新东方GRE核心词汇考法精析 List12:Unit7
日期:2015-06-21 09:50

(单词翻译:单击)

illuminate
【考法 1】 vt. 照明: to make luminous or shining
【例】 to illuminate with a spotlight 用聚光灯照亮
【近】 bathe, beacon, emblaze, illume, illumine, irradiate, lighten
【反】 blacken, darken, obfuscate 使黯淡,使昏暗
【考法 2】 vt. 阐明: to make plain or understandable
【例】 Roosevelt′s New Deal illuminates what the role of government is in Keynesian Economics. 罗斯福新政
阐明了在凯恩斯主义中政府的作用
【近】 clarify, clear, construe, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, illustrate, interpret
【反】 obscure 使费解
【考法 3】 vt. 启迪,启发: to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
【例】 how man is illuminated by a higher spirit 人们是如何被更高境界的思想开化的
【近】 edify, educate, enlighten, inspire, nurture
【反】 confuse, perplex, puzzle 使困惑
【派】 illumination n. 照明;启迪
illusory
【考法 1】 adj. 幻觉的,虚幻的: produced by, based on, or having the nature of an illusion
【例】 the illusory definition of nationhood 国家的虚幻定义
【近】 chimerical, fanciful, fantastic, fictional, fictitious, imaginary, suppositious, supposititious, unreal
【反】 factual 事实的
【派】 illusion n. 幻觉
imbibe
【考法 1】 v. 喝水,摄取水分: to take in (something liquid) through small openings
【例】 Plants can imbibe water through their roots. 植物可以通过它们的根摄取水分
【近】 drink, guzzle, hoist, quaff, sip, sponge
【反】 urinate 排尿
imbroglio
【考法 1】 n. 困境,复杂的局面: an intricate or complicated situation
【例】 What investor would willingly become involved in this imbroglio? 怎样的投资者才会像这样明知山有虎,偏向虎山行呢?
【近】 complexity, complication, embarrassment, entanglement, involvement, misunderstanding, quandary
【考法 2】 n. 纷争: an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions
【例】 an imbroglio involving some big names in the entertainment industry 一场涉及娱乐圈数位明星的纷争
【近】 altercation, controversy, disagreement, dispute, fight, quarrel, squabble, wrangle
【反】 harmony 和谐
imitation
【考法 1】 n. 仿制品: something that is made to look exactly like something else
【例】 usually wore imitations of her costly jewels 通常只戴她那些贵重珠宝的复刻品
【近】 clone, copy, dupe, duplication, facsimile, mock, reduplication, replica, replication, reproduction
【反】 archetype, original, prototype 原型
【派】 imitating adj. 仿制的
immaculate
【考法 1】 adj. 干净的,纯净的: free from dirt or stain; free from any trace of the coarse or indecent
【例】 an immaculate soul 一个纯净的灵魂
【近】 antiseptic, chaste, clean, decent, modest, pristine, pure, spotless, stainless, virgin
【反】 coarse, indecent, obscene, vulgar 粗俗的,下流的;besmirched, dirty, filthy, foul, spotted, stained,
sullied 有污点的,不干净的
【考法 2】 adj. 完美的,没有任何错误的: being entirely without fault or flaw
【例】 an immaculate rendering of the Queen of the Night 's aria (《魔笛》中)夜后咏叹调的完美演绎
【近】 absolute, faultless, flawless, impeccable, indefectible, irreproachable, perfect, seamless, unblemished
【反】 amiss, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect 有错误的,有误差的
immanent
【考法 1】 adj. 内在的: being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
【例】 Beauty is not something imposed but something immanent. 美丽是内在的品格而非外加的东西
【近】 constitutional, essential, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrained, innate, integral, intrinsic, natural
【反】 adventitious, extrinsic, extraneous 外在的,非本源的
immaterial
【考法 1】 adj. 非实体的: not composed of matter
【例】 It is only possible to study immaterial forces like gravity by observing their effects on the physical world.
要研究那些非实体的作用力--例如万有引力,只能观察它们对于现实世界的影响
【近】 ethereal, formless, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, spiritual
【反】 bodily, corporeal, material, physical, substantial 实体的
【考法 2】 adj. 无关的,不重要的: of no importance or relevance
【例】 While undoubtedly upsetting, that story is immaterial to the question of why you are late. 尽管那个故事的确很让人遗憾,但是和你为什么迟到没有半点关系
【近】 extraneous, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelevant
【反】 applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, pertinent, relevant 相关的;crucial, important, significant 重要的
immature
【考法 1】 adj. 未完全发展的,未发育成熟的: lacking complete growth, differentiation, or development
【例】 immature frogs are called "tadpoles"为发育成熟的青蛙被称为"蝌蚪"
【近】 adolescent, juvenile, youngish, youthful
【考法 2】 adj. (思维、举止)不够成熟的: lacking in adult experience or maturity
【例】 Many high school students are still too immature to foresee the consequences of their actions. 很多高中生还是不够成熟,不能意识到他们的行为所带来的后果
【近】 green, inexperienced, puerile, raw, unfledged, unripe
【反】 adult, experienced, mature, ripe 成年的,成熟的
immemorial
【考法 1】 adj. 古老的: dating or surviving from the distant past
【例】 a modern version of an immemorial myth 一个远古传说的现代版本
【近】 aged, age-old, antediluvian, antique, dateless, hoary, old, venerable
【反】 contemporary, modern 当代的,现代的;recent 近来的
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