- 文勇的GRE單詞手稿
- 劉文勇編著
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- 2020-08-19 17:53:22
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mixed[m?kst]adj.混合的,混淆的;矛盾復雜的;形形色色的
例 Our “frailties”—emotions and motives such as rage, fear, greed, gluttony, joy, lust, love—may be a very mixed assortment, but they share at least one immediate quality: we are, as we say, “in the grip” of them. And thus they give us our sense of constraints.——GRE No. 6-1, Section B
我們的“弱點”——諸如憤怒、恐懼、貪婪、暴食、快樂、淫欲、愛戀等情感和動機——或許是一種極為含混的范疇,但它們至少共有一個直接的特性:如同我們所說的那樣,我們被它們“控制著”。因而,它們賦予我們約束感。
記 mix-ed
mix:混淆;混合
-ed:形容詞后綴,如“allied”(相關的)(GRE 1990年10月,Section A)
troubled[?tr?bld]adj.動亂的,不安的;混亂的;困惑的;苦惱的
記 trouble-d
trouble:麻煩;使煩惱
-(e)d:形容詞后綴,如“well-marked”(明顯的)(GRE No. 5-3, Section B)
ambiguous[?m?b?ɡj??s]adj.模糊不清的;引起歧義的;模棱兩可的;曖昧的——ambiguity [??mb??ɡj??t?] n.含糊;不明確;曖昧;模棱兩可
例 Great comic art is never otherworldly, it does not seek to mystify us, and it does not deny ambiguity by branding as evil whatever differs from good.——GRE No. 4-3, Section A
偉大的喜劇藝術從來不是超越世俗的,它所追求的并不是予人神秘感,它也不會通過將任何與善不一樣的事物烙上惡的印記而否認那些模棱兩可的情形。
記 amb-ig-uous
amb-=both, about,如“ambition”(野心)(GRE No. 9-6, Section B)
ig=drive
-uous, -ous:形容詞后綴,表示“充滿了”,如“virtuous”(有道德的)(GRE 1993年4月,Section B)
valuable[?v?lj??bl]adj.值錢的,貴重的;有價值的,有用的;珍貴的;重要的
例 If, however, the population consisted of equal numbers of males and females, sons and daughters would be equally valuable. ——GRE No. 4-1, Section A
然則,假如該種群由同等數量的雄性和雌性生物體組成,則雄性后代和雌性后代將是同等重要的。
記 valu-able
val, valu=strong; worth,如“equivalence”(相等)(GRE No. 9-6, Section A)
-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“usable”(可用的)(GRE 1991年4月,Section B)
noble[?n??bl]adj.高尚的,崇高的;高貴的;貴族的;宏偉的;惰性的
例 Calculations of the density of alloys based on Bernal-type models of the alloys metal component agreed fairly well with the experimentally determined values from measurements on alloys consist of a noble metal together with a metalloid, such as alloys of palladium and silicon, or alloys consist of iron, phosphorus, and carbon, although small discrepancies remained.——GRE 1992年10月,Section A
以伯納爾所建立的旨在研究合金中金屬成分的模型為基礎對合金密度進行計算的結果,在相當程度上與某些合金測量中通過實驗確定的數值趨于一致,盡管一些細小的差異依然存在。實驗中測量的合金由一種貴金屬和一種準金屬構成,例如鈀和硅的合金,或鐵、磷和碳組成的合金。
alienate [?e?l??ne?t] v.使疏遠,離間;讓與
記 alien-ate
alien:外國的;相異的
-ate:動詞后綴,其名詞形式是-ation,如“associate”(使發生聯系)(GRE No. 6-2, Section B)
seduce [s??dju?s] v.引誘;誘惑;勾引;慫恿
記 se-duce
se-=apart,如“secrete”(分泌)(GRE 1993年4月,Section B)
duce=lead,如“reproduce”(繁殖)(GRE 1993年4月,Section C)
aggrandize [??ɡr?n?da?z] v.增加;增大;提高;擴充;夸大;強化
記 ag-grand-ize
ag-=ad-=to,如“aggregate”(聚集的)(GRE No. 6-3, Section B)
grand=great,如“grandeur”(壯麗;宏偉)(GRE 1993年2月,Section B)
-ize:動詞后綴,表示“使成……狀態,使……化”,如“economize”(節約,節省)(GRE 1997年4月,Section B)
refine [r??fa?n] v.精煉,提純;細分;完善;使……文雅
例 Since these quanta are believed to be indivisible packages of energy and so cannot be further refined, we reach a point beyond which further resolution of the world is not possible.——GRE No. 7-1, Section A
由于這些量子被確信為不可分割的能量綜合體,因而無法被進一步細分,我們便達到一個極點,在此之后不可能對物質世界作進一步分解。
記 re-fine
re-=again,如“revival”(再生效)(GRE 1994年4月,Section A)
fin, fine=end,如“finish”(結束)(GRE No. 8-1, Section A)
please[pli?z]v.使喜歡;使高興,使滿意;討人喜歡;令人高興——pleased [pli?zd] adj.高興的;愉快的;喜歡的;樂意的;滿意的
例 On the other hand if we removed all knowledge of scientific psychology from our world, problems in interpersonal relations might easily be coped with and solved much as before. We would still “know” how to avoid doing something asked of us and how to get someone to agree with us; we would still “know” when someone was angry and when someone was pleased. ——GRE 1994年2月,Section A
另一方面,假如我們將科學心理學的全部知識從我們的世界移除,人際關系方面的問題可能會與往常一樣得以輕而易舉地處理和解決。我們將仍然“知道”如何避免做某些被要求去做的事情,如何讓人同意我們的觀點;我們將依然“知道”何時某人心情憤怒,何時某人心情愉快。
相關題目:
Bebop's legacy is ______one: bebop may have won jazz the right to be taken seriously as an art form, but it ______jazz's mass audience, which turned to other forms of music such as rock and pop. ——GRE 2006年6月,Section 1
A a mixed...alienated
B a troubled...seduced
C an ambiguous...aggrandized
D a valuable...refined
E a noble...pleased