6400_GRE词汇

6400. explore

ik'splɔ: 探险, 探测, 探究

🎤例句
  • Management need to explore ways of improving office security. (管理层需要探讨如何加强办事处的安全措施。)

  • I’m going to explore the possibility of a part-time job. (我要好好想想兼职工作的可能性。)

🤔同义词
  • detect, probe into (探索;探测;探险)

  • probe into, search after (探索;探测;探险)

6401. slobber

淌口水

🎤例句
  • I hate dogs that slobber everywhere. (我讨厌到处淌口水的狗。)
🤔同义词
  • run at the mouth, drool (流口水;情不自禁地说)

  • lisp (处事马虎;流口水弄湿;口齿不清地说)

  • slaver (口水;感情用事的话)

6402. shunt

ʃʌnt 逃避

🤩短语
  • shunt capacitor (并联电容器;分路电容器;旁路电容器)

  • shunt reactor (并联电抗器,分路电抗器;分馏力;分流扼流圈)

  • shunt compensation (并联补偿)

  • arteriovenous shunt (动静脉短路)

🤔同义词
  • to and from (转轨;转向一边;往返)

  • current divider, splitter (转轨;[电]分流器)

6403. vacate

və'keit 腾出, 空出,离(职),退(位)

🎤例句
  • Clay will vacate the position on June 19. (克莱将于6月19日离职。)
🤔同义词
  • quit, resign from (空出,腾出;辞职;休假)

  • recall, move out of (空出,搬出;取消;使撤退)

6404. interpose

,intə'pəuz 提出

🎤例句
  • At any point in the project where you don't interpose your own judgment, your people are more likely to make a mistake. So what? (在项目中任何你没有提出自己看法的地方,你的手下都更容易犯错。)

  • What is educational expenses? Why does the government want interpose to teach the market? Of social insurance system what is forming? Why should the government intervene again? (什么是教育支出?政府为什么要干预教育市场?社会保险体系的构成是什么?政府又为何要干预?)

🤔同义词
  • introduce, present, prefer, file, advance (提出(异议等);使插入;使干涉)

  • intervene in, take a hand in (干预;插入;调停)

6405. proffer

'prɔfə 提供

🎤例句
  • the proffered invitation (提出的邀请)
🤔同义词
  • proposal, offer (提供;提出;提议)

  • afford, introduce, present, prefer, tender (提供;提出;奉献)

6406. superimpose

,sju:pərim'pəuz 添加, 双重

🎤例句
  • The image of a seemingly tiny dancer was superimposed on the image of the table. (一个看似很小的舞蹈者的影像被叠加在了那张桌子的影像上。)
🤔同义词
  • fit, fix (添加;重叠;附加;安装)

6407. cram

kræm 填满

🤩短语
  • cram school (补习班;补习学校,强化学校)

  • cram for (临时抱佛脚;填鸭式地学习;死记硬背)

🎤例句
  • Thousands of people crammed the mall Sunday. (星期天成千上万的人挤进了这家大型购物中心。)
🤔同义词
  • stuff, be packed with (填满,塞满;死记硬背;猛吃)

  • rote memorization, rotta (死记硬背;极度拥挤)

6408. intercede

,intə'si:d 调解

🎤例句
  • They asked my father to intercede with the king on their behalf. (他们请我父亲代他们向国王求情。)

  • It has also asked Britain and the United States to intercede. (它也请了英国和美国出面调停。)

🤔同义词
  • make peace, go between (调解,调停;求情,说项)

6409. invoke

in'vəuk 调用

🎤例句
  • Should anyone be allowed to invoke any service? (是否允许任何人调用任何服务?)

  • You can invoke this function from anywhere in the code. (您可以在代码中的任何地方调用这个函数。)

  • So what do I need to do to dynamically discover and invoke the service? (那么,我需要做什么才能动态地发现和调用这个服务?)

