例句:Trying to make the children eat is a big headache. 要小孩子們吃飯是件頭痛的事.
2. a fraction of 一部分
例句:Only a fraction of what l could give you.我只能給你一小部分.
3. a matter of concern 令人擔憂的問題
例句:Even so,would it not be a matter of concern?可盡管如此,難道這不也是一件令人擔心的事嗎?
4. a series of 一系列,一連串
例句:We're offering a series of drugs known as antibiotics.我們提供一系列抗生素藥品.
5. absent from 不在,缺席
例句:His wartime experiences were inexplicably absent from the diaries. 他的戰時經歷莫名其妙地從日記中缺失了。
6. abundant in 富于,很豐富
例句:But just how did gold come to be so much more abundant in ancient egypt than in neighboring lands?但是埃及的黃金是怎么比鄰近的國家多出許多的?
7. account for 解釋
例句:Yeah. How will you account for her not telling you sooner?那你怎么解釋她為何拖這么久才告訴你?
8. accuse sb. of sth. 控告
例句:He was indicted for the commission of a crime.他因犯罪而被控告。
9. add to 增加(add up to)
例句:Why add to the list?何必再多加這一件呢?
10. after all 畢竟,究竟
例句:After all that I have done for you?在我為你做了這么多之后?
11. agree with 同意
例句:And you agree with them?你也同意他們的說法?
12. ahead of time / schedule 提前
例句:I have gotten my work all done ahead of time today, but I'd feel guilty going home while everybody else is still work.我今天提早工作都做完了,但是別人都還在工作,我不好意思回家。
13. ahead of 在...之前(ahead of time 提前)
例句:They got way ahead of me.他們應該在我的前面。
14. alien to 與...相反
例句:She felt alien to him, unable to fit herself to his need .她覺得和他不投合,覺得自己不能適應他的需要。
15. all at once 突然,同時
例句:Just not all at once though.不過不能一次看完。
16. all but 幾乎;除了...都
例句:Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world. 草藥醫術在西方已經成了一門幾乎絕跡的技藝。
17. all of a sudden 突然
例句:Why so generous all of a sudden?今天怎么突然出了這么多錢?
18. all over again 再一次,重新
例句:Why not wipe the slate clean and start all over again? 為什么不洗心革面、從頭來過呢?