6400_新东方GRE词汇

6400. inhibition

阻止; 抑制; 抑制物

🤩短语
  • inhibition zone (抑菌圈;抑制带)

  • competitive inhibition (竞争性抑制;竞争性抑制作用)

🎤例句
  • a marked inhibition of cell growth (对细胞生长的显著抑制)
🤔同义词
  • checking, control, restraint, suppression, curb ([心理][电子][通信]抑制;压抑;禁止)

6401. monocle

单片眼镜

🎤例句
  • What about a monocle? (单片眼镜怎么样?)

  • Riding crop, monocle and bullhorn at the ready…! (马鞭,单片眼镜,扩音器全都准备好了…!)

  • It's the verbal equivalent of wearing a monocle, or using an encyclopedia when Wikipedia is at your fingertips. (说这个词就像戴单片眼镜,或者明明指尖上就有维基百科却要查大百科全书。)

6402. consumption

消费, 消耗

🤩短语
  • energy consumption ([化]能量损耗)

  • power consumption (能量功耗)

  • water consumption (耗水量)

  • fuel consumption (耗油量)

  • low power consumption (低功耗;低电耗)

  • consumption level (消费水平)

  • consumption structure (消费结构)

  • oil consumption (油耗量;润滑油消耗量)

  • material consumption (物料消耗;材料耗用)

  • domestic consumption (国内消费;生活用电量;家庭用水量)

  • consumption tax (n. 消费税)

  • high consumption (高消费;高消耗)

  • consumption rate (消费率;消耗率;单位消耗量)

  • oxygen consumption (耗氧量,氧消耗)

  • coal consumption (耗煤量)

  • food consumption (食品消费;摄食量)

  • gas consumption (耗气量;天然气消耗量)

  • steam consumption (蒸汽消耗;耗汽量)

  • heat consumption (耗热量;热消耗)

  • consumption credit ([经]消费信贷,非生产信贷)

🎤例句
  • Vigorous exercise increases oxygen consumption. (剧烈运动增加氧的消耗。)
🤔同义词
  • expense, depletion ([经]消费;消耗;肺痨)

6403. zest

刺激性; 兴趣, 热心

🎤例句
  • The danger of being caught added a certain zest to the affair. (被捉奸的危险为这件风流韵事增添了一些刺激性。)
🤔同义词
  • enthusiasm, flavor (风味;热心;强烈的兴趣)

  • season, sauce (给…调味)

6404. drought

干旱, 旱灾; 干旱期

🤩短语
  • drought resistance (耐旱性,抗旱性)

  • drought relief (干旱救灾)

  • drought control (抗旱;防旱)

🎤例句
  • ...a country where drought and famines have killed up to two million people during the last eighteen years. (…过去18年来干旱和饥荒致死达两百万人的一个国家。)
🤔同义词
  • shortage, deficiency, need, short of, want ([气候]干旱;缺乏)

6405. unbiased

没有偏见的

🤩短语
  • unbiased estimator (无偏估计值)

  • unbiased estimate (不偏估计,公正(无偏)评价)

🎤例句
  • We aim to provide a service that is balanced and unbiased. (我们的目标是提供一种公平公正的服务。)

  • an unbiased observer (一名公正的观察员)

🤔同义词
  • judicial, just (公正的;无偏见的)

6406. advertise

做广告; 通知

🤩短语
  • advertise for (登广告征求(寻找)某物;登招请(待聘等)广告)
🎤例句
  • They no longer advertise alcohol or cigarettes at sporting events. (他们不再在体育赛事上做烟酒广告了。)

  • Colleges and universities have found that it pays to advertise (= advertising brings good results ) . (大专院校发现做广告效果很好。)

🤔同义词
  • message, instruct (通知;为…做广告;使突出)

6407. motile

能动的

🎤例句
  • The spores and gametes could grow to new thalli independently, and the same to motile zygotes. (漂浮浒苔的游孢子、配子或配子结合形成的合子均能发育成一株新的藻体。)

6408. humility

谦逊, 谦恭

🤩短语
  • with humility (谦逊地)
🎤例句
  • ...a deep sense of humility. (…深深的谦卑感。)
🤔同义词
  • modesty, humbleness (谦卑,谦逊)

6409. potent

强有力的, 有影响力的, 有权力的; 有效力的, 有效能的

🎤例句
  • potent drugs (强效药物)

  • a potent symbol of oppression (压迫的有力象征)

  • Advertising is a potent force in showing smoking as a socially acceptable habit. (广告的力量很大,把吸烟说成为社会所接受的习惯。)

  • A good company pension scheme remains a potent weapon for attracting staff. (良好的公司养老金计划依然是吸引员工的有效武器。)

🤔同义词
  • valid, available, effective, virtual, telling (有效的;强有力的,有权势的;有说服力的)

6410. commencement

开始; 毕业典礼

🤩短语
  • commencement date (生效日期)
🎤例句
  • All applicants should be at least 16 years of age at the commencement of this course. (所有申请人在本课程开始时应至少年满16岁。)
🤔同义词
  • beginning, threshold, opening, conception, fresh (开始,发端;毕业典礼)

6411. recant

撤回, 放弃)

🎤例句
  • White House officials ordered Williams to recant. (白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。)

  • ...a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy. (...遭受酷刑后仍拒绝放弃其异教信仰的一名男子。)