🤔同义词
  • attract, produce, cause, operate, occasion (调用;祈求;引起;恳求)

6410. palpitate

'pælpiteit 跳动

🎤例句
  • He felt suddenly faint, and his heart began to palpitate. (他突然感到晕厥,心脏也开始悸动。)
🤔同义词
  • pulse, shake (发抖;(心脏)悸动;跳动)

6411. terminate

'tə:mineit 停止, 结束, 终止

🤩短语
  • terminate a contract (终止合约)
🎤例句
  • The court ruled that the contract must be terminated. (法庭裁决该合同必须终止。)

  • a woman’s decision on whether or not to terminate the pregnancy (女子关于是否终止妊娠的决定)

🤔同义词
  • fulfill, drop, kill (使终止;使结束;解雇)

  • result, drop, determine, pass, set (结束,终止;结果)

  • ended, closing, over, past, concluding (结束的)

6412. notify

'nəutifai 通报

🤩短语
  • notify party (到货受通知人)

  • also notify (另请通知)

🎤例句
  • The skipper notified the coastguard of the tragedy. (船长通知了海岸警卫队这一灾难。)
🤔同义词
  • message, post, publish (通告,通知;公布)

6413. galvanize

'ɡælvənaiz 通电流于, 电镀

🤔同义词
  • stimulate, fan (镀锌;通电;刺激)

6414. synchronize

'siŋkrənaiz 同步

🎤例句
  • It was virtually impossible to synchronize our lives so as to take vacations and weekends together. (为了一起度假和过周末而要让我们的生活同步几乎是不可能的。)
🤔同义词
  • sync up, coincide (同步;同时发生)

6415. accede

æk'si:d 同意, 加入, 同意

🤔同义词
  • grant, join in (加入;同意;就任)

6416. trounce

trauns 痛击

🎤例句
  • We were trounced 13-0. (我们以0比13惨败。)
🤔同义词
  • beat, tank, best (痛打;严责;打败)

6417. purloin

pə:'lɔin 偷窃, 盗取

🎤例句
  • He must have purloined a key from somewhere. (他肯定是从哪里偷了一把钥匙。)
🤔同义词
  • steal, scrump (偷窃)

  • boost, pick pocket (偷窃)

6418. eavesdrop

'i:vzdrɔp 偷听

🎤例句
  • There was Helena eavesdropping outside the door. (海伦娜当时在门外偷听。)
🤔同义词
  • listen in on, happen to hear (偷听,窃听)

6419. protrude

prəu'tru:d 突出

🎤例句
  • ...a huge round mass of smooth rock protruding from the water. (…从水中突出来的一块光滑的圆形巨石。)
🤔同义词
  • exsert, advertise (使突出,使伸出)

  • stand out, excel at (突出,伸出)

6420. swerve

swə:v 突然转向

🎤例句
  • Drivers coming in the opposite direction swerved to avoid the bodies. (从反方向过来的司机们突然转向以避开这些尸体。)
🤔同义词
  • make a turn, bend (转弯;突然转向;背离)

  • turning, obversion (转向;偏离的程度)

6421. daub

dɔ:b 涂抹

🎤例句
  • soldiers’ faces daubed with black mud (抹了黑泥的士兵的脸)
🤔同义词
  • soil, mud, spot (涂抹;乱画;弄脏)

  • lay on, coating material (涂抹;涂料;拙劣的画)

6422. smear

smiə 涂上, 抹掉, 涂污, 诽谤, 抹去

🤩短语
  • pap smear (子宫颈抹片检查)

  • blood smear (血涂片;血液涂片)

🎤例句
  • an attempt to smear the party leadership (污蔑党领导的 企图)
🤔同义词
  • soil, mud, spot, wrong, dirty (诽谤;弄脏;涂上;把…擦模糊)

  • scandal, personalities ([生物]涂片;诽谤;污点)

  • smudge (被弄脏)

6423. blur

blə: 涂污, 污损(名誉等), 把(界线,视线等)弄得模糊不清, 弄污

🤩短语
  • motion blur (运动模糊;动态模糊;动感模糊)

  • gaussian blur (高斯模糊(一种滤镜功能))

🎤例句
  • The street lights were blurred by the fog. (街灯在迷雾的笼罩下十分昏暗。)

  • Many of the details in the picture are blurred. (照片中的许多细节部分都模糊了。)

🤔同义词
  • cloud, pollute (涂污;使…模糊不清;使暗淡;玷污)

  • fog (沾上污迹;变模糊)

  • work-up (污迹;模糊不清的事物)

6424. disgorge

dis'ɡɔ:dʒ 吐出

🎤例句
  • Cars drew up to disgorge a wedding party. (一辆辆轿车开过来,下来的都是参加婚宴的人。)

