新东方GRE核心词汇考法精析 List18:Unit6
日期:2015-09-16 15:58

(单词翻译:单击)

pervade
【考法 1】 vt. 弥漫,充满: to be present throughout; permeate
【例】 The mixed smell of sawdust and glue pervaded the whole factory. 锯末与胶水的味道弥漫了整个工
厂‖the corruption that pervades every stratum of society 充斥在社会每个阶层中的腐败
【近】 interpenetrate, percolate, riddle, suffuse, transfuse
【派】 pervasive adj.弥漫的
pessimistic
【考法 1】 adj. 悲观的: tending to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view
【例】 With that pessimistic attitude, it's no wonder you're depressed. 你的人生观如此悲观,难怪你会感到压
【近】 bearish, defeatist, despairing, downbeat, hopeless
【反】 optimistic 乐观的
【派】 pessimism n. 悲观主义
petition
【考法 1】 n. 请愿,正式的申请: a solemn supplication or request to a superior authority; an entreaty
【例】 a petition for divorce 离婚申请书
【近】 appeal, cry, entreaty, pleading, solicitation, supplication
【考法 2】 v. (尤指正式地)请求: to make a request, especially a formal written one
【例】 She is petitioning to regain custody of the child. 为了重新获得孩子的监护权,她提出了正式申请
【近】 adjure, beseech, conjure, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, plead, solicit, supplicate
【派】 petitioner n. 申请人,请愿者
petrify
【考法 1】 v. 使僵化,失去活力: to cause to become stiff or stone-like; deaden
【例】 Pressure from family has petrified his once innovative mind. 家庭的压力使他的头脑失去了往日的创造力
【近】 damp, dampen, deaden, devitalize, enervate, lobotomize, ossify
【反】 brace, energize, enliven, invigorate, quicken, stimulate, vitalize, vivify 使有活力
【派】 petrification n. 石化,僵化
petty
【考法 1】 adj. 细微的,不重要的: of small importance; trivial
【例】 play petty tricks 耍小聪明
【近】 inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, minute, paltry, peanut, slight, trifling, trivial
【反】 consequential, considerable, important, material, momentous, significant 重大的,重要的
phenomenal
【考法 1】 adj. 不寻常的,非凡的: being out of the ordinary;extraordinary; outstanding
【例】 the phenomenal growth that the suburb has experienced over the last decade 过去几十年间郊区所经历的令人称奇的快速发展
【近】 especial, exceptional, extraordinary, peculiar, preternatural, rare, singular, uncommon, unusual
【反】 common, normal, ordinary, typical 普通的,典型的
philanthropic
【考法 1】 adj. 博爱的,为他人着想的: having or showing a concern for the welfare of others
【例】 the philanthropic aims of the organization 这个机构的博爱、利他的目标
【近】 altruistic, beneficent, benevolent, eleemosynary, good, humanitarian
【反】 misanthropic 反人类的;selfish 自私的
【派】 philanthropist n. 博爱的人
philistine
【考法 1】 n. 市侩(注重物质而鄙视智慧或艺术的人): a person who is guided by materialism and is usually
disdainful of intellectual or artistic values
【例】 The philistine's critics sometime limit artists' imagine. 市侩之人的批评有时会限制艺术家的想象力
【近】 lowbrow, materialist
【反】 highbrow 文化修养高的人
phlegmatic
【考法 1】 adj. 冷静的,无感情的,淡漠的: having or suggesting a calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional
【例】 a strangely phlegmatic response to what should have been happy news 对本该是一个让人开心的新闻的冷漠回复
【近】 affectless, apathetic, cold-blooded, emotionless, impassible, numb, stoic, stolid
【反】 demonstrative, emotional, fervent, fervid, impassioned, passionate, vehement 感情丰富的,热情的
piddling
【考法 1】 adj. 微不足道的: so trifling or trivial as to be beneath one's consideration
【例】 raised a piddling objection to the plan 对计划提出了一个微不足道的反对
【近】 inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, measly, minute, paltry, peanut, slight, trifling, trivial
【反】 consequential, considerable, important, material, momentous, significant 重大的,重要的
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