SAT單詞串講與例題解析(一).

SAT單詞講義(四):單詞串講ABC

（一）主考單詞

1.abandon: foster/adopt 放棄：采用/采納

(1) The novelist shocked his editor by__ the book on which he had been working for seven years and starting over.

(A)abridging

(B) supplemented

(C)abandoning

(D)truncating

(E) praising

(2) Although the political candidate was__ by her admirers, she__ her campaign bore the first debate was held.

(A)supported, abandoned

(B) lauded, illuminated

(C) denounced, criticized

(D)disdained, subverted

(E) bolstered, retaliated

(3) Most students do not start from point zero, but from minus zero, and in the process are often required to abandon cherished childhood fantasies of superheroes or larger-than-life villains.

在sat考試當(dāng)中，目前只考察了abandon表示“放棄”（give up something completely or forever）,abandon這個義項的程度非常強，即“放棄”程度是最高的。

2．a(chǎn)bate: augment/ intensify減少：增加/加強

3. abbreviate: extend 縮寫:擴充

Convinced by critics that his play was too verbose, Johnson__ the third act, making it more___.

(A) expanded, concise

(B) curtailed, prolix

(C) promulgated, insouciant

(D) abbreviated, succinct

(E) fostered, pliant

Verbose---àabbreviate--àsuccinct 非常符合邏輯。

4．a(chǎn)berrant: normal/ typical異常的:正常的/典型的

If such a gene occurs on a sex-determining (X or Y) chromosome, then highly aberrant sex ratios can occur.

5．abet: impede/obstruct/thwart 協(xié)助:阻礙

（1）Abet：assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing。所以翻譯為“教唆”太合適了！

Critics of the welfare system argue that, rather that adding people’s forts to govern their own lives, it____ their independence.

(A) supports (B) saps(C) hastens(D) renews(E) abet

Adding people’s forts to govern their own lives<> abet their independence

是對abet義項的直接考察。

（2）thwart 阻礙＝prevent

Dangerously high winds___ attempts to begin the space shuttle mission on schedule, delaying the launch by nearly a week.

(A)thwarted

(B) forfeited

(C) implemented

(D)discharged

(E) redoubled

這道題很多同學(xué)可能會選擇discharge，顯然這是對discharge理解的不夠，雖然discharge的義項很多，但基本上都維持了詞根 char的意思：charge來自于詞根car（char是car的變體），它表示一種裝上去的感覺，比如charge的義項，充電（你要放到插座上），住院（你要到醫(yī)院里去?。?dāng)然discharge就是這些動作的反動作。Discharge(表示拔下充電器，卸下裝備，出院等)

（3）obstruct， construct，而且ob（against）和con（together）作為前綴，意思正好相反

6．a(chǎn)bhor: admire憎恨，厭惡:崇拜

7．a(chǎn)bolish: establish 廢除:建立

abolitionist: persist in slavery廢奴主義者:堅持奴隸制

(emancipation: fetter解放黑奴，解放婦女：上枷鎖)

The city has__ its program for recycling waste in an fort to reduce the amounts of garbage that must be__ or dumped in landfills.

(A)improved, produced

(B) restricted, amassed

(C) adapted, rescued

(D)expanded, burned

(E) abolished, buried

誤選E 的同學(xué)看清楚邏輯關(guān)系了in an fort to

8.abundant: scare/barren富饒的：缺乏/貧瘠

Only one flask out of ten became putrid, whereas eleven flasks out of eleven opened in the courtyard quickly acquired a rich growth of bacteria.

Q: “rich” most nearly means

(A) precious

(B) vital

(C) abundant

(D) meaningful

(E) productive

這里顯然是指數(shù)量之多。

9．abridge: protract/extend in length 縮短:伸長

Abridged<> lengthy

Because his time was limited, Weng decided to read the___ novel War and Peace in____ edition

(A)wordy----an unedited

(B) lengthy-----an abridged

(C) famous------a modern

(D)romantic-----an autographed

(E) popular-------a complete

10. absorb: dissipate/exude/rlect 吸引,吸收: 消散/流出/反射

Just as glass windows offer buildings both light and insulation, certain atmospheric gases___ incoming sunlight and___ heat radiated from the ground, preventing warmth from escaping.

(A)conduct, release

(B) dlect, transmit

(C)admit, contain

(D)absorb, dispense

(E) resist, trap

注意dispense heat是不會prevent warmth from escaping.

Dissipate dis+sip(喝), insipid （沒有喝的東西，無聊）無聊的

11．a(chǎn)bstemious: indulgent節(jié)制的:縱容的

12．a(chǎn)bstract: elaborate /concrete 摘要的:詳盡的/具體的

In poetry the majority of people seek the passion and pain of the human being behind the poet. Paintings attract them if they find in them figures of men or women it would be interesting to meet.

Q：“figures” most nearly means

(A) crude images

(B) abstractions

(C)representations

(D) numbers

(E) famous persons

這道題很多同學(xué)會選擇B，因為按中國人的思想，好像畫畫就應(yīng)該是抽象的，錯！畫的素描就是對景物的一種再現(xiàn)。

13．abstruse: explicit/patent 深奧的:清晰的

Johnson’s writing is considered__ and__ because it is filled with obscure rerences and baffling digressions.