6425. extrapolate

ek'stræpəleit 推断, [数]外推

🎤例句
  • Extrapolating from his latest findings, he reckons about 80% of these deaths might be attributed to smoking. (从他最近的发现推断,他估计大约80%的这类死亡可能归因于吸烟。)
🤔同义词
  • understand, conclude ([数]外推;推断)

6426. boost

bu:st 推进

🤩短语
  • boost up (向上推)

  • boost pressure (升压;吸入管压力)

🎤例句
  • The new resort area has boosted tourism. (新的度假区促进了旅游业的发展。)
🤔同义词
  • facilitate, promote, enhance, further, jack (促进;增加;支援)

  • pick pocket, rip off (宣扬;偷窃)

  • assistance, motivation, hand, aid, publicity (推动;帮助;宣扬)

6427. retrogress

,retrəu'ɡres, 'retrəuɡres 退步

🎤例句
  • At present the moral belief crisis is the co-existence of expansibility crisis and the retrogress crisis. (当前道德信仰危机是发展性危机与倒退性危机并存。)

  • Practice has shown that China-Japan relations will go ahead steadily once this political foundation is maintained; otherwise the relations will be undermined, become stagnant or even retrogress. (实践已经证明,严守和维护这个政治基础,中日关系就能前进,就能持续稳定发展;背离和违反这个政治基础,中日关系就会受损,就会停滞甚至倒退。)

🤔同义词
  • reverse, step backward (倒退,退化)

6428. wince

wins 退缩

🎤例句
  • Who smile and frown, wince and hiss. (他们微笑和皱眉,畏缩与嘶嘘。)

  • We all wince at the thought of how Xerox utterly failed to innovate on PARC's inventions, allowing Apple and Microsoft to run away with most of them. (我们都退避在想到施乐如何完全的失败再帕洛阿尔托研究中心的发明,允许苹果和微软从他们这儿逃走。)

  • And for the leaders in Bejing to shrink and wince and draw back in the presence of these individuals and their ideas sends a clear message. (北京的领导人对他们的催促显的畏畏缩缩,并不让这些人抛头露面,政府的以对理念给外界发出了一个清晰的信号。)

🤔同义词
  • recoil from, shrink back from (畏缩,退避)

  • backwardness, self-distrust (畏缩;脸部肌肉的抽搐)

6429. abdicate

'æbdikeit 退位, 放弃(职位,权力等)

🎤例句
  • King Alfonso XIII abdicated in favour of his eldest son. (国王阿方索十三世把王位让给了长子。)

  • The king was forced to abdicate the throne . (国王被迫退位。)

🤔同义词
  • fall out of, render up (退位;放弃)

  • yield, desert, quit (退位;放弃)

6430. excavate

'ekskə,veit 挖掘, 开凿, 挖出, 挖空

🎤例句
  • Schliemann excavated the ancient city of Troy. (谢里曼发掘出特洛伊古城。)
🤔同义词
  • to dig, tap into (挖掘;开凿)

6431. dally

'dæli 玩弄, 戏弄, 延误

🤩短语
  • dally with (漫不经心地对待;调戏)
🤔同义词
  • moon, play fast and loose (玩弄;闲荡;轻率地对待)

  • lose, spend, waste on, trifle away, hurl away (浪费(时间))

6432. disport

dis'pɔ:t 玩耍, 娱乐

🎤例句
  • ...the rich and famous disporting themselves in glamorous places. (...明星富豪们在豪宅中自娱自乐。)
🤔同义词
  • joy (使欢娱;使快乐)

  • to entertain, recreate (娱乐;玩耍)

  • entertainment, pleasure, sport, recreation, amusement (娱乐)

6433. jeopardize

危害

🎤例句
  • large-scale military offensives which could jeopardize the UN peace process (可能会破坏联合国和平进程的大规模军事进攻)
🤔同义词
  • harm, compromise (危害;使陷危地;使受危困)

6434. snuggle

'snʌɡl 偎依

🎤例句
  • Jane snuggled up against his shoulder. (简依偎在他的肩膀上。)
🤔同义词
  • press, nestle up (使舒适温暖;紧抱;偎依)

  • nestle up (偎依;舒服地蜷伏)

