anathema     /ǝˈnæθǝmǝ/

n.【宗】(天主教的)革出教門;詛咒

n.被詛咒者;令人厭惡者 [a person or thing detested or loathed: That subject is anathema to him.]

anathema 記: ana(錯誤)-them-a

anthem n.國歌聖歌

anatomical    /ˌænǝˈtɑmɪkḷ/

adj.解剖學上的;解剖的

  note: anatomy n.解剖

ancestor    /ˈænsɛstɚ/

an(ante)-ces(走)-tor

n.祖宗,祖先

n.原型;先驅 [an object, idea, style, or occurrence serving as a prototype]

   note: 1297, from O.Fr. ancestre, from L.L. antecessor "predecessor," lit. "foregoer," agent noun from L. antecess-, stem of antecedere "precede," agent noun from ante- "before" (see ante) + cedere "to go" (see cede).

ancestry    /ˈænsɛstrɪ/

n. 家系 [family or ancestral descent; lineage.]

n.(總稱)祖先,列祖列宗

anchor    /ˈæŋkɚ/

n.錨;錨狀物

n.賴以支撐的人(或物),靠山

n.(電臺或電視臺)新聞節目主播

v.拋錨使(船)停泊 or 主持(廣播節目等)

ancillary    /ˈænsǝˌlɛrɪ/

adj.補助的;輔助的 = auxiliary

    ex. an ancillary pump

adj.次要的  subordinate, secondary

   ex.ancillary functions

anecdote    /ˈænɪkˌdot/

n.軼事,趣聞

音: 愛逗你

anemia    /ǝˈnimɪǝ/

a(no)-nem(血)-ia(病)

n.【醫】貧血(症)

anesthetic    /ˌænǝsˈθɛtɪk/

an(no)-esthet(feeling)-ic

n.麻醉劑

adj.麻醉的

anguish    /ˈæŋɡwɪʃ/

記: anger-ish

n.極度的痛苦

  ex. the anguish of grief.

v.使極度痛苦

   ex. The loss of her son anguished her deeply.
   失去了兒子使她深深陷於痛苦之中。

c.1220, "acute bodily or mental suffering," from O.Fr. anguisse "choking sensation," from L. angustia "tightness, distress," from ang(u)ere "to throttle, torment" (see anger).

angular    /ˈæŋɡjǝlɚ/

angle(角)-ar

adj.有角的;有尖角的

adj.消瘦的,瘦骨嶙峋的