🤔同义词
  • desert, yield, quit (放弃;撤回)

6412. retiring

过隐居生活的, 不善社交的

🤩短语
  • retire from (从……退休)

  • retire into oneself (退隐,沉默;(沉湎于自己的思想而)离群索居)

🎤例句
  • As a child, Elizabeth was very shy and retiring. (伊丽莎白小时候非常腼腆害羞。)
🤔同义词
  • emeritus, on the beach (退休的;不善社交的;过隐居生活的)

6413. wrath

愤怒, 愤慨

🤩短语
  • wrath of god (神的忿怒;神之愤怒;上帝的惩罚)
🎤例句
  • He was scared of incurring his father’s wrath . (他害怕惹他父亲大发脾气。)
🤔同义词
  • anger, rage (愤怒;激怒)

6414. weather

风化, 侵蚀; 经受住风雨; 平安度过危难 safely; survive)

🤩短语
  • bad weather (恶劣的天气)

  • cold weather (寒冷的天气)

  • weather forecast (天气预测,天气预报)

  • good weather (好天气)

  • weather permitting (如果天气良好,天气许可的话)

  • fine weather (n. 好天气;晴天)

  • weather condition (天气条件;气象情况)

  • warm weather (温暖的天气;温暖的气候)

  • weather report (天气预报,天气报告;气象报告)

  • wet weather (潮湿天气;多雨的天气)

  • weather radar (天气雷达)

  • weather resistance (耐气候性;耐风化性)

  • severe weather (恶劣天气;风雨交加的天气;剧烈天气)

  • weather station (气象站)

  • all weather (全天候)

  • weather service (气象服务;气象观测组织)

  • stormy weather (暴风雨天气;暴风雪)

  • under the weather (人不太舒服;身体不适)

  • sunny weather (阳光灿烂的天气)

  • in all weathers (不论天气如何,风雨无阻)

🎤例句
  • The company weathered the storm of objections to the scheme. (公司安然渡过了反对这个计划的风暴。)

  • Northern Ireland weathered the recession better than any other region in the UK. (与英国其他地区相比,北爱尔兰更为顺利地熬过了经济萧条时期。)

🤔同义词
  • climate, situation (天气;[气象]气象;气候;处境)

  • last out, eat into (经受住;使风化;侵蚀;使受风吹雨打)

  • bloom out, effloresce (风化;受侵蚀;经受风雨)

  • outdoor, unroofed (露天的;迎风的)

6415. roam

漫游, 漫步

🤩短语
  • roam about (漫游;漫步)

  • roam around (散步,闲逛)

🎤例句
  • Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard. (鸡和鹅在后院随意溜达。)

  • You shouldn’t let your children roam the streets . (你不应该让孩子在街上游荡。)

🤔同义词
  • range, knock about/around (漫游,漫步;流浪)

  • range, go on a tour (在…漫步,漫游;在…流浪)

  • travel, bummel (漫步,漫游;流浪)

6416. tenet

信条; 教义

🤩短语
  • company tenet (公司宗旨;企业宗旨)
🎤例句
  • Non-violence and patience are the central tenets of their faith. (非暴力和忍耐是他们信仰的基本原则。)
🤔同义词
  • principle, belief, teaching, doctrine, creed (原则;信条;教义)

6417. ethnic

民族的, 种族的

🤩短语
  • ethnic group (n. 同种同文化之民族)

  • ethnic minority (少数民族)

  • ethnic chinese (华裔人士)

  • ethnic culture (民族文化;族群文化)

  • ethnic identity (族群认同,种族认同;民族认同)

  • ethnic relations (族群关系)

  • ethnic origin (种族本源)

  • ethnic cleansing (n. 种族清洗)

  • ethnic composition (种族构成)

  • ethnic tourism (民俗旅游;异族观光)

  • ethnic food (民族风味餐)

  • ethnic minority group (少数人种群体)

  • ethnic affairs commission (民族委员会;民族事务委员会)

  • ethnic drug (民族药)

🎤例句
  • The school teaches pupils from different ethnic groups. (该校教授不同种族的小学生。)

  • ethnic Russians in Estonia (居住在爱沙尼亚的俄罗斯人)

  • plans to partition the republic along ethnic lines (按种族分割该共和国的计划)

🤔同义词
  • racial, tribal (种族的;人种的)

6418. aquiline

鹰的, 似鹰的

🎤例句
  • He had a thin aquiline nose and deep-set brown eyes. (他长着细长的鹰钩鼻和一双深陷的褐色眼睛。)
🤔同义词
  • accipitral, falconine (鹰的;似鹰的,像鹰的;钩状的)

6419. improvised

'imprəvaizd 临时准备的, 即席而作的

🤔同义词
  • aleatory (即兴的;临时准备的)

6420. stately

庄严的, 堂皇的; 宏伟的

🤩短语
  • stately home (n. 开放供参观的豪华古宅)
🎤例句
  • stately buildings (宏伟的建筑)
🤔同义词
  • grand, magnificent, solemn, sacred, majestic (庄严的;堂皇的,宏伟的)

6421. supererogatory

职责以外的; 多余的

🤔同义词
  • additional, added, extra, excess, spare (额外的,多余的;职责以外的)

