[同]give up[反]stay with
Zhu (Ming-jiang) was forced as a teenager to abandon his education and, like tens of thousands of other intellectual young Chinese during the 1960s and 70s, was sent to the countryside to be :re-educated: by peasant.
朱明江少年时期被迫失学，和六七十年代成千上万的中国知识青年一样被送到乡间接受农民的“再教育”。
abolish v. 废除
Man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.
生命有限的人类，手中握有的力量，可以消灭人类一切的贫穷状态，也可以灭绝人类所有的生命形态。
abuse v.&n. 滥用；虐待
The term is much abused lately: in its strictest sense, virtual reality means creating an artificial environment so convincing it can’t be distinguished from the real thing.
仿真一词近来常被滥用，若严格加以定义，仿真表示创造一个人工的环境，而其如此接近事实，令人真伪难辨。
acknowledge v. 承认
[同]admit
Johnson acknowledged that he has in the past taken AZT, the antiviral drug typically administered when a person’s helper T-cell count drops to 500.
约翰逊承认他曾服用AZT，这种药物一般开给体内辅助性T细胞数量少于500的人服用。
acquire v. 获取，取得
Even very young children learn by imitation; by watching how others act when they see someone in distress, these children acquire a repertoire of sensitive responses.
即使非常幼小的孩童也能通过模仿来学习。他们观察别人对伤心者的反应，从中学习到很多情绪反应，并存在记忆中。
distress n. 痛苦，悲痛； a repertoire of 许多的，多方面的
adapt v. 适应
[同]adjust
John Woo believes the communists are too smart to kill a cash like the Hong Kong movie business, and that local moviemakers will adapt.
吴宇森相信，共产党人很聪明，不会扼杀香港电影业这只金母鸡，而香港电影业本生也会适应。