新东方GRE核心词汇考法精析 List17:Unit9
日期:2015-09-09 15:52

(单词翻译:单击)

paramount
【考法 1】 adj. 最重要的: of chief concern or importance
【例】 The paramount goal is to restore the colonial-era house with complete historical accuracy. 最重要的任务就是十分精确地依照历史重建殖民时期的建筑
【近】 cardinal, chief, key, leading, main, predominant, preeminent, primary, principal, supreme
【反】 ancillary, secondary 次要的;paltry, petty, trifling, trivial 不重要的
paranoid
【考法 1】 adj. 多疑的,对他人极端恐惧和怀疑的: exhibiting or characterized by extreme and irrational fear or distrust of others
【例】 a paranoid suspicion that the phone might be bugged 疑神疑鬼地担心电话被窃听了
【近】 distrustful, nervous, suspicious, unbelieving, worried
【反】 credulous 轻信的
【派】 paranoia n. 偏执狂
paraphrase
【考法 1】 v. 转述,意译,改写: to express something (as a text or statement) in different words
【例】 Could you please paraphrase your diagnosis of my health condition, using simpler language? 您能否用更通俗的话语转述一下您对我健康状况的诊断呢
【近】 rephrase, restate, reword, translate
【反】 quote (不加以修改地)引用
parch
【考法 1】 vi. 烤干: to make extremely dry, especially by exposure to heat
【例】 parch a surface from exposure to sun 通过太阳照射烤干一个面
【近】 dehydrate, desiccate, dry, scorch, sear
【反】 douse, drench, hydrate, steep, wash, water, wet 弄湿
parenthesis .
【考法 1】 n. 间断: an interruption of continuity; an interval
【例】 a parenthesis in an otherwise solid marriage 在本该是完满婚姻中的一个插曲
【近】 discontinuity, interim, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, interstice, interval
【反】 continuation, continuity 持续不断;resumption 继续
pariah
【考法 1】 n. 被排斥或鄙视的人: one that is despised or rejected, outcast
【例】 I felt like a pariah when I wore the wrong outfit to the dinner party. 当我穿着不恰当的礼服赴宴时,我感觉自己被别人狠狠地鄙视了
【近】 castaway, castoff, leper, reject
【反】 respectable person 值得尊敬的人
parity
【考法 1】 n. 相称,同等,平等: the quality or state of being equal or equivalent
【例】 to achieve parity with our commercial competitors 取得与我们的商业竞争对手同等的地位
【近】 coequality, coordinateness, equality, equivalency, par, sameness
【反】 disparity, imparity, inequality 不公平;incommensurateness 不相称
parody
【考法 1】 n. (以嘲笑原作作者的)模仿作品: a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule
【例】 The Back Dormitory Boys specialize in parody of Backstreet Boys. 后舍男生擅长恶搞后街男孩。
【近】 burlesque, caricature, spoof, travesty
【考法 2】 v. 模仿(以嘲弄): to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of
【例】 parodying a public figure's mannerisms 模仿嘲弄一个公共人物的举止
【近】 imitate, mock, mimic
paroxysm
【考法 1】 n. (感情、动作的)突发:a sudden outburst of emotion or action
【例】a paroxysm of coughing 突然一阵咳嗽
【近】burst, ebullition, eruption, explosion, flare, flash, flush, gush, outburst, storm
【考法 2】 n. (政治、社会领域的)大动荡:a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)
【例】 Darwin's introduction of the theory of evolution created paroxysms in both religion and science that are still being felt today. 达尔文提出的进化论给宗教界和科学界都带来了巨大的冲击,时至今日我们仍然可以感觉到
【近】bouleversement, cataclysm, earthquake, hurricane, storm, tempest, tumult, upheaval, uproar
parrot
【考法 1】 vt. (机械地)模仿,复制: to repeat or imitate, especially without understanding
【例】 parrot others blindly 盲目地人云亦云
【近】 copy, ditto, duplicate, echo, quote
【反】 coin, create, devise, invent 创造
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