每1~2天为大家更新5个左右的GRE单词,每个单词都采用GRE官方指定的webster英英解释,而且所有的例句都是来自华盛顿邮报Washington Post/自然杂志Nature/西雅图时报Seattle Times/纽约时报NewYork Times/科学杂志Science Journal等一线期刊,并且每一个单词后面都配了相关生动的图片,希望大家可以喜欢。
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loquacity n. 好辩, 多嘴, 喧噪
[root] loqu-= speak,表示“说话”。- acity表名词,“有…倾向”。
[e.g.] Loquacity brings disaster and problems.多口招祸.
[e.g.] Then, while saying goodbye to the participants, he acknowledged his own loquacity.
然后,在与参与者说再见的同时,他承认了自己的多嘴。New York Times Apr 2, 2015
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prerequisite n. 先决条件 adj. 作为前提的, 必备的
[root] pre-…前的,预先 + requisite n.必需品 a.必要的
[E2E] A prerequisite is a required prior condition.
[e.g.] Training is a prerequisite for competence(才干;权限).
接受训练时掌握技能的前提
[e.g.] Contrast this with Merton, for whom total silence is the prerequisite for real thinking, for communion with God.
与默顿形成鲜明对比,对于他来说,完全沉默是真正思考,与上帝交往的先决条件。New York Times Feb 18, 2019
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watershed n. 流域,分水岭,转折点
[root] water水 + shed分开
[E2E] A watershed is a turning point, or historic moment.
[e.g.] Our marriage was at a watershed.
我们的婚姻走到了一个转折关头。
[e.g.] His arrival in California back in 2007 is, with strong justification, hailed as a watershed moment in MLS’s development.
有充分的理由显示,他在2007年抵达加利福尼亚州(这一行为),被誉为MLS发展的分水岭。The Guardian Mar 4, 2019
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eradicatev. 根除, 扑减, 根绝
[root] e出+rad根(root) + ic + ate做;造成(表动词):把根拨出。
[E2E] v.to get rid of something completely, especially something bad
[e.g.] an attempt to eradicate inflation. 为消除通货膨胀做的努力
[e.g.] They are attempting to do nothing less than eradicate a cultural amnesia that is rampant in the United States.
他们试图做的只是消除在美国蔓生的文化失忆症。The Guardian Mar 7, 2019
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需要小记的一个单词:
illustrative adj. 说明的, 解说的, 做例证的
illustrate vt.举例说明 illustration n.说明