6435. contravene

,kɔntrə'vi:n 违反抵触

🎤例句
  • Some portions of the bill may contravene state law. (这项议案中的一些部分可能与州法律相抵触。)
🤔同义词
  • violate, deny (抵触;违反;反驳;否认)

6436. falsify

fɔ:lsifai 伪造

🎤例句
  • The file was altered to falsify the evidence. (文件被动了手脚,以此伪造证据。)
🤔同义词
  • colour, doctor (伪造;篡改;歪曲;证明...虚假)

  • tell a lie (撒谎)

6437. camouflage

'kæmuflɑ:ʒ 伪装

🤩短语
  • camouflage net (伪装网)

  • camouflage pattern (迷彩图案;伪装印花布)

🎤例句
  • The strain she was under was well camouflaged by skilful make-up. (巧妙的化妆很好地掩盖了她紧张的心情。)
🤔同义词
  • blind, mask ([军]伪装,掩饰)

  • wrap up, mask ([军]伪装,掩饰)

6438. entrust

in'trʌst 委托

🤩短语
  • entrust with (委托;信托)
🎤例句
  • He entrusted his cash to a business partner for investment in a series of projects. (他把现款委托给一个生意合伙人投资一系列项目。)
🤔同义词
  • refer, leave in trust (委托,[贸易]信托)

6439. depute

di'pju:t 委托

🎤例句
  • A subcommittee was deputed to investigate the claims. (一个委员会专门小组受托去核实索赔事宜。)
🤔同义词
  • commission, licensed to (委任;授权给;指定…为代理人)

6440. condole

kən'dəul 慰问

🤩短语
  • condole with (v. 向...吊慰)
🎤例句
  • We condole with you on your misfortune. (我们对您的不幸表示慰问。)

  • Kate wrote to condole with her friend on the death of her mother. (凯特写信慰问友人的丧母之痛。)

🤔同义词
  • grieve over, mourn over (慰问;吊唁;哀悼)

6441. forge

fɔ:dʒ 稳步前进, 铸造, 伪造

🤩短语
  • forge ahead (继续进行,取得进展)

  • forge piece (锻件)

  • forge press (锻压机)

  • forge iron (搅炼生铁;锻铁)

🎤例句
  • Someone stole my credit card and forged my signature. (有人偷了我的信用卡,并假冒我的签名。)

  • a forged passport (假护照)

🤔同义词
  • furnace, smelter (熔炉,锻铁炉;铁工厂)

  • trump up, to fake (伪造;做锻工)

  • doctor, trump up (伪造;[机]锻造)

6442. nullify

'nʌlifai 无效

🎤例句
  • The election results were nullified because of voter fraud. (由于选票造假,选举结果被宣布无效。)
🤔同义词
  • recall, invalidate (使无效,作废;取消)

6443. materialize

mə'tiəriəlaiz 物化

🤔同义词
  • embody, reify (使具体化,使有形;使突然出现;使重物质而轻精神)

  • come true, deliver (实现,成形;突然出现)

6444. imbibe

im'baib 吸收

🎤例句
  • She had imbibed the traditions of her family. (她受到了自己家庭传统的影响。)
🤔同义词
  • absorb, adopt (吸收,接受;喝;吸入)

6445. assimilate

ə'simileit 吸收

🎤例句
  • It will take time to assimilate all these facts. (充分掌握所有这些情况需要时间。)
🤔同义词
  • absorb, drink in (吸收;使同化;把…比作;使相似)

  • drink in, suck up (吸收;同化)

6446. sip

sip 吸吮

🤩短语
  • take a sip (尝一口;小啜;喝一小口)
🤔同义词
  • silp (抿;小口喝;单列直插式组件)

  • sup (啜饮)

  • tiff (啜)

6447. allure

ə'ljuə 吸引

🎤例句
  • The allure and charm of Paris excite all who visit there. (巴黎的诱惑与魅力吸引了所有到此游玩的人。)

  • The allure and charm of Paris captivate all who visit there. (巴黎的诱惑与魅力吸引了所有到此游玩的人。)

🤔同义词
  • absorb, attract, engage, induce, seduce (引诱,诱惑;吸引)

  • duende (诱惑力)

6448. scrub

skrʌb 洗擦, 擦净, 使(气体)净化, 擦洗

🤩短语
  • body scrub (身体角质;身体磨砂膏)

  • scrub typhus (恙虫病;洪水热)

