4000_新东方GRE词汇

4000. peruse

细读, 精读

🎤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)

4001. coward

胆小鬼

🎤例句
  • Try it. Don’t be such a coward. (试一下,别那么胆小。)
🤔同义词
  • chicken, molly (懦夫,懦弱的人)

  • timid, harehearted (胆小的,懦怯的)

4002. sulky

生气的

🎤例句
  • a sulky child (生闷气的孩子)

  • He put on a sulky expression. (他板起了脸。)

  • Katherine sat in a sulky silence. (凯瑟琳闷闷不乐地坐着,一声不吭。)

🤔同义词
  • angry, heavy (生气的;阴沉的)

4003. unreliable

不可靠的

🎤例句
  • The car’s becoming very unreliable. (这辆汽车的性能变得非常不稳定。)

  • an unreliable witness (不可靠的证人)

🤔同义词
  • uncertain, trustless (不可靠的;靠不住的)

4004. diehard

顽固分子

🎤例句
  • John is a diehard conservative and is completely against abortion. (约翰是个顽固的保守主义者,坚决反对堕胎。)
🤔同义词
  • refractory (顽固分子;死不屈从者;倔强的人)

4005. permissive

许可的, 容许的; 过分纵容的

🎤例句
  • parents who are too permissive (太过放任的父母)

  • a permissive society (放纵的社会)

🤔同义词
  • free, kind, allowable (许可的;自由的;宽容的;(两性关系)放纵的)

4006. abolition

废除, 废止

🎤例句
  • The abolition of slavery in Brazil and the Caribbean closely followed the pattern of the United States. (巴西和加勒比海地区对奴隶制的废除很大程度上遵循了美国的模式。)
🤔同义词
  • destoolment, abrogation ([法]废除;废止)

4007. senile

衰老的

🤩短语
  • senile dementia ([医]老年性痴呆)

  • senile plaque (老年斑;老人斑)

🎤例句
  • a senile old man (一个年老糊涂的老人)

  • She worries about going senile . (她担心自己变得年老糊涂。)

4008. opprobrious

辱骂的, 侮辱的

🤔同义词
  • rude, offensive (无礼的;嘴不干净的;该骂的;可耻的)

4009. protract

延长, 拖长

🎤例句
  • High structure strength, hot dip galvanized, greatly protract time of use. (高强度管材、产品经热镀锌处理、大大地延长了使用寿命;)
🤔同义词
  • string, spread, prolong (绘制;延长;伸展)

4010. commonplace

普通的, 平庸的

🎤例句
  • Car thefts are commonplace in this part of town. (镇上的这个地段盗车案屡见不鲜。)
🤔同义词
  • truism (老生常谈;司空见惯的事;普通的东西)

  • ordinary, stock (平凡的;陈腐的)

4011. asteroid

小行星

🤩短语
  • asteroid belt (小行星带)
🎤例句
  • Astronomers have detected an asteroid not far from Earth, moving in the same orbit around the Sun. (天文学家在距离地球不远处发现一颗与地球绕日轨道相同的小行星。)

  • He was an early proponent of the theory that life on Earth may have come from Mars in rocks ejected by asteroid and comet impacts. (他是这项理论早期的支持者:地球生命也许来自火星,通过小行星和彗星冲撞而由岩石喷射而出。)

  • Moving on through the asteroid belt we enter the realms of the gas giant planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, all of which dwarf the Earth. (穿过小行星带继续前进,我们进入了气体巨行星区域:木星、土星、天王星、海王星,所有这些都使地球看起来像个侏儒。)

🤔同义词
  • planetoid, sunstar ([天]小行星;[无脊椎]海盘车;小游星)

  • stellated, astroid (星状的)

4012. libel

诽谤, 中伤

诽谤,中伤

🎤例句
  • The newspaper which libelled him had already offered compensation. (那家诽谤他的报纸已经提出赔偿。)
🤔同义词
  • denigration, traducement (诽谤罪;诋毁;毁坏名誉的东西;控诉书)

  • law, traduce (中伤;控告;对…进行诽谤)

4013. captivate

迷惑, 迷住

🎤例句
  • I was captivated by her brilliant mind. (我为她的聪慧所迷。)
🤔同义词
  • possess, spell (迷住,迷惑)

