GRE单词有效背诵三个方法
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1、 词根、词缀记忆法
这是最基本也最有效的记忆方法，必须要掌握。举GRE中最臭名昭著的一个单词为例：arteriosclerosis。这个词让无数人口喷鲜血，但了解了词根，无非是arterio+sclero+sis，即动脉、硬化症，过目不忘。用词根记忆法，往往事半功倍，如carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous 1, 本来一个都记不住，放在一起，一目了然。而且以后记carnage, carnalism, herbaceous, herbiferous, omnicompetent, omnificent, omnipotent等，更是不费吹灰之力。
2、 形近词记忆法
凭已知的来学习未知，会让人倍觉轻松。比如背个生词marrow就不如记把narrow换一个字母来得省力省时。同样，smother这个词长得古怪，但记成s(死)+mother就很容易掌握。用这个方法，不仅能够更快地记忆单词，更重要的是使我们发现，即使是背单词这种无聊透顶的事，也可以做得趣味盎然。反正是要背，何不让自己轻松一点?再试试这几组：defer 2, deter 3; blight 4, bright;vocation, avocation 5; eminent 6, imminent;ally, rally, allay 7, alley 8, alloy 9。
3、 分类记忆法
很多时候，孤立地记一个事物，反而不如同时记忆多个同类效果来得好。所以把意义相近的词放在一起记，可以大大提高效率，更对日后实战时的类比题有着莫大的帮助。分类可有两种，一种是把同义词归纳在一起，如关于格言的：adage 10, proverb, allegory, fable 11, dictum, maxim 12, motto, aphorism 13。关于欺骗的：deceive, beguile 14, betray, inveigle 15, dupe, hoax 16, bamboozle 17, delude 18, hoodwink, defraud 19, swindle。另一种分类是把相关的单词归为一类，如关于宝石的：ruby 20, sapphire 21, emerald, jade 22, turquoise 23, amethyst 24, rhinestone 25, opal。关于植物的：oak, cypress 26, almond, maple 27, elm, elm, willow 28, cactus 29, vanilla 30, orchid 31, chrysanthemum 32, balsam。这种分类工作利用电子辞典来做最为方便。
adj.杂食的
- Brown bears are omnivorous,eating anything that they can get their paws on.棕熊是杂食性动物，抓到什么吃什么。
- Man is an omnivorous animal.人是肉类与蔬菜均食用的动物。
vt.推迟，拖延；vi.(to)遵从，听从，服从
- We wish to defer our decision until next week.我们希望推迟到下星期再作出决定。
- We will defer to whatever the committee decides.我们遵从委员会作出的任何决定。
vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住
- Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
- Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。
n.枯萎病；造成破坏的因素；vt.破坏，摧残
- The apple crop was wiped out by blight.枯萎病使苹果全无收成。
- There is a blight on all his efforts.他的一切努力都遭到挫折。
n.副业，业余爱好
- He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。
- Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.学习外语只不过是我的一项业余爱好。
adj.显赫的，杰出的，有名的，优良的
- We are expecting the arrival of an eminent scientist.我们正期待一位著名科学家的来访。
- He is an eminent citizen of China.他是一个杰出的中国公民。
v.消除，减轻(恐惧、怀疑等)
- The police tried to allay her fears but failed.警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。
- They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.他们正竭力减轻公众对这种疾病传播的恐惧。
n.小巷，胡同；小径，小路
- We live in the same alley.我们住在同一条小巷里。
- The blind alley ended in a brick wall.这条死胡同的尽头是砖墙。
n.合金，(金属的)成色
- The company produces titanium alloy.该公司生产钛合金。
- Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.青铜是铜和锡的合金。
n.格言，古训
- But the old adage that men grow into office has not proved true in my experience.但是，根据我的经验，人们所谓的工作岗位造就人材这句古话并不正确。
- Her experience lends credence to the adage " We live and learn!"她的经验印证了一句格言: 活到老，学到老！
n.寓言；童话；神话
- The fable is given on the next page. 这篇寓言登在下一页上。
- He had some motive in telling this fable. 他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
n.格言，箴言
- Please lay the maxim to your heart.请把此格言记在心里。
- "Waste not,want not" is her favourite maxim.“不浪费则不匮乏”是她喜爱的格言。
