Group 3
eclipse [ɪˈklɪps] v.形成(日、月)食;使黯然失色
记 ec-lipse
ec-=ex-=out,如“eccentricity”(离心率)(GRE 1999年4月,Section A)
lip, lipse=leave,如“ellipsoidal”(椭圆体的)(GRE No. 8-3, Section B)
bolster [ˈbəʊlstə] v.支持;支撑;增强,提高;巩固
例 Managers who think that strong environmental performance will bolster their company's financial performance often uncritically accept claims that systems designed to help them manage environmental concerns are valuable tools. By contrast, managers who perceive environmental performance to be peripheral to financial success may view an environmental management system as extraneous. In either situation, and whatever their perceptions, it is a manager's commitment to achieving environmental improvement rather than the mere presence of a system that determines environmental performance.——GRE OG, Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions, SET 5. Discrete Questions: Hard
那些认为优秀的环境表现能够提升公司财务业绩的经理人经常会不加批判地接受那些认为设计出来帮助管理环境事务的系统是有价值的工具的观点。与之相反,那些认为环境表现的重要性次于公司的财务业绩的经理人可能会把一个环境管理系统视作无关紧要的。不论是哪种情况,不论他们的观点如何,经理人的责任是实现环境的改善而不仅仅是让一个系统的存在决定环境的表现。
degrade [dɪˈɡreɪd] v.贬低;使……丢脸;(使)降级;(使)降低;退化;使降解
例 Normally, the majority of the VLDL remnants go to the liver where they bind to LDL receptors and are degraded.——GRE No. 9-4, Section B
正常情况下,大多数的超低密度脂蛋白残留物会到达肝脏,在那里与低密度脂蛋白受体结合并降解。
记 de-grade
de-=down,如“demarcation”(界限)(GRE 1991年10月,Section B)
grad, grade=walk,如“gradual”(逐渐的)(GRE No. 7-3, Section A)
uncritically[ˌʌnˈkrɪtɪklɪ]adv.不加鉴别地;不加批评地
例 参见本组单词“bolster”
记 un-crit-ical-ly
un-=not,如“unevenness”(参差不齐)(GRE No. 4-1, Section B)
cri, crit=judge,如“crisis”(危机)(GRE No. 2-1, Section A)
-ical:形容词后缀,表示“有关……, ……性的”,如“economical”(节约的)(GRE No. 6-3, Section B)
-ly:副词后缀,大多接于形容词之后,如“extremely”(极其)(GRE No. 7-1, Section A)
accept [əkˈsept] v.接受;承兑;承认;认为;同意;承担;容纳
例 The high estimates of grazing pressure postulated by these researchers were not fully accepted, however, until the grazing rates of zooplankton were determined directly in the field, by means of new experimental techniques.——GRE No. 6-2, Section A
然而,这些科研人员所假设的食草压力的高估算,直到浮游动物的食草比率通过新的实验技术直接得到确证之后,才获得充分的接受。
记 ac-cept
ac-=ad-=to,如“accumulation”(积聚,累积)(GRE No. 2-3, Section A)
cept=take,如“concept”(概念)(GRE No. 6-2, Section A)
appropriately[əˈprəʊprɪətlɪ]adv.适当地;合适地;相称地
例 Give mathematicians a situation that is the least bit ill-defined, and they will make it welldefined, perhaps appropriately, but perhaps inappropriately. ——GRE No.5-3, Section A
给数学家一个模糊性降至最低程度的情境,他们必将其弄得明晰确切,这样做或许恰当,但或许并不恰当。
记 ap-propri-ate-ly
ap-=ad-=to,如“appendix”(阑尾)(GRE No. 6-1, Section B)
propri=one's own,如“property”(性能)(GRE No. 9-1, Section A)
-ate:形容词后缀,表示“有……性质的,有……味道的”,如“separate”(独立的)(GRE 1993年2月,Section B)
-ly:副词后缀,大多接于形容词之后,如“virtually”(几乎)(GRE No. 3-2, Section A)
acknowledge [əkˈnɑlɪdʒ] v.承认;认可;确认收到;理会;向……致意;答谢
例 The English-language theater has provided elements as well: Valdez himself has acknowledged his debt to the agitprop socialist theater that appeared in the United States during the 1920's and 1930's. ——GRE 1993年10月,Section B
英语戏剧也提供了某些因素:瓦尔迪兹自己也曾承认,他从20世纪20年代到30年代在美国出现的宣传社会主义的戏剧中获益匪浅。
记 ac-know-ledge
ac-=ad-=to,如“acquainted”(熟悉的)(GRE 1994年2月,Section A)
