新东方GRE核心词汇考法精析 List28:Unit6
日期:2016-05-06 09:26

(单词翻译:单击)

rhetorical
【考法 1】 adj. 语言上的,文字上的: of or relating to words or language
【例】 The next war that those two nations fight won't be rhetorical - it will be with bombs and bullets. 两国之间的下一场战争可不会是斗嘴皮了--他们会来真格的。
【近】 lexical, linguistic, vocabular, wordy
【考法 2】 adj. 言辞华丽(却往往无内涵的): full of fine words and fancy expressionsbut mostly meaningless words and phrases
【例】 You can skip over the rhetorical passages and still get the gist of the essay. 你可以跳过那些词藻华丽的段落,直接获取文本的主旨。‖The new governor delivered a long rhetorical speech about our state's bright future but laid out no specific programs for ensuring it. 新的执政官发表了词藻华丽的演说,畅谈国家的美好未来,但却没有提出实现这一目标的具体措施。
【近】 bombastic, flatulent, florid, fustian, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, oratorical, orotund, purple, windy
【反】 prosaic 平凡无奇的;plain, simple 简单的
thick-skinned
【考法 1】 adj. 冷漠无情的,不顾及他人感受的: largely unaffected by the needs and feelings of other people
【例】 She was so thick-skinned that she was clueless about the fact that the joke had hurt her friend's feelings.
她很少顾及他人的感受,以至于她根本没有意识到那个玩笑伤害了她朋友的感情。
【近】 affectless, callous, cold-blooded, heartless, indurate, inhumane, insensitive, merciless, obdurate, ruthless
【反】 charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, merciful, sympathetic, tender, warmhearted 慈善的
trifle
【考法 1】 n. 不重要的事: something of little importance or value
【例】 Let us not speak of trifles when our nation may be going to war. 战事在即,我们还是先放下这些琐事吧。
【近】 bagatelle, frippery, triviality
【考法 2】 vi. 不正经地对待,玩弄: to behave amorously without serious intent
【例】 Do not trifle with me unless you mean to ask me to marry you. 如果你不是真心想和我结婚,就请不要来玩弄我的感情。
【近】 coquet, dally, flirt, frivol, toy
【派】 trifling adj. 不重要的
weather
【考法 1】 vt. 安全渡过(危机等),经受住: to come through (something) safely
【例】 We haveve wathered worse crises, and so we'll survive this one. 更为严重的危机我们都闯过了,这个也不会有问题的。‖They weathered a terrible storm while at sea. 他们在海上平安渡过了一场巨大的风暴。
【近】 survive
【反】 decease, die, expire, perish, succumb, pass away 死亡,消亡
wily .
【考法 1】 adj. 狡诈的,狡猾的: clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
【例】 He is an experienced and wily old statesman. 他是一个经验丰富而狡诈的老销售员。‖His wily plan only rebounded on him. 聪明反被聪明误。
【近】 beguiling, cagey, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky
【反】 artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, undesigning 天真的,单纯的
arable
【考法 1】 adj. 适合耕种的: fit for or used for the growing of crops
【例】 explore the west for arable land 向西探索适合耕种的土地
【近】 cultivable, tillable
【反】 barren, sterile, infertile, unfruitful, unproductive 贫瘠的
convene .
【考法 1】 vt. 召开,召集: to bring together in assembly by or as if by command
【例】 convened the members of the council for an emergency session 召集委员会的成员进入紧急议程
【近】 assemble, call, convene, muster, summon
【反】 disband, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, squander 驱散,驱逐
【考法 2】 vi. 聚集,集合: to come together in a body
【例】 The students convened in the auditorium to hear the principal'saddress. 学生们在大礼堂集合,聆听校长的致辞。
【近】 cluster, collect, concenter, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, converge, gather, meet, rendezvous
【派】 convention n. 集会,大会
decadent
【考法 1】 adj. 堕落的,腐败的: having or showing lowered moral character or standards
【例】 Opponents of gambling casinos claim that gambling is a decadent form of entertainment. 赌场的反对者们宣称赌博是一种堕落腐化的娱乐形式。
【近】 debased, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissolute, perverse, perverted, reprobate, warped
【反】 pure, uncorrupted 纯净的,未腐化的
【考法 2】 n. 放纵的人: a person whose life is devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures
【例】 a decadent who squandered her once considerable family fortune 一个挥霍了大量的家族财富的人
【近】 debauchee, hedonist, libertine, sensualist, sybarite, profligate
【反】 ascetic 苦行者,禁欲者
【考法 3】 n. 道德上堕落的人: a person in a condition or process of mental or moral decay
【例】 avant-garde artists who were scorned by the bourgeoisie as talentless decadents 被中产阶级鄙视为没有才华的堕落者的前卫艺术家
【近】 deviate
【反】 saint 圣人
demotion .
【考法 1】 n. 降级,降职: the act or an instance of bringing to a lower grade or rank
【例】 Anyone who objects will get a demotion. 任何胆敢反对的人都会被降职。‖received a demotion from sergeant to corporal 从中士降为下士
【近】 degradation, downgrading, reduction
【反】 elevation, promotion 晋升
glower
【考法 1】 vi. 怒目而视: to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger
【例】 Baseball fans glowering at their TVs as they watched their favorite team lose. 看着他们支持的球队输球,棒球迷们恶狠狠地盯着电视屏幕。‖He just glowered without speaking. 他一言不发地怒视着我。
【近】 glare, gloom, lower, scowl
【反】 beam, grin, smile 笑
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