4014. knotty

多节的, 多瘤的; 困难的, 棘手的

🤩短语
  • knotty problem (难解决的问题)
🎤例句
  • a knotty problem (棘手的问题)
🤔同义词
  • testing, intractable (棘手的,难解决的;[木]多节的;有结的)

4015. derogate

贬低, 诽谤

🤩短语
  • derogate from (毁损;违背)
🎤例句
  • People often derogate others in social comparison and the past selves in temporal comparison so that they can achieve self-enhancement and ultimately get good self-feelings. (在社会比较中人们会贬低他人,在时间比较中人们会贬低过去的自我,从而来达到提高自我,最终使现在的自我感觉良好。)
🤔同义词
  • preach down, take away from (减损;贬损)

  • lower, wrong (毁损;贬低;诽谤)

4016. jovial

愉快的

🎤例句
  • Father Whittaker appeared to be in a jovial mood. (惠特克神父似乎心情非常好。)

4017. sully

玷污, 污染

🎤例句
  • a scandal that sullied his reputation (玷污了他名誉的丑闻)
🤔同义词
  • cloud, shame (玷污;使丢脸)

  • impairment, jaup (污点,损伤)

4018. petulant

暴躁的, 易怒的

🤔同义词
  • fierce, cranky (暴躁的;任性的;难以取悦的)

4019. stentorian

声音洪亮的

🎤例句
  • He bellowed in a stentorian voice. (他用洪亮的声音大吼。)

4020. percolate

过滤出; 渗透

🎤例句
  • Rain water will only percolate through slowly. (雨水只会慢慢地渗进来。)
🤔同义词
  • filtrate, water logging (过滤;渗出;浸透)

  • exude (使渗出;使过滤)

  • transduate, diffusate (滤过液;渗出液)

4021. overestimate

评价过高

🎤例句
  • He tends to overestimate his own abilities. (他往往高估自己的能力。)

  • The importance of training in health and safety cannot be overestimated (= is extremely important ). (对健康和安全方面的培训极为重要。)

4022. humid

湿润的

🤩短语
  • humid climate (湿润气候;潮湿气候)

  • humid air (湿空气)

  • humid heat (湿比热;湿润比热)

🎤例句
  • Tokyo is extremely humid in mid-summer. (仲夏的东京十分潮湿。)
🤔同义词
  • wet, moisty ([气象][物]潮湿的;湿润的;多湿气的)

4023. chisel

凿子

🤩短语
  • chisel edge ((钻头)横刃;凿锋)
🎤例句
  • He set out to chisel a dog out of sandstone. (他开始用凿子将砂岩雕刻成一只狗。)
🤔同义词
  • chip, sell, character (雕,刻;[木]凿;欺骗)

  • kid, pull a fast one (雕,刻;[木]凿;欺骗)

  • firmer ([木]凿子)

4024. controversy

公开辩论, 论战

🎤例句
  • a political controversy (政治争议)

  • the controversy surrounding Skinner’s theories (围绕斯金纳的理论的争议)

  • (= began ) over the use of the chemicals on crops. (对庄稼施用化学品的做法引起了争论。)

🤔同义词
  • combat, debate, dispute (争论;论战;辩论)

4025. ultimately

最后, 终于

🎤例句
  • Ultimately, the decision rests with the child’s parents. (最终,决定权在这孩子的父母手中。)

  • a long but ultimately successful campaign (一场历时很久但最终成功的运动)

🤔同义词
  • eventually, finally, basically, lastly, either (最后;根本;基本上)

4026. nifty

极好的, 极妙的

🎤例句
  • a nifty little gadget for squeezing oranges (一个榨橙汁的精巧小玩意儿)
🤔同义词
  • pretty, smart, tony, cute (俏皮的;漂亮的)

  • one-liner, jeu de mots (俏皮话)

4027. grimace

扮鬼脸

鬼脸,面部扭曲

🎤例句
  • She started to sit up, grimaced, and sank back weakly against the pillow. (她开始坐起来,痛苦地皱着脸,又虚弱地靠回到枕头上。)
🤔同义词
  • make faces, pull faces (扮鬼脸;作怪相;作苦相)

  • moue (鬼脸;怪相;痛苦的表情)

4028. compulsory

强制性的, 必须做的

🤩短语
  • compulsory education (义务教育)

  • compulsory course (必修课)

  • compulsory insurance (强制保险)

  • compulsory license (强制许可)

  • nine-year compulsory education (九年制义务教育)

  • compulsory subject (必修课)

