(考) abacus: calculate / sextant: navigate
(算盤用來計算/六分儀用來航海)
Abandon abandon[E5bAndEn]v./n.放棄; 放縱
(英) v./n.放棄(to give up completely; desert, forsake);
放縱(unrestrained freedom or emotion)
(考) inhibition: abandon / agitation: tranquility
(禁欲不放縱 / 躁動不寧靜)
abandon : inhibition / despair : hope
(放縱無禁止/絕望無希望)
(記) 尤其要記住GRE中常考的"放縱"一義(abandoned behavior)
(同) n. abandonment
Abase ABASE v.貶抑,使卑下(to humble or humiliate;disgrace)
(記)a+base(降低) →貶低
Abashed abase[E5beIs]v.貶抑,使卑下
(英) v.貶抑,使卑下(to humble or humiliate; disgrace);
(記) a+base(降低)→貶低
(同) 同根詞:debase(貶低); basement(地下室)
abate abate[E5beIt]v.減輕,減少
(英) v.減輕,減少(to make less in amount; wane)
(考) abate : tax / alleviate : distress
(減少稅收/減輕壓力)
反義詞: augment(增加); intensify(加強(qiáng)); promote(促進(jìn))
(記) a+bate(走,打)→走下去→減輕
(同) 同根詞:rebate(回扣), debate(辯論)
Abbreviate abbreviate[E5brI:vIeIt]縮短;縮寫
(英) v. 縮短(make shorter);縮寫(shorten a word or phrase);
(考) abbreviate : sentence / abridge : essay
(縮短句子/縮寫文章)
反義詞: extend(擴(kuò)展); prolong(延長)
(記) ab+brev(短)+iate
(同) 派生詞: abbreviation(縮短, 縮寫)
同根詞:brevity(簡短)
abdicate abdicate[5AbdIkeIt]v.讓位,辭職,放棄
(英) v.讓位,辭職,放棄(to give up a throne, authority)
(考) abdicate : throne / resign : office
(放棄王位/放棄職位)
jabber jabber[5dVAbE]v. 快而不清楚地說
(英) v. 快而不清楚地說(chatter; gibber)
(考) 反義詞:speak slowly(慢慢地說)
(記) 象聲詞:jar-ber(吱喳)
(例) I can’t understand you if you keep jabbering like that.
jade jade[dVeId]n. 疲憊的老馬,玉,翡翠
(英) n. 疲憊的老馬,玉,翡翠(hack; gem; emerald)
jaded
jaded[5dVeIdId]adj. 疲憊的; 厭倦的; (膠卷)暴光過分的
(英) adj. 疲憊的(wearied);
厭倦的(dull or satiated)
(考) overexposure : jaded / vaccination : immune
(過分暴光導(dǎo)致褪色/接種疫苗導(dǎo)致免疫)
jagged jagged[5dVA^Id]adj. 鋸齒狀的,不整齊的
(英) adj. 鋸齒狀的,不整齊的(notched or ragged)
(記) jag(齒狀)+ged→鋸齒狀的
(例) The jagged edges of the fence need to be filed down.
jamb jamb[dVAm]n. 門窗的側(cè)柱(起支撐和裝飾作用)
(記) 分割記憶:jam(果醬)+b
jamboree jamboree[`dVAmbE5rI:]n. 快樂、喧鬧的集會
(英) n. 快樂、喧鬧的集會(a boisterous party or nosy revel)
(記) 起源不清,可能來自jam(擁擠)+boree(喧鬧聲)