词汇是英语学习的基本,北外网课老师为正在备考考研的同学整理了10组核心词汇,快来学习吧!
1. abandon v. 放弃,抛弃;终止n. 放任,放纵
<例> The EU is faced with so many problems that some of its member countries plan to abandon euro. (2011阅读)
欧盟面临如此之多的问题,以至于它的一些成员国打算放弃欧元。
近义词:desert v. 抛弃,遗弃;擅离,开小差 n. 沙漠;不毛之地
discard v. 丢弃,抛弃,遗弃
形近词:abundant adj. 大量的
<例> Mies held that elegance of architectural design was not reliant on abundant decoration. (2011阅读)
Mies 认为建筑物设计的优雅没有依赖太多的装饰。
2. abbreviation n. 省略,缩写
<例> His name is not much. G.I. is just a military abbreviation meaning Government Issue, and it was on all of the article handed out to soldiers. (2012完形)
他的名字并没有什么特殊的。G.I.只不过是一个军事类缩略语,意为“军用品”,它还出现在分发给士兵们的所有物品上。
近义词:omit v. 省略,删去;遗漏,忽略
3. abolish v. 废除,废止;撤销
<例> This law abolished special educational requirements for federal jurors and required them to be selected at random from a cross section of the entire community. (2010阅读)
该法案废除了对联邦陪审员的特殊教育要求,规定陪审员必须从整个社会的典型成员中随机挑选。
4. abroad adv. 到国外;广为流传地adj. 往国外的n. 海外,异国
<例> Suppose you are going to study abroad and share an apartment with John, a local student. (2014写作)
假设你将要出国学习,并且和一名本地学生约翰合住公寓。
近义词:overseas adj. 外国的,海外的adv. 在海外
<例> “Birds of passage” refers to those who find permanent jobs overseas. (2013阅读)
“候鸟”指的是那些在海外找到**工作的人。
形近词:aboard adv. 在(船、火车、飞机等)上
5. absorb v. 吸收(液体、气体等);吸引(注意);吞并,合并
<例> I never feel overwhelmed with the amount of information my brain absorbs. (2013翻译)
我从不会因大脑吸收大量的信息量而感到难以承受。
近义词:recruit v. 征募(新兵),吸收;补充
tempt v. 诱惑,引诱;吸引
unite v. 联合,团结;统一,合并
形近词:absorption n. 吸收;专注;合并
6. abstract adj. 抽象的,理论上的;难解的n. 抽象概念;抽象派艺术作品v. 提取,分离
<例> But they were popular because of their airy glass walls, the views they afforded and the elegance of the buildings’ details and proportions, the architectural equivalent of the abstract art so popular at the time. (2011阅读)
但是它们却很抢手,这是因为它们有轻薄的玻璃墙、美丽的景观以及高雅的建筑细节和比例,而这些建筑特点完全等同于当时极受欢迎的抽象艺术。
近义词:pure adj. 纯的,纯洁的;纯理论的,抽象的;完全的
形近词:obstacle n. 障碍,干扰;障碍物
7. abundance n. 丰富,充裕;大量,极多
<例> Elegance, he believed, did not derive from abundance. (2011阅读)
他认为优雅未必来源于复杂的装饰。
变形词:abundant adj. 大量的
<例> Mies held that elegance of architectural design was not reliant on abundant decoration. (2011阅读)
密斯认为典雅的建筑细节并不依赖于过多的装饰。
8. academic adj. 学院的,学业的;学会的,协会的;学究的,非实用的n. 学者;大学教师,大学生
<例> Homework may no longer count for more than 10% of a student’s academic grade. (2012阅读)
家庭作业在学业成绩中所占比例不再超过10%。
变形词:academia n. 学术界
9. accelerate n. 加速;[物理]加速度;加速升级;(优秀学生的)跳级
<例>Yes, new technology has been eating jobs forever, and always will. But there’s been an acceleration. (2013阅读)
是的,新技术永远在吞噬工作,而且总是如此。但是,(最近)吞噬的速度在加快。
10. access v. 进入 n. 通道,入径;(使用或见到的)机会,权利
<例> We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information stored there. (2013完形)
我们曾多次听到媒体报道说,某个非法黑客入侵了用户的数据库,并且篡改了里面的信息。
近义词:admission n. 允许进入;承认;入场费,入会费,入场券
形近词:assess v. 评定,估价
<例> When Dr. Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together...(2013阅读) 当哥特曼博士很想评估一对夫妻是否会长久在一起时……