6422. motto

座右铭; 格言, 箴言

🤩短语
  • olympic motto (奥林匹克格言)

  • school motto (校训)

🎤例句
  • ‘Be prepared’ is the motto of the Boy Scouts. (“时刻准备着”是童子军的格言。)
🤔同义词
  • imprese, maxim (座右铭,格言;箴言)

6423. goad

刺激, 激励

赶牛棒;刺激,激励

🎤例句
  • Charles was always goading me. (查尔斯老是刺激我。)
🤔同义词
  • stimulus, incentive, animation, excitement, needle (刺激;(赶牲口用的)刺棒;激励)

  • stimulate, fan, power, egg, motivate (刺激;激励;用刺棒驱赶;煽动)

6424. pervasive

弥漫的, 遍布的

🤩短语
  • pervasive computing (普遍计算技术)
🎤例句
  • the pervasive influence of television (电视无所不在的影响)

  • the all-pervasive mood of apathy (到处弥漫的冷漠情绪)

🤔同义词
  • widespread, universal, ruling, generalized (普遍的;到处渗透的)

6425. sensitivity

敏感, 敏感性

🤩短语
  • sensitivity analysis (灵敏度分析;敏感性分析)

  • sensitivity test (敏感性测试;灵敏度试验)

  • detection sensitivity (检测灵敏度)

  • low sensitivity (低灵敏度)

  • temperature sensitivity (温度灵敏度,温度灵敏度系数;温度感受性)

  • pressure sensitivity (压感,压力灵敏度;声压灵敏度)

  • contrast sensitivity (对比灵敏度)

  • sensitivity coefficient (灵敏度系数)

  • light sensitivity (光敏性;感光性)

  • notch sensitivity (切口灵敏度;缺口灵感度)

🎤例句
  • It’s a matter of great political sensitivity. (这件事在政治上非常敏感。)
🤔同义词
  • susceptivity, tenderness (敏感;[生理]敏感性;过敏)

6426. verve

神韵; 生机, 活力

🎤例句
  • It is moreover a book of astonishing wit and verve. (这还是一本充满惊人的机智和活力的小说。)
🤔同义词
  • passion, energy, flame, vitality, fire (热情;神韵;活力;气魄)

6427. flag

减弱, 衰退; 枯萎

🤩短语
  • red flag (n. 红旗;危险信号;[喻]惹人生气的事物)

  • national flag (n. 国旗)

  • white flag (白旗(表示投降);降旗)

  • under the flag of (受…保护,站在…一边)

  • yellow flag (黄色旗;检疫旗;[植]黄菖蒲)

  • blue flag (蓝旗;蓝菖蒲;蓝鸢尾)

  • flag of truce (白旗,休战旗)

  • flag day (n. 美国国旗纪念日(六月十四日))

  • flag state (船旗国;标记状态)

  • with flags flying (得胜地,征服者似的,得意洋洋地)

  • flag of distress (求救旗号)

  • show the flag ([ 口语])

  • hoist the flag (升旗表示占领新发现的土地)

  • keep the flag flying (◎[口语]不屈服,坚持战斗;继续坚持自己的意见(或想法))

  • flag down (打信号使停下)

  • flag pole (旗杆)

  • black flag (黑旗(表示囚犯已被处决);海盗旗;黑旗令(赛车可能有故障))

  • quarantine flag (n. 黄色检疫旗(表示船上未发生疾病的旗帜))

  • flag of convenience (方便旗(指商船为逃税而向别国注册并挂该国旗帜))

  • wave the flag (激起爱国热情)

🎤例句
  • His enthusiasm was in no way flagging. (他的热情丝毫没有减退。)
🤔同义词
  • fail, decay (标记;衰退;枯萎)

  • emblemize (标记;插旗)

  • symbol, seal (标志;旗子)

6428. sympathetic

有同情心的

🤩短语
  • sympathetic nerve ([解]交感神经)

  • sympathetic nervous system (交感神经系统)

  • sympathetic vibration ([物]共振)

  • sympathetic response (共鸣)

  • sympathetic trunk (交感干;交感神经干)

  • sympathetic with (对…同情)

  • sympathetic consideration (体恤处理,同情之考虑)

🎤例句
  • a sympathetic friend (一个有同情心的朋友)

  • a sympathetic attitude (一种同情的态度)

  • We hope always to provide a friendly sympathetic ear (= someone willing to listen to someone else’s problems ) . (我们希望总能做到友善地倾听。)

🤔同义词
  • harmonious, balanced, acceptable (同情的;交感神经的;共鸣的;赞同的;和谐的;合意的)

  • vagus nerve (交感神经;容易感受的人)

6429. insignificant

无价值的, 无意义的, 无用的

🎤例句
  • You realize that your problems are insignificant in comparison. (要知道,你的问题相对来说微不足道。)
🤔同义词
  • indifferent, small-beer (无关紧要的)

6430. gargantuan

巨大的, 庞大的

🎤例句
  • a meal of gargantuan proportions (丰盛的大餐)

  • gargantuan task (艰巨的任务)

🤔同义词
  • enormous, huge, tremendous, massive, macro (庞大的,巨大的)

6431. languid

没精打采的, 倦怠的

🎤例句
  • He greeted Charles with a languid wave of his hand. (他无精打采地挥挥手,算是和查尔斯打招呼。)
🤔同义词
  • listless, dull (倦怠的;呆滞的;软弱无力的)

