GMAT考试词汇精选(MP3+文本) 第162期:Unit20-9
日期:2016-02-20 18:13

(单词翻译:单击)

1.institute v.制定,创立(社团、规章)(to set up; establish);n.学院,协会(an association organized to promote art or science or education)

词根记忆:in+stitut(建立)+e--创立

例:Gandania cannot afford to institute the proposed laws.

派生词:institution(n.制度:建立)

同根词:constitute(v.组成,构建)

2.institution n.(教育、慈善等)社会公共机构(an established organization or foundation, especially one dedicated to education, public service, or culture);制度,习俗 (a significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture)

例:The financial institutions owe their success to their unique formal organization.

派生词:institutionalize(v.制度化,习俗化)

3.instruct v.指示(to command);教育,指导(to teach.to direct)

词根记忆:in+struct(建造)--指示人如何建造--指示

例:How many years of education were sufficient to instruct young citizens in civic virtue?

派生词:instruction(n.命令;教导)

4.instrument n.仪器(device);手段(means);工具(tool implement)

例:optical instrument光学仪器//financial instrument金融手段

派生词:instrumental(a.起作用的)

5. insulate v.(from, against)使绝缘(尤指热量、电流等) (to prevent the passage of heat, electricity ,or sound into or out of especially by surrounding with a nonconducting material.

词根记忆:insul(岛)+ate--成为岛一样--绝缘

例:How do they manage to insulate against loss off body heat in such a cold condition?

6.insulin n.胰岛索

例:Diabetes(糖尿病)can result from an insulin deficiency.

Activity is the only road to knowledge.

行动是通往知识的唯一道路。

--英国剧作家肖伯纳(George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist)

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重点单词
  • organizedv. 组织
  • instrumentaladj. 有帮助的,可做为手段的,乐器的,仪器的 n.
  • foundationn. 基础,根据,建立 n. 粉底霜,基金会
  • implementn. 工具,器具; 当工具的物品 vt. 实施,执行;
  • preventv. 预防,防止
  • institutionn. 机构,制度,创立
  • sufficientadj. 足够的,充分的
  • instituten. 学会,学院,协会 vt. 创立,开始,制定
  • associationn. 联合,结合,交往,协会,社团,联想
  • insulinn. 胰岛素