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abominate

v. 厭惡,痛恨

v.【口】不喜歡 [to dislike strongly.]

  ex.She abominates cats.

ab-omen-ate

凶兆三兄弟 (more detail see p.366)

omen    n/v.  ex.an omen of defeat

bode      v.    ex.This bodes us no good.

portend   v.   ex.What do these strange events portend?

abominate <> esteem  
憎惡 <> 尊敬

aboveboard

above-board

adj/adv.率直地;光明正大地;公開地

  ex.Their actions are open and aboveboard.

abrade

ab(away)-rade

v.擦傷;磨損 [to wear off or down by scraping or rubbing.]

字源： L abrādere, equiv. to ab-  ab- + rādere to scrape

rad = scrape

eraser n.橡皮擦

abrasion

n.擦傷

n.磨損;磨耗

n.【地】磨蝕

abrasive

adj. 有研磨作用的;有磨蝕作用的

adj. 傷人感情的,惱人的 [tending to abrade; causing abrasion; abrading.]

  ex.an abrasive personality.

-ive
 
a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition, function, connection, etc.: active; corrective; destructive; detective; passive; sportive.

abreast

adv.並列,並排

  ex. two people walk abreast. 

breast = 胸

keep abreast of current affairs

abrogate

ab-rog-ate

v.廢除 [ to cancel ]

  ex.to abrogate a law.

  字源： Latin abrogare, from ab- off + rogare ask, ask for approval of (a law) 

  ps. inter-rog-ate v.審問

abscission

ab-sciss-ion

n. 切斷,除去 [Botany. the normal separation of flowers, fruit, and leaves from plants.]

   note: abscission 主要出現在植物學。

sciss = cut

scissor n.剪刀

（反）abscission <> process of grafting   切斷 <> 嫁接

abscond

v.(為躲避罪責、債務等)潛逃;逃亡 [to depart in a sudden and secret manner, esp. to avoid capture and legal prosecution]

  ex.The cashier absconded with the money.

  字源：" fromab(s)- "away" + condere "put together, store," from com- "together" + dere "put," from PIE *dhe- "to put, place, make" (see factitious).

  The notion is of "to hide oneself," esp. to escape debt or the law.

  re-cond-ite adj.深奧的