6432. limnetic

淡水的, 湖泊的

🎤例句
  • the limnetic zone ()
🤔同义词
  • fresh, lacustrine (淡水的;湖泊的)

6433. glamorous

迷人的, 富有魅力的

🎤例句
  • She led an exciting and glamorous life. (她生活奢华,充满刺激。)

  • the most glamorous neighborhood in the city (城里最繁华的街区)

  • On television, she looks so glamorous. (她在电视里看上去光彩照人。)

🤔同义词
  • killing, taking, engaging, charming, fascinating (迷人的,富有魅力的)

6434. disprove

证明…有误

🎤例句
  • These figures disproved Smith’s argument. (这些数据证明史密斯的论点是错误的。)
🤔同义词
  • refute, contradict (反驳,证明…是虚假的)

6435. flay

剥皮; 抢夺, 掠夺; 严厉指责

🎤例句
  • She was well-known for flaying public officials in her daily column. (她因在每日专栏里批判政府官员而出名。)
🤔同义词
  • skin, harry, shell (剥皮;掠夺;严厉批评)

6436. flaw

生裂缝; 变得有缺陷

瑕疵

🤩短语
  • flaw detection (探伤检验;缺陷检验)

  • flaw detector (探伤仪;裂痕探测仪)

  • ultrasonic flaw detector ([工]超声波探伤仪)

  • flaw echo (缺陷回波;缺陷的回波信号;缺陷回声)

  • nondestructive flaw detection (无损探伤)

  • security flaw (安全漏洞;安全性缺陷)

🎤例句
  • A design flaw (= a mistake or weakness in the way something was made ) caused the engine to explode. (一个设计缺陷导致了引擎爆炸。)
🤔同义词
  • checking, defect, deficiency, vice, fault (瑕疵,裂纹;缺点;一阵狂风)

  • crack, fracture (使无效;使破裂,使有缺陷)

6437. climax

顶点, 高潮

🤩短语
  • climax community (顶极群落(在不受骚扰的情况下能生长的所有植物))

  • come to a climax (达到顶点(或高潮))

🎤例句
  • The festival reaches its climax with the traditional boat-burning ceremony. (传统的烧船仪式将节庆活动推向了高潮。)
🤔同义词
  • height, summit, sky, peak, pole (高潮;顶点;层进法;极点)

6438. recall

回想,回忆起;收回

唤回

🤩短语
  • beyond recall (不可挽回;不能记起)

  • recall from (从…处召回)

  • recall to mind (回想起,回忆起,记得)

  • recall ratio (查全率,检索率)

🎤例句
  • You don’t happen to recall his name, do you? (你不会恰巧还想得起他的名字吧?)

  • As I recall, it was you who suggested this idea in the first place. (我记得,是你首先提出这个想法的。)

🤔同义词
  • think of, come back (召回;回想起,记起;取消)

  • memory, recollection (召回;回忆;撤消)

6439. penchant

爱好, 嗜好

🎤例句
  • a penchant for fast cars (对跑车的酷爱)
🤔同义词
  • tendency, liability, weakness, habit, trend (嗜好;倾向)

6440. brazen

厚脸皮的

🎤例句
  • her brazen admission that she was cheating on him (她恬不知耻地承认自己对他不忠)
🤔同义词
  • as bold as brass, bold-faced (厚颜无耻的;黄铜制的)

6441. irrational

不理智的; 失去理性的, 不合理的

🤩短语
  • irrational number ([数]无理数)

  • irrational exuberance (非理性繁荣)

🎤例句
  • an irrational fear of flying (对飞行非理性的恐惧)

  • He’s becoming increasingly irrational. (他变得越来越不可理喻了。)

🤔同义词
  • unreasonable, reasonless (不合理的;无理性的;荒谬的)

  • surd ([数]无理数)

6442. glacial

冰河期的; 寒冷的

🤩短语
  • glacial acetic acid (冰醋酸;冰乙酸)

  • glacial period ([地]冰河时期)

  • glacial lake (冰川湖)

  • glacial ice (冰川冰;流动冰)

  • glacial epoch ([地]冰川期;冰河时期)

🎤例句
  • a glacial valley (冰川谷)
🤔同义词
  • ice, icy ([地质]冰的;冰冷的;冰河时代的)

6443. flak

高射炮; 抨击

🎤例句
  • Lilley has taken a lot of flak for his views on drugs. (利利对毒品的看法受到强烈抨击。)
🤔同义词
  • attack, archie ([军]高射炮;抨击;谴责)

6444. overstate

夸张, 对…言过其实

🎤例句
  • To say that all motorists speed in residential areas is overstating the case. (说所有驾驶员都在住宅区内超速行驶是言过其实了。)

  • The importance of a child’s early years cannot be overstated (= is very important ). (儿童幼年期的重要性怎么强调也不为过。)

🤔同义词
  • put it on, pile it on (夸张;夸大的叙述)

6445. refurbish

刷新, 擦亮

🎤例句
  • We have spent money on refurbishing the offices. (我们已在这些办公室的翻新上花了钱。)
🤔同义词
  • repolish, do up (刷新;再磨光)

6446. iconoclastic

偶像破坏的, 打破旧习的

🎤例句
  • Wolfe’s theories were revolutionary and iconoclastic. (沃尔夫的理论具有革命性和反传统性。)