🎤例句
  • She was on her hands and knees scrubbing the floor. (她正趴着擦地板。)

  • He scrubbed the dirt off his boots. (他把靴子上的脏土擦掉。)

  • The table needs to be scrubbed clean . (这桌子要擦干净。)

🤔同义词
  • small, scouring (矮树;洗擦;擦洗者;矮小的人(或物))

  • depurate (用力擦洗;使净化)

  • dwarfish, runty (矮小的;临时凑合的;次等的)

6449. peruse

pə'ru:z 细读

🎤例句
  • She leant forward to peruse the document more closely. (她俯身向前,更仔细地读那份文件。)
🤔同义词
  • con (详细考察;精读)

6450. perpend

细细考虑

🤔同义词
  • ponder over, brown study (深思;慎重考虑)

  • allow, think about, think of (考虑;仔细考虑)

6451. subside

səb'said 下沉, 沉淀, 平息, 减退, 衰减

🎤例句
  • After the heavy rains, part of the road subsided. (大雨过后,部分路面塌陷了。)
🤔同义词
  • fall, settle, lower, cool, deposit (平息;减弱;沉淀;坐下)

6452. preempt

pri'empt, ,pri:- 先占

🎤例句
  • The law would preempt stronger local rules. (该法律将预先制止更强硬的地方性法规。)

  • "the survival of the fittest," a slogan that virtually preempted all debate. (“适者生存”,一个几乎无可辩驳的口号。)

6453. loiter

'lɔitə 闲荡, 虚度, 徘徊

🎤例句
  • Five or six teenagers were loitering in front of the newsagent’s. (五六个青少年在报摊前面游荡。)
🤔同义词
  • moon, dream away (虚度;闲荡;徘徊)

  • moon, dream away (虚度;闲荡;混)

6454. tattle

'tætl 闲谈

🎤例句
  • Did you hear his frenzied tattle? (你听见这疯狂的闲谈了吗?)

  • But does tittle-tattle really help attract more friends? (但闲聊真的能吸引来更多的朋友吗?)

🤔同义词
  • visit, dish (闲谈;泄露秘密)

  • chinfest, chat (闲谈)

6455. comport

kəm'pɔ:t 相称

🤩短语
  • comport with (适合,一致)
🎤例句
  • His conduct did not comport with his high position. (他的所作所为与他的高级职务不相称。)

  • Milton claims that epic poetry is the highest ambition for a poet and then he goes on to explain how it is that the epic poet should comport himself. (弥尔顿声称史诗就是诗人最高的理想抱负,然后他又解释到,史诗诗人该怎样表现自己。)

🤔同义词
  • gear, cotton, suit, balance, identify (相称;适合;一致)

6456. interplay

'intəplei, ,intə'plei, 'in- 相互影响

🎤例句
  • The answer lies, yet again, in the interplay of population and technology. (原因又一次在于人口和科技的相互影响。)

  • The tension and interplay between the situation and its negation, produce constantly new and emergent forms of social existence. (这些情形和其否定之间的张力和相互影响一直在产出崭新的和突现的社会存在形式。)

  • To date, most research into the interplay of exercise and anxiety has focused on the actions of various neurotransmitters or chemical messengers within the brain, like serotonin and dopamine. (迄今为止,大多数有关锻炼和焦虑的相互影响的研究都集中在大脑内的各种神经递质或化学信使,如血清素、多巴胺上。)

🤔同义词
  • interaction effect, reciprocity (相互影响,相互作用)

6457. descant

de'skænt, 'dis-, di'skænt, 'des- 详论

🎤例句
  • Sing a descant on a main tune or melody. (以主调或悦耳的音调唱着评论。)
🤔同义词
  • sing, observe on (唱歌;评论)

  • song, comment, air, tune (曲调;评论;歌曲)

  • discant (最高音的)

6458. sift

sift 详审

🤩短语
  • sift through (通过;被筛下)

  • sift out (过筛)

🎤例句
  • Police are sifting through the evidence. (警方在筛查证据。)
🤔同义词
  • dust, filter (筛选;撒;过滤;详查)

  • detail survey (筛;详查;撒下;细究)

6459. expound

ik'spaund 详细说明, 解释

🎤例句
  • Schmidt continued to expound his views on economics and politics. (施密特继续阐释他关于经济与政治的观点。)
🤔同义词
  • specify, translate (解释;详细说明)