  • compulsory execution (强制执行)

  • compulsory measure (强制手段)

  • compulsory exercise (规定动作)

  • china compulsory certification (中国强制认证(3C认证))

  • compulsory purchase (强制购买)

🎤例句
  • the threat of compulsory redundancies (强制性裁员的威胁)

  • Car insurance is compulsory. (汽车保险是强制性的。)

🤔同义词
  • required, obligatory (义务的;必修的;被强制的)

  • required routine ((花样滑冰、竞技体操等的)规定动作)

4029. discomfited

困惑的, 尴尬的

4030. detach

使分离, 使分开, 拆卸

🤩短语
  • detach from (从…分离;拆卸)
🎤例句
  • Please detach and fill out the application form. (请撕下申请表并填好。)
🤔同义词
  • mission, keep apart (分离;派遣;使超然)

4031. slash

大量削减

🎤例句
  • The workforce has been slashed by 50%. (劳动力已削减了 50%。)
🤔同义词
  • hide, whip up (猛砍;鞭打;严厉批评;大幅度裁减或削减)

  • pick apart, pick to pieces (猛砍;严厉批评)

  • cut, curtailment (削减;斜线;猛砍;砍痕;沼泽低地)

4032. locus

地点, 所在地

🤩短语
  • locus of control (控制点;内外控倾向)

  • root locus (根轨迹)

  • external locus of control (外控点,外控制点)

  • internal locus of control (内控点)

  • locus coeruleus ([解]蓝斑)

🎤例句
  • Barcelona is the locus of Spanish industry. (巴塞罗那是西班牙工业的发源地。)
🤔同义词
  • location, site, spot, seat, where ([数]轨迹;地点,所在地)

4033. tally

一致, 符合

🤩短语
  • tally with (与…相符合)

  • tally up (总结;加一;结算)

  • medal tally (奖牌总数)

🎤例句
  • Some of the records held by the accounts departments did not tally. (会计部门的一些账目有出入。)
🤔同义词
  • counter, ticket, label (计数器;标签;记账)

  • cast, register, figure, shape (使符合;计算;记录)

  • cotton, square, identify, score, coincide (一致;记分)

4034. reversion

恢复, 复原; 逆转

🎤例句
  • This looks like a reversion to Mexico's previous solidarity with the global left. (看起来墨西哥与全球左翼之前的连结又恢复了。)
🤔同义词
  • feedback, heritage, succession, restoration, return (逆转;回复;归还;[遗]隔代遗传;[法]继承权)

4035. annotate

注解

🎤例句
  • an annotated edition of ‘Othello’ (《奥赛罗》的注释本)
🤔同义词
  • note on (注释;给…作注释或评注)

  • note on (注释;作注解)

4036. politically

政治上

🤩短语
  • politically correct (政治上的正确(立场))

  • politically incorrect (政治上不正确的;不合时宜的)

🎤例句
  • Women were becoming more politically active. (妇女在政治上变得越来越活跃。)

  • a politically sensitive issue (政治上敏感的问题)

  • Politically, raising the minimum wage is good for the Democrats. (从政治上来说,提高最低工资对民主党有好处。)

4037. unjustifiable

不合道理的

🎤例句
  • Poisoning the earth’s atmosphere is ecologically and morally unjustifiable. (污染地球的大气在生态上和道德上都是不能接受的。)

4038. torrid

酷热的

🤩短语
  • torrid zone (n. 热带)
🎤例句
  • a torrid love affair (狂热的风流韵事)
🤔同义词
  • intense, warm, hot, tropical, enthusiastic ([气象]晒热的;热情的)

4039. famine

饥荒

🎤例句
  • the great potato famine in Ireland (爱尔兰严重的土豆荒)

  • A million people are facing famine . (一百万人正面临饥荒。)

🤔同义词
  • hunger, fames (饥荒;饥饿,奇缺)

4040. inept

无能的; 不适当的

🎤例句
  • inept leadership (拙劣的领导)

  • He was criticized for his inept handling of the problem. (他因处理这个问题不力而遭到批评。)

🤔同义词
  • inadequate, unhappy, wrong, clumsy, awkward (笨拙的;不适当的)

4041. straggle

迷路; 落伍; 蔓延

🎤例句
  • thin, black, straggling hair (稀疏、散乱的黑发)
🤔同义词
  • lose oneself, lose one's way (迷路;落伍,掉队;四散,蔓延)

