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In addition to all of the above, she won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980.
   除上述外,她還在一九八○年獲得普立茲獎。

He decided to abridge his stay here after he received a letter from home.
   他接到家信後決定縮短在這裡的逗留時間。

The news spread abroad that a new factory was going to be built in the county.
   將在該縣興建一家新工廠的消息傳開了。

She spoke with the abruptness of a person whose feelings had gotten the better of her.
   她不能自己地、不連貫地講著。

as absorbent as a sponge
   像海綿一樣能吸水

He has a bellyful of absorbing tales.
   他有一肚子好聽的故事。

You explain things in a way that is too abstract for me.
   你如此解釋事物對我來說太深奧了。

After the abstraction of the juice from the orange, only a tasteless pulp was left.
   柳橙裡的汁去掉後,只剩下不可口的肉了。

He wore a look of abstraction.
   他看上去出了神。

She greeted me with a stream of abuse.
   她一見我就吐出一連串的污言穢語。

Professor Watson is leaving the academic world to take a job in industry.
   華森教授將要離開學術界到工業界去工作。

Judging by her accent, she must be a Southerner.
   從她的口音判斷,她準是南方人。

Only a few people have access to the full facts of the case.
   只有少數幾個人能看到有關該案全部事實的材料。

accession to a request
   對某一請求的同意

A radio is an accessory to a car.
   收音機是汽車的附件。

The discovery was a happy accident.
   這一發現出人意料,令人高興。

The bank will accommodate him with a loan.
   銀行將向他提供一筆貸款。

She sang to a piano accompaniment.
   她在鋼琴伴奏下演唱。

That class increased her accomplishments as a pianist.
   那個培訓班增長了她作為鋼琴師的技藝。

He was accorded a warm welcome at the airport.
   他在機場受到熱烈歡迎。