  • account, to interpret (解释;详细说明)

6460. regale

享受

🎤例句
  • Disclosure: This reporter also lives in New Haven and has heard Chua regale friends with parenting stories. (揭秘:记者也住在纽海文,曾经听过蔡在餐桌上分享育儿故事。)

  • Here you can still enjoy Chinese and Western buffet in the fresh morning, taste tea in the vernal afternoon and regale special beefsteak in the charming night. (在这里,您还可以在晨光中享用中西自助餐,在和熙的午后,品尝下午茶,在摇曳烛光中享用特色牛排。)

🤔同义词
  • do proud (盛情款待)

  • feast (享用;享受)

  • entertainment, treat (款待)

6461. slake

消除

🎤例句
  • This is its chance to slake the insecurities built during the isolationist years of the Cultural Revolution. (这是它消除文革期间那段孤立主义岁月所造成的不安全感的机会。)
🤔同义词
  • eliminate, avoid (消除;熄灭;使清凉)

  • cool, smooth out ((石灰)熟化;消除;平息)

6462. exterminate

ik'stə:mineit 消除

🎤例句
  • Staff use the poison to exterminate moles and rabbits. (员工用毒药来消灭鼹鼠和野兔。)
🤔同义词
  • destroy, kill off (消灭;根除)

6463. calibrate

'kælibreit 校准

🎤例句
  • ...instructions on how to calibrate a thermometer. (…校准温度计的说明。)
🤔同义词
  • adjust, update, coordinate (校正;调整;测定口径)

6464. harmonize

'hɑ:mənaiz 协调

🎤例句
  • How well all her garments harmonized with each other. (她所有的衣服彼此配起来是多么地协调。)
🤔同义词
  • accord, unify (使和谐;使一致;以和声唱)

  • sort, cotton, concert (协调;和谐;以和声唱)

6465. intimidate

in'timideit 胁迫

🎤例句
  • Attempts to intimidate her failed. (恐吓她的企图失败了。)
🤔同义词
  • cow, to menace (恐吓,威胁;胁迫)

6466. squint

斜视

🤩短语
  • squint at (斜眼看)
🎤例句
  • He also seems to be slightly blinded by the sun, causing him to squint. (他似乎也被强烈的太阳光照的有点睁不开眼睛,导致有点斜视的样子。)

  • 'If you are one of the unfortunate people who frown or squint while they are concentrating at the screen then, over time, you will inevitably end up with frown lines,' Dr Prager, 42, said. (42岁的普拉杰医生说:“如果你在电脑前专心工作时常常蹙眉或眯眼斜视的话,那么很不幸,长此以往,你的面部将不可避免地出现皱纹。”)

🤔同义词
  • tend, affect ([眼科][电讯]斜视;患斜视;倾向)

  • look (看)

  • strabismic, swivel-eyed ([眼科][电讯]斜视的)

6467. blab

blæb 泄漏(秘密), 胡扯

🎤例句
  • Her mistake was to blab about their affair. (她的错误在于泄露了他们的风流韵事。)

  • Will you promise not to blab to Mom and Dad? (你能保证不会向爸妈泄密吗?)

  • She'll blab it all over the school. (她会在全校大肆宣扬这件事。)

🤔同义词
  • leak out, uncork (泄漏)

  • maunder (胡扯)

  • prater (泄密者;多嘴的人)

6468. gloat

ɡləut 心满意足

🤔同义词
  • lick one's chops, crow over (幸灾乐祸;心满意足地注视)

  • schadenfreude, Roman holiday (幸灾乐祸;贪婪的盯视;洋洋得意)

6469. revitalize

,ri:'vaitəlaiz 新生

🤩短语
  • revitalize the economy (振兴经济)
🎤例句
  • They hope to revitalize the neighborhood by providing better housing. (他们希望通过提供更好的住房条件使这个社区恢复活力。)

  • a revitalizing massage (让人恢复精神的按摩)

6470. forswear

fɔ:'swεə 幸运

🤩短语
  • forswear oneself (发伪誓;作伪证;违背誓言)
🤔同义词
  • foreswear (作伪证)

  • foreswear (发誓抛弃)