4042. agreeable

令人愉快的; 欣然同意的

🎤例句
  • We spent a most agreeable couple of hours. (我们非常愉快地度过了几个小时。)

  • an agreeable young man (一个讨人喜欢的年轻人)

🤔同义词
  • pleasant, adaptive, lovely, calculated, grateful (令人愉快的;适合的;和蔼可亲的)

4043. oscillate

摆动; 犹豫

🎤例句
  • The stock market is oscillating wildly at the moment. (股票市场现在正急剧波动。)
🤔同义词
  • destabilize (使振荡;使振动;使动摇)

  • hesitate, to swing (振荡;摆动;犹豫)

4044. coalesce

联合, 合并

🎤例句
  • As the number of moisture droplets increases, they begin to coalesce into small rivulets of fluid. (当水滴数量增加,它们会汇集成细流。)
🤔同义词
  • bond, couple, combine, become one, band (合并;结合;联合)

  • unite (使…联合;使…合并)

4045. progenitor

祖先

🎤例句
  • He was also a progenitor of seven presidents of Nicaragua. (他也是尼加拉瓜七位总统的祖先。)
🤔同义词
  • birth, father, root (祖先;原著;起源)

4046. mushy

糊状的; 感伤的, 多情的

🎤例句
  • Cook for two minutes until soft but not mushy. (煮两分钟,煮软但不要煮烂。)
🤔同义词
  • melting, sentimental (糊状的;感伤的,多愁善感的)

4047. perforate

打洞

🎤例句
  • A broken rib had perforated her lung. (一根肋骨骨折,刺穿了她的肺部。)
🤔同义词
  • move through, go across (穿过,贯穿;[古生]穿孔)

4048. rancid

不新鲜的, 变味的

🎤例句
  • rancid butter (变质黄油)
🤔同义词
  • evil, rank (腐臭的;令人作呕的,讨厌的)

4049. impetuous

冲动的, 鲁莽的

🎤例句
  • He was high-spirited and impetuous. (他情绪高昂,行事鲁莽。)

  • She might live to regret this impetuous decision. (她可能会一辈子为这个鲁莽的决定感到后悔。)

🤔同义词
  • fierce, violent, hard, impulsive (冲动的;鲁莽的;猛烈的)

4050. overload

使超载

🤩短语
  • overload protection (防止过载,超载防护)

  • information overload (信息过载;信息超载;信息超负荷)

  • overload capacity (过载容量)

  • overload operation (超负荷运行,超载运行)

  • thermal overload relay (热继电器;热过载继电器)

  • overload protector (过载保护器;超负荷保险装置)

  • overload relay (过载继电器;超载替续器)

🎤例句
  • Be careful not to overload the washing machine. (注意别让洗衣机负荷过重。)
🤔同义词
  • superimposed load, surcharge ([交][电]超载;负荷过多)

4051. charismatic

有魅力的

🤩短语
  • charismatic leadership (魅力型领袖)
🎤例句
  • Martin Luther King was a very charismatic speaker. (马丁•路德•金是个很有感召力的演说家。)

4052. derelict

荒废的;玩忽职守的;疏忽的

被遗弃的人

🎤例句
  • Her body was found dumped in a derelict warehouse less than a mile from her home. (她的尸体被发现丢在离她家不到一英里的一座废弃的仓库里。)
🤔同义词
  • ownerless, masterless (玩忽职守的;无主的;被抛弃了的)

  • Ishmael (遗弃物;玩忽职守者;被遗弃的人)

4053. contravene

违背

🎤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)

4054. bemuse

使昏头昏脑, 使迷惑

🎤例句
  • The sheer quantity of detail would bemuse even the most clear-headed author. (大量的细节会让即使是头脑最清醒的作者都感到困惑。)
🤔同义词
  • confuse, bedaze (使发呆;使茫然;使困惑)

4055. connotation

言外之意, 内涵

🎤例句
  • It's just one of those words that's got so many negative connotations. (它只是那些有很多负面内涵意义的词之一。)
🤔同义词
  • implication, reminder (内涵;含蓄;暗示,隐含意义;储蓄的东西(词、语等))

4056. brusque

唐突的, 鲁莽的

🎤例句
  • The doctors are brusque and busy. (医生们十分忙碌,说话简短生硬。)
🤔同义词
  • short, explicit, naked, frank (唐突的;直率的;无礼的)

