absolute  

 【考法1】adj.  專制的： unconstrained by constitutional or other provisions

 【例】absolute ruler  專制的統治者

 【近】arbitrary, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, monocratic, tyrannical

 【考法 2】adj.  無限的： unqualified in extent or degree; total

 【例】absolute silence       鴉雀無聲

 【近】complete, utter, deadly, downright, out-and-out

 【反】qualified     有限的，有保留的

 【考法3】adj.  完美的、純淨不摻雜的：free from imperfection free or relatively; free from mixture

 【例】absolute alcohol       無水酒精（純酒精）

 【近】plain, refined, unadulterated, unalloyed, undiluted, unmixed

 【反】adulterated, alloyed, diluted, impure, mixed     摻雜的，不純的

 【考法4】adj.  不容置疑的，確鑿的： positive, unquestionable

 【例】absolute proof 確鑿的證據

 【近】clear, deciding, decisive, definitive

 【反】inconclusive, indecisive, unclear 不明確的

absolve 

【考法1】v.  使無罪，解除責任：to set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt, exculpate

 【例】absolve somebody from blame         使某人免受責備

 【近】acquit, exonerate, vindicate

 【反】blame, criminate, incriminate       定罪

abstain  

 【考法1】v.       自我克制，主動戒絕：to refrain from something by one’s own choice

 【例】abstain from smoking/voting         戒煙，棄權

 【近】forgo, keep from, refrain from, withhold (from)

 【反】bow to, give in to, submit to, succumb to, surrender to, yield to  屈服於

abstemious   

 【考法1】adj.       （吃喝等）有節制的，節儉的：marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or

alcohol, sparring
 【例】an abstemious diet有節制的飲食， abstemious meals  節儉的晚餐

 【近】continent, temperate, self-abnegating, self-denying