6447. filter

过滤器

过滤

🤩短语
  • kalman filter (卡尔曼滤波器)

  • air filter (空气过滤器)

  • digital filter (数字滤波器)

  • bag filter (袋式过滤器;袋滤器)

  • filter press (压滤机)

  • filter paper (滤纸(尤制定量滤纸))

  • filter material (过滤材料)

  • filter out (过滤掉;不予注意;泄露)

  • adaptive filter (自适应滤波器)

  • filter system (过滤系统;过滤装置)

  • pass filter (过滤器)

  • oil filter (滤油器;机油滤清器)

  • filter element (过滤芯;滤波元件)

  • low-pass filter ([电]低通滤波器)

  • ceramic filter (陶瓷过滤器)

  • vacuum filter (真空滤器)

  • filter cake (滤饼)

  • filter bag (过滤袋)

  • pressure filter (压力式过滤器)

  • belt filter (带式过滤机)

🎤例句
  • filter cigarettes (= with a filter at the end ) (过滤嘴香烟)
🤔同义词
  • sink in, seep into (滤过;渗入;慢慢传开)

  • strainer, percolator ([电子][光]滤波器;[轻][核][化工]过滤器;筛选;滤光器)

  • penetrate, lauter ([轻][核][化工]过滤;渗透;用过滤法除去)

6448. inexorable

不为所动的; 无法改变的

🎤例句
  • the inexorable decline of Britain’s manufacturing industry (英国制造业无可挽回的衰落)
🤔同义词
  • tough, relentless, ruthless, unrelenting (无情的;不屈不挠的;不可阻挡的;无法改变的)

6449. soothe

抚慰; 减轻

🎤例句
  • Lucy soothed the baby by rocking it in her arms. (露西把宝宝抱在怀里摇晃着,让他安静下来。)

  • She made a cup of tea to soothe her nerves. (她泡了杯茶让自己平静下来。)

🤔同义词
  • comfort, calm, quiet, relax, compose (安慰;使平静;缓和)

6450. spectator

目击者; 观众, 观看者

🤩短语
  • spectator sport (吸引大量观众的体育运动)
🎤例句
  • The match attracted over 40,000 spectators. (这场比赛吸引了四万多名观众。)
🤔同义词
  • audience, onlooker (观众;旁观者)

6451. submission

从属, 服从

🤩短语
  • submission date (提交日期)

  • submission of tender (投标)

🎤例句
  • The army intends to take the city or simply starve it into submission. (这个军队打算占领这座城市或干脆使其挨饿到投降。)
🤔同义词
  • opinion, compliance, view, comment, mind (投降;[计]提交(物);服从;(向法官提出的)意见;谦恭)

6452. squalor

肮脏, 污秽

🎤例句
  • We lived in squalor for a year and a half. (我们在肮脏的环境里住了一年半。)
🤔同义词
  • misery, dirtiness (肮脏;悲惨;卑劣;道德败坏)

6453. obsess

迷住; 使…困扰, 使…烦扰

🎤例句
  • A string of scandals is obsessing America. (一系列丑闻在困扰着美国。)
🤔同义词
  • possess, spell (迷住,缠住;使…着迷;使…困扰)

6454. incipient

初期的, 起初的

🤩短语
  • incipient fault (潜在故障,隐患;雏断层)
🎤例句
  • a sign of incipient madness (精神失常的早期征兆)
🤔同义词
  • earlier, young (初期的;[生物]初始的;起初的;发端的)

6455. vendetta

血仇, 世仇; 宿怨, 深仇

🎤例句
  • The two sides have been engaged in a bitter private vendetta. (双方有着很深的私仇。)
🤔同义词
  • rancour ((尤指族间或血亲间的)仇杀;深仇)

6456. utter

完全的

发出, 说

🎤例句
  • That’s utter nonsense! (真是一派胡言!)

  • This company treats its employees with utter contempt. (这家公司对其员工不屑一顾。)

  • I watched in complete and utter horror as he pulled out a gun. (我惊恐万分地看着他拔出枪来。)

  • fifteen years of utter confusion (15年的大混乱)

🤔同义词
  • release, put, voice, project, let go (发出,表达;发射)

  • thorough, full, complete, absolute, total (完全的;彻底的;无条件的)

6457. perspicacious

独具慧眼的, 敏锐的

🎤例句
  • ...one of the most perspicacious and perceptive historians of that period. (...那个时期最敏锐、最有洞察力的历史学家之一。)
🤔同义词
  • acute, keen (有洞察力的;聪颖的;敏锐的)

6458. overdraw

透支 for more than the balance; make an overgraft); 夸大(to exaggerate)

🤔同义词
  • advance by overdraft, put it on ([金融]透支;拉过度;夸张)

  • advance by overdraft, put it on ([金融]透支;夸张)

6459. dentures

假牙

🎤例句
  • People who wear dentures may sleep better if they leave them in overnight. (戴假牙的人如果晚上睡觉也戴着假牙,睡眠可能更好。)
🤔同义词
  • false tooth, artificial tooth (假牙;补齿(常用复数))

6460. tremendous

恐慌的, 可怕的; 巨大的, 惊人的

🎤例句
  • Suddenly, there was a tremendous bang, and the whole station shook. (突然一声巨响,整个车站都晃动了。)