4057. utility

实用; 有用

🤩短语
  • utility model (实用新型(约十个国家法律承认的一种保护发明名称,期限五年))

  • public utility (公用设施;公用事业公司)

  • utility function (效用函数;应用函数)

  • utility value (实用价值,利用价值)

  • utility theory (效用理论)

  • marginal utility (边际效用)

  • utility boiler (电站锅炉,动力锅炉;公用锅炉)

  • utility system (实用系统;应用系统;公用系统)

  • expected utility (期望效用)

  • utility vehicle (多用途运载车)

  • utility ratio (利用率;实用率)

  • utility program ([计]应用程序;通用程序;实用程序)

  • utility maximization (效用极大化,效用最大值;极大化)

  • electric utility (电气设施;电业)

  • sport utility vehicle (运动型多用途车)

  • total utility ([经济]总效用;总效果)

  • social utility (社会效用;社会福利事业)

  • utility company (公用事业公司)

  • economic utility (经济效用)

  • practical utility (实用性;实用价值)

🎤例句
  • It’s a simple shareware utility that allows you to print signs and banners. (这是个简单的共享应用软件,你可以用它来打印标牌和横幅。)
🤔同义词
  • practical use, public facility (实用;效用;公共设施;功用)

  • applied, universal, current (实用的;通用的;有多种用途的)

4058. eloquent

雄辩的, 流利的

🎤例句
  • an eloquent appeal for support (极具说服力的求助呼吁)
🤔同义词
  • meaningful, affecting, significant, moving, speaking (意味深长的;雄辩的,有口才的;有说服力的;动人的)

4059. optimistic

乐观的

🤩短语
  • cautiously optimistic (审慎乐观)

  • optimistic estimate (乐观估计;最乐观时间)

🎤例句
  • Andrew took a more optimistic view. (安德鲁抱有更为乐观的想法。)
🤔同义词
  • rose-colored, rosy (乐观的;乐观主义的)

4060. agog

兴奋的, 有强烈兴趣的

🎤例句
  • I’ve been agog all afternoon, waiting for the next part of your story. (整个下午我都在兴奋地期待着,等你讲下一段故事。)
🤔同义词
  • be excited, heady (兴奋的;有强烈兴趣的)

  • eagerly, longingly (热切地;渴望地)

4061. crumb

糕饼屑, 面包屑; 少许, 点滴

🤩短语
  • crumb rubber (废胶末;粒状生胶)

  • bread crumb (面包心;面包碎屑;面包瓤)

🎤例句
  • She stood up to brush the crumbs off her uniform. (她站起来拂去制服上的面包屑。)

  • Coat with bread crumbs and bake. (涂上面包屑后烘烤。)

🤔同义词
  • little, touch (面包屑,碎屑;少许)

  • spall (弄碎;捏碎)

4062. empiricism

经验主义

🎤例句
  • The opposite of empiricism is rationalism. (经验论的对立面是唯理论。)

  • He cut the third way between the empiricism and the rationalism. (他在经验论与唯理论之间开辟了第三条道路。)

  • A basic principle of empiricism is to insist that all knowledge comes from experience. (坚持一切知识都来自于经验,这是经验论的基本原则。)

🤔同义词
  • experimentalism (经验主义;经验论)

4063. antipathy

反感, 厌恶

🎤例句
  • ...the voting public's antipathy toward the president. (…投票民众对总统的憎恶。)
🤔同义词
  • hate, allergy (反感;厌恶;憎恶;不相容)

4064. enthralling

in'θrɔ:liŋ 迷人的, 吸引人的

🎤例句
  • an enthralling experience (非常有趣的经历)
🤔同义词
  • killing, taking, engaging, charming, fascinating (迷人的)

4065. sweep

席卷, 扫过

🤩短语
  • sweep the floor (扫地;清洁地面;清扫地板,拖地板)

  • sweep away (清除;一扫而空)

  • sweep efficiency (波及系数)

  • clean sweep (全胜;快速整理)

  • frequency sweep ([计]频率扫描)

  • sweep up (大扫除;收拾干净)

  • sweep out (清除;扫除)

  • sweep angle (掠角;扫描角)

  • sweep down (突袭)

  • sweep rate (扫描频率;扫描速度)

🎤例句
  • Thunderstorms swept the country. (雷暴横扫全国。)
🤔同义词
  • clean off, broom (扫除;猛拉;掸去)

