新东方GRE核心词汇考法精析 List18:Unit1
日期:2015-09-11 15:54

(单词翻译:单击)

patrician
【考法 1】 n. 贵族,名门望族: a man or woman of high birth or social position
【例】 the rank of a patrician 贵族等级
【近】 aristocrat, noble, blue blood
【反】 plebeian 平民,庶民
【考法 2】 adj. 贵族的,地位高的: of high birth, rank, or station
【例】 came from a patrician family 出身贵族世家
【近】 aristocratic, genteel, gentle, grand, great, highborn, highbred, upper-class, wellborn
【反】 baseborn, common, humble, ignoble, low, lower-class, mean 地位低下的
patriot
【考法 1】 n. 爱国者: one who loves his or her country and supports its authority and interests
【例】 The USA PATRIOT Act has generated a great deal of controversy since its enactment. 自实施之日起,美国的《爱国者法案》就产生了大量的争议‖a fanatical patriot 狂热的爱国者
【近】 loyalist, nationalist, partisan
【反】 apostate, recreant, renegade, traitor, turncoat 叛徒;insurgent, mutineer, rebel 叛乱者
【派】 patriotism n. 爱国主义
patronize
【考法 1】 vt. 赞助: provide aid or support for
【例】 a company that loyally patronizes the arts 一个一直以来坚持赞助艺术界的公司
【近】 advocate, back, champion, endorse, support, uphold
【反】 baffle, foil, frustrate, sabotage 阻挠,从中破坏
【考法 2】 v. 以高人一等的态度对待:to adopt an air of condescension toward : treat haughtily or coolly
【例】 a director with an unpleasant habit of patronizing even his most gifted actors 一个有着令人讨厌习惯的导演,他即便是对手下最有才华的演员也傲慢地对待
【近】 condescend
【派】 patron n. 赞助人
paucity
【考法 1】 n. 少量,缺乏: smallness of number; dearth
【例】 an extreme paucity of natural resources 极度缺乏自然资源
【近】 dearth, deficit, drought, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, scantiness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want
【反】 abundance, adequacy, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, sufficiency, wealth 大量,丰富
paunchy
【考法 1】 adj. 大腹便便,大肚子的: having a potbelly
【例】 a paunchy middle-aged man 一个大腹便便的中年男子
【近】 corpulent, fat, potbellied
【反】 slender, slim, svelte, thin 瘦的,苗条的
peck
【考法 1】 n. 大量: a considerable amount
【例】 Now you're in a peck of trouble. 现在你有一堆麻烦了
【近】 abundance, bunch, bundle, dozen, mass, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, pile, plenitude, profusion,ton, volume, wealth
【反】 bit, glimmer, handful, hint, little, mite, nip, ounce, peanuts, pittance, spot, sprinkle, trace 少量
【考法 2】 v. (不情愿地)小口咬: to eat reluctantly and in small bites
【例】 Fashion models never really eat: they just peck at small meals in expensive restaurants. 时装模特们几乎不吃东西--他们只是随便咬一口昂贵餐厅里的食物
【近】 bite, nibble, sip, tipple
【近】 devour, gobble, gorge, guzzle, quaff, swill 贪婪地吃喝,大口吃喝
pedagogue
【考法 1】 n. 教育者,老师: a person whose occupation is to give formal instruction in a school
【例】 a boring pedagogue who is called "PPT reader"一个被戏称为"幻灯片朗读机"的无聊老师
【近】 educator, instructor, preceptor, teacher
【反】 disciple, pupil, student 弟子,学生
pedant
【考法 1】 n. 书呆子,墨守成规之人: one who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules
【例】 He is a perfect type of pedant. 他是个十足的书呆子
【近】 doctrinaire, dogmatist
predestine
【考法 1】 vt. 预先注定: to determine the fate of in advance
【例】 Our victory in the tournament was seemingly predestined. 我们在锦标赛中的胜利似乎是注定好了的
【近】 doom, fate, foredoom, foreordain, ordain, predestine, predetermine, preordain
【派】 predestination n. 命中注定
pedestrian
【考法 1】 n. 行人: a person traveling on foot
【例】 a lane reserved for pedestrians 行人专用道
【近】 footer, walker
【反】 rider 骑手
【考法 2】 adj. 平庸无奇的,令人厌倦的: causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest
【例】 His style is so pedestrian that the book becomes a real bore. 他的风格是如此平庸以至于整本书显得
非常无聊
【近】 arid, dreary, dull, flat, jading, jejune, monochromatic, monotonous, stale, stodgy, tedious, wearisome
【反】 absorbing, engaging, engrossing, gripping, interesting, intriguing, involving, riveting 吸引人的
分享到