新东方GRE核心词汇考法精析 List25:Unit3
日期:2015-12-22 13:40
(单词翻译:单击)
swagger
【考法 1】 vi. 大摇大摆地走，趾高气昂地走： to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
【例】 The young man confidently swaggered across the room. 年轻人高傲地在房间里走来走去。
【近】 prance, sashay, stalk
【考法 2】 v. 自夸，吹嘘： boast, brag
【例】 I would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament. 如果我赢了保龄球锦标赛我肯定会自夸。
【近】 brag, vapor, vaunt, gasconade
swear
【考法 1】 vi. 咒骂： to use profane or obscene language: curse
【例】 no one is allowed to swear in this house 这个房间里禁止说脏话
【近】 blaspheme, curse, cuss
【反】 accolade 赞美
【考法 2】 v. 宣誓： to promise or pledge with a solemn oath; vow
【例】 He swore his oath of allegiance to the queen. 他宣誓效忠女王
【近】 attest, depose, covenant, pledge, vow
sweltering
【考法 1】 adj. 酷热的： oppressively hot
【例】 The air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the room. 空调坏了，房间里酷热难耐。
【近】 boiling, scorching, searing, sultry, torrid, fiery
【反】 algid, arctic, bone-chilling, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy 严寒的
swerve
【考法 1】 vi. 突然改变方向： to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course
【例】 The car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road. 为了避开路中的松鼠，汽车猛地转向。
【近】 detour, deviate, diverge, sheer, swing, veer
【反】 maintain direction, straighten 保持方向，直行
swill
【考法 1】 vt. 痛饮，大口地吃： to drink greedily, to eat greedily or to excess
【例】 Considering the way she swills carbonated drinks, she ought to own stock in Pepsi company. 鉴于她对碳酸饮料消费的贡献，百事公司应该给她分点股份。
【近】 gulp, quaff, swig
【反】 sip 啜饮
swindle
【考法 1】 vt. 欺骗，骗取： to cheat or defraud of money or property
【例】 Hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings 几百人都被骗去了存款。
【近】 bilk, con, hustle, fiddle, gyp, bunco, flimflam
sybarite
【考法 1】 n. 沉于奢侈逸乐者，酒色之徒： a person devoted to pleasure and luxury; a voluptuary
【例】 The prince was remembered as a self-indulgent sybarite. 王子酒色之徒的名声远扬。
【近】 debauchee, decadent, hedonist, sensualist
【反】 spartan, ascetic 禁欲者
sycophant
【考法 1】 n. 马屁精： a servile self-seeking flatterer
【例】 When her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often mistook sycophants for true friends. 当她的事业如日中天之时，该演员总是把一些马屁精误以为是真朋友。
【近】 fawner, flunky , lickspittle, toady, apple-polisher, bootlicker, brownnoser
syllabus
【考法 1】 n. 提纲，摘要：课文、演讲或研究课题的要点的概要或提纲： an outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study
【例】 Have you got next year’s syllabus? 你拿到明年的教学大纲了吗？
syllogism
【考法 1】 n. 由一般到个别的推理；演绎： reasoning from the general to the specific; deduction
【例】 The syllogism was at the core of traditional deductive reasoning, where facts are determined by combining existing statements, in contrast to inductive reasoning where facts are determined by repeated observations. 从一般到个别的推理是传统演绎推理的核心由结合现存状态所确定，而归纳推理则由重复观测来确认。
【派】syllogize v. 用三段论论证
【考法 1】 vi. 大摇大摆地走，趾高气昂地走： to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner
【例】 The young man confidently swaggered across the room. 年轻人高傲地在房间里走来走去。
【近】 prance, sashay, stalk
【考法 2】 v. 自夸，吹嘘： boast, brag
【例】 I would swagger if I'd won first place in the bowling tournament. 如果我赢了保龄球锦标赛我肯定会自夸。
【近】 brag, vapor, vaunt, gasconade
swear
【考法 1】 vi. 咒骂： to use profane or obscene language: curse
【例】 no one is allowed to swear in this house 这个房间里禁止说脏话
【近】 blaspheme, curse, cuss
【反】 accolade 赞美
【考法 2】 v. 宣誓： to promise or pledge with a solemn oath; vow
【例】 He swore his oath of allegiance to the queen. 他宣誓效忠女王
【近】 attest, depose, covenant, pledge, vow
sweltering
【考法 1】 adj. 酷热的： oppressively hot
【例】 The air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the room. 空调坏了，房间里酷热难耐。
【近】 boiling, scorching, searing, sultry, torrid, fiery
【反】 algid, arctic, bone-chilling, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy 严寒的
swerve
【考法 1】 vi. 突然改变方向： to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course
【例】 The car swerved sharply to avoid the squirrel in the road. 为了避开路中的松鼠，汽车猛地转向。
【近】 detour, deviate, diverge, sheer, swing, veer
【反】 maintain direction, straighten 保持方向，直行
swill
【考法 1】 vt. 痛饮，大口地吃： to drink greedily, to eat greedily or to excess
【例】 Considering the way she swills carbonated drinks, she ought to own stock in Pepsi company. 鉴于她对碳酸饮料消费的贡献，百事公司应该给她分点股份。
【近】 gulp, quaff, swig
【反】 sip 啜饮
swindle
【考法 1】 vt. 欺骗，骗取： to cheat or defraud of money or property
【例】 Hundreds of people were swindled out of their savings 几百人都被骗去了存款。
【近】 bilk, con, hustle, fiddle, gyp, bunco, flimflam
sybarite
【考法 1】 n. 沉于奢侈逸乐者，酒色之徒： a person devoted to pleasure and luxury; a voluptuary
【例】 The prince was remembered as a self-indulgent sybarite. 王子酒色之徒的名声远扬。
【近】 debauchee, decadent, hedonist, sensualist
【反】 spartan, ascetic 禁欲者
sycophant
【考法 1】 n. 马屁精： a servile self-seeking flatterer
【例】 When her career was riding high, the self-deluded actress often mistook sycophants for true friends. 当她的事业如日中天之时，该演员总是把一些马屁精误以为是真朋友。
【近】 fawner, flunky , lickspittle, toady, apple-polisher, bootlicker, brownnoser
syllabus
【考法 1】 n. 提纲，摘要：课文、演讲或研究课题的要点的概要或提纲： an outline or a summary of the main points of a text, lecture, or course of study
【例】 Have you got next year’s syllabus? 你拿到明年的教学大纲了吗？
syllogism
【考法 1】 n. 由一般到个别的推理；演绎： reasoning from the general to the specific; deduction
【例】 The syllogism was at the core of traditional deductive reasoning, where facts are determined by combining existing statements, in contrast to inductive reasoning where facts are determined by repeated observations. 从一般到个别的推理是传统演绎推理的核心由结合现存状态所确定，而归纳推理则由重复观测来确认。
【派】syllogize v. 用三段论论证