  • clean, do out (扫,打扫;席卷;扫视;袭击)

  • extent, boundary, region, spectrum, territory, area (打扫,扫除;范围;全胜)

4066. descend

下降; 降格, 屈尊

🤩短语
  • descend from (由…传下来的;起源于)

  • descend on (袭击)

  • descend upon (vt. 突然到达);袭击(突然降临)

🎤例句
  • Our plane started to descend. (我们的飞机开始下降。)

  • I heard his footsteps descending the stairs. (我听到他下楼的脚步声。)

🤔同义词
  • decline, go down (下降;下去;下来;遗传;屈尊)

4067. flimsy

轻而薄的; 易损坏的

🎤例句
  • a flimsy cotton dress (一件又轻又薄的棉布连衣裙)
🤔同义词
  • tender, slight (脆弱的;浅薄的;易损坏的;不周密的)

  • carbon paper, alabaster paper (薄纸;复写纸;打字纸)

4068. slay

杀戮, 杀死

🎤例句
  • ...the hill where St. George slew the dragon. (…圣乔治屠龙之丘。)
🤔同义词
  • kill, strike down (杀害,杀死;使禁不住大笑)

  • kill, strike down (杀死,杀害;残杀)

4069. superlative

最好的

🤩短语
  • superlative degree ([语](形容词、副词的)最高级)
🎤例句
  • a superlative performance (精彩绝伦的表演)
🤔同义词
  • highest, supreme, maximum, peak, top (最高的;最高级的;过度的)

  • best, surfine (最高级;最好的人;最高程度;夸大话)

4070. onset

开始, 发作; 攻击, 袭击

🤩短语
  • onset time (初动时间)
🎤例句
  • Most of the passes have been closed with the onset of winter. (随着冬天的来临,大多数的关卡都已经关闭。)
🤔同义词
  • beginning, threshold, opening, conception, fresh (开始,着手;发作;攻击,进攻)

4071. toed

有趾的

🤩短语
  • from head to toe (遍布全身;从头到脚)

  • big toe (大脚趾)

  • heel and toe (踵趾动作;踵和趾;脚跟与脚尖双脚旋转)

  • toe in (前束,前轮内倾)

  • toe cap (鞋头)

  • toe the line (听从;准备起跑)

  • slope toe (坡脚)

  • great toe (拇趾)

  • little toe (小脚趾)

  • pile toe (桩头)

  • on one's toe (警觉;准备行动)

  • toe box ([制鞋业]头套;[制鞋业]前衬)

🎤例句
  • They then found the same virus lurking in the genome of the three-toed sloth . (然后他们发现同样的病毒也潜伏在三趾树懒基因组里。)

  • Women should go for close-toed heels, and if they wear a dress suit, the skirt should fall at or below the knee. (女士则应穿不露脚趾的高跟鞋,如穿着裙装套装,那么裙子要及膝或到膝盖以下。)

4072. weird

古怪的, 怪诞的, 离奇的

🎤例句
  • A really weird thing happened last night. (昨晚发生了一件非常奇怪的事。)

  • He’s a weird bloke. (他是个古怪的家伙。)

  • They sell all sorts of weird and wonderful (= very strange ) products. (他们出售各种稀奇古怪的产品。)

🤔同义词
  • magic, mysterious, fantastic (怪异的;不可思议的;超自然的)

  • fate, prediction, lot, destiny, fortune ((苏格兰)命运;预言)

4073. assiduous

勤勉的; 专心的

🎤例句
  • Podulski had been assiduous in learning his adopted language. (珀杜斯基曾经勤奋地学习他所选的外语。)
🤔同义词
  • diligent, industrious (刻苦的,勤勉的)

4074. farce

闹剧, 滑稽剧; 可笑的行为, 荒唐的事情

🎤例句
  • She admitted that the interview had been a complete farce from start to finish. (她承认,采访从头到尾完全是一场闹剧。)
🤔同义词
  • slapstick comedy, dido (闹剧;胡闹;笑剧)

4075. refute

反驳, 驳斥

🎤例句
  • It was the kind of rumour that it is impossible to refute. (这是那种不可能推翻的谣言。)
🤔同义词
  • disprove, redargue (反驳,驳斥;驳倒)

4076. exemplify

是…的典型, 作为…例子

🎤例句
  • The building exemplifies the style of architecture which was popular at the time. (这栋大楼代表了当时流行的建筑风格。)
🤔同义词
  • example of, instantiate (例证;例示)

