SAT考前必背高频词(101-150)

106. prescient

prescient /?pr?s??nt/

ADJ If you say that someone or something was prescient, you mean that they were able to know or predict what was going to happen in the future. 预知的; 先知的; 预见性的 [正式]

例：

...an eerily prescient comedy about a populist multimillionaire political candidate.

...围绕一位身价数百万的民粹主义政治候选人的一部喜剧，其预见性近乎诡异。

107. elite

elite /??li?t, e?-/ CET6 TEM8 ( elites )

N-COUNT You can refer to themost powerful, rich, or talented people within a particular group, place, orsociety as the elite. 精英

例：

...a government comprisedmainly of the elite.

…主要由精英组成的政府。

108. latitude

latitude /?l?t??tju?d/ CET6 TEM4 ( latitudes )

N-VAR The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator.纬度

例：

In the middle to high latitudes rainfall has risen steadily over thelast 20-30 years.

中高纬度地区的降雨量在过去的20到30年间稳步上升了。

109. compilation

compilation /?k?mp??le???n/ ( compilations )

N-COUNT A compilation is abook, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places. 汇编; 合集

例：

His latest CD is a compilation of his jazz works over the past decade.

他最新的CD是他过去十年的爵士乐作品集。

110. commemorate

commemorate /k??m?m??re?t/ CET6 TEM4 ( commemorating, commemorated,commemorates )

V-T To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action,ceremony, or specially created object. 纪念

例：

One room contained a gallery of paintings commemorating great moments in baseball history.

有一间房间里有一个画廊，陈列着纪念棒球史上伟大时刻的绘画作品。

111. uncorroborated

uncorroborated /??nk??r?b??re?t?d/

ADJ An uncorroborated statement or claim is not supported by any evidence or information. (声明等)无证据的; 未经证实的 [usu ADJ n]

例：

Uncorroboratedconfessions should no longer be accepted by courts.

无证据的供词不应继续被法庭采信。

112. ephemeral

ephemeral /??f?m?r?l/ TEM8

ADJ If you describe something as ephemeral, you mean that it lasts only for a short time. 短暂的; 瞬间的 [正式]

例：

He talked about the country'sephemeral unity being shattered by the defeat.

他谈到战败彻底粉碎了国家的短暂统一。

113. histrionics

histrionics /?h?str???n?ks/

N-PLURAL If you disapprove of someone's dramatic and exaggerated behaviour, you can describe it ashistrionics. 装腔作势 [表不满]

例：

When I explained everythingto my mom and dad, there were no histrionics.

当我向自己的父母对一切做解释时，没有装腔作势。

114. gregarious

gregarious /ɡr??ɡ??r??s/TEM8

1.

ADJ Someone who is gregarious enjoys being with other people. 爱社交的

例：

She is such a gregarious and outgoing person.

她就是这样一个爱社交而且外向的人。

2.

ADJ Gregarious animals orbirds normally live in large groups. 群居的

例：

Snow geese are very gregarious birds.

雪雁是种群居的鸟类。

115. taciturn

taciturn /?t?s??t??n/ TEM8

ADJ A taciturn person does not say very much and can seem unfriendly. 不爱说话的

例：

A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables.

他不爱说话，对我的问题一两个字就打发了。

116. inform

V-T If a situation oractivity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is verynoticeable in it. 弥漫 (思想或品质等) [正式]

例：

All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension.

所有动听的歌曲无不弥漫着某种伤感和紧绷感。

117. hubris

hubris /?hju?br?s/

N-UNCOUNT If you accuse someone of hubris, you are accusing them of arrogant pride. 傲慢自大; 自恃 [正式]

例：

...a tale of how anhonourable man pursuing honourable goals was afflicted with hubris and led his nation toward catastrophe.

...一个有关追求崇高目标的磊落君子如何因自高自大、而将自己的国家引向灾难的故事。

118. seminal

seminal /?s?m?n?l/ TEM8

1.

ADJ Seminal is used to describe things such as books, works, events, and experiences that have a great influence in a particular field. (在某一领域内) 有重大影响的[正式]

例：

...author of the seminal book "Animal Liberation."

…有着巨大影响的《动物解放》一书的作者。

119. intransigent

intransigent /?n?tr?ns?d??nt/ TEM8

ADJ If you describe someone as intransigent, you mean that they refuse to behave differently or to change their attitude to something. 顽固的 [正式]

例：

...Sami's opinionated and intransigent father.

…萨米那武断而固执的父亲。

120. platitude

platitude /?pl?t??tju?d/ (platitudes )

N-COUNT A platitude is a statement that is considered meaningless and boring because it has been made many times before in similar situations. 陈词滥调 [表不满]

例：

Why couldn't he say something vital and original instead of just spouting the sameold platitudes?

他为什么不能说点重要的、有新意的东西，而不只是喋喋不休地讲些陈词滥调呢?

121. antithetical

antithetical /??nt??θ?t?k?l/

ADJ Something that is antithetical to something else is the opposite of it and is unable to exist with it. 对立的 [书面] [usu v-link ADJ 'to'n]

例：

Their priorities are antithetical to those of environmentalists.

他们的重点与环保主义者的重点是对立的。

122. adulatory

adulatory /??dj??le?t?r?/

ADJ If someone makes anadulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration forthem. 奉承拍马的[usuADJ n]

例：

...adulatoryreviews.

…奉承的评论。

123. embezzlement

embezzlement /?m?b?z ?lm?nt/

N-UNCOUNT Embezzlement is the crime of embezzling money. 挪用公款

例：

He was later charged with embezzlement.

他后来被指控挪用公款。

124. versatile

versatile /?v??s??ta?l/ CET6 TEM4

1.

ADJ If you say that a person is versatile, you approve of them because they have many different skills. 多才多艺的 [表赞许]

例：

He had been one of the game's most versatile athletes.

他是这次运动会中最有才能的运动员之一。

2.

ADJ A tool, machine, or material that is versatile can be used for many different purposes. 用途广泛的

例：

Never before has computing been so versatile.

计算机技术从未像现在这样用途广泛。

125. staple

staple /?ste?p?l/ CET6 TEM4 ( stapling, stapled, staples )

ADJ A staple food, product,or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives. 基本的; 主要的 (食物、产品、活动) [ADJ n]

例：

Rice is the staple food ofmore than half the world's population.

大米是世界上半数以上人口的主食。

126. ingrate

ingrate /??nɡre?t, ?n?ɡre?t/

1.

N an ungrateful person 忘恩负义的人

2.

ADJ ungrateful 忘恩负义的

127. immersed

immerse /??m??s/ CET6 TEM8 ( immersing, immersed, immerses )

V-T If you immerse yourself in something that you are doing, you become completely involved in it. 使专心于

例：

Their commitments do not permit them to immerse themselves in current affairs as fully as they might wish.

他们的职责不允许他们如其所愿地埋头于时事。

128. implicit

implicit /?m?pl?s?t/ CET4 TEM8

ADJ Something that is implicit is expressed in an indirect way. 含蓄的

例：

...animplicit warning to the Moroccans not to continue or repeat the military actions they began a week ago.

…叫摩洛哥人不要继续或重复一周前开始的军事行动的含蓄警告。

129. doctoring

V-T If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people. 窜改

例：

They doctored the prints, deepening the lines to make her look as awful as possible.

他们窜改了照片，加深皱纹使她尽可能地难看。

130. panache

panache /p??n??/

N-UNCOUNT If you do something with panache, you do it in a confident, stylish, and elegant way. 神气十足; 派头

例：

The orchestra played with great panache.

管弦乐队神气十足地演奏着。