SAT考前必背高频词(251-300)

261.recalcitrant

recalcitrant /r??k?ls?tr?nt/

ADJ If you describe someoneor something asrecalcitrant, you mean that they are unwilling to obey ordersor are difficultto deal with. 不服从命令的; 难对付的 [正式] [usu ADJ n]

例：

The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will rejecttheirresponsibilities.

危险在于那些不服从命令的地方当局将拒绝履行他们的职责。

262.redundancy

redundancy /r??d?nd?ns?/ CET6+ TEM8 (redundancies )

1. N-UNCOUNT Redundancy meansbeing maderedundant. 裁员 [商业]

例：

Thousands of bank employeesare facing redundancy as their employers cutcosts.

数千名银行职员面临裁员，因为他们的雇主要削减成本。

2. N-COUNT When there areredundancies, anorganization tells some of its employees to leave becausetheir jobs are nolonger necessary or because the organization can no longerafford to pay them. 多余的员工 [英国英语] [商业]

263.unorthodox

unorthodox /?n???θ??d?ks/TEM8

ADJ If youdescribe someone's behaviour, beliefs, orcustoms as unorthodox, you mean thatthey are different from what is generallyaccepted. 非正统的; 另类的

例：

The reality-basedshow followed theunorthodox lives of Ozzy, his wife Sharon, daughter Kelly, and son,Jack.

这个写实剧取材于奥兹、其妻莎伦、女儿凯莉和儿子杰克的另类生活。

264.pacifist

pacifist /?p?s?f?st/ ( pacifists )

N-COUNT A pacifist is someonewho believesthat violence is wrong and refuses to take part in wars. 和平主义者; 反战者

例：

Many protesters insist they are pacifists, opposed to war in all forms.

许多抗议者坚持说他们是和平主义者，反对一切形式的战争。

265.demagogue

demagogue /?d?m??ɡ?ɡ/ (also demagog) TEM8 (demagogues )

N-COUNT If you saythat someone such as a politician is ademagogue you are criticizing thembecause you think they try to win people'ssupport by appealing to theiremotions rather than using reasonable arguments. 煽动者 [oft adj N] [表不满

266.prognosticator

prognosticator [pr?ɡ'n?stikeit?]

n. prognosticate的变形

prognosticate [pr?ɡ'n?stikeit]

vt.

预示 (尤指预兆，先兆)：

to prognosticate futurerelations

预示未来的关系

预测

267.dirge

dirge /d??d?/ ( dirges )

N-COUNT A dirge is a slow,sad song orpiece of music. Dirges are sometimes performed at funerals. (葬礼中演奏的)挽歌 [usu sing]

268. diminutive

diminutive /d??m?nj?t?v/

ADJ A diminutiveperson or object is very small. 微小的

例：

Her eyes scannedthe room until they came to rest on a diminutive figure standing at the entrance.

她的目光扫视着房间，最后停留在一个站在入口的小小的身影上。

269. virtuosity

virtuosity /?v??t????s?t?/

N-UNCOUNT The virtuosity ofsomeone such asan artist or athlete is their great skill. (如艺术家或运动员的)高超技巧 [oft with poss]

例：

At that time, his virtuosity on the trumpet had no parallel in jazz.

那时，他高超的小号吹奏技巧在爵士乐界无人能比。

270.halcyon

halcyon /?h?ls??n/

ADJ A halcyon time is a timein the pastthat was peaceful or happy. (旧日时光)平静的; 幸福的 [文学性] [ADJ n]

例：

It was all a far cry from those halcyon days in 1990, when he wonthreetournaments on the European tour.

这和1990年的那些美好时光迥然不同，当时他在欧洲巡回赛中赢了三场锦标赛。

271.invoke

invoke /?n?v??k/ CET6+ TEM8 ( invoking,invoked, invokes )

1. V-T If you invoke a law,you state thatyou are taking a particular action because that law allows ortells you to. 求助于 (法律)

例：

The judge invoked an international law that protects refugees.

