GRE備考指南：常見高頻生詞盤點

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　　什么是面熟生詞

　　面熟生詞，顧名思義，就是這個單詞有些部分你認識，或者每個部分你認識，可是合起來就不知道什么意思了。這些單詞是我們在背誦詞匯時，最容易忽略的單詞，為什么呢？因為你一眼掃過去，以為自己認識，可在考場上真的一較真就未必真的知道。這必然是一件十分危險的事情。因此從今天我們每天都一起來學習面熟生詞，為你的GRE考試加油打氣。

　　backwater n. 一潭死水；沉寂不活躍；停滯

　　這個詞總給人以后海的幻想，注意趕緊打消這個念頭，這個叫做停滯或落后的意思。

　　If you refer to a place or institution as a backwater, you think it is not developing properly because it is isolated from ideas and events in other places and institutions。

　　例句： The destruction of the western Roman Empire led to a political and economic fragmentation that made western Europe an economic backwater for half a millennium。

　　moonshine n. 空談；紙上談兵

　　晚上的月光亮起來了，別幻想了，打住吧！快看英文解釋。moonshine 就是empty talk 的意思。

　　If you say that someone's thoughts, ideas, or comments are moonshine, you think they are foolish and not based on reality。

　　例句：The lesson taught by the crash and the Great Depression was that the glorious dream of a self-regulating economy, free of government intervention and supervision, was moonshine。

　　brainchild n. 辛苦想出來的點子；想法

　　如果你的腦子生出了孩子，太可怕啦，沒關系，不是腦殘也不是腦瘤，而是你辛辛苦苦想出來的東西！

　　Someone's brainchild is an idea or invention that they have thought up or created。

　　例句： Facebook, the brainchild of Mark Zuckerberg while he was still studying at Harvard University, launched in February 2004.

　　deadpan adj. 面無表情的 n. 故意板臉搞笑

　　一個要死的平底鍋？別逗了，這就是冰冰上課最常見的，板著臉！所以deadpan這個反義詞，就是我們上課經(jīng)常提到的demonstrative或者expressive。 demonstrative哪里見過？忘了小時代的經(jīng)典片段了嗎？undemonstrative panache!

　　而我們經(jīng)常也會說deadpan humor。

　　Deadpan humor is when you appear to be serious and are hiding the fact that you are joking or teasing someone。

　　sidestep v. 回避，繞開

　　往邊上邁一步？看來這個是意思最直接的一個詞了。沒錯就是跟circumvent和bypass一樣的意思。

　　If you sidestep a problem, you avoid discussing it or dealing with it。

　　例句： In ways large and small, millions of people are taking active steps tosidestep the medical mainstream, whether by taking herbal remedies for diseases or by placing their hopes for a cure in alternative treatment.，

　　upshot n. 結(jié)果，結(jié)局

　　有一種向上干了什么感覺對？不是啦，就是一個surprising result而已。

　　The upshot of a series of events or discussions is the final result of them, usually a surprising result。

　　upbeat adj. 樂觀的；高興的

　　到底往上打什么呢？其實就想你的心跳heartbeat一樣，你可能真的不認識這些詞。

　　If people or their opinions are upbeat, they are cheerful and hopeful about a situation.3. downsize

　　downsize v. 精簡，縮小

　　感覺上尺寸有些變小，沒錯這個還是相對比較直觀的。

　　To downsize something such as a business or industry means to make it smaller.4. impressionable

　　impressionable adj. 易受影響的，沒有主見的

　　是不是被impress影響了，總有同學認為這個單詞是印象深刻的！一定注意，表示的一個人，容易被其他人所impress。

　　Someone who is impressionable, usually a young person, is not very critical and is therefore easy to influence.5. personable

　　personable adj. 英俊的，風度翩翩的

　　難道是要幻化人形么？別搞笑了，這個詞是外貌協(xié)會的最愛。

　　Someone who is personable has a pleasant appearance and character。

　　inviting

　　要邀請我去哪里呢？哈哈，中文我們常說引人入勝，就是這個詞啦。像這樣的詞還有哪些？比方說，absorbing, engaging, engrossing, captivating, mesmerizing 等等都可以理解為吸引人。

　　liken v. 比擬，把…比作

　　是不是覺得好像進入了一種喜歡的狀態(tài)？錯！是進入了一種像……一樣的狀態(tài)。

　　If you liken one thing or person to another thing or person, you say that they are similar.8. wholesale

　　wholesale adj. 大規(guī)模的

　　甩賣啦！甩賣啦！全都賣嗎？除了批發(fā)(與retail相對)之外，這個詞考察的意思叫做大規(guī)模，大批的。

　　You use wholesale to describe the destruction, removal, or changing of something when it affects a very large number of things or people.9. wholesome

　　wholesome adj. 有益健康的

　　wow！這個單詞曾經(jīng)讓我想入非非，三個人叫threesome， 兩個人叫twosome，一個人是handsome，那1080p的大場面是不是才叫做wholesome呢？注意看清！這個詞叫做有益健康的哦！

　　If you describe food as wholesome, you approve of it because you think it is good for your health and If you describe something as wholesome, you approve of it because you think it is likely to have a positive influence on people's behaviour or mental state, especially because it does not involve anything sexually immoral.10. defining

　　defining adj. 非常重要的

　　好像定義了什么？到底定義了什么？其實是critically important的意思。

　　例句： Taking a course in architecture was a defining turn in her life。