AWL词汇

The Academic Word List (AWL)

英语学术词汇表

1. What is the AWL?

AWL (《英语学术词汇表》) 是一个由Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 的一些应用语言学家统计出来词汇表，它包含了的学术英语(English for Academic Purpose)中最常用的570个词目(headwords)，每一个词目下面还列出了该词目的相关变化形式。

例如：词目“analyse”就包含以下相关联的词汇：analysed, analyser, analysers, analyses, analysing, analysis, analyst, analysts, analytic, analytical, analytically, analyze, analyzed, analyzes, analyzing 。

其中斜体字，analysis，在学术英语中最为常见。

2. What are the 10 sublists of the AWL？

AWL分十个sublists (小组)。除了第十小组包含30个词目外，其他小组均含有90个词目。 Sublist 1（第一组）包含的词汇最常用，sublist 2（第二组）中的词汇使用频率稍低，其他的sublists 依次类推。AWL 中的每一个词目后都有一个数字，它代表了该词目是属于AWL中的哪一组。例如abandon 8就表示abandon是属于第八小组的词目。

3. Where to find the AWL?

本文件的附录以字母先后排列出了所有的AWL 词目。

登陆网页http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/headwords.shtml 能看到570个词目（headwords）。

如果你想得到每一个词目下面所包含的相关单词，请登陆http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/sublists.shtml, 该网页能下载所有的单词。

附录：The headwords of the AWL （《英语学术词汇表》中的570个词目）

abandon access accumulate acknowledge

8 4 8 6

abstract 6 academy accompany achieve adapt

5 8 2 7

1

accommodate 9 accurate acquire

6 2

adequate administrate affect albeit alternative analogy anticipate appreciate approximate aspect assign assure attitude authority aware bias bulk category channel chemical civil clause coincide commence commit community compile component comprise concentrate concurrent

4 adjacent 10 2 adult 7 2 aggregate 6 10 allocate 6 3 ambiguous 8 9 analyse 1 9 apparent 4 8 approach 1 4 arbitrary 8 2 assemble 10 6 assist 2 9 attach 6 4 attribute 4 1 automate 8 5 behalf 9 8 bond 6 9 capable 6 2 cease 9 7 chapter

2

7 circumstance 3 4 clarify 8 5 code 4 9 collapse 10 9 comment 3 4 commodity 8 2 compatible

9

10 complement 8 3 compound 5 7 compute 2 4 concept 1 9

conduct

2

adjust 5 advocate 7 aid 7 alter 5 amend 5 annual 4 append 8 appropriate 2 area 1 assess 1 assume 1 attain 9 author 6 available 1 benefit 1 brief 6 capacity 5 challenge 5 chart 8 cite 6 classic 7 coherent 9 colleague 10 commission

2

communicate 4 compensate 3 complex

2

comprehensive 7 conceive 10 conclude 2 confer

4

2

confine conform considerable constitute consult

9 8 3 1 5

confirm consent consist constrain consume context 7 3 1 3 2 1 conflict consequent constant construct contact contract 5 2 3 2 5 1 contemporary 8 contradict contribute converse cooperate corporate create crucial cycle decade define denote derive detect devote diminish displace distinct diverse domestic drama economy eliminate empirical energy enormous

8 contrary 3 controversy 9 convert 6 coordinate 3 correspond 1 credit 8 culture 4 data 7 decline 1 definite 8 deny 1 design 8 deviate

9 differentiate 9 discrete 8 display 2 distort 6 document 4 dominate 8 duration 1 edit 7 emerge 7 enable 5 enforce 10

ensure

7 contrast 9 convene 7 convince 3 core 3 couple 2 criteria 2 currency 1 debate 5 deduce 7 demonstrate 7 depress 2 despite 8

device 7 dimension 5 discriminate 6 dispose 9 distribute 3 domain 3 draft 9 dynamic 6 element 4 emphasis 5 encounter 5 enhance 3

entity

4 3 10 3 7 3 8 4 3 3 10 4 9 4 6 7 1 6 5 7 2 3 10 6 5

3

environment equivalent establish ethic eventual exceed expand exploit external factor fee finance fluctuate formula found fund gender globe grant hence hypothesis ideology image implement imply incidence incorporate individual infer inhibit injure

1 equate 2 5 erode 9 1 estate 6 9 ethnic 4 8 evident 1 6 exclude 3 5 expert 6 8 export 1 5 extract 7 1 feature 2 6 file 7 1 finite 7 8 focus

2

1 forthcoming 10 9 framework

3

3 fundamental 5 6 generate 5 7 goal 4 4 guarantee 7 4 hierarchy 7 4 identical 7 7 ignorance 6 5 immigrate 3 4 implicate 4 3 impose 4 6 incline 10 6 index 6 1 induce

8

7 infrastructure 8 6 initial 3 2

innovate

7

equip error estimate evaluate evolve exhibit explicit expose facilitate federal final flexible format foundation function furthermore generation grade guideline highlight identify illustrate impact implicit incentive income indicate inevitable inherent initiate input

7 4 1 2 5 8 6 5 5 6 2 6 9 7 1 6 5 7 8 8 1 3 2 8 6 1 1 8 9 6 6

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