4077. virile

有男子气的; 刚健的

🎤例句
  • He wanted his sons to become strong, virile, and athletic like himself. (他希望他的儿子们变得像他一样身强力壮、充满阳刚之气,并擅长体育运动。)
🤔同义词
  • male, masculine (男性的;有男子气概的;刚健的)

4078. ancillary

辅助的

助手

🤩短语
  • ancillary equipment (辅助设备;外部设备;外围设备)

  • ancillary service (附属设备;辅助性服务)

  • ancillary materials (辅助材料)

🎤例句
  • Agreement was reached on several ancillary matters. (就一些相关问题达成了协议。)
🤔同义词
  • assistant, helping, dependent, deputy, auxiliary (辅助的;副的;从属的)

  • friend, assistant, aid, attachment, mate (助手;附件)

4079. niggling

琐碎的

🤔同义词
  • petty, trivial (为琐事操心的;过于精细的;琐碎的)

  • laughing matter, penny ante (过于琐碎的工作;无关紧要的事)

  • faulting (挑剔(niggle的ing形式))

4080. gratuitous

无缘无故的; 免费的

🎤例句
  • children’s books which include gratuitous violence (包含无谓暴力内容的儿童书籍)
🤔同义词
  • free, groundless (无理由的,无端的;免费的)

4081. voucher

证件; 收据; 凭证; 代金券

🤩短语
  • voucher system (付款凭单制度)

  • gift voucher (礼券(等于gift token))

  • cash voucher (优惠券;现金凭单)

🎤例句
  • The voucher can be used at most major supermarkets. (这种购物券可以在大多数大型超市使用。)

  • First prize is a £1,000 travel voucher. (头等奖是价值1,000英镑的旅行券。)

🤔同义词
  • guarantee, witness (收据;[法]证人;保证人;证明者)

4082. vying

竞争的

🎤例句
  • They will be vying for a single opening in 2020. (他们将竞争在2020年奥运会中的一个席位。)

  • Although many more students are entering colleges and universities than was the case twenty years ago, there are also many more courses of study vying for their commitment. (尽管同二十年前相比起来,有多得多的学生进入学院和大学深造,但是与此同时,也有更多的课程在为其许诺而竞争着。)

🤔同义词
  • competitive, rival (竞争的)

  • scrambling (争夺(vie的现在分词))

4083. repetition

重复; 背诵

🤩短语
  • repetition rate (重复率)

  • repetition frequency ([电]重复频;换帧频率)

  • pulse repetition frequency ([计]脉冲重复频率)

  • repetition measurement (复测法)

  • repetition period ([计]重复周期)

🎤例句
  • Children used to learn by repetition. (过去小孩子是通过背诵来学习的。)
🤔同义词
  • reiteration, iterance (重复;背诵;副本)

4084. outmoded

过时的

🎤例句
  • outmoded ideas (过时的观点)
🤔同义词
  • ancient, unpopular (过时的,不流行的)

4085. gibe

dʒaib 嘲弄,讥笑

dʒaib 嘲笑, 讥笑

🎤例句
  • It's impolite to gibe at a foreign student's English. (嘲笑外国学生的英语是不礼貌的。)

  • It's unkind to gibe at a foreign student's english even though it may sound amusing. (嘲笑一个外国学生的英语是不应该的,就算他的英语令人捧腹。)

  • "Please don't gibe me, " Lydia said. "I feel as repulsive and small as one of those deadly germs often portrayed in the horror movie genre. " (“请不要嘲笑我,”利迪娅说。“我觉得自己令人讨厌,渺小,像恐怖类电影描述的那些致命的细菌那样。”)

🤔同义词
  • laugh at, make a mockery of (嘲笑;愚弄)

  • jeer at, laugh at (嘲笑;嘲弄)

4086. smarmy

虚情假意的

🎤例句
  • smarmy comments (奉承话)
🤔同义词
  • hokey, unctuous (爱说奉承话的;虚情假意的)

4087. lavender

淡紫色的

薰衣草

🤩短语
  • lavender oil (熏衣草油)
🎤例句
  • And not one involves lavender candles. (这可不需要点薰衣草蜡烛。)

  • The plantation is one of the largest lavender farms in the world. (这里的农场是世界上最大的薰衣草农场之一。)