  • She was making a tremendous effort to appear calm. (她竭力表现出平静的样子。)

  • She praised her husband for the tremendous support he had given her. (她称赞丈夫给了她巨大支持。)

  • Sales have been tremendous so far this year. (今年到目前为止,销售额十分惊人。)

  • This plan could save us a tremendous amount of money. (这个计划能给我们节省一大笔钱。)

🤔同义词
  • huge, enormous, massive, macro, vast (极大的,巨大的;惊人的)

6461. escalate

升级; 扩大, 上升, 增强

🎤例句
  • The fighting on the border is escalating. (边境地区的战事在不断升级。)

  • We do not want to escalate the war. (我们不想让战争升级。)

6462. condense

浓缩

🤩短语
  • condense into (把…缩短;把…压缩)
🎤例句
  • condensed soup (浓汤)
🤔同义词
  • concentrate, to freeze (浓缩;凝结)

  • dewater, inspissate (使浓缩;使压缩)

6463. sage

智慧的

智者

🎤例句
  • sage advice (明智的忠告)
🤔同义词
  • saint, sadu (圣人;贤人;哲人)

  • wise, calculating, advisable, sensible (明智的;贤明的;审慎的)

6464. conspicuous

显著的, 显而易见的

🤩短语
  • conspicuous consumption (炫耀性消费;摆阔,挥霍)

  • conspicuous place (显眼地方)

  • conspicuous position (显眼位置)

🎤例句
  • The notice must be displayed in a conspicuous place. (通告一定要贴在显眼的地方。)

  • a bird with conspicuous white markings (一种长有醒目白斑的鸟)

  • I felt very conspicuous in my red coat. (我穿着红外套,感觉自己十分显眼。)

🤔同义词
  • obvious, prominent, marked, noted, outstanding (显著的;显而易见的)

6465. draconian

drə'kəunjən 严厉的, 严酷的

🎤例句
  • ...indications that there would be no draconian measures to lower U.S. health care costs. (…迹象表明将不会有严厉的措施来降低美国的医疗成本。)
🤔同义词
  • severe, tight, hard, harsh, rigorous (严厉的,苛刻的)

6466. verse

诗歌

🤩短语
  • chapter and verse (n. 引经据典)

  • free verse (自由诗体(不受格律约束的))

  • blank verse (素体诗,无韵诗(不押韵的五音步诗行))

  • vice verse (反之亦然,反过来也一样)

🎤例句
  • a book of comic verse (一本滑稽诗集)
🤔同义词
  • poetry, poem (诗,诗篇;韵文;诗节)

6467. chantey

船歌

6468. tenure

占有期, 任期; 终身职位

🤩短语
  • land tenure (土地占有制)

  • tenure of office (任职期)

  • tenure track (可授予终生职位的聘雇制度)

  • life tenure (终身任期;终生职)

  • security of tenure (职位/地位的稳定性;[经]使用期保障)

🎤例句
  • The company has doubled in value during his tenure. (在他的任期内,公司的市值翻了一番。)
🤔同义词
  • occupation, having (任期;占有)

6469. dabble

涉足, 浅尝

🤩短语
  • dabble in (v. 涉猎)
🎤例句
  • He dabbled in business. (他曾涉足商界。)
🤔同义词
  • slush (溅湿;浸入水中)

6470. readable

易读的

🤩短语
  • machine readable (计算机可读的;机粕读的)
🎤例句
  • This is a well researched and very readable book. (这是一本研究深刻、可读性强的书。)
🤔同义词
  • legible (可读的;易读的;读起来津津有味的)

6471. hector

欺凌, 威吓

🎤例句
  • a hectoring tone of voice (威吓的口气)
🤔同义词
  • make a fool of, make a mockery of (威吓;愚弄)

  • fourflusher, intimidator (虚张声势的人;威吓者;恃强凌弱的人)

  • ride roughshod over, bullyrag (威吓;欺凌)

6472. salmon

大马哈鱼; 鲜肉色

🤩短语
  • smoked salmon (熏制鲑鱼)

  • pacific salmon ([生]太平洋鲑鱼;大鳞大麻哈鱼;大麻哈鱼属(等于Oncorhynchus))

  • atlantic salmon (大西洋鲑鱼)

  • salmon pink (橙红色;浅橙色)

  • king salmon (大鳞大麻哈鱼;鲑鱼王)

  • pink salmon (细鳞大麻哈鱼;粉鲑)

🎤例句
  • He gave them a splendid lunch of smoked salmon. (他款待了他们一顿极好的熏三文鱼午餐。)
🤔同义词
  • trout, red fish (鲑鱼;[鱼]大马哈鱼;鲑肉色)

6473. bouquet

花束; 芳香

🎤例句
  • The woman carried a bouquet of dried violets. (那个女子拿着一束干紫罗兰花。)
🤔同义词
  • nosegay, posy ([细胞][植]花束;酒香)

6474. ugly

难看的; 令人不快的

🤩短语
  • ugly duckling (丑小鸭;小时难看长大后变得才貌出众的人)
🎤例句
  • a very ugly man (非常丑陋的男子)

  • the ugliest building in town (城里最难看的建筑)

  • Nick’s dog is as ugly as sin (= very ugly ). (尼克的狗难看得要命。)