(A)deceiving, ingenuous

(B) arcane, abstruse

(C) spare, didactic

(D)lucid, dinitive

(E) concise, esoteric

arcane，abstruse的特點就是filled with obscure rerences and baffling digressions

14．a(chǎn)cerbic: sweet 酸的:甜的

純粹是描述事物本身性質(zhì)的單詞

Despite the mixture’s__ nature, we found that by lowering its temperature in the laboratory we could dramatically reduce its tendency to vaporize.

(A)resilient

(B) volatile

(C) homogeneous

(D)insipid

(E) acerbic

15．a(chǎn)cme: nadir 頂點:最低點

16．a(chǎn)cquiesce: dy/resist 勉強答應(yīng):公然反抗/抵抗

Miranda, in her desire to foster___, often felt compelled to_____ readily to others in tense situations.

(A) cooperation---object

(B)consistency---der

(C)dissension---surrender

(D) discourse---appeal

(E) harmony---acquiesce

Acquiesce to/in：to do what someone else wants, or allow something to happen, even though you do not really agree with it

Acquiesce to others 勉強答應(yīng)別人

17．Acrid/acrimonious: gentle /harmonious刻薄的:溫和的/和睦的

（1）His mouth stinging and burning, Virgil hurried to the kitchen for water to wash away the dish’s---- taste.

A. earthy B. exotic C. cloying D. acrid E. succulent

這里取的是acrid的本意，發(fā)酸的。

（2）The contract negotiations were often surprisingly___, deteriorating at times into a welter of accusations and counteraccusations.

A. perspicacious B. phlegmatic C. sedate

D. acrimonious E. propitious

accusations and counteraccusations是acrimonious 的典型特征

perspicacious(per全＋spic看，什么都可以看到)聰明的

phlegmatic（原來是指吐痰的人，古人認(rèn)為吐痰的人很冷靜）冷靜

sedate（sed，sit坐，能坐很久的人）鎮(zhèn)定的

propitious（pro向前＋pit，pet追求，向前追求好的東西出現(xiàn)）吉兆的

（3）The columnist almost___ when he mentioned his friends, but he unpleasant and even___ when he discussed people who irritated him.

A. recalcitrant, laconic

B. reverential, acrimonious

C. sensitive, remorsul

D. insipid, militant

reverential<>acrimonious

SAT單詞講義(四):單詞串講ABC

（一）主考單詞

1.abandon: foster/adopt 放棄：采用/采納

(1) The novelist shocked his editor by__ the book on which he had been working for seven years and starting over.

(A)abridging

(B) supplemented

(C)abandoning

(D)truncating

(E) praising

(2) Although the political candidate was__ by her admirers, she__ her campaign bore the first debate was held.

(A)supported, abandoned

(B) lauded, illuminated

(C) denounced, criticized

(D)disdained, subverted

(E) bolstered, retaliated

(3) Most students do not start from point zero, but from minus zero, and in the process are often required to abandon cherished childhood fantasies of superheroes or larger-than-life villains.

在sat考試當(dāng)中，目前只考察了abandon表示“放棄”（give up something completely or forever）,abandon這個義項的程度非常強，即“放棄”程度是最高的。

2．a(chǎn)bate: augment/ intensify減少：增加/加強

3. abbreviate: extend 縮寫:擴充

Convinced by critics that his play was too verbose, Johnson__ the third act, making it more___.

(A) expanded, concise

(B) curtailed, prolix

(C) promulgated, insouciant

(D) abbreviated, succinct

(E) fostered, pliant

Verbose---àabbreviate--àsuccinct 非常符合邏輯。

4．a(chǎn)berrant: normal/ typical異常的:正常的/典型的

If such a gene occurs on a sex-determining (X or Y) chromosome, then highly aberrant sex ratios can occur.

5．abet: impede/obstruct/thwart 協(xié)助:阻礙

（1）Abet：assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing。所以翻譯為“教唆”太合適了！

Critics of the welfare system argue that, rather that adding people’s forts to govern their own lives, it____ their independence.

(A) supports (B) saps(C) hastens(D) renews(E) abet

Adding people’s forts to govern their own lives<> abet their independence

是對abet義項的直接考察。

（2）thwart 阻礙＝prevent

Dangerously high winds___ attempts to begin the space shuttle mission on schedule, delaying the launch by nearly a week.

(A)thwarted

(B) forfeited

(C) implemented

(D)discharged

(E) redoubled

這道題很多同學(xué)可能會選擇discharge，顯然這是對discharge理解的不夠，雖然discharge的義項很多，但基本上都維持了詞根 char的意思：charge來自于詞根car（char是car的變體），它表示一種裝上去的感覺，比如charge的義項，充電（你要放到插座上），住院（你要到醫(yī)院里去?。?，當(dāng)然discharge就是這些動作的反動作。Discharge(表示拔下充電器，卸下裝備，出院等)

（3）obstruct， construct，而且ob（against）和con（together）作為前綴，意思正好相反

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