SAT1考试的词汇经典,音标版让同学们更方便

archaic [ɑ:'keiik] ADJ. /过时的/antiquated. "Methinks," "thee," and "thou" are

archaic words that are no longer part of our normal vocabulary.

archetype ['ɑ:kitaip] N. /原形/prototype; primitive pattern. The Brooklyn Bridge

was the archetype of the many spans that now connect Manhattan with Long Island and New Jersey.

archipelago [,ɑ:ki'pel ɡ u] N. /群岛/group of closely located islands. When

Gauguin looked at the map and saw the archipelagoes in the South Seas, he longed to visit them.

archives ['a:kaivz] N. /档案；档案馆/public records; place where public

records are kept. These documents should be part of the archives so that historians may be able to evaluate them in the future.

ardent ['ɑ:d nt] ADJ. /激烈的；热心肠的；有激情的/intense; passionate;

zealous. Katya's ardor was contagious; soon all her fellow demonstrators were busily making posters and handing out flyers, inspired by her ardent enthusiasm for the cause. ardor, N.

arduous ['ɑ:dju s] ADJ. /努力；奋发/hard; strenuous. Her arduous efforts had

sapped her energy.

aria ['ɑ:ri ] N. /清唱剧/operatic solo. At her Metropolitan Opera audition,

Marian Anderson sang an aria from Norma.

arid ['ærid] ADJ. /荒芜的/dry; barren. The cactus has adapted to survive

in an arid environment.

aristocracy [,æri'st kr si] N. /贵族/hereditary nobility; privileged class.

Americans have mixed feelings about hereditary aristocracy. we say all men are created equal, but we describe particularly outstanding people as natural aristocrats.

armada [ɑ:'mɑ:d ] N. /舰队/fleet of warships. Queen Elizabeth's navy

defeated the mighty armada that threatened the English coast.

aromatic [,ær u'mætik] ADJ. /芬芳的/fragrant. Medieval sailing vessels