🤔同义词
  • evil, ill, black, wicked (丑陋的;邪恶的;令人厌恶的)

6475. skittish

轻浮的, 活泼的

🎤例句
  • Some skittish Wall Street investors are staying away from the market. (一些患得患失的华尔街投资者不敢入市。)
🤔同义词
  • alive, lively, activated (轻佻的;活泼的)

6476. constrain

束缚, 强迫; 限制

🎤例句
  • Poor soil has constrained the level of crop production. (贫瘠的土地限制了农作物的产量。)

  • Women’s employment opportunities are often severely constrained by family commitments. (女性的就业机会常常受到家庭责任的严重限制。)

🤔同义词
  • chain, bound, force, provoke, enforce (驱使;强迫;束缚)

6477. suffrage

选举权, 投票权

🤩短语
  • universal suffrage (普选权)
🎤例句
  • ...the women's suffrage movement. (...女性选举权运动。)
🤔同义词
  • poll, referendums (选举权;投票;参政权;代祷;赞成票)

6478. reparation

赔偿, 补偿

🎤例句
  • The government agreed to pay reparations to victims. (政府同意向受害者支付赔款。)
🤔同义词
  • satisfaction, renovation (赔偿;修理;赔款)

6479. recast

重铸; 更换演员)

🎤例句
  • an attempt to recast the statement in less formal language (用不太正式的语言改写声明的尝试)
🤔同义词
  • recoin, rehandle ([机]重铸;彻底改动)

  • recoinage ([机]重铸;重做的事物)

6480. slipperiness

'slɪp(ə)rɪnɪs 滑溜; 防滑性

🤔同义词
  • slickness, sliminess (滑溜)

6481. fragile

易碎的, 易损坏的

🤩短语
  • fragile goods (易碎商品;易碎货物)

  • fragile x syndrome ([精神病学]脆性X综合征;X染色体易损综合征)

🎤例句
  • Be careful with that vase – it’s very fragile. (小心那只花瓶——很容易打碎的。)

  • fragile bones (脆弱的骨头)

🤔同义词
  • delicate, crumbly (脆的;易碎的)

6482. flunk

不及格

🎤例句
  • Tony flunked chemistry last semester. (托尼上学期化学考试不及格。)
🤔同义词
  • founder, come to naught (失败;放弃;考试不及格)

  • failure, loss, losing, defeat, reverse (不及格;失败)

6483. painstaking

煞费苦心的

🎤例句
  • The work had been done with painstaking attention to detail. (这项工作被一丝不苟地完成了。)

  • Chris described in painstaking detail what had happened. (克里斯非常详细地描述了所发生的事情。)

🤔同义词
  • careful, tough, rough, diligent (艰苦的;勤勉的;小心的)

  • industry, diligence (辛苦;勤勉)

6484. stout

肥胖的; 强壮的

🎤例句
  • a short, stout man (一个矮胖的男人)
🤔同义词
  • acute, solid, firm, tough, game (结实的;矮胖的;勇敢的;激烈的)

  • punchinello (矮胖子;[食品]烈性啤酒)

6485. distinct

清楚的, 明显的

🤩短语
  • distinct from (vt. 与……不同)
🎤例句
  • two entirely distinct languages (两种完全不同的语言)
🤔同义词
  • obvious, visible, unique, evident, individual (明显的;独特的;清楚的;有区别的)

6486. seasoned

经验丰富的, 老练的

🤩短语
  • be seasoned with (适应;加…调味)

  • seasoned timber (经干木材;风干木材)

🎤例句
  • a highly seasoned piece of fish (味道很浓的一块鱼)
🤔同义词
  • experienced, diplomatic (经验丰富的;老练的;调过味的)

6487. nomadic

游牧的; 流浪的

🎤例句
  • nomadic herdsmen (游牧民)
🤔同义词
  • ragamuffinly, migratory (游牧的;流浪的;游动的)

6488. hedge

树篱; 保护手段; 障碍

🤩短语
  • hedge fund (避险基金;套保基金)

  • hedge against (避免损失的措施)

  • hedge against inflation ([经]为防通货膨胀而套购)

🎤例句
  • Gold is traditionally a hedge against inflation. (黄金传统上是一种防范通货膨胀的手段。)
🤔同义词
  • bar, obstacle, dam, let, stop ([建]树篱;障碍)

6489. detonation

爆炸, 爆炸声

🤩短语
  • detonation wave (爆震波)

  • detonation velocity (爆炸速度;起爆速度)

🎤例句
  • ...accidental detonation of nuclear weapons. (...核武器的意外引爆。)
🤔同义词
  • blast, burst (爆炸;爆炸声;爆发)

6490. taxing

繁重的

🤩短语
  • income tax (所得税)

  • tax system (税制,课税制度)

  • tax revenue (税收;赋税收入)

  • tax law (税法)

  • tax rate (税率)

  • tax policy (税收政策)

  • personal income tax (个人所得税)

  • business tax (营业税)

  • individual income tax ([经]个人所得税)

  • property tax (财产税;不动产税)

  • value-added tax (增值税)

  • tax planning (纳税计划)

  • tax collection (征税;税捐稽征)

  • export tax (出口税)

  • tax reform (税制改革)

  • tax evasion (漏税,逃税)

