新东方GRE核心词汇考法精析 List17:Unit5
日期:2015-09-05 15:49

(单词翻译:单击)

orthodox
【考法 1】 adj. 传统的: following or agreeing with established form, custom, or rules
【例】 He believes in the benefits of both orthodox medicine and alternative medicine. 他既相信传统药物又相信替代药物的效用。
【近】 ceremonial, conventional, regular, routine
【反】 casual, freewheeling, informal, irregular, unceremonious, unconventional, unorthodox 不常见的
oscillate
【考法 1】 vi. 振动,摇晃: to swing backward and forward like a pendulum
【反】remain static 静止
【考法 2】 v. 犹豫,变化: vary between opposing beliefs, feelings, or theories
ossify
【考法 1】 vi. 硬化,僵化: to become hardened or conventional and opposed to change
【例】 a disease that ossifies the joints 一种会使关节僵化的疾病
【反】 make pliant, transcend conventions, amenable to change 使柔软,超越传统
ostentatious
【考法 1】 adj. 炫耀卖弄的: marked by or fond of conspicuous or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious
display
【例】 wears an ostentatious diamond ring on her finger 她手指上戴着一枚巨大的钻戒
【近】 flamboyant, flaring, flashy, splashy
【反】 modest, artless, austere, unpretentious, conservative, quiet, understated, unflamboyant, unflashy 谦让的,朴素的,保守地
ostracize
【考法 1】 vt. 驱逐: to exclude from a group
【例】 He was ostracized from the scientific community for many years because of his radical political beliefs.
他因激进的政治理想被驱逐出了科学界很多年。
【近】 banish, bounce, chase, dismiss, expel, extrude, oust, boot out, cast out, run off, drum out, kick out, throw out, turf out
【反】 take in, include, embrace, welcome 接纳
oust
【考法 1】 vt. 免职: to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
【例】 be ousted from power 被赶下台
【近】 deprive, displace, uncrown, unthrone
【反】 instate, crown, enthrone, throne 任命
【考法 2】 v. 驱逐: to drive or force out
【例】 she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies 她贪污公司财物这事被证实后,她被驱逐了
【近】 banish, boot out, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum out, expel, extrude, kick out, throw out, turf out, turn out
outgoing
【考法 1】 adj. 友好的,外向的: openly friendly and responsive: extroverted
【例】 a salesman whose aggressively outgoing personality could sometimes be overbearing 一个销售员如果过于热情会让人不能忍
【近】 companionable, extroverted, gregarious, sociable
【反】 antisocial, introverted, nongregarious, reclusive, unsociable, unsocial 不合群的,不善交际的
outlandish
【考法 1】 adj. 古怪的,奇异的:strikingly out of the ordinary: bizarre
【例】 an outlandish costume 奇装异服
【近】 bizarre, cranky, eccentric, erratic, offbeat, peculiar, remarkable
【反】 conventional, familiar, nonexotic, nonglamorous, plain-Jane, unglamorous, unromantic 常规的,平凡的
outmaneuver
【考法 1】 vt. 以策略取胜: to overcome (an opponent) by artful, clever maneuvering
【例】 outmaneuvered his congressional opponent 以计谋战胜了国会的对手
【近】 outfox, outslick, outsmart, outthink, outwit
【反】 yield 屈服
outset
【考法 1】 n. 开端,开始: beginning, start
【例】 I wish you'd mentioned this problem at the outset. 我希望你开门见山就提到这个问题。
【近】 alpha, commencement, genesis, inception, incipience, nascence
【反】 termination, close, conclusion, end, ending, omega 终止
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