#4000_GRE词汇

All was, alas, worse than vanity - injustice, punishment, exaction, death. （唉，一切比虚空还糟糕——冤屈，惩罚，苛求，死亡。）

Diligence and high self-esteem are meant to be virtues, but it will become exaction to demand every thing be perfect. it will neither help to cultivate one’s mind, nor will it make one happy. （勤劳、自我要求高原本是美德，但一旦要求到了枯槁极苦、十全十美的程度，就成了苛求，既不能得到修身养性的益处，心情也不会愉快。）

She was taken to hospital with a broken arm and ribs. （她胳膊和肋骨断了，被送进医院。）

He was punched and kicked in the ribs. （他的肋部遭到拳打脚踢。）

And it has been confirmed from invertebrates (like crayfish and beetles) till the anthropoid (man like) apes. （这一现象从无脊椎动物（像小龙虾和甲虫）到类人猿的动物圈子里都早已得到了证实。）

If our early anthropoid ancestors had not succeeded in migrating from Asia to Africa, we simply wouldn't exist. （假如我们早期的类人猿祖先没有成功地从亚洲迁移到非洲，我们就不可能存在。）

From the point of view of evolution, men originated millions of years ago from the anthropoid, a species commonly referred to as the ape man. （从进化的观点来看，人类起源于几百万年前的类人猿，通常又称作猿人。）

Depending on the recidivism rate, the government will pay investors in the first bond a return of 7.5-13%—or nothing, if the promised improvement is not achieved. （根据不同的累犯率，政府将会支付给投资者们第一抵押债券7.5%-13%的回报——或者什么都没有，如果当初的改善承诺并没有达到。）

The recidivism rates among those that have gone through the program have dropped 26 percent—a hopeful sign. （通过这个计划，累犯率下降了26个百分点——这可是一个可喜的信号。）

The program was very successful, with a much lower recidivism rate than the prison system, at far less cost to the taxpayers. （这种模式非常成功，累犯的比率比监狱系统要低得多，也为纳税人省了很多钱。）

His eyes, blue as the summer sky, gave away his fierce devotion to his friends, even when he tried to feign nonchalance. （他的眼眸蓝如夏日晴空，泄露了他对朋友们的深情厚意，尽管有时他试图装出一副冷淡的样子。）

Your irresolute attitude, coupled with your irrepressible sense of nonchalance simply is inappropriate to the seriousness of the situation. （你犹豫不决的态度以及抑制不住的冷淡与事态的严重性完全不相称。）

Scarlett turned away from Mammy with studied nonchalance , thankful that her face had been unnoticed in Mammy’s preoccupation with the matter of the shawl . （思嘉故意装出一副冷淡的样子掉过头去，幸喜嬷嬷正一个劲儿唠叨披肩的事，不曾看见她的脸。）

He stared at the strange apparition before him. （他盯着面前那个古怪的幽灵。）

a ghostly apparition of a man （一个男子的鬼影）

I wore a maroon velvet trouser suit that my daughter chose, and most of the village came to the reception. （那天，我穿了女儿为我挑选的栗色天鹅绒裤装，村庄里的大多数人都应邀参加了我的婚礼。）

On an impulse I grab a little maroon dress, pull Christiane from Frau Ballin's arms—she is still wearing only her undergarments—and quickly dress her in it. （慌乱中，我随手抓起一件栗色的连衣裙，给在巴林女士怀里的克丽丝汀换上，——可怜的克丽丝汀，她还穿着那件薄衬衣。）

We don't know of any other species that uses its body like a flail. （我们并不清楚其他任何鸟类种群是否将身体充当连枷。）

I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under. （我挥动冰雹的连枷，把绿色的原野捶打得有如银装素裹；）

Danilo galloped up in silence, holding a drawn dagger in his left hand, and thrashing the heaving sides of his chestnut horse with his riding whip, as though it were a flail. （丹尼洛默不作声地疾驰，左手中持着一柄拔出的短剑，像用连枷打谷似的用那条短柄长鞭抽打着栗色大马的收缩进去的两肋。）

When you described depression as a "disease" you might have spelled the word with a hyphen. （当你形容为“疾病”你可能有一个连字符的拼写单词抑郁症。）

Because she included the hyphen (-), nothing else is required; because 1=1 is always true, she will be able to log in successfully. （由于她包含了连字号（-），所以任何其他东西都不需要；由于 1=1 总是为真，所以她将能够成功登录。）

This product can deeply penetrate into skin, it is especially easy2 to be absorbed , and it can intensify skin vinculum tissue fabric; （深层渗透肌肤，特别容易吸收，强化肌肤结缔组织结构；）

The teacher in charge of class is a collective organizer and manager who plays the role of the vinculum with the teachers of all branches. （班主任是班集体的组织者和管理者，是联系各科任教师的纽带，是沟通学校、家长、社会的桥梁。）

Religion had an intimate association with alchemy during the Middle Ages. （在中世纪， 宗教和炼金术密切相联。）

How could the ultimate scientist have been seemingly hornswoggled by a totemic psuedoscience like alchemy, which in its commonest rendering is described as the desire to transform lead into gold? （一个终极科学家怎么会看上去像是被炼金术这种图腾伪科学所迷惑，而对这种伪学科最常见的描述是把铅变成黄金的欲望？）