n.格言，警语
- It is the aphorism of the Asian Games. 这是亚运会的格言。
- Probably the aphorism that there is no easy answer to what is very complex is true. 常言道,复杂的问题无简易的答案,这话大概是真的。
vt.欺骗，消遣
- They are playing cards to beguile the time.他们在打牌以消磨时间。
- He used his newspapers to beguile the readers into buying shares in his company.他利用他的报纸诱骗读者买他公司的股票。
v.诱骗
- In the main,the Eisenhower administration did not try to inveigle Kennedy into underwriting it's policies.总的说来，艾森豪威尔政府并没有设法诱骗肯尼迪在它的政策上签字画押。
- With patience and diplomacy,she can eventually inveigle him into marrying her.她靠耐心和交际手腕，到头来是能引诱他与她结婚的。
v.欺骗，哄骗，愚弄；n.愚弄人，恶作剧
- They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
- They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。
v.欺骗，隐瞒
- He was bamboozled by con men.他被骗子骗了。
- He bamboozled Mercer into defeat.他骗得默瑟认了输。
vt.欺骗；哄骗
- You won't delude him into believing it.你不能诱使他相信此事。
- Don't delude yourself into believing that she will marry you.不要自欺，别以为她会嫁给你。
vt.欺骗，欺诈
- He passed himself off as the managing director to defraud the bank.他假冒总经理的名义诈骗银行。
- He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government.他卷入了这起欺骗政府的阴谋。
n.红宝石，红宝石色
- She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
- On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。
n.青玉，蓝宝石；adj.天蓝色的
- Now let us consider crystals such as diamond or sapphire.现在让我们考虑象钻石和蓝宝石这样的晶体。
- He left a sapphire ring to her.他留给她一枚蓝宝石戒指。
n.玉石；碧玉；翡翠
- The statue was carved out of jade.这座塑像是玉雕的。
- He presented us with a couple of jade lions.他送给我们一对玉狮子。
n.绿宝石；adj.蓝绿色的
- She wore a string of turquoise round her neck.她脖子上戴着一串绿宝石。
- The women have elaborate necklaces of turquoise.那些女人戴着由绿松石制成的精美项链。
n.紫水晶
- She pinned a large amethyst brooch to her lapel.她在翻领上别了一枚大大的紫水晶饰针。
- The exquisite flowers come alive in shades of amethyst.那些漂亮的花儿在紫水晶的映衬下显得格外夺目。
n.水晶石，莱茵石
- She often wears that cheap showy rhinestone bracelet.她经常戴那个廉价艳丽的水晶手镯。
- Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing,当她发现一个缺了几颗人造钻石的手镯时，有些孩子鄙笑起来。
n.柏树
- The towering pine and cypress trees defy frost and snow.松柏参天傲霜雪。
- The pine and the cypress remain green all the year round.苍松翠柏，常绿不凋。
n.槭树，枫树，槭木
- Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。
- The maple leaves are tinge with autumn red.枫叶染上了秋天的红色。
n.柳树
- The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.河边疏疏落落有几棵柳树。
- The willow's shadow falls on the lake.垂柳的影子倒映在湖面上。
n.仙人掌
- It was the first year that the cactus had produced flowers.这是这棵仙人掌第一年开花。
- The giant cactus is the vegetable skycraper.高大的仙人掌是植物界巨人。
n.香子兰，香草
- He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
- I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。
n.兰花，淡紫色
- The orchid is a class of plant which I have never tried to grow.兰花这类植物我从来没种过。
- There are over 35 000 species of orchid distributed throughout the world.有35,000多种兰花分布在世界各地。
n.菊，菊花
- Each mourner wore a black armband and a white paper chrysanthemum.每个吊唁的人都佩带着黑纱和一朵白纸菊花。
- There are many species of chrysanthemum.菊花品种很多。