1、adhere to 粘附; 堅(jiān)持, 遵循

　　同義替換：abide by, conform. to, comply with, cling to, insist on, pe rsist in, observe, opinion, belief

　　adhere 原始涵義：

　　vi.黏附, 附著 The two surfaces adhered, and we couldn't get them apart. 這兩個(gè)表面粘著, 我們無法將它們分開。

　　堅(jiān)持, 支持 He resolutely adhered to what he had said at the meeting. 他堅(jiān)持他在會(huì)上所說的話。

　　2、adjacent 毗鄰的, 臨近的

　　同義替換：next to, close to

　　adjacent 原始涵義：

　　adj.與…毗連的;鄰近的 We work in adjacent rooms. 我們?cè)谂彽姆块g里工作。

　　3、adjust..(to) 調(diào)節(jié); 適應(yīng);

　　同義替換：change slightly

　　adjust原始涵義：

　　vt. & vi.(改變…以)適應(yīng); 調(diào)整; 校正 The man adjusted very precisely.那個(gè)人調(diào)得很準(zhǔn)。

　　4、admit of …的可能，留有…的余地.

　　同義替換：be capable of, leave room for

　　admit原始涵義：

　　vt. & vi.許可進(jìn)入 This ticket admits two persons. 這張票可讓兩人進(jìn)場(chǎng)。

　　承認(rèn), 供認(rèn) She admitted having done wrong. 她承認(rèn)自己做錯(cuò)了。

　　vt.允許，讓…得到，讓…享有 He was admitted into their fullest confidence. 他獲得了他們的充分信任。

　　vi.(門)開向，通往(一地)(to) The gate admits to the yard. 這道門通向院子。

　　容許，容許有，容得;留有余地，給予機(jī)會(huì)(of) The regulations admit of no exception. 規(guī)章不容破例。

　　造句：His statement admits of one interpretation only. 他的話只有一種解釋。

　　5、in advance 預(yù)告, 事先

　　同義替換：before in time

　　advance原始涵義：

　　vt. & vi.(使)前進(jìn), (使)發(fā)展; 促進(jìn) I signed to him to keep away, but he continued to advance. 我示意他離開, 但他還是繼續(xù)往前走。

　　提高, 提升 Prices are advancing. 各種物價(jià)都在上漲。

　　vt.提出 He advanced many reasonable proposals. 他提出了許多合理化建議。

　　提前 They advanced the time of the meeting. 他們把會(huì)議時(shí)間提前了。

　　預(yù)付, 貸(款項(xiàng)等) I advanced 200 pounds more on these books. 這些書我又多預(yù)付了200英鎊。

　　把(鐘、表等)撥快 Clocks must be advanced one hour. 鐘表必須撥快一小時(shí)。

　　(尤指憑抵押品)貸(款);借(錢) The banks often advance money to farmers for seed and fertilizer. 銀行通常貸款給農(nóng)民購買種子和化肥。

　　n.前進(jìn), 發(fā)展, 改進(jìn), 進(jìn)步 Nothing could stop the advance of the soldiers. 什么也無法阻擋戰(zhàn)士們的前進(jìn)步伐。

　　增長, 提高 There has been no advance in the price of rice for many years. 許多年來米價(jià)一直沒有上漲。

　　借款, 預(yù)付款, 貸款 The factory gave me an advance so that I could get my necessities. 工廠先付錢給我, 便于我買一些必需品。

　　adj.預(yù)先的, 在前的 We sent out an advance party of soldiers. 我們派出一支先頭部隊(duì)。

　　預(yù)先做好的; 預(yù)先供給的 They have got advance information of the storm's approach. 他們事前已得到將有暴風(fēng)雨的消息。

　　vi.(在錦標(biāo)賽中)獲勝后進(jìn)入下一輪比賽 He advanced into the second round. 他獲勝進(jìn)入第二輪比賽。

　　造句：It's a very popular play, and it would be wise to book seats well in advance. 這是部很受歡迎的戲劇，提前定好座位是明智的。