很多同學(xué)在備考GRE的過(guò)程中,還是會(huì)有記不住單詞的困惑,從而影響對(duì)句子的理解。
GRE單詞總體難度較高,部分單詞也確實(shí)晦澀難懂,小編也和各位考生一樣,在探索記憶GRE單詞的有效方法。今天給大家?guī)?lái)了表情包記單詞系列,快來(lái)和小編一起學(xué)習(xí)吧!
Elate

【解釋】v. 使高興,使得意(to fill with joy or pride)
【同義詞】commove, exhilarate, intoxicate
【例句】She was elated by the positive feedback on his performance.
她對(duì)她的表現(xiàn)得到的積極反饋感到非常滿(mǎn)足和高興。
【例題】Because they had expected the spacecraft Voyager 2 to be able to gather data only about the planets Jupiter and Saturn, scientists were___ the wealth of information it sent back from Neptune twelve years after leaving Earth.
A. anxious for
B. confident in
C. thrilled about
D. keen on
E. elated on
F. eager for
【解析】C & E
中文翻譯:因?yàn)榭茖W(xué)家們?cè)詾槁眯姓?號(hào)宇宙飛船只能收集木星和土星的數(shù)據(jù),所以他們對(duì)它在離開(kāi)地球12年后從海王星發(fā)回的大量信息感到_____。
根據(jù)語(yǔ)境理解,應(yīng)為感到興奮/震驚/意外/激動(dòng)等意思,Elated on & thrilled about符合;keen on/eager for具有易混淆性,但用于結(jié)果未知的事物,與本文語(yǔ)境不符。
【詞匯】keen on熱衷于;eager for渴望,對(duì)某事物充滿(mǎn)強(qiáng)烈的期望。
Capricious

【解釋】adj. 變化無(wú)常的,任性的(erratic; flighty)
【同義詞】inconstant, lubricious, mercurial, whimsical, whimsied
【例句】They were perturbed by her capricious behavior.
她反復(fù)無(wú)常的行為令他們不安。
【例題】During the opera’s most famous aria, the tempo chosen by the orchestra’s conductor seemed____, without necessary relation to what had gone before.
A. arbitrary
B. capricious
C. cautious
D. compelling
E. exacting
F. meticulous
【解析】A & B
中文翻譯:在歌劇最著名的詠嘆調(diào)中,管弦樂(lè)隊(duì)指揮選擇的節(jié)奏似乎____,與之前的節(jié)奏沒(méi)有必然的聯(lián)系。
由語(yǔ)境可以推斷,由于這次選擇的節(jié)奏與之前的沒(méi)有必然聯(lián)系,所以這次節(jié)奏具有隨機(jī)性,與往常不同,選擇A:arbitrary(任意的)& B:capricious(任性的;多變的;不合邏輯的)。
【詞匯】cautious 小心的,謹(jǐn)慎的;compelling 有說(shuō)服力的;引人入勝的;非常強(qiáng)烈的,不可抗拒的;exacting 嚴(yán)格的;苛求的;meticulous 一絲不茍的,注意細(xì)節(jié)的。
Intransigent

【解釋】adj. 不妥協(xié)的(uncompromising)
【同義詞】incompliant, intractable, obstinate, pertinacious
【例句】Owing to their intransigent attitude, we were unable to reach an agreement. 由于他們的不妥協(xié)態(tài)度,我們未能達(dá)成協(xié)議。
【例題】Always circumspect, she was reluctant to make judgements, but once arriving at a conclusion, she was ______in its defense.
A. deferential
B. intransigent
C. lax
D. negligent
E. obsequious
F. resolute
【解析】B & F
中文翻譯:她總是很謹(jǐn)慎,不愿做出判斷,但一旦得出結(jié)論,她就會(huì)______為其辯護(hù)。
由語(yǔ)境可以推斷,在得出結(jié)論后,她會(huì)堅(jiān)定/堅(jiān)決/不讓步地做出辯護(hù)。所以選擇B. intransigent (不妥協(xié)的;不讓步的) & F. resolute(堅(jiān)決的,果斷的)。
【詞匯】deferential恭敬的,慣于順從的;lax松懈的,粗心的;negligent疏忽的,失職的;obsequious諂媚的,順從的。
Impecunious

【解釋】 adj. 沒(méi)有錢(qián)的;貧窮的(not having enough money to pay for necessities)
【同義詞】pinched
【例句】My father came from an impecunious Irish Jewish family. 我的父親來(lái)自于一個(gè)貧窮的愛(ài)爾蘭猶太家庭。
【例題】Because the organization she inherited was remarkably _____, her first priority was the establishment of a vigorous fund-raising campaign.
A. Controversial
B. High-minded
C. Impecunious
D. Multifarious
E. Antiquated
【解析】C
中文翻譯:因?yàn)樗邮值慕M織是明顯_____,她的首要任務(wù)就是發(fā)動(dòng)有力的資金籌集活動(dòng)。
前后語(yǔ)句為因果關(guān)系,因?yàn)槿卞X(qián),所以需要籌集資金??崭裉幪領(lǐng)mpecunious,意為貧窮的。
【詞匯】Controversial有爭(zhēng)議的;High-minded高尚的;Multifarious各式各樣的;Antiquated預(yù)期的。
Sanguine

【解釋】①adj. 樂(lè)觀的;滿(mǎn)懷希望的;面色紅潤(rùn)(confidently optimistic and cheerful)②vt. 血染;以血沾污 ③n.血紅色
【同義詞】rubicund, ruddy, florid
【例句】They are less sanguine about the company's long-term prospects. 他們對(duì)公司的遠(yuǎn)景不那么樂(lè)觀。
【例題】Parker`s model of human reflects a _____ outlook, in stark contrast to the generally pessimistic analyses of her colleagues in the economics department.
A. prescient
B. circumspect
C. technical
D. magisterial
E. sanguine
【解析】E
中文翻譯:帕克的人類(lèi)模型反映了____的前景,與她在經(jīng)濟(jì)系的同事們普遍悲觀消極的分析形成鮮明對(duì)比。
這道題強(qiáng)調(diào)對(duì)比結(jié)構(gòu)。in stark contrast to,是與…形成鮮明對(duì)比的意思。空格處和pessimistic(悲觀的)取反義,所以正確答案選E. sanguine(樂(lè)觀的)。
【詞匯】prescient預(yù)知的;circumspect小心謹(jǐn)慎的;technical 技術(shù);magisterial 權(quán)威的;
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