- 文勇的GRE單詞手稿
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activism[??kt?v?z?m]n.行動主義;激進主義——active[??kt?v]adj.積極的;活躍的;主動的;有效的;起作用的;活性的;(火山)活的
例 Though active in commerce or the professions, most of the wealthy were not self-made, but had inherited family fortunes.——GRE No. 4-2, Section A
盡管絕大所數富豪活躍于商業或各項職業,但他們并非是白手起家,而是繼承了家族財富。
記 act-iv-ism
act=act,如“react”(反應)(GRE No. 6-1, Section A)
-iv(e):形容詞后綴,如“instructive”(有啟發性的)(GRE No. 7-1, Section B)
-ism:抽象名詞后綴,表示“主義,學說,特性”,如“paganism”(異教)(GRE No. 7-1, Section B)
apathy [??p?θ?] n.冷漠,無興趣,漠不關心;無感情
記 a-pathy
a-, an-=without,如“anarchy”(無政府狀態)(GRE 1992年10月,Section A)
pathy=feeling,如“antipathy”(反感)(GRE No. 4-2, Section B)
affability [??f??b?l?t?] n.親切;和藹;殷勤
記 af-fa-bil-ity
af-=ad-=to,如“afflict”(折磨)(GRE No. 9-4, Section B)
fa, fess=speak,如“professor”(教授)(GRE No. 9-4, Section A)
-(a)bil:即-able,形容詞后綴,表示“有能力,適合”,被修飾的名詞有被動的意思,如“available”(可獲得的)(GRE No. 2-1, Section A)
-ity:抽象名詞后綴,如“quantity”(數量)(GRE No. 4-2, Section B)
devoted[d??v??t?d]adj.熱衷于……的,摯愛的;專用于……的;獻身的;忠誠的——(be) devoted to 專心于……;獻身于……;致力于……;投入到……
例 Although the time involved is so short, about 0.04 percent of the total age of the Earth, the amount of attention devoted to the Pleistocene has been incredibly large, probably because of its immediacy, and because the epoch largely coincides with the appearance on Earth of humans and their immediate ancestors.——GRE No. 8-2, Section B
雖然更新世所涉及的時間是如此之短,約為地球總年齡的0.04%,但人們投入到這一時期的注意力卻大得難以令人置信,可能是因為其緊迫性,且因為這一時期在很大程度上與地球上人類及其直接祖先的出現正值同期。
記 de-vote-d
de-=dis-=from,如“devoid”(缺乏的)(GRE No. 4-3, Section B)
vote=vow
-(e)d:形容詞后綴,如“extended”(擴大的)(GRE No. 4-3, Section B)
indifferent [?n?d?fr?nt]adj.漠不關心的;無關緊要的;中性的,中立的——indifference [?n?d?fr?ns] n.漠不關心;冷淡;不重視;中立——(be) indifferent to 對……無興趣(不關心、不在乎、冷漠)
例 The hypothesis of an expanding Earth has never attracted notable support, and if it were not for the historical example of continental drift, such indifference might be a legitimate response to an apparently improbable concept.——GRE No. 2-3, Section B
地球膨脹這一假說從來沒有吸引到明顯的支持,如果不是因為有大陸漂移學說的歷史先例,這樣的漠視態度對于一個顯然不可能的概念來說,可謂是一種甚為合理的反應。
記 in-dif-fer-ent
in-=not,如“infinite”(無窮的)(GRE No. 5-3, Section A)
dif-=dis-=apart,如“disappointment”(失望)(GRE No. 3-2, Section B)
fer=carry,如“transfer”(轉移)(GRE No. 5-1, Section B)
-ent:形容詞后綴,如“equivalent”(相等的)(GRE No. 3-1, Section A)
shape [?e?p] v.形成;塑造;計劃;使成形;使(行為等)符合要求
例 In her novels, Woolf is deeply engaged by the questions of how individuals are shaped (or deformed) by their social environments, how historical forces impinge on people's lives, how class, wealth, and gender help to determine people's fates. ——GRE No. 4-2, Section B
在其小說中,伍爾夫深深地被這樣一些問題所吸引:個人是如何被他們所處的社會環境塑造(或扭曲)的,歷史的力量是如何影響人們的生活的,以及階級、財富和性別是如何決定人們的命運的。
相關題目:
In stark contrast to his later (i) ______, Simpson was largely (ii) ______politics during his college years, despite the fact that the campus he attended was rife with political activity. ——GRE OG, Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions, SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy
