1 anglen. the space between two lines or surfaces that meet or cross each other角,角度;观点,看法:Consider all angles of the question. 考虑这问题的各个方面。
|These two lines form a right angle. 这两条线成一直角。
|The two roads lie at an angle of about 45 degrees.这两条路交叉成45度角。
|The reporter wrote the story from the political angle. 记者从政治角度写了这篇报道。
vt. fish with line and hook; try and obtain sth by hinting钓鱼;使用暗示手段以期获得某事物:He angled with an artificial fly. 他用假蝇钓鱼。
|She angled for a good name. 她沽名钓誉。
【联想】angled adj. 成角度的;angling n. 钓鱼;angler n. 垂钓者;acute angle 锐角;obtuse angle 钝角;right angle 直角【短语】at a different angle从不同角度|at an angle倾斜地, 成一定角度|from various angles从各种不同角度|get a new angle on sth.[口]用新的观点来看问题|make an angle of... with 与……成……角|meet at right angles相交成直角|cross at right angles相交成直角|take the angle测角度|angle for( 使用手段)谋取; ( 通过间接途径) 谋取; ( 使用手腕) 追求2 apparentlyadv. obviously, clearly 明显的:Apparently, you have done a lot of work. 很明显你们已经做了很多工作。
|Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.公牛对挑衅显然很敏感, 它全然不顾斗牛士, 却向醉汉冲去。
|Apparently she was trying her best to save her child from severe illness. 很明显, 她在尽力设法挽救她那重病的孩子。
【联想】appear v. 出现,显露;看起来像;apparent adj. 显然的;表面上的|形近词implement v. 贯彻、执行;supplement n. 补充【考题】________ she was trying her best to save her child from severe illness.A. AppearlyB. ApparentlyC. AppealinglyD. Appellant【详解】答案B。
题意为:很明显,她在尽力设法挽救她那重病的孩子。
无appearly 一词;appealingly 动人地,有吸引力地;appellant 上诉的。
3 atomn. the smallest part of an element that can exist chemically 原子:A molecule of water is made up of two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. 一个水分子是由两个氢原子和一个氧原子构成的【联想】atomic adj. 原子的;nucleus n. 原子核;nuclear adj. 原子核的【短语】smash ... to atoms 把……砸[炸]得粉碎/ not an atom of 一点也没有, 丝毫没有4 condensev. to reduce in size:A long story may be condensed into a few sentences.一个长篇故事可缩写成几句话。
|Steam is condensed to water when it touches a cold surface. 水蒸气触及冷的表面即凝结成水。
【联想】利用词中词巧辨同义词:dense 浓缩→condense 浓缩|press 压→compress 压缩|tract 拉→contract收缩【考题】A long story may be ___________ into a few sentences.A. shortenedB. condensedC. contractedD. abbreviated【详解】答案:B。
句意:一个长篇故事缩写成几句话。
四个选项都有“缩短”之意。
shorten 使变短;abbreviate缩写,尤指字母的缩写形式;contract 浓缩;condense 精简,浓缩。
5 convincev. to make someone completely certain about something使确信,使相信:He convinced me thatI should study law. 他劝我应该学法律。
|It took many hours to convince the court of hisguilt. 花费了许多个小时法庭才相信他有罪。
【联想】convinced adj. 确信的,信服的;convincing adj. 令人信服的;convincingly adv.有说服力地【考题】The secret agent concealed her real mission, therefore many local people were ______ into thinking that she was a good person.A. betrayedB. drivenC. deceivedD. convinced【详解】答案:C。
句意:这个特工隐藏了她的真实身份,因此许多当地人被她欺骗了,认为她是一个好人。
betray v. 背叛;drive v. 驱动,驱赶;convince v. 使信服;deceive v. 欺骗。
【短语】be convinced of确信,承认|be convinced that确信,承认|convince sb. of 使某人承认,使某人信服|convince oneself of 充分弄明白[清楚]6 createv. to bring something new into existence 创造:God created man. [宗]上帝创造了人。
【联想】派生词creation n.创造;creative adj. 有创造性的【考题】We have ___________ a beautiful new house from an old ruin.A. producedB. createdC. madeD. generated【详解】答案:B。
句意:在旧废墟上我们已建起一所漂亮的新房子。
produce 生产,制造;create 从无到有的创造;make 制造;generate 生产,在产生。
【辨异】create, compose, design, invent, make, produce 都含“创造”的意思。
|(1) create 指“有目的地把原材料制成新产品”;也指“创造出原来不存在或与众不同的事物”。
|(2) compose 指“创作( 诗、画、音乐或文章等)”,如:The poet composeda new poem. 这位诗人创作了一首新诗。
|(3) design 指“制作某物之前深思熟虑地构思”,如:It was he that designed the garden. 这个花园是他设计的。
|(4)invent 指“通过想象、研究、劳动,创造出前所未有的东西”,尤指“科技上的发明创造”,如:Edison invented the light bulb.爱迪生发明了电灯泡。
|(5) make是最常用词,指“用劳动——任何制造、生产、形成或组成”,如:All kinds ofprecision machine tools are made in this factory. 这家工厂制造各种精密机床。
|(6) produce 指“通过劳动加工而生产产品”,尤指“工农业产品”,如:We mustproduce more food for ourselves and import less. 我们必须增产食品,减少进口。
7 curiosityn. the desire to know or to learn好奇心:He is full of curiosity.他充满了好奇心。
【联想】curious adj. 好奇的;形变类似:generous adj. 慷慨的→generosity n. 慷慨【短语】be on tiptoe with curiosity 充满好奇心|from curiosity (=out of curiosity) 在好奇心驱使下|in open curiosity公然出头过问与自己无关的事|set sb.’s curiosityagog引起某人的好奇心|C-killed a cat.好奇伤身。
8 detailn. an unimportant part of something/ a single piece of fact about something细枝末节,琐碎/细节:Give me all the details of the accident —tell me what happened in detail. 给我说说事故发生的详情,详细告诉我发生了什么事。
|Not a single detail is to be omitted. 任何细节不得遗漏。
|There is too much detail in his speech. 他的讲话太琐碎了。
【联想】[熟]tailor( 裁缝) →[根]tail(=cut 裁,切,分割) →[生]detail;retail 零售【短语】enter into details 详述, 逐一细说|go into details 详述, 逐一细说|in detail 详细地|detail by detail逐一9 devicen. ①a piece of equipment intended for a particular purpose装置,设备:These newly-designed devices will appear on the exhibition next month. 这些新设计的器件将在下月的展览会上展出。