  • tax burden (课税负担)

  • estate tax ((英)房地产遗产税)

  • local tax (地方税)

  • tax rebate (退税;税收回扣)

🎤例句
  • The job turned out to be more taxing than I’d expected. (后来发觉这个工作比我原来想的要辛苦。)
🤔同义词
  • heavy, arduous (费力的;繁重的)

6491. eligible

合格的, 有资格的

🤩短语
  • eligible for (合格;够资格)

  • eligible bidders (合格的投标商)

  • eligible products (合格产品)

🎤例句
  • Stephen was regarded as an eligible bachelor. (斯蒂芬被认为是一个钻石王老五。)
🤔同义词
  • qualified, applicable, becoming, shaped, likely (合格的,合适的;符合条件的;有资格当选的)

  • acceptee (合格者;适任者;有资格者)

6492. fluke

侥幸; 意想不到的事

🤩短语
  • blood fluke (血吸虫)
🎤例句
  • He agreed that the second goal was a fluke. (他也认为第二个进球实属侥幸。)
🤔同义词
  • chance (侥幸;锚爪;意外的挫折)

  • get away with it, luck out (侥幸成功;意外受挫)

  • get away with it, luck out (侥幸成功)

6493. besmirch

诽谤

🎤例句
  • He has accused local people of trying to besmirch his reputation. (他指责当地人企图败坏他的名誉。)
🤔同义词
  • hurt, wrong (弄污;损害;诽谤)

6494. ecumenical

世界范围的, 普遍的

🤔同义词
  • widespread, universal, ruling, generalized, pervasive (普遍的;世界范围的;全基督教的)

6495. ultimatum

最后通牒

🎤例句
  • The club gave him an ultimatum – either he apologized, or he would be expelled from the team. (俱乐部给他下了最后通牒——要么道歉,要么等着被开除出队。)

  • The army issued an ultimatum for all weapons in the city to be surrendered on October 26th. (军队发出最后通牒,必须于 10 月 26 日交出该市的全部武器。)

🤔同义词
  • fundamental, basic principle (最后通牒;最后结论;基本原理)

6496. smooth

使平坦,使光滑;消除

光滑的; 平稳的

🤩短语
  • smooth muscle (平滑肌)

  • smooth surface (光滑表面;光滑面;平滑面)

  • smooth operation (正常运转;平稳运转,稳定运转)

  • smooth blasting (光面爆破;平稳爆破)

  • smooth running (平稳运行)

  • smooth transition (顺利过渡,平稳过渡)

  • smooth flow (平滑流;连续流;平滑怜;平稳流动)

  • smooth finish (光洁度;光面精整;光泽装饰)

  • smooth over (消除;缓和;减轻)

  • smooth out (消除;使平滑)

  • smooth sailing (一帆风顺)

  • smooth texture (纤维素;细腻组织,均匀组织)

  • smooth and steady (安稳的,平稳的)

  • smooth line (平滑线;均匀分布参数线路)

  • smooth away (消除;解决;克服)

  • smooth face (讨好的面孔;磨面)

  • piecewise smooth (分段光滑;分段光滑的)

  • smooth endoplasmic reticulum (光滑型内质网)

🎤例句
  • The wood was smoothed and trimmed to size. (木头被刨平并切割成需要的尺寸。)

  • Smooth down all the surfaces before you start painting. (上油漆前把全部表面都磨平整。)

🤔同义词
  • glabrous, favourable (顺利的;光滑的;平稳的)

  • eliminate, avoid, relax (使光滑;消除(障碍等);使优雅;缓和)

  • quietly, glossily (光滑地;平稳地;流畅地)

6497. illustrious

著名的, 显赫的

🎤例句
  • She has had an illustrious career. (她已经有了辉煌的事业。)

  • Wagner was just one of many illustrious visitors to the town. (瓦格纳只是到访过这座小镇的众多名人中的一位。)

🤔同义词
  • famous, noted, excellent, prominent, brilliant (著名的,杰出的;辉煌的)

6498. ratiocination

,rætiɔsi'neiʃən, -ræʃi- 推理, 推论

🎤例句
  • Your thesis is short for the accurate ratiocination to suppose your argument. (你的论文缺少能证明你的论点的正确推理。)
🤔同义词
  • conclusion, reasoning, inference, consequence (推理;推论)

6499. idle

无所事事的;无效的

懒散, 无所事事

🤩短语
  • idle time (空闲时间,闲置时间;停工时间,停歇时间)

  • idle away (浪费光阴,虚度时间)

  • idle speed (低速,怠速;空转速度)

  • idle equipment (闲置设备)

  • idle state (静止状态)

  • idle fund (游资;闲置资金)

  • idle mode (空闲模式;空闲状态)

  • idle capacity (闲置生产能力;备用能量)

  • idle motion (空转;空行程;空载运转;空动)

  • idle work (虚功,无功;无用功)

  • idle money (闲置资金;游资)

  • idle stroke (慢行程)

🎤例句
  • 4,000 workers have been idle for 12 of the first 27 weeks of this year. (4千名工人在今年最初的27个星期中有12个星期无事可干。)
🤔同义词
  • stopped, lazy (闲置的;懒惰的;停顿的)

  • sit around, lie about (无所事事;虚度;[机]空转)

  • moon, dream away (虚度;[机]使空转)