GRE重点单词语境记忆(3)
英语课
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Bawdy 2淫秽的
The Bard 3 was sometimes bawdy.诗人莎翁有时下笔污秽。
Off-key走调的;莽撞的不恰当的
The piano’s pitch is off-key.钢琴走音了。
Off -key thoughts不恰当的思想
Volley子弹群射;石块齐投;质问评论辱骂等接连发出A volley of shots rang out.一排子弹呼啸而出。
She faced a volley of angry questions from her mother.她受到母亲一连串愤怒的质问。
Tardy 4行动缓慢的
People who are tardy in paying their bills拖延付账的人To be tardy for school上学迟到
Purvey 5承办伙食等;供应货物等
Purvey meat for an army给军队供应肉食
Purvey services提供各种服务
Liquefy使液化
Under these conditions hydrogen liquefies.在这些情况下氢气会变成液体。
Fluffy 6绒毛般的;空洞的
A little fluffy kitten毛茸茸的小猫
A fluffy policy空洞的政策
Stuffy 7空气闷人的;污浊的;乏味的
A stuffy room闷热的房间
I felt oppressed by the stuffy atmosphere in that household.那个家庭的沉闷气氛使我感到窒息。
Indemnify保障;赔偿
The railroad indemnified him for his injuries.铁路公司对他所受的损伤给予赔偿。
The act indemnified the peace officers if they killed any of the mob in endeavoring to suppress such riots.如果治安官员在力求平定这样的暴乱过程中杀了人,此项法规会给他们以法律保障。(注意act在这里是法规的意思。)Deify把...神化
Deify a king神化国王
Move into a semi-deified role逐渐成为半神的角色Deify neither wealth nor power既不崇拜财富又不崇拜权利Codify把...编成法典
When were the rules of snooker codified 8?彩弹桌球戏的规则是什么时候编纂成文的?
Starchy含淀粉的
You eat too much starch 9 food.你吃的含淀粉的食物太多了Don’t be so starchy.别那么死板。
Touchy 10易怒的;棘手的
He is in a particularly touchy mood today.他今天情绪特别不好,碰不得。
A touchy business棘手的事情
Atrophy 11萎缩
Muscular atrophy肌肉萎缩
The cultural life of the country will sink into atrophy unless more writers and artists emerge.如果没有更多的作家和艺术家出现,这个国家的文化生活讲衰退。
Pithy 12言简意赅的
Pithily 13 expressed简洁地表达的
Pithy sayings精辟的话
Wily狡猾的
A wily fraud狡猾的骗子
A wily scheme奸计
Unearthly超自然的;精神的;奇异的
Unearthly beauty超自然的美
Unearthly love精神上的爱
An unearthly scream怪异的尖叫声
Gadfly讨人厌者;有意搅得别人不得安宁者
A conservative gadfly惹人讨厌的老保守
They were only too glad to have finally rid themselves of his gadfly presence.他们终于摆脱了这个讨厌的人,高兴还来不及呢。
Surly脾气坏的
A surly old man乖戾的老头儿
A surly reply恶声恶气的回答
Salesmen in stores are often surly.商店里的营业员态度往往很坏。
Grisly令人厌恶的;可怕的
A grisly crime可憎的罪行
A grisly experiment一次可怕的实验
Comely标志的
A comely boy清秀的男孩
I foud everything in neat and comely arrangement.我发现一切都已安排得整齐而妥帖。
adj.漂亮的,合宜的
- His wife is a comely young woman.他的妻子是一个美丽的少妇。
- A nervous,comely-dressed little girl stepped out.一个紧张不安、衣着漂亮的小姑娘站了出来。
adj.淫猥的,下流的;n.粗话
- After a few drinks,they were all singing bawdy songs at the top of their voices.喝了几杯酒之后,他们就扯着嗓门唱一些下流歌曲。
- His eyes were shrewd and bawdy.他的一双眼睛机灵而轻佻。
n.吟游诗人
- I'll use my bard song to help you concentrate!我会用我的吟游诗人歌曲帮你集中精神!
- I find him,the wandering grey bard.我发现了正在徘徊的衰老游唱诗人。
adj.缓慢的,迟缓的
- It's impolite to make a tardy appearance.晚到是不礼貌的。
- The boss is unsatisfied with the tardy tempo.老板不满于这种缓慢的进度。
v.(大量)供给,供应
- They have two restaurants that purvey dumplings and chicken noodle soup.他们那里有两家供应饺子和鸡肉汤面的餐馆。
- He is the one who would,for a hefty fee,purvey strategic advice to private corporations.他是那个会为了一笔数目可观的酬金而将策略性建议透露给私营企业的人。
adj.有绒毛的,空洞的
- Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
- The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。
adj.不透气的,闷热的
- It's really hot and stuffy in here.这里实在太热太闷了。
- It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帐篷里很闷热,我们感到空气都是潮的。
v.把(法律)编成法典( codify的过去式和过去分词 )
- In the meantime, however, Kennecott had been codified elsewhere in the Act. 然而,“肯尼考特”一案已被编人法案。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
- Congress has since codified this holding. 从那时以来,国会编纂整理了最高法院的这一裁定。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
n.淀粉;vt.给...上浆
- Corn starch is used as a thickener in stews.玉米淀粉在炖煮菜肴中被用作增稠剂。
- I think there's too much starch in their diet.我看是他们的饮食里淀粉太多了。
adj.易怒的;棘手的
- Be careful what you say because he's touchy.你说话小心,因为他容易生气。
- He's a little touchy about his weight.他对自己的体重感到有点儿苦恼。
n./v.萎缩,虚脱,衰退
- Patients exercised their atrophied limbs in the swimming pool.病人们在泳池里锻炼萎缩的四肢。
- Many hoped he would renew the country's atrophied political system.很多人都期望他能使该国萎靡的政治体系振作起来。
adj.(讲话或文章)简练的
- Many of them made a point of praising the film's pithy dialogue.他们中很多人特别赞扬了影片精炼的对白。
- His pithy comments knocked the bottom out of my argument.他精辟的评论驳倒了我的论点。