GMAT考试词汇精选(MP3+文本) 第141期:Unit18-6
日期:2016-01-20 18:44

(单词翻译:单击)

1.hint n.线索(a slight indication or intimation);[常pl.]建议( suggestion)

联想记忆:打(hit)在门(n)上有一些细微的线索(hint)

例:Einstein's unfinished study offers tantalizing hints rather than an exhaustive analysis.

2.hinterland n.内地(a region lying inland from a coast);穷乡僻壤(a region remote from urban areas)

词根记忆:hinter(=hinder后面的)+land(土地)--内地

例:The colonies were a half-civilized hinterland of the European culture system.

3.Hispanic a.西班牙的,说西班牙语的(of or relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking Latin America)

例:Hispanic Americans美籍西班牙人

4.historical a.历史的,史学的(of, relating to, or having the character of history);基于历史的(based on history)

词根记忆:来自history(n.历史)

例:The lack of complete historical records from the mid-to-late 1800's has made it difficult to trace some inventions to their Black originators.

派生词:historically( ad.历史地)

同根词:historian(n.历史学家)

5.hitherto ad.迄今,到目前为止(till now)

词根记忆:hither(到…为止)+to--迄今,到目前为止

例:a hitherto unknown species of moth至今仍不清楚种类的蛾子

6.hoary a.古老的(ancient)

例:hoary stereotypes老套

7.homeostasis n.体内平衡(the ability or tendency of an organism or a cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes)

词根记忆:homeo(相同)+sta(站)+sis--处于相同的水平--体内平衡

例:Homeostasis has long interested biologists.

8.homestead n.宅地:家园(the home and adjoining land occupied by a family)

词根记忆:home(家园)+stead(用处)--被用作家园的地方--宅地

例:He looked around, not just up the road but toward the homestead at edge of the woods.

9.homing a.(动物)有回家本能的(having the instinct or trained to fly home from a great distance)

例:homing pigeons信鸽

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重点单词
  • tracen. 痕迹,踪迹,微量 vt. 追踪,找出根源,描绘 v
  • unfinishedadj. 未完成的
  • hithertoadv. 到目前为止,迄今
  • equilibriumn. 平衡,均衡
  • celln. 细胞,电池,小组,小房间,单人牢房,(蜂房的)巢室
  • instinctadj. 充满的 n. 本能,天性,直觉
  • tendencyn. 趋势,倾向
  • analysisn. 分析,解析
  • speciesn. (单复同)物种,种类
  • exhaustiveadj. 无遗漏的,彻底的,详尽的