英语单词几乎是天天必背的,但一定要有计划性,有的人常常用整段的时间如整个上午来背单词,有时候又一天都不翻一下单词书,这是不可取的。2016考研的同学最好制定一个计划,多少天背完一遍,每天背多少个,每天什么时候背,规划地清清楚楚,效率也会高很多。
elaborate
v.精心制作;详细阐述 a.精心制作的;详细阐述的
【例】The professor asked me to elaborate on my proposal.教授让我详细说明我的建议。
【构词】e-(出)+labor(劳动)+-ate(做)→辛苦劳动做出来的→精心制作的
【同义替换】exquisite, delicate; expound, specify, dwell
【派生】elaborately ad.精巧地;苦心经营地 elaboration n.苦心经营,精巧;详细阐述
【真题】Russians have a deep love for their own language and carry large chunks of memorized poetry in their heads, while Italian politicians tend to elaborate speech that would seem old-fashioned to most English-speakers.
俄罗斯人深深热爱自己的语言,在脑子里记下了大段的诗歌。而意大利的政客们往往精心准备演讲,这对大多数英语国家的人来说似乎不合时宜。
approximate
a.近似的 vi.(to)接近
【例】Your story approximates to the facts we already know.你所说的与我们已经了解的事实很接近。
【构词】ap-+proxim(接近)+-ate→接近
【同义替换】approach
【派生】approximately a.大约,近似地 approximation n.接近;近似值
【真题】Still, Jefferson freed Hemings’s children——though not Hemings herself or his approximately 150 other slaves.
虽然Hemings本人及其他约150名奴隶没有得到自由,杰弗逊还是给了Hemings的孩子们自由。
appetite
n.食欲,胃口;欲望;爱好,趣味
【例】He has an amazing appetite for hard work.他出奇地喜欢艰巨的工作。
【构词】ap-(加强)+pet(喜爱)+-ite→非常喜欢→欲望;爱好
【同义替换】belly; desire, lust, wish; hobby, delight
【真题】Religious associations began, for example, in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences; family life in the desire to gratify appetites and secure family perpetuity; systematic labor, for the most part, because of enslavement to others, etc.
例如,宗教社团始于希望从推翻权势和规避邪恶势力中获得好处;家庭生活始于满足欲望,获得家庭稳固;而系统的劳动,在大多数情况下,始于对他人的奴役等。
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