agency★

　　构词ag做，代理做+ency表机构或状态→代理机构

　　n.business or place of business providing a service 经销; 代理; 经销处; 代理处

　　真题连线2003 Text 1

　　Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. 司特雷福公司的简报听上去不像华盛顿当局的常规公文，在那儿，政府机构出言谨慎，以防出错。

　　agenda★

　　构词ag做，代理做+enda表示复数名词→做的事情→议程

　　n.1.sth discussed at a meeting 议事单; 议程表

　　2.a list or program of things to be done or considered议事日程

　　真题连线2006 Text 4

　　And since these messages have an agenda——to lure us to open our wallets to make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable. 由于这样的信息都有一项任务——即从我们的口袋里撬走钱包——所以它们使“幸福”的概念本身显得虚假。

　　agent★

　　构词ag做，代理做+ent表人或物→做的人→代理人

　　n.1.one empowered to act for or represent another代理人;代理商

　　2.a means by which sth is done or caused中介;动因;手段

　　真题连线2004 Text 1

　　Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. 有了搜索代理，就没那么多必要反复访问资料库了。

　　aggressive★

　　构词ag表强调+gress行走+ive形容词后缀→侵略性的

　　a.apt or ready to attack; offensive; quarrelsome侵略的, 好攻击的, 攻击性的

　　真题连线2004 Text5

　　Physicians—frustrated by their inability to cure the disease and fearing loss of hope in the patient - too often offer aggressive treatment far beyond what is scientifically justified. 医生由于不能治愈疾病，同时又担心病人失去希望，常常采用极端大胆的治疗方法，这些方法远远超出了科学能够认同的界限。

　　agony★

　　构词agon痛苦+y名词后缀→痛苦

　　n.the suffering of intense physical or mental pain痛苦

　　链接agonize v.感到苦恼

　　真题连线2002 Text 4

　　On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying. 另一方面，许多医疗界人士承认，致使医助自杀这场争论升温的部分原因是由于病人们的绝望情绪，对这些病人来说，现代医学延长了临终前肉体的痛苦。

　　agricultural★

　　构词agri田地，农业+culture培养+al形容词后缀→农业的

　　a.农业的, 耕种的, 农学(上)的

　　真题连线2000 Cloze Test

　　He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance against--the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to replace old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to feed the soil. 他必须储存大量谷物。而不是立即将之消费殆尽,惟有使粮食赢余，他才能继续养活自己及家人。他可将盈余用于以下三个方面：作为耕播的种子;应付难以预料的坏天气的后备;将之作为商品出售，以更新旧农具并购得肥田用的化肥。

　　alarm★

　　构词al表强调+arm武器→去拿武器→警报

　　n.1.warning sound or signal 警报 ;

　　2.apparatus that gives such a warning 警报器; 警报装置

　　真题连线2004 Text 3

　　But don’t sound any alarms just yet. Consumers seem only concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy’s long-term prospects even as they do some modest belt-tightening.不过，目前还不必敲什么警钟。消费者看起来略显忧虑，并没有惊慌失措。许多人虽然稍微勒紧腰带，但他们说对于经济的长期前景还是乐观的。

　　allegation★

　　构词al表强调+lege讲，读+ ion名词后缀→主张，断言, 辩解

　　n.the act of alleging 主张，断言, 辩解

　　真题连线2003 Text 2

　　Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal. 当人们听到医学实验虐待动物的指控时，许多人都不明白为什么有人会故意伤害动物。