attain★

　　构词at 表强调+tain拿住→拿住了→获得

　　vt.to achieve达到，获得;

　　vi. to succeed in a directed effort, process, or progression到达

　　真题连线 2000 Passage 3

　　When a new movement in art attains a certain fashion, it is advisable to find out what its advocates are aiming at, for, however farfetched and unreasonable their principles may seem today, it is possible that in years to come they may be regarded as normal. 当一场新的艺术运动形成某种时尚时，理应弄清其倡导者的目标所在，因为无论他们的准则在今天看来是多么牵强附会、不可思议，将来都有可能被视为正常的。

　　attendance★

　　构词at表强调+tend伸展+ance名词后缀→伸展出去→出席

　　n.the act of attending.出席，参加

　　真题连线2006 Text 2

　　The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1，431 seats were 94 per cent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better.剧院已经打破了连续三年以来的就座率纪录。去年整年的1431个座位的就坐率达到了94%，今年将会更高。

　　attention★

　　构词at表强调+tent伸展+ion名词后缀→伸展出去[听别人讲]→注意力

　　n.1.the ability or power to concentrate mentally.注意力

　　2.observant consideration; notice 谨慎的考虑;注意

　　习惯用语attract attention引起注意; bring sth. to sb.’s attention使某人注意某事

　　call sb.’s attention to sth.促使某人注意某事; devote one’s attention to专心于, 对…注意

　　链接attentive a.注意的，专心的，留心的

　　真题连线2007 Text 4

　　In bringing up the concept of GASP the author is making the point that information protection should be given due attention.在提出公认的安全措施观念时，作者强调了信息保护应该受到应有的重视。

　　attitude▲

　　构词att能力，倾向+itude性质，状态等→态度

　　n.1.a position of the body or manner of carrying oneself 姿势，姿态

　　2.a state of mind or a feeling; disposition 心态，看法

　　习惯用语attitude of mind思想方法; 看法, 观点 take an attitude of采取…态度

　　strike an attitude摆出一种姿态; 作出舞台上的身段; 装模作样

　　真题连线2001 Passage 3

　　Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. 这是一个棘手的行业，却不断地雇用观点总体上使客户恼怒的雇员。

　　attribute★

　　构词at表强调+tribute给予→把原因给出→归因

　　v.relate to a particular cause or source; ascribe归因于,归属于

　　n.a quality or characteristic inherent in or ascribed to 属性,品质,特征

　　习惯用语 attribute sth. to 把某事物归功于

　　真题连线2009 Part B

　　Some attributed virtually every important cultural achievement to the inventions of a few, especially gifted peoples that, according to diffusionists, then spread to other cultures. 实际上，一些人将每一个重要的文化成就归因于某些人，特别是天才的发明，之后，发明传播到其他文化中去，这就是扩散主义者的观点。

　　augment★

　　构词aug增加+ment动词后缀→增大，扩张

　　v.to make greater, as in size, extent, or quantity扩大，增加，表强调

　　n.an enlargement or increase加大或增加

　　真题连线1999英译汉

　　During this transfer，traditional historical methods were augmented by additional methodologies designed to interpret the new forms of evidence in the historical study. 在这种转变中，历史学家研究历史时，那些解释新史料的新方法充实了传统的历史研究方法。

　　authentic▲

　　构词aut自己+hent领会+ic 形容词后缀; 自己领会的→可靠的

　　a.conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust真的，真正的;可信的，有根据的

　　真题连线2005 Text 4

　　But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “doing our own thing”, has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. 然而，“做自己的事”这一对事务真实性和个性的崇高信条，已经导致了正式演讲、写作、诗歌及音乐的消亡。