6471. revamp

ri:'væmp 修补

🎤例句
  • Many older companies are revamping their image. (很多老牌公司都在更新公司形象。)
🤔同义词
  • modify, piece up (修补;翻新;修改)

  • improvement, reforming, enrichment (改进;换新鞋面)

6472. embellish

im'beliʃ 修饰

🎤例句
  • The boat was embellished with carvings in red and blue. (这艘船饰有红、蓝雕刻。)
🤔同义词
  • paint, hang, modify (修饰;装饰;润色)

6473. humiliate

hju:'milieit 羞辱, 使丢脸, 耻辱

🎤例句
  • Her boss humiliated her in front of all her colleagues. (她的老板在所有同事面前羞辱了她。)
🤔同义词
  • make a chump out of (羞辱;使…丢脸;耻辱)

6474. permute

pə'mju:t 序列改变

🤔同义词
  • arrange, form, rank (交换;变更;排列)

6475. recount

ri'kaunt 叙述

🎤例句
  • He then recounted the story of the interview for his first job. (他然后叙述了有关他第一份工作面试的故事。)
🤔同义词
  • relate, narrate (叙述;重新计算)

  • roll-back (重算)

6476. publicize

'pʌblisaiz 宣扬

🎤例句
  • television’s failure to publicize the unemployment issue (电视未能报道失业问题)
🤔同义词
  • post, give publicity to (宣传;公布)

6477. impair

im'pεə 削弱

🎤例句
  • The illness had impaired his ability to think and concentrate. (这种疾病损害了他的思维能力和注意力。)
🤔同义词
  • hurt, break, blast (损害;削弱;减少)

6478. enervate

削弱

🎤例句
  • The hot sun enervated her to the point of collapse. (热辣辣的太阳把她晒得快要晕过去了。)
🤔同义词
  • debilitate, devitalize (使衰弱;使失去活力)

  • weak, marasmic (衰弱的;无力的)

6479. attenuate

ə'tenjueit, ə'tenjuit, -eit 削弱

🎤例句
  • an attenuated form of the polio virus (脊髓灰质炎减毒病毒)
🤔同义词
  • rare, thin, fine, subtle ([微]减弱的;稀薄的;细小的)

  • deaden (使减弱;使纤细)

  • moderate, weaken (变纤细;变弱)

6480. perambulate

pə'ræmbjuleit 巡行

🎤例句
  • According to traditions, the selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years. (根据传统法律要求市镇行政管理委员会成员每隔五年巡视边界一次。)
🤔同义词
  • circumambulate, make one's rounds (巡行;巡视;漫步)

  • wander off, mosey (漫步;巡回)

6481. squelch

skweltʃ 压制

🎤例句
  • Her creativity had been squelched. (她的创造力受到了压制。)
🤔同义词
  • eliminate, avoid, suppress (消除;镇压;压碎;使…咯吱咯吱的响)

  • crump (噪声控制;嘎吱声;压倒对方的反驳;压碎的一堆)

6482. neutralize

'nju:trəlaiz 压制

🤔同义词
  • blank, cancel out (抵销;使…中和;使…无效;使…中立)

6483. domineer

,dɔmi'niə 压制

🤔同义词
  • lord (跋扈;作威作福)

6484. babble

'bæbl 呀呀学语, 喋喋不休, 作潺潺声, 泄露(秘密)

🎤例句
  • Momma babbled on and on about how he was ruining me. (妈妈喋喋不休地数说他在如何毁我。)
🤔同义词
  • harp on, go on about sth (喋喋不休;呀呀学语;作潺潺声)

  • reveal, divulge (含糊不清地说;泄露)

  • riddlemeree, balderdash (含糊不清的话;胡言乱语;潺潺声)

6485. whelm

hwelm 淹没

🤔同义词
  • drown out, swallow up (淹没;覆盖;压倒)

  • flood, flow (淹没;用…覆盖)

6486. inundate

'inʌndeit, in'ʌn- 淹没

🎤例句
  • The tidal wave inundated vast areas of cropland. (海啸淹没了大片农田。)
🤔同义词
  • flood, flow (淹没;泛滥;浸水;(洪水般的)扑来)

6487. procrastinate

prəu'kræstineit 延迟, 耽搁

🎤例句
  • People often procrastinate when it comes to paperwork. (遇到文书工作,人们常常会拖拖拉拉。)
🤔同义词
  • time delay, detain (耽搁,延迟)