🤔同义词
  • lavande, lila (薰衣草;淡紫色)

  • violescent, orchid (淡紫色的)

4088. surrender

投降; 放弃; 归还

🤩短语
  • unconditional surrender (无条件投降)
🎤例句
  • Germany surrendered on May 7th, 1945. (德国于 1945 年 5 月 7 日投降。)

  • The terrorists were given ten minutes to surrender. (恐怖分子被限定在十分钟之内投降。)

🤔同义词
  • desert, quit (使投降;放弃;交出;听任)

  • give in to sb, throw up the sponge (投降;屈服;自首)

  • submission, Caved In (投降;放弃;交出;屈服)

4089. antithetical

相反的; 对立的

🎤例句
  • Their priorities are antithetical to those of environmentalists. (他们的重点与环保主义者的重点是对立的。)
🤔同义词
  • contrary, opposite, against (对立的,正相反的)

4090. hypnotic

催眠的

催眠药

🎤例句
  • His voice had a smooth hypnotic effect . (他的声音有一种温柔的催眠效果。)

  • the hypnotic beat of the drum (让人昏昏欲睡的击鼓节奏)

🤔同义词
  • somnolent, soporiferous ([药]催眠的,催眠术的;易于催眠的)

  • sleeping pill, lude ([药]安眠药;催眠状态的人)

4091. obligatory

强制性的, 义不容辞的

🤩短语
  • obligatory right (债权)

  • obligatory course (必修课)

🎤例句
  • She offered him the obligatory cup of tea. (她照例给他端来一杯茶。)
🤔同义词
  • compulsory, deontic ([法]义务的;必须的;义不容辞的)

4092. caste

社会等级, 等级

🤩短语
  • caste system (种姓制度;等级制;阶级制度)
🎤例句
  • the caste system (种姓制度)
🤔同义词
  • social status, social position ((印度社会中的)种姓;(具有严格等级差别的)社会地位;(排他的)社会团体)

4093. forbidding

令人生畏的; 险恶的; 令人反感的, 讨厌的

🎤例句
  • His face was forbidding, even hostile. (他面容冷峻,甚至可以说是带有敌意。)
🤔同义词
  • severe, austere (令人生畏的;严峻的;险恶的)

  • prohibiting (禁止;不准(forbid的ing形式))

4094. exquisite

精致的; 近乎完美的

🤩短语
  • small and exquisite (小巧玲珑;小而灵巧)

  • exquisite craftsmanship (技艺精湛)

🎤例句
  • the most exquisite craftsmanship (最精美的工艺)
🤔同义词
  • elegant, severe, novel, sophisticated, pretty (精致的;细腻的;优美的,高雅的;异常的;剧烈的)

4095. wroth

暴怒的, 非常愤怒的

🤔同义词
  • angry, rude (愤怒的;狂暴的;暴风雨般的;汹涌的)

4096. cardinal

首要的,主要的

红衣主教

🤩短语
  • cardinal number ([数]基数)

  • cardinal point (基点;方位基点)

  • cardinal virtues (基本道德)

🎤例句
  • Having clean hands is one of the cardinal rules when preparing food. (双手洁净是准备食物时的一项最基本要求。)

  • an issue of cardinal importance (至关重要的问题)

🤔同义词
  • primary, elementary, major, fundamental, basic (主要的,基本的;深红色的)

  • conclavist, red hat (红衣主教;枢机主教;鲜红色)

4097. evergreen

常绿的

🤩短语
  • evergreen tree (常青树;冬青树)

  • evergreen forest (常绿林)

  • evergreen plant (常绿植物)

🎤例句
  • Plant evergreen shrubs around the end of the month. (大约在月末种植常绿灌木。)
🤔同义词
  • indeciduous ([林][植]常绿的;永葆青春的)

4098. beneficiary

受益人

🤩短语
  • beneficiary name (收款人姓名;受益人名称)
🎤例句
  • One of the main beneficiaries of the early election is thought to be the former president. (前总统被认为是早期选举的主要受益者之一。)
🤔同义词
  • homager ([金融][保险]受益人,受惠者;封臣)

4099. skyrocket

突升, 猛涨

🎤例句
  • The trade deficit has skyrocketed. (贸易逆差已经急剧增长。)

  • skyrocketing inflation (飙升的通货膨胀率)

🤔同义词
  • sky, sharp increase (飞涨,突然高升)