词汇对于备考的重要性不言而喻。雅思考试要求词汇量大,词汇本身的专业程度也相对较高。考生在短时间内突破雅思考试词汇一关,为听说读写综合复习争取更多时间,是通过雅思考试的关键之一
《21天突破雅思词汇》的编者环球雅思教学研究中心GTRC汇集了剑桥雅思真题系列4—8中的重点真题词汇,旨在帮助考生在有限的时间里指向重点,有的放矢,集中突破,为考试做好充分的准备。
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《21天突破雅思词汇》甄选剑桥雅思真题3~8中最核心、出现频率最高的词汇,配以权威释义与例句,其中多数例句来自真题,更具针对性。另根据具体情况配以派生词、记忆方式、同义词、反义词及用法,帮助读者举一反三,拓展词汇,学会使用方法。每页精心设置“索引”模块,引导读者随时检验学习成果。
《21天突破雅思词汇》由环球雅思教学研究中心GTRC编写。
(义)vt.保证,担保,n.保证,担保;抵押品
(同)to assure
(用)guarantee period/time保修期,保质期;guarantee deposit保证金,押金
(例)We guarantee you a warm welcome. (C4,GT-TA, R1)我保证你们能受到热烈的欢迎。
(义)n.托儿所,保育室
(记)nurse+ry→take care+表示"地方"的名词词缀→照顾孩子的地方→托儿所
(同)child-care centre
(用)nursery rhyme童谣,儿歌
(例)The idea was to have home as a German language environment and for Tiffany to learn English at nursery school. (C8,GT-TB,R3)这个方法就是给家庭营造出一种讲德语的环境,然后让Tiffany在托儿所学习英语。
(义)vt.推荐
(同)to advocate, to propose
(用)recommend sb. to do sth.推荐某人做某事
(例)And he also recommended a more recent book, called 'Survey Research', by Bell, I think. (C4T2L3)他还推荐了一本近期出版叫《调查研究》的书,我记得是贝尔写的。
(义)vf.吸引,诱惑;冒……的风险
(同)to attract
(例)Foreign products, from meat to machinery, play a more important role in almost every economy in the world, and foreign markets now tempt businesses that never much worried about sales beyond their nation's borders. (C6T1R2)从肉类到机械,外国产品在任何国家的经济中都扮演着重要的角色,同时,那些向来只注重本国市场的公司开始受到外国市场吸引。
(义)vt.&vi.收缩
(同)to contract
(反)to expand
(例)...if summertime ice continues to shrink at its present rate, the Arctic Ocean could soon become virtually ice-free in summer.(C6T1R2)如果冰川在夏日里继续以现在的速度融化,不久北冰洋在夏天可能就真的变得没有冰层了。
(义)vt.变白,漂白 n.漂白剂
(同)whitener
(例)She bleached her hair blonde.她把头发染成了金黄色。
(义)vt.使……眼花缭乱;炫耀
(同)to show off, to brag out
(例)Electrical manufacturers seized on its insulating properties, and consumers everywhere relished its dazzling array of shades, delighted that they were now, at last, no longer restricted to the wood tones and drab browns of the preplastic era. (C5T2R1)电子制造商抓住了其绝缘性好的特性,各地的消费者都沉醉于塑料炫目的色彩。人们高兴地发现终于有产品使他们不必像塑料出现前的时代那样只能用色彩单调的木制品了。
(义)adj.悲惨的,可怜的
(记)miser+able→wretched+形容词词缀→可怜的
(同)pathetic, pitiful
(例)Some of those who commit crimes have lived various kinds of miserable lives during their childhood that finally led them to the wrong way, such as family violence and humiliation from others.很多人最终踏上犯罪道路都是由其不幸的童年生活造成的,如家庭暴力及来自他人的侮辱。
(义)n.假设
(记)hypo+thes+is→under+put+表状态的名词词缀一放在下面,还不能作为正式理论一假说
(用)on the hypothesis that根据……的假设
(例)Science needs more competition between hypotheses and ever more rigorous tests as well. (C8T3L4)科学始终需要各个假说之间的竞争,并经历严格的检验。
(义)vt.尊重,尊敬
(同)to admire, to value
(例)I know the high esteem and friendship you feel for your collea-lues here.我知道你非常尊重我们这几位同事并看重和他们的友谊。
(义)vt.认为,相信
(同)to consider, to esteem
(反)to doubt
(例)I deem it advisable to buy property now.我认为现在买下房产是明智之举。
(义)adj.可持续的,能保持的;支撑得住的
(同)continual
(用)sustainable development可持续发展
(例)Sustainable development is always the core of tourism developments.可持续发展一直是旅游业发展的原则。
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