SAT考前必背高频词(1-50)

26. recruiting

recruit /r??kru?t/ CET4 TEM4 ( recruiting, recruited, recruits )

V-T If you recruit people foran organization, you select them and persuade them to join it or work for it. 招收; 招募

例：

The police are trying to recruit more black and Hispanic officers.

警方正试图招收更多的黑人和西班牙裔的警官。

27. longevity

longevity /l?n?d??v?t?/ CET6+ TEM4

N-UNCOUNT Longevity is longlife. 长寿 [正式]

例：

Human longevity runs in families.

人类长寿是有遗传的。

28. characterize

characterize /?k?r?kt??ra?z/ CET4 TEM4 ( characterizing, characterized,characterizes )

BRIT also characterise

V-T If something ischaracterized by a particular feature or quality, that feature or quality is anobvious part of it.以…为特征 [正式] [usu passive]

例：

This election campaign has been characterized by violence.

这次竞选运动以暴力为特征。

29. mountainous

mountainous /?ma?nt?n?s/ CET6 TEM4

ADJ A mountainous place has alot of mountains. 多山的

例：

...the mountainous region of New Mexico.

…新墨西哥州的多山地区。

30. ameliorate

ameliorate /??mi?lj??re?t/ (ameliorating, ameliorated, ameliorates )

V-T If someone or something ameliorates a situation, they make it better or easierin some way. 改善 [正式]

31. exacerbate

exacerbate /?ɡ?z?s??be?t/ TEM8 ( exacerbating, exacerbated, exacerbates )

V-T If something exacerbates a problem or bad situation, it makes itworse. 使…恶化 [正式]

例：

Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.

由来已久的贫穷因种族分裂而更加恶化了。

32. remuneration

remuneration /r??mju?n??re???n/TEM8 ( remunerations )

N-VAR Someone's remunerationis the amount of money that they are paid for the work that they do. 报酬; 酬金[正式]

例：

...the continuing marked increases in the remuneration of the company'sdirectors.

…公司主管们薪酬的持续显著增加。

33. abstemious

abstemious /?b?sti?m??s/

ADJ Someone who is abstemious avoids doing too much of somethingenjoyable such as eating or drinking.有节制的 [正式]

34. malicious

malicious /m??l???s/ CET6 TEM4

ADJ If you describe someone'swords or actions as malicious, you mean that they are intended to harm peopleor their reputation, or cause them embarrassment and upset. 恶意的

例：

That might merely have been malicious gossip.

那可能只是恶意闲言。

35. controversial

controversial /?k?ntr??v????l/ CET4 TEM4

ADJ If you describe somethingor someone as controversial, you mean that they are the subject of intensepublic argument, disagreement, or disapproval. 有争议的

例：

Immigration is a controversial issue in many countries.

移民在很多国家都是一个有争议的问题。

36. hypothesis

hypothesis /ha??p?θ?s?s/ CET6 TEM8 ( hypotheses )

N-VAR A hypothesis is an ideawhich is suggested as a possible explanation for a particular situation orcondition, but which has not yet been proved to be correct. 假设 [正式]

例：

Work will now begin to test the hypothesis in rats.

在老鼠身上验证这一假设的工作现在要开始了。

37. suspended

suspend /s??sp?nd/ CET4 TEM4 ( suspending, suspended, suspends )

V-T If you suspend something,you delay it or stop it from happening for a while or until a decision is madeabout it. 暂停

例：

The union suspended strike action this week.

工会本周暂停了罢工行动。

38. obstinate

obstinate /??bst?n?t/ TEM4ADJ If you describe someone as obstinate,you are being critical of them because they are very determined to do what theywant, and refuse to change their mind or be persuaded to do something else. 固执的 [表不满]

例：

He is obstinate and determined and will not give up.

他固执、坚决，不会放弃。

39. olfactory

olfactory /?l?f?kt?r?, -tr?, ??l-/

ADJ Olfactory means concernedwith the sense of smell. 嗅觉的 [正式][ADJ n]

例：

This olfactory sense develops in the womb.

这一嗅觉在子宫内形成。

40. obstreperous

obstreperous /?b?str?p?r?s/

ADJ If you say that someoneis obstreperous, you think that they are noisy and difficult to control. 喧闹的; 不服约束的 [表不满]

例：

You know I have no intentionof being awkward and obstreperous.

你知道我无意存心作对。

41. iconoclast

iconoclast /a??k?n??kl?st/ (iconoclasts )

N-COUNT If you describesomeone as an iconoclast, you mean that they often criticize beliefs and thingsthat are generally accepted by society. 反社会习俗者; 抨击社会传统观念者 [正式]

42. skewered

skewer /?skj??/ ( skewers )

N-COUNT A skewer is a longpin made of wood or metal that is used to hold pieces of food together duringcooking. 串肉扦; 烤肉叉

43. nuance

nuance /nju??ɑ?ns/ CET6+ TEM8( nuances )

N-VAR A nuance is a smalldifference in sound, feeling, appearance, or meaning. (声音、感觉、外貌或意义等方面的) 细微差别

例：

We can use our eyes andfacial expressions to communicate virtually everysubtle nuance of emotion there is.

我们可以用眼睛和面部表情来如实地传达情感上的每一丝细微差别。

44. deceit

deceit /d??si?t/ CET6+ TEM4 ( deceits )

N-VAR Deceit is behaviourthat is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is nottrue. 欺骗

例：

He was living a secret lifeof deceit and unfaithfulness.

他过着欺骗和不忠的隐瞒生活。

45. underestimated

underestimate /??nd?r??st??me?t/ CET6 TEM4 ( underestimating, underestimated,underestimates )

V-T If you underestimatesomething, you do not realize how large or great it is or will be. 低估 (某事)

例：

None of us should ever underestimate the degree of difficulty women face incareer advancement.

我们谁都不应低估妇女在职业发展中所面临的困难程度。

46. complexity

complexity /k?m?pl?ks?t?/ CET6

N-UNCOUNT Complexity is thestate of having many different parts connected or related to each other in acomplicated way. 复杂性

例：

...a diplomatic tangle of great complexity.

…一场非常复杂的外交纠纷。

47. undaunted

undaunted /?n?d??nt?d/

ADJ If you are undaunted, youare not at all afraid or worried about dealing with something, especiallysomething that would frighten or worry most people. 未被吓倒的

例：

Undaunted by the scale of the job, Lesley set about planning howeach room should look.

莱斯利没有被该工程的规模所吓倒，开始规划每个房间的陈设。

48. parity

parity /?p?r?t?/

N-UNCOUNT If there is paritybetween two things, they are equal. 平等;相等 [正式]

例：

Women have yet to achieve wage or occupational parity in many fields.

妇女们在许多领域尚有待获得薪酬或职业的平等。

49. synthesize

synthesize /?s?nθ??sa?z/ TEM4 ( synthesizing, synthesized, synthesizes)

BRIT also synthesise

V-T To synthesize a substancemeans to produce it by means of chemical or biological reactions. 合成 [技术]

例：

After extensive research,Albert Hoffman first succeeded in synthesizing the acid in 1938.

经过大量研究之后，艾伯特·霍夫曼于1938年首次成功合成了迷幻剂。

50. interweaving

interweave /??nt??wi?v/ CET6 ( interweaving, interwove, interwoven,interweaves )

V-RECIP If two or more thingsare interwoven or interweave, they are very closely connected or are combinedwith each other. 交织

例：

For these people, land is inextricably interwoven with life itself.

对那些人来说，土地和生活本身紧密交织在一起。

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