GMAT考试词汇精选(MP3+文本) 第44期:Unit6-4
日期:2015-08-14 15:22

(单词翻译:单击)

1.censure n.指责,谴责(a judgment involving condemnation);v.指责,谴责(to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy)

例:Although recent censure of corporate boards of directors as "passive" and "supine" may be excessive, those who criticize board performance have plenty of substantive ammunition.

派生词:censurable(a.该责备的;可非难的)

2.census n.人口调查,人口普查(a usually complete enumeration of a population)

词根记忆:cens(审查,判断)+us--官方评价--人口普查

例:The census information was inadequate and did not reflect certain economic changes in the United States.

3.centrality n.中心性(the quality or state of being central);向心性(tendency to remain in or at the center)

词根记忆:centr(中心)+ality--中心性

例:the centrality in the United States economy美国经济的集中性

4.ceramic a.陶的,制陶的(of or relating to pottery)

词根记忆:来自ceram(n.陶土)

词根记忆:Samples from a ceramic vase found at a tomb in Sicily(西西里)prove that the vase was manufactured in Greece.

5.cereal n.谷类(grain);谷类食品(food made of grain)

联想记忆:ce+real(真正的)--真正的好东西--谷类食品

词根记忆:Many breakfast cereals are fortified with vitamin supplements.

6.certificate n.证券(a document evidencing ownership or debt);证明书(official written or printed statement used as proof of certain facts)

词根记忆:cert(确定)+i+fic(做)+ate--用来确定的东西--证明书

例:savings certificates储蓄券

7.certify v.保证(to assure);证明(to attest as being true)

词根记忆:cert(确定)+ify(使…)--使确定--证明

例:The physician must certify the need for hospitalization, and determine what procedures will be performed.

派生词:certification(n.证明)

8.certitude n.确定无疑(certainty)

词根记忆:cert(确定)+itude(状态)一确定无疑

例:They can no longer be used with certitude to explain many major economic developments.

9.cessation n.停止( stop)

词根记忆:cess(停止)+ation--停止

例:The cessation of armed conflict was a relief to the people of the nation.

10.chaise n.两轮(或四轮)轻便马车(a two or four-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse)

联想记忆:chase(追赶)加上i就成了轻便马车(chaise),我(l)坐上马车(chaise)好追赶

例:the chaise lounge躺椅

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