  • wait, time delay (耽搁,延迟)

6488. protract

prə'trækt 延长

🎤例句
  • Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. (推迟经常孕育危险;拖延一个伟大的工程常常意味着毁灭它。)

  • To protract the suspense, he paused for a considerable period of time before telling us the result of the experiment. (为了延长悬念,他在告诉我们实验结果之前停顿了相当一段时间。)

🤔同义词
  • string, spread, prolong (绘制;延长;伸展)

6489. castigate

'kæstiɡeit 严惩

🤔同义词
  • chastise, throw the book at (严惩;苛评;矫正;修订)

6490. pulverize

'pʌlvəraiz 研磨成粉

🎤例句
  • The seeds can be used whole or pulverized into flour. (这些籽可以完整使用,或者磨成粉末。)
🤔同义词
  • powder, comminute (粉碎;使成粉末;研磨)

6491. belie

bi'lai 掩饰

🎤例句
  • Her pleasant manner belied her true character. (她讨人喜欢的举止掩饰了她真实的个性。)
🤔同义词
  • fail, mask (掩饰;与…不符;使失望;证明…虚假错误)

6492. dissimulate

di'simjuleit 掩饰, 假装, 装糊涂

🎤例句
  • This man was too injured to dissimulate well. (这个男人伤得太重,不可能掩盖得住。)
🤔同义词
  • act, mask (掩饰;假装;装糊涂)

  • simulate, come (掩饰;假装;装糊涂)

6493. dissemble

di'sembl 掩饰, 假装不知道

🎤例句
  • Henry was not slow to dissemble when it served his purposes. (形势一对他有利,亨利就马上开始隐瞒。)
🤔同义词
  • simulate, come (掩饰,掩盖;假装)

  • to hide, mask (隐藏,掩饰(思想、感情等))

6494. sham

ʃæm 佯装

🎤例句
  • She’s not ill, she’s only shamming. (她没生病,只是在装病。)
🤔同义词
  • simulation, fraud, acting, sharp (假装;骗子;赝品)

  • simulate, come (假装;冒充)

  • act, fox (假装;佯装)

  • affected, assumed, simulate (假的;虚假的;假装的)

6495. fluke

fluk 侥幸成功, 意外受挫

🤩短语
  • blood fluke (血吸虫)
🎤例句
  • As recently as a year ago people wondered whether M-PESA’s success was a fluke. (最近一年来,人们开始产生怀疑,是否M-PESA的成功只是一种侥幸。)
🤔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)

6496. dangle

'dæŋɡl 摇摆

🎤例句
  • A good pay package and a company car were dangled in front of her. (优厚的薪酬和公司配车摆在她面前。)

6497. jolt

dʒəult 摇晃

🎤例句
  • We jolted along rough wet roads through an endless banana plantation. (我们沿崎岖潮湿的公路颠簸着驶过无边无际的香蕉种植园。)
🤔同义词
  • shock, surge (使颠簸;使震惊;使摇动)

  • rock, roll (摇晃;颠簸而行)

  • shock, roll (颠簸;摇晃;震惊;严重挫折)

6498. stagger

'stæɡə 摇晃, 蹒跚, 交错, 摇摇摆摆

🎤例句
  • He managed to stagger home. (他好不容易才蹒跚着走回家。)

  • She staggered back a step. (她踉跄着后退了一步。)

  • The old man staggered drunkenly to his feet. (老汉醉醺醺地踉跄着站了起来。)

🤔同义词
  • interlace (蹒跚;使交错;使犹豫)

  • titubate, hesitate (蹒跚;犹豫)

  • titubation, hitchiness (蹒跚;交错安排)

  • altern, interlaced (交错的;错开的)

6499. gnaw

nɔ: 咬, 啃, 啮, 使苦恼, 消耗, 折磨, 侵蚀

🤩短语
  • gnaw at (啃,咬;侵蚀)
🎤例句
  • Dexter gnawed his pen thoughtfully. (德克斯特若有所思地咬着钢笔。)

  • A rat had gnawed a hole in the box. (老鼠在箱子上咬了一个洞。)

🤔同义词
  • harry, worry, trouble, weather, tear (咬;折磨;侵蚀)

  • bite, grind down (咬;折磨;侵蚀)