GMAT考试词汇精选(MP3+文本) 第189期:Unit23-9
日期:2016-04-05 18:32

(单词翻译:单击)

1.optometrist n.验光师(a specialist licensed to practice optometry)

词根记忆:来自optometry(n.验光)

例:The optometrist charges $150 per pair for soft contact lenses.

2.orator n.演说者(one who delivers an oration);演讲者;雄辩家(one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker)

联想记忆:oral(口头的),用特“t”换掉“l”,后面加上“or”,就成了”特”别能说的“人”--演说者

例:In the late nineteenth century Annie Besant was widely regarded as one of the greatest living public orators, second only to Gladstone in a culture where oratory was the dominant public medium.

3.ordinance n.地方法令(a local rule)

词根记忆:ordin(命令)+ance--地方法令

注意:ordnance(n.大炮)

例:In our country, all cities and most towns have anti-smoking ordinances.

4.ore n.矿,矿砂,矿石(a naturally occurring mineral containing a valuable constituent for which it is mined and worked)

联想记忆:矿石( ore)多一个m就是更多(more)

注意:roe(n.鱼卵)

例:iron ore铁矿

5.organization n.组织(the act or process of organizing or of being organized);机构,团体(an administrative and functional structure)

词根记忆:来自organize(v.组织:成立)

例:Clark makes the point that the characteristics of a technology have a decisive influence on job skills and work organization.

同根词:disorganize(v.扰乱;瓦解)

6.orientation n.方向,取向,目标(the act or process of orienting or of being oriented)

词根记忆:来自orient(v.使确定方向;n..东方)

例:It has diverted attention from the need for orientation of nonsupervisory employees to organizational values.

同根词:oriental(a.东方的:n.东方人)

A novel is a mirror walking along a main road.

一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。

(Stendhal French writer)
——法国作家司汤达

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重点单词
  • mediumn. 媒体,方法,媒介 adj. 适中的,中等的
  • orationn. 演说,致辞,叙述法
  • functionaladj. 功能的,有功能的,实用的
  • decisiveadj. 决定性的
  • organizedv. 组织
  • distinguishedadj. 卓著的,尊敬的 动词distinguish的过
  • dominantadj. 占优势的,主导的,显性的 n. 主宰者
  • organizev. 组织
  • valuableadj. 贵重的,有价值的 n. (pl.)贵重物品
  • orientationn. 信仰,趋向,定位,适应,情况介绍 [计算机] 定向