align  

 【考法1】vt.  排成一行：to bring into line or alignment

 【例】align the cars with the curb    使車與路緣對齊

 【反】askew, awry, warped        歪斜的

aloft 

 【考法1】adv.  在空中：in the air especially : in flight (as in an airplane)

 【例】The balloon stayed aloft for days   氣球在空中停留了很多天。

 【近】overhead

 【反】grounded     著陸地

aloof 

 【考法1】adj.  孤高的，不合群的：removed or distant either physically or emotionally

 【例】an aloof church  一座孤零零的教堂； stood apart with aloof dignity            帶著超然的尊嚴站在一旁

 【近】detached, offish, unsociable, withdrawn, standoffish

 【反】sociable  好社交的

altruism 

 【考法1】n.  利他主義：unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others

 【例】Ambition that is masked as altruism.   在利他主義掩蓋下的野心。

 【反】egoism 利己主義

 【派】altruistic   adj.利他的

 【反】egotistic, self-centered, self-concerned, selfish 自私的

amalgamate 

 【考法1】v.  合併，混合：to combine into a unified or integrated whole; unite

 【例】to amalgamate with an American company  與一家美國公司合併

 【近】mix, fuse, intermix, compound, meld, comingle, integrate, intermingle

 【反】separate, isolate 分開，隔離

ambiguous 

 【考法1】adj.有多種理解方式的；不確定的：open to more than one interpretation ；doubtful or uncertain

 【例】Students have ambiguous feelings about their role in the world.  學生們為他們在世界中的角色感到迷茫。

Frustrated by ambiguous instructions 因為不明確的指示而受挫

 【近】doubtful, equivocal, unclear, uncertain

 【反】distinct, pellucid, patent, blatant, explicit, lucid, perspicuous  清楚的，明顯的

amble

 【考法1】vi. / n.  漫步，閒逛：to walk slowly or leisurely; stroll

 【例】Every evening, they ambled along the bank.  他們每晚沿河邊散步。