SAT考前必背高频词(51-100)

54. pessimistic

pessimistic /?p?s??m?st?k/ CET4 TEM4

ADJ Someone who is pessimistic thinks that bad things are going to happen. 悲观的

例：

Not everyone is so pessimistic about the future.

并非每个人都对未来如此悲观。

55. cultivate

cultivate ['k?lt?vet] vt. 培养;陶冶;耕作

V-T If you cultivate an attitude, image, or skill, you try hard to develop it and make it stronger or better. 培养 (态度、技巧等); 树立 (形象、观念等)

例：

He has written eight booksand has cultivated the image of an elder statesman.

他已写了8本书，并树立了一个政界元老的形象。

56. castigate

castigate /?k?st??ɡe?t/ (castigating, castigated, castigates )

V-T If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely. 谴责 [正式]

例：

Marx never lost anopportunity to castigate colonialism.

马克思从不放过任何谴责殖民主义的机会。

57. spate

spate /spe?t/ TEM8 ( spates )

N-COUNT A spate of things,especially unpleasant things, is a large number of them that happen or appear within a short period of time. 一连串

例：

...the recent spate of attacks on horses.

…最近对马的一连串袭击。

58. brisk

brisk /br?sk/ CET6 TEM4 ( brisker, briskest )

ADJ A brisk activity oraction is done quickly and in an energetic way. 轻快的

例：

Taking a brisk walk can often induce a feeling of well-being.

轻快的散步经常能使人心旷神怡。

59. humanitarian

humanitarian /hju??m?n??t??r??n/ CET6 TEM4

ADJ If a person or society has humanitarian ideas or behaviour, they try to avoid making people suffer or they help people who are suffering. 人道主义的

例：

Air bombardment raisedcriticism on the humanitarian grounds that innocent civilians might suffer.

空袭遭到了非难，因为从人道主义的角度来看，无辜的平民可能会遭受伤害。

60. altruism

altruism /??ltru???z?m/

N-UNCOUNT Altruism isunselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare. 利他主义

例：

Fortunately, volunteers are not motivated by self-interest, but by altruism.

幸运的是，志愿者们不是被自身利益而是被利他主义推动。

61. caricature

caricature /?k?r?k??tj??/ TEM8 ( caricaturing, caricatured, caricatures)

N-COUNT A caricature ofsomeone is a drawing or description of them that exaggerates their appearance or behaviour in a humorous or critical way.漫画

例：

The poster showed a caricature of Hitler with a devil's hornsand tail.

这张招贴漫画里的希特勒长着魔鬼一样的犄角和尾巴。

62. illiterate

illiterate /??l?t?r?t/ CET6 TEM4 ( illiterates )

ADJ Someone who is illiterate does not know how to read or write. 文盲的

例：

A large percentage of thepopulation is illiterate.

人口中文盲的比例相当高。

63. alarmed

alarmed /??lɑ?md/

ADJ If someone is alarmed,they feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen. 恐慌的

例：

They should not be too alarmed by the press reports.

他们不应该被媒体报道搞得过于恐慌。

64. impugn

impugn /?m?pju?n/ (impugning, impugned, impugns )

V-T If you impugn something such as someone's motives or integrity, you imply that they are not entirely honest or honourable. 指责; 质疑 [正式]

例：

The Secretary's letter impugns my motives.

该部长的来函质疑我的动机。

65. recant

recant /r??k?nt/ ( recanting,recanted, recants )

V-T/V-I If you recant, you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past.公开放弃(信仰) [正式]

例：

White House officials ordered Williams to recant.

白宫官员命令威廉斯公开宣布放弃自己的观点。

66. surrogate

surrogate / ?s?r?ɡ?t/ TEM8 (surrogates )

ADJ You use surrogate to describe a person or thing that is given a particular role because the person or thing that should have the role is not available. 替代的 [ADJ n]

例：

Martin had become Howard Cosell's surrogate son.

马丁已成为霍华德马考塞尔的代子了。

67. personification

personification /p???s?n?f??ke???n/

N-SING If you say that someone is the personification of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of thatquality. 典型; 化身

例：

Janis Joplin was the personification of the '60s female rock singer.

贾尼斯•乔普林是60年代女摇滚歌手的典型。

68. derivation

derivation /?d?r??ve???n/TEM4 ( derivations )

N-VAR The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source. 根源(尤指词根) [oft N 'of' n, 'of' adj N]

例：

The derivation of its name is obscure.

它名字的根源起源鲜为人知。

69. baleful

baleful /?be?lf?l/ TEM8

ADJ Baleful means harmful, orexpressing harmful intentions. 有害的; 恶意的 [文学性] [usuADJ n]

例：

...abaleful look.

...一种恶意的眼神。

70. trepidation

trepidation /?tr?p??de???n/

N-UNCOUNT Trepidation is fearor anxiety about something that you are going to do or experience. 惊恐; 焦虑 [正式]

例：

It was with some trepidation that I viewed the prospect of cycling across Uganda.

想到要骑自行车穿越乌干达，我感到有点惊恐不安。