GRE疑难语法&词义

单词

【减少】diminish

【消失】eliminate，extirpate

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【轻视】slight，disparage

（X）ignore

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【不服从，不一致】defy，disregard

（X）refute 驳斥

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【empiricism / empirical】 经验主义(的)，不具有贬义，是一种认识论学说。与“理性主义”相对。认为感性经验是知识的唯一来源，一切知识都通过经验而获得，并在经验中得到验证。

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【compromise】损害

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【qualify】修饰，限制，缓和

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【inspire】推动

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语法

【A would more aa with C than would B】

B比较的主语是A啊不是C啊，C只是词组aa修饰的定语

pair of stars would be more likely to interact with other stars than would a single star. 与单个恒星相比，这对恒星更有可能与其他恒星相互作用。

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【have never + 比较级】= very

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【if not more than】就算不比。。。多，至少和。。。一样的

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【all the more】更加

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【anything but】= not

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【if表即使】直接+形容词的时候通常表即使；用如果解释不通的时候也是即使

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【if引导的虚拟条件从句倒装】如果if从句中含有“were，should，had’’时，可省去if而将“were，should，had’’置于句首，构成倒装句。

Had this discovery been confirmed, theorists would have had difficulty accounting for the existence of such a planet.

如果这一发现得到证实，那么理论家就难以解释这样一个星球的存在。

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【倍数 as many A as B】倍数*B=A

twice as many employees work at the plant in Mexico as work at the plant in Pakistan.在墨西哥工厂工作的员工是巴基斯坦工厂的两倍。

We’ve produced twice as much cotton this year as we did lastyear. 我们今年的棉花产量是去年的两倍。