaortheBalkanMountains巴尔干半岛各国的；巴尔干人的；巴尔干半岛各国人的；巴尔干山脉的[theBalkans]巴尔干诸国barbarism[(–ism主义，学说，特性，可表抽象名词)1.n.[U](written)aninstance,act,traitorcustomcharacterizedbybrutalityorcoarseness野蛮；未开化；原始2.cruelorviolentbehavior暴虐，残暴的行为：thebarbarismofthewar[...
