1. Abacus：n. 算盘

They also learned to use the abacus.(他们还学习珠算。)

2. Abase：v. 使谦卑，使降低

The president is not willing to abase himself before the nation.(总统不愿在全国人民面前降低自己的威信。)

3. Abate：v. （指风势、疼痛等）减弱，减轻，减退

The storm began to abate slightly.(风暴开始稍有所减弱。)

4. Abdicate：v. 正式放弃（官职、权利），让位，退位

King Edward Ⅷ abdicated in 1936 to marry a commoner.(国王爱德华八世于1936年退位与一个平民结婚。)

5. Abduct：v. 诱拐，拐走，绑架

Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted.(侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。)

6. Aberrant：a. 不循常规的，不走正路的

It reflects the aberrant personality of some American politicians hostile to China’s development and becoming powerful.(这是美国一些反华政客仇视中国发展和强大的变态心理的表现。)

7. Abhor：v. 憎恨（某人，某事物），厌恶，讨厌

They abhor all forms of racial discrimination.(他们憎恶任何形式的种族歧视。)

8. Abject：a. 1.（情况）凄惨的，绝望的2. （人、动作或行为）无耻的，下贱的

This policy has turned out to be an abject failure.(这一政策最后以惨败而告终。)

What an abject performance!(多么卑劣的行为！)

9. Abode：n. 房屋，家

With no fixed abode(居无定所)

10. Abominable：1.可憎的，可恶的2. 糟糕的，极坏的

Their cruel treatment of prisoners was abominable.(他们虐待犯人的做法令人厌恶。)

The sanitary conditions in this restaurant are abominable.(这家饭馆的卫生状况糟透了。)