know:了解;熟悉;确信
-ledge:通常用作名词后缀,如“knowledge”(知识)(GRE No. 2-3, Section A)
hotly[ˈhɑtlɪ]adv.激烈地;强烈地;愤怒地;紧迫地——hot[hɑt]adj.热的;热情的;激烈的;热门的;风行的;最新的;辛辣的;紧迫的;暴躁的;性感的
例 Unlike most volcanoes, hot spots are rarely found along the boundaries of the continental and oceanic plates that comprise the Earth's crust; most hot spots lie deep in the interior of plates and are anchored deep in the layers of the Earth's surface. ——GRE No. 2-2, Section A
与绝大多数火山不同的是,热点很少在构成地壳的大陆和大洋板块的交界处被发现;大部分热点存在于板块内部的深处,并深嵌在地球表面的地层中。
记 hot-ly
hot:热的;激烈的
-ly:副词后缀,大多接于形容词后面,如“eloquently”(富于表现力地)(GRE 1996年4月北美,Section B)
dispute [dɪˈspjuːt] v.争论;辩论;反驳;争夺(控制权、所有权)——dispute [dɪˈspjuːt] n.争端;争执;纠纷;争论;辩论
例 That the Pacific plate and the other plates are moving is now beyond dispute; the relative motion of the plates has been reconstructed in detail.——GRE No. 2-2, Section A
太平洋板块和其他板块都处于运动之中,这一点现在已是无可争议;这些板块间的相对运动已被详尽地复原再现。
记 dis-pute
dis-=apart,如“dismissal”(摒弃)(GRE 1995年4月,Section B)
pute=think,如“computer”(电脑)(GRE No. 5-3, Section A)
complementary[ˌkɑmplɪˈmentrɪ]adj.补足的;补充的;互补的;辅助性的
例 It is possible to make specific complementary DNA's (cDNA's) that can serve as molecular probes to seek out the messenger RNA's (mRNA's) of the peptide hormones.——GRE No. 8-1, Section B
(科学家)可以制造出特异的互补DNA's(cDNA's),以此作为分子探子,探觅出肽激素的信使RNA's(mRNA's)。
记 com-ple-ment-ary
com-=with, together,如“compactly”(紧密地)(GRE 1993年10月,Section A)
ple, plete=fill,如“deplete”(消耗)(GRE No. 3-3, Section B)
-ment:抽象名词后缀,表示“结果,手段”,如“temperament”(性情)(GRE No. 2-2, Section B)
-ary:形容词后缀,如“secondary”(次要的)(GRE No. 2-3, Section B)
intrinsic[ɪnˈtrɪnsɪk]adj.本质的;固有的;内在的
例 The task for ecologists is to untangle the environmental and biological factors that hold this intrinsic capacity for population growth in check over the long run.——GRE 1991年2月,Section A
生态学家要完成的任务,就是理清那些环境和生态的因素,看它们是如何最终将这一致使种群增长的内在能力予以控制的。
记 intrin-sic
intrin=internal
sic=follow
peripheral[pəˈrɪfərəl]adj.次要的;外围的,周边的;(神经)末梢区域的
例 It is conceivable, however, that these large, sedentary organisms do in fact feed on bacteria that grow in warm-water vents, rise in the vent water, and then rain in peripheral areas to nourish animals living some distance from the warm-water vents.——GRE No. 8-3, Section A
但可以想象的是,这些庞大的、静栖的生物体事实上确实以热泉出口内生长的细菌为生,这些细菌随出口的水升涌,然后洒落到周边区域,为生存在离热泉出口一定距离内的动物提供营养。
记 peri-pher-al
peri=around, round about,如“period”(时期)(GRE No. 5-2, Section A)
pher=carry
-al:形容词后缀,表示“有关……,有……性质”,如“crustal”(地壳的)(GRE No. 2-1, Section A)
相关题目:
Managers who think that strong environmental performance will (i) ______their company's financial performance often (ii) ______claims that systems designed to help them manage environmental concerns are valuable tools. By contrast, managers who perceive environmental performance to be (iii) ______to financial success may view an environmental management system as extraneous. In either situation, and whatever their perceptions, it is a manager's commitment to achieving environmental improvement rather than the mere presence of a system that determines environmental performance. ——GRE OG, Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions, SET 5. Discrete Questions: Hard