addicted
英 [əˈdɪktɪd] 美 [əˈdɪktɪd]
上瘾、成瘾、有瘾；入迷
- Many of the women are addicted to heroin and cocaine.
这些女人中很多人都吸食海洛因和可卡因成瘾了。 - I went through about four years of being addicted to video games.
我大约有4年时间沉迷在电子游戏中。
adequate
英 [ˈædɪkwət] 美 [ˈædɪkwət]
足够的、合格的、合乎需要的
- Have we got adequate food for 20 guests?
我们的食物够招待20位客人吗？ - I didn't have adequate time to prepare.
我没有充足的时间来准备。 - It's not a big salary but it's adequate for our needs.
工资虽不优厚，但足以满足我们的需要了。 - The council's provision for the elderly is barely adequate (= is not enough).
市政会给老年人提供的保障不足。 - Will future oil supplies be adequate to meet world needs?
未来的石油供应能满足世界的需要吗？
adjacent
英 [əˈdʒeɪsnt] 美 [əˈdʒeɪsnt]
（指地区、建筑、房间等）与…毗连的、邻近的
- They work in adjacent buildings.
他们在相邻的两座楼里工作。 - They lived in a house adjacent to the railway.
他们家住在铁路旁边。
adapt
英 [əˈdæpt] 美 [əˈdæpt]
使适应、使适合（新用途、新情况）；适应（新情况）；改编、改写
- Many software companies have adapted popular programs to the new operating system.
许多软件公司已经改编了常用的程序以适应新的操作系统。 - The recipe here is a pork roast adapted from Caroline O'Neill's book "Louisiana Kitchen".
这道菜是根据卡罗琳•奥尼尔《路易斯安那厨房》一书中烤猪肉的做法改进而来的。 - We had to adapt our plans to fit Jack's timetable.
我们不得不改变我们的计划来适应杰克的时间安排。 - The play had been adapted for (= changed to make it suitable for) children.
这个剧本已被改编成儿童剧。 - Davies is busy adapting Brinkworth's latest novel for television.
戴维斯正忙着把布尔克沃斯的最新小说改编成电视剧。
advent
英 [ˈædvent] 美 [ˈædvent]
（重要事件、人物、发明等的）出现、到来；[Advent]将临节、基督降临节（圣诞节前的四个星期）
- Life was transformed by the advent of the steam engine.
蒸汽机的出现使人类生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。 - Deptford had come alive with the advent of the new priest at St Paul's.
圣保罗教堂新牧师的到来使德特福德变得生机勃勃。
