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今天用上了搜索软件，应该会快很多！
1.amputate
He had to have both legs amputated. 他不得不锯掉双腿。
They had to amputate his foot to free him from the wreckage. 为了把他从残骸中解救出来，他们只好截断他的一只脚。
They had to amputate his leg because gangrene had set in. 他的腿已经开始产生坏疽，他们不得不给他截肢。
Although she had to have her leg amputated, she still feels as though she's got a phantom limb. 尽管不得已把一条腿截去了，但她仍觉得自己仿佛有条虚幻的腿。
An amputee is someone who has had all or part of an arm or a leg amputated.
2.aesthetic
She'll have to go under anaesthetic for the operation. 手术前必须给她施行麻醉。
She hasn't come round from the anaesthetic yet. 她还没有从麻醉中苏醒过来。verb (came, come)
(LOL，注意区分了啦！！不过句子还不错！)
The new building has little aesthetic value/appeal. 新楼几乎没有甚么美学价值。
From an aesthetic point of view, it's a nice design. 从美学角度看，这是个很不错的设计。
Literature regarded for its aesthetic value rather than its didactic or informative content. | 纯文学：注重其美学价值而非说教或教育内容的文学
Their furniture was more aesthetic than practical. 他们的家具华而不实.
The benefits of conservation are both financial and aesthetic. 保护自然环境在经济上和美化环境上都有好处。
3.affiliate
oft poss. 动名词读音不同 affiliated(adj.)
The school is affiliated with a national association of driving schools. 这所学校隶属于一个全国驾驶学校协会。
He will remain affiliated with the firm as a special associate director.他将作为特别副经理继续为该公司工作。
The World Chess Federation has affiliates in around 120 countries.国际象棋联合会在大约120个国家设有分支机构。
He said he wanted to affiliate with a U.S. firm because he needed 'expert advice and counsel in legal affairs'.他说他因为需要“在法律事务上得到专家的意见和建议”，所以想与一家美国律师事务所建立合作关系。
There are 73 unions affiliated to the Trades Union Congress.共有73家工会隶属于英国职工大会。
Volvo's Japanese affiliate, Mitsubishi 沃尔沃在日本的联营公司三菱
4.affilict
It is an illness which afflicts women more than men. 患这种疾病的女性多于男性。
Italy has been afflicted by political corruption for decades...几十年来意大利一直饱受政治腐败之苦。
There are two main problems which afflict people with hearing impairments...听力有障碍的人们主要受到两大问题的困扰。
It is food that the afflicted want now.受苦的人们现在需要的是食物。
Severe drought has afflicted the countryside. 严重的乾旱使乡村深受其害.
Violent crime is only one of the maladies afflicting modern society. 暴力犯罪仅是为害现代社会的弊病之一.
About 40% of the country's population is afflicted with the disease. 全国 40% 左右的人口患有这种疾病。
5.aggravate
Attempts to restrict parking in the city centre have further aggravated the problem of traffic congestion. 在市中心限制停车的试验方案使交通挤塞的问题更加严重。
The treatment only aggravated the condition. 这种疗法反而使病情恶化。
The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis...战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。
He was jailed for aggravated assault.他因犯严重伤害罪而被判入狱。
Military intervention will only aggravate the conflict even further. 军事介入只会使冲突加剧。