法官援用了一项保护难民的国际法律。

2. V-T If you invokesomething such as aprinciple, a saying, or a famous person, you refer to themin order to supportyour argument. 援引

例：

...economists who invoke the principle of "consumersovereignty" to supporttheir arguments.

…援引“消费者主权”原则来支持自己论点的经济学家们。

3. V-T If something such as apiece ofmusic invokes a feeling or an image, it causes someone to have thefeeling or tosee the image. Many people consider this use to be incorrectbecause is thecorrect word for this. 使人想起

例：

"AppalachianSpring" by AaronCopland invoked theatmosphere of the wide open spaces of the prairies.

艾伦•科普兰的《阿帕拉契亚的春天》使人想起了那种辽阔草原的氛围。

272.oracular

oracular /??r?kj?l?/

ADJ of or relating to anoracle 神谕的

例：

Apollo had his oracular shrine at Delphi

273.palpitation

palpitation /?p?lp??te???n/ (palpitations)

N-VAR When someone haspalpitations, theirheart beats very fast in an irregular way. 心悸

例：

Caffeine can cause palpitations and headaches.

咖啡因能引起心悸和头痛。

274.prattle

prattle /?pr?t?l/ (prattling, prattled,prattles )

V-I If you say that someoneprattles onabout something, you are criticizing them because they are talkinga lot withoutsaying anything important. 闲扯; 喋喋不休 [非正式]

例：

Lou prattled on about various trivialities till I wantedto scream.

卢就各种琐碎小事唠叨个没完，一直到我烦得都想尖叫了。

275.prudent

prudent /?pru?d?nt/ CET6+ TEM8

ADJ Someone who is prudent issensible andcareful. 谨慎的

例：

It is clearly prudent to take all precautions.

采取一切防范措施显然是慎重的。

276.raconteur

raconteur /?r?k?n?t??/ (raconteurs )

N-COUNT A raconteur is someone, usually aman, who can tell stories in an interesting or amusing way. 擅长讲故事者

例：

He spoke eight languages andwas a noted raconteur.

他说八种语言，是个出了名的讲故事高手。

277.respite /?r?sp?t/ TEM8

1. N-SING A respite is ashort period ofrest from something unpleasant. (某种不快中的) 小间歇 [正式] [also no det,oft N 'from' n]

例：

It was some weeks now sincethey'd had any respite from shellfire.

他们数周在炮火中，中间没任何小的间歇。

2. N-SING A respite is ashort delay beforea very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or maynot take place. 暂缓 [正式] [also no det]

例：

Devaluation would only givethe economy a brief respite.

货币贬值只会给经济一个短时间的暂缓。

278.sanctuary

sanctuary /?s??ktj??r?/ CET6+ TEM8 (sanctuaries )

1. N-COUNT A sanctuary is aplace wherepeople who are in danger from other people can go to be safe. 避难所

例：

His church became a sanctuary for thousands of people who fledthecivil war.

他的教堂成了数千逃避内战的人们的一个避难所。

2. N-UNCOUNT Sanctuary is thesafetyprovided in a sanctuary. 庇护

例：

Some of them have soughtsanctuary in thechurch.

他们中的一些人已在教堂里寻求庇护。

279.truculent

truculent /?tr?kj?l?nt/

1. ADJ If you say thatsomeone istruculent, you mean that they are bad-tempered and aggressive. 易怒的; 好斗的

2. truculence N-UNCOUNT

例：

"What do you want?"she asked with her usual truculence.

“你想要什么?”，她用往常的挑衅口吻问道。

280.acumen

acumen /??kj??m?n/ TEM8

N-UNCOUNT Acumen is theability to makegood judgments and quick decisions. 敏锐; 精明

281.unwarranted

unwarranted /?n?w?r?nt?d/

ADJ If youdescribe something as unwarranted, you arecritical of it because there is noneed or reason for it. 不必要的; 无端的 [正式]

例：

Any attempt todiscuss the issue of human rights was rejectedasan unwarranted interference in the country'sinternal affairs.

任何希望讨论人权问题的要求都被视为对该国内政的无端干涉而被拒绝了。