Build of your imaginings a bower in the wilderness ere you build a house within the city walls. （在你们建房于城墙内之前，先用你们的想像在旷野建一所凉亭。）

To woo females, the males of 17 of the 20 known species of bowerbirds build structures—often resembling an arbor, or bower, with an artfully decorated platform. （在已知20种园丁鸟中，有17种会为了向雌性求爱而建造房屋——它们的建筑物常常很像凉亭，有装饰性的平台，设计精巧，技艺高超。）

Listen, when you start to feel weak, just tell yourself, ‘I’m as strong as a girder’ . （听着，当你开始觉得虚弱的时候，就对自己说：‘我像 钢梁 一样强壮’。）

A worker walks on a steel girder at a building under construction in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on May 5, 2011. (Reuters/Sean Yong) （一名工人在建筑工地的钢梁上散步，摄于2011年5月5日江苏省南京市。）

The sanatorium stood on a large plot of land by the coast. （疗养院坐落在海岸的一片宽阔的土地上。）

More British wildlife is likely to be nursed in some bucolic sanatorium in the hope of populating the future. （为了保持物种数量，更多的英国野生动物可能会在某些“乡村疗养院”中被照顾起来。）

Orwell writes this from the sanatorium at Preston Hall, Aylesford, Kent. If you can't hyperlink from ‘the drive’ in the post, go to Google Maps on the blogroll. （写这篇日记时，奥威尔住在肯特郡阿里斯福德的普雷斯顿疗养院。请点击“路边的草丛”上的超链接在谷歌地图中查看位置。）

St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr （圣司提反，第一个基督教殉道者）

The army has been held back because the government is reluctant to make martyrs of the protesters. （军队后撤了，因为政府不愿意造成抗议者牺牲。）

The stolen car was found in the vicinity of the station. （被盗汽车在车站附近被发现。）

There used to be a mill in the vicinity. （附近曾有一座磨坊。）

Because scientists have found a bacterium that can do without phosphorus—live on arsenic instead. （因为科学家已经发现了一种细菌，可以无需磷生活而以砷代替。）

When mixed with sulfur, phosphorus, and the kind of heat you get from, say, friction, it's very unstable. （当与硫磺、磷、你从某处获得的某种热量（比如说摩擦力）混合时，它就变得很不稳定。）

He says not only does arsenic belong under phosphorus, I predict that there is an element that lies below aluminum and above indium. （他认为不仅砷属于在磷下面，我预言还有一个元素,是在铝之上和铟的下边的。）

A skinflint worships money. （吝啬鬼崇拜金钱。）

I find myself feeling like either a deep-pocketed patsy or a skinflint. （我觉得自己好像是一个财大气粗的帕齐或者是吝啬鬼。）

The Malvern Hills have provided inspiration for many artists and musicians over the decades. （几十年来，莫尔文丘陵为很多艺术家和音乐家提供了灵感。）

He raised his eyes to the altar as if seeking inspiration. （他抬头看看祭坛，似乎在寻求灵感。）

He draws inspiration from ordinary scenes. （他从日常生活中得到灵感。）

Mary Quant’s inspiration comes from the glam style of the seventies. （玛莉·官的灵感来自70年代的魅惑风格。）

He had a sudden flash of inspiration. （他突然灵感闪现。）

He has always been a source of inspiration for me. （他一直是我灵感的源泉。）

a retail price of £8.99 （8.99英镑的零售价）

The retail value would be around $500. （零售价在500美元左右。）

Retail sales fell by 1.3% in January. （1月份零售额下降了1.3%。）

Compulsory pilotage, but no port communication station. （强制引航，但没有港口通讯电台。）

Not compulsory pilotage, but get the best pilot the ship to help the pilot with navigation station contact Mercedes Kong. （不强制引航，但大船最好获得领航员的帮助，引航可与梅塞德斯港领航站联系。）

Waiting is a bore. （等人很没劲。）

You’ll find it’s a terrible bore. （你会觉得这事极无聊。）

Unlike decimal coordinates, which you can determine using a sextant and a chronometer, you cannot determine UTM coordinates without calculations. （十进制坐标可通过一个六分仪和一个记时计确定，与此不同的是，必须通过计算才能确定 UTM 坐标。）

To define latitude and longitude coordinates for a location on the Earth, at minimum, you must be able to see the stars or the Sun and have a sextant and clock that displays time in GMT. （确定地球上某个位置的经度和纬度坐标的最低需求是，你至少能够看到星星和太阳，并具备一个六分仪和能够显示 GMT 时间的时钟 T。）

Each has a snug mezzanine area and an antler-fenced balcony about eight metres above ground. （两间树屋离开地面有八米之高，每间屋里有舒适的房间和由鹿角做围篱的阳台。）

At first the scientists believed the geometrical figure carved onto the antler could have been either the mentioned woman, or a nude man raising his arms. （一开始，科学家们认为刻画在鹿角上的几何图案有可能是之前说到的女性，也可能是一个举着双臂的裸体男性。）

By happy symmetry, where our reindeer are carved on mammoth tusk, the other sculpture shows a mammoth carved on a reindeer antler. （可喜可叹的是，我们刚刚谈论的是一对驯鹿雕刻在猛犸象牙上，那另一件雕塑品却是一头猛犸象雕刻到驯鹿鹿角上。）