【日更】趣味详解GRE单词-07

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【日更】趣味详解GRE单词-07


unavailing adj. 无益的, 无用的, 无效的  = futile

avail n.效用,利益;  vt.有益于; 使对某人有利;

[root] un表否定 + avail + ing = 无用的;无效的

[E2E] Something that's unavailing doesn't achieve the desired results.

[e.g.] After an unavailing search for a pair of matching socks, you were forced to wear a blue and green striped sock on one foot and a pink sock on the other.

在无效的寻找一双配对的袜子后,你被迫在一只脚上穿蓝绿色条纹袜子,另一只脚上穿着粉红色袜子。

[e.g.] And if pressing her for contacts remains unavailing?

那如果按她的联系仍然无济于事呢?New York Times Feb 12, 2019

看着一堆unavailing(的)论文,只想扔掉

shun v. 避开, 规避, 避免

[root] shun 意译为 "我闪"

[E2E] If you purposely stay away from someone, you shun that person.

[e.g.] A sensitive baker may ask why you are shunning her cookies.

一个敏感的面包师可能会问你为什么要回避她的饼干。

[e.g.] Huawei is aggrieved by the Trump administration’s hardware ban and its lobbying of other governments to shun the company’s products when building 5G wireless data networks.

华为对特朗普政府的硬件禁令,以及游说其他政府在建设5G无线数据网络时避开华为公司产品的行为,感到不满。New York Times Mar 8, 2019

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gullible adj. 易受骗的,轻信的

[root] gull骗 + ible 表形容词 = 容易骗得

[E2E] If you are gullible, the joke is on you because you are easily fooled ordeceived.

[e.g.] Trump thinks his supporters are the most gullible people on earth.

特朗普认为他的支持者是地球上最容易上当的人。Washington Post Mar 7, 2019

[e.g.] He apparently believes his loyal supporters are the dumbest, most gullible people on earth.

他显然相信他忠诚的支持者是地球上最愚蠢,最容易上当的人。Washington Post Mar 7, 2019

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prudence n. 审慎, 慎重, 精心明辨

[root] financial prudence 财政上的谨慎

[E2E] the prudence of people who spend their money wisely, saving as much as they can.

[e.g.] Western businessmen are showing remarkable prudence in investing in the region.

西方商人在向该地区投资时表现出非同一般的深谋远虑。

[e.g.] Such prudence paid off late last year, when concerns about a sluggish global economy, rising interest rates and slowing corporate profits hit the market.

去年年底,由于对全球经济低迷,利率上升和企业利润放缓的担忧打击了市场,这种谨慎得到了回报。New York Times Feb 25, 2019

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synoptic adj. 摘要的, 纵观全局的  n.天气预报员

[root] syn相同;一起 + opt视力;看 + ic adj词缀 = 一起看 = 总览的

[E2E] If you’ve heard of a movie synopsis, which gives an overview of the plot.

[e.g.] At the end of your 900-page treatise论文 on morals, try to give a synoptic conclusion to drive your ideas home.

在你的900页关于道德的论文结束时,尝试给出一个概要结论,将你的想法记到脑子里。

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一个小词:

cytoplasm n.细胞质

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