approximately [prksimitli] ad.近似地，大約
[真題例句] During several years of gambling in that casino ,Williams, a state auditor earning $35,000 a year ,lost approximately $175,000.[2006年新題型]
[例句精譯] 威廉姆斯是一名州審計師，每年掙35000美元，但是在娛樂場的`幾年中，大約輸掉了175000美元。
antibacterial [ntibktiril] a.抗菌的;n.抗菌藥
[真題例句] He experimented with antibacterial substances for nine years before he made his discovery.[1994年閱讀5]
[例句精譯] 他(亞歷山大·弗萊明爵士)是對抗菌物質進行了長達9年的實驗纔有了這項發明。
alternatively [ltntvli] ad.作爲選擇，二者擇一地
[真題例句] If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses.[2002年閱讀1]
[例句精譯] 如果你在和一羣經理談話，你就可以評論他們祕書的工作方法紊亂;相反，如果你在和一羣祕書談話，你就可以評論他們老闆的工作方法紊亂。
advertisement [dv:tismnt] n.廣告，做廣告
[真題例句] It lowers the costs of many services: without advertisements your daily newspaper would cost four times as much, the price of your television licence would need to be doubled, and travel by bus or tube would cost 20 per cent more.[1995年閱讀1]
[例句精譯] 它(廣告)降低了多種服務費用，沒有廣告，每天看的報紙價格會上漲四倍，電視收視費會翻番，公共汽車或地鐵票也得提高20%以上。