assimilate★

　　构词as表强调+simil相类似，一样+ate动词后缀→不断相同→同化

　　vt.to consume nutrients into the body after digestion吸收;使同化

　　vi.to become assimilated被吸收;被同化

　　真题连线2004 英译汉

　　We are obliged to them because some of these languages have since vanished, as the peoples who spoke them died out or became assimilated and lost their native languages. 我们之所以感激他们，是因为从此以后，这些语言中的一部分消失了，因为讲这些语言的人要么灭绝了，要么被同化了，因而丧失了自己的语言。

　　assist ★

　　构词as表强调+sist站立→站在一起→帮助

　　vt.to give help or support to协助，帮助，促进

　　vi. to give aid or support; be present, 参加; 出席在场

　　习惯用语assist sb. with sth. = assist sb. to do sth. = assist sb. in doing sth. 帮助某人

　　真题连线2002 Text 4

　　The Supreme Court’s decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering. 最高法庭关于医生协助病人结束生命问题的裁决，对于如何用药物减轻病危者的痛苦这个问题来说，具有重要的意义。

　　associate★

　　构词as表强调+soc同伴，引申为社会+iate动词后缀→成为社团→联合

　　vt.to connect in the mind or imagination; to join together, combine联想;交往;联合

　　n.a companion; a comrade 伙伴

　　a.联合的,副的associate professor [美]副教授

　　链接association n.联盟，协会，社团;交往，联合;联想(associat(e)联合+ion名词后缀→社团)

　　真题连线2009 Part C

　　In the former case the education is incidental; it is natural and important, but it is not the express reason of the association. 对于前者，教育是偶然的，很自然，也很重要，但它不是这种联系存在的特别的理由。

　　assume ★

　　构词as表强调+sum拿，取+e动词后缀→拿往→承担

　　vt.1.to take for granted; suppose 假装;假定，设想

　　2.to take upon oneself 承担

　　3.to affect the appearance or possession of 呈现

　　4.to take on; adopt 采取

　　链接assumption n.假定，设想;采取;承担;推测;假装

　　真题连线2004 Text 1

　　The Greeks assumed that the structure of language had some connection with the process of thought which took root in Europe long before people realized how diverse language could be. 希腊人认为，语言结构与思维过程之间存在着某种联系。这一观点在人们尚未认识到语言的千差万别以前就早已在欧洲扎下了根。

　　astronomer★

　　构词astro星星+nomy学科+er 人→研究星星学科的人→天文学家

　　n.one that specializes in astronomy天文学家

　　真题连线1998英译汉

　　Cobe is designed to see just the biggest structures，but astronomers would like to see much smaller hot spots as well，the seeds of local objects like clusters and superclusters of galaxies. Cobe卫星设计的目的就是观察这些最大的物体结构，但天文学家还想看到更为微小的热点，即像星系中的星团和超星团这样一些局部物体的粒子。

　　attach★

　　构词at表强调+tach钉子→附上

　　v.1.to fasten, secure or join 系，贴

　　2.to connect as an adjunct or associated condition or part使联系

　　3.to ascribe or assign归咎于

　　4.to bind by emotional ties, as of affection or loyalty使喜爱，使依恋

　　链接attach oneself to依附;热爱, 依恋; attach to归因于, 适用于

　　be attached to连在…上, 附属于;热爱, 依恋

　　真题连线2009 Text 4

　　According to the standard history of American philosophy, nowhere else in colonial America was “so much important attached to intellectual pursuits.” 根据正统的美国哲学史的记载，美洲殖民地中没有任何地方像北美这里一样“对知识的追求如此重视”。