





state
state
- v. (尤指清楚谨慎地)声称,宣称,声明
- n. 政府,国家,州;状态,情况
- adj. 国有的,国家的
例句
- He stated that “all hell will break loose, politically and morally, all over the world.”
- 他宣称,“政治和道德混乱将在全球范围内发生”。
- to seek permission from state regulators 寻求州监管部门的批准
- a state of mind 心境,心态
- Happiness is a state of mind, and depends very little on outward circumstances.——Helen Keller
派生
- statement n. 声明;陈述,叙述;报表,清单
- state-owned adj. 国有的;国营的;州立的
- state-owned enterprise 国有企业
派生词
understate
- v. 轻描淡写地叙述;淡化[某事的重要性或严重性](表述不充分)
- underestimate 低估
overstate
- v. 把…讲得过分;夸大,夸张(= exaggerate) ex = e = out
- overestimate 高估
例句
- Despite the breathtakingly sad opening chapters, Tyler’s delicate perceptiveness gives the novel an understated warmth.
- breathtakingly adv. 惊人地;令人激动地;Tips:副词翻译成very
- delicate adj. 微妙的;精美的,雅致的;柔和的;易碎的;纤弱的;清淡可口的
- perceptiveness n. 洞察力;感知力;直觉
近义词
v. 声称,宣称,声明
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| declare | v. 公布,宣布;宣称(…为事实),表明(态度、意图等);申报(因纳税物品、收入等) |
例句
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“Play is not frivolous,” the academy’s report declares.
- frivolous adj. 无聊的;轻佻的;琐碎的;
- frivolity n. 轻浮;轻薄;轻率
- fried chips
- fry 浮
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to declare sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional
- sex discrimination 性别歧视
- jury 陪审团
- unconstitutional adj. 违反宪法的
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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading.——Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
- As Jane Austen said in Pride and Prejudice, …
派生
- declaration
- declarative
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| claim | v. 自称,声称,断言(未经证明或可能错误的事);要求(拥有),认领;索取,索(款);(战争、事故等)夺去(生命) |
| n. 声称,说法;(根据权利而提出的)要求,索赔;(对某事物的)权利,所有权 |
释义推导:索取,索款 → 求拿回某物,要求拥有某物 → 拥有某事物的所有权 → (战争、事故等)夺去(生命) → 战争等要求拥有某人的生命
形近
- calm adj. 静的,平静的;沉着的 | v. 使平静;使镇定
例句
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despite some claims to the contrary
- to the contrary 相反地
- by contrast 与……相反的是
- in contrast to 与……形成对照
- counter 对抗 contra-
- Tips:词根词缀原则,元音替换,意思不变;(元音)顺序改变,意思不变;发音相近,意思相近。例如:center → centri- (eccentric adj. 古怪的,反常的【中心的外围,就离谱】)
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They claim that the theory of video game violence is built on rotten foundations.
- is built on 建立在
- rotten adj. 腐烂的;堕落的;恶臭的;虚弱的;极坏的
- rod n. 棒;→ rod- 腐蚀的
- erode vt. 腐蚀,侵蚀 【暴露在外面受到腐蚀】erosion n.
- corrode vt. 侵蚀;损害 【接触收到腐蚀】corrosion n.
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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.——Tagore
派生
- claimant n. 原告;[贸易] 索赔人;提出要求者
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| proclaim | vt. (正式)宣告,公布;声明;明确显示 |
例句
- Correlations which confidently proclaimed that gaming led to violent behavior were shown to likely be the spurious by-product of factors such as family violence.
- Correlations n. 相关性
- spurious adj. 假的;伪造的;欺骗的
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| pronounce | v. 发音;宣判;断言;正式宣布(或公布) |
派生
- pronunciation n. 发音;读法
- pronouncement n. 声明;宣告;公告;判决
拓展
- enounce vt. 宣言;声明;说出;发音清晰地读出
- enunciate v. 发音;阐明;宣布
- articulate v. 清晰地发(音);明确有力地表达;用关节连接;使相互连贯 | adj. 发音清晰的;口才好的;有关节的
- artisan n. 工匠,技工【偏技术】
- craftman n. 工匠 【偏制造】
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| announce | v. 宣布,宣告;通知,告知;郑重 |
例句
- Last month, Facebook announced partnerships with outside groups to help fact-check stories on its site and to more clearly denote which ones may be false.
- 脸书于上月宣布与外部团队开展合作,目的是帮助对其网站信息内容进行事实核查,并更加明确地标注哪些可能是虚假内容。
- note ,denote(vt. 表示,指示),de-、dis、di = away(开,分离)
- false product、copycat product
派生
- announcement n.宣布,公布;通告,声明
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| assert | v. (肯定地)断言,坚称;维护(权利或权威);坚持(主张) |
- cert-
- certainty n. 确定性
考点
- the administration was in essence asserting that …
- in essence 本质上;其实;大体上
- 政府实际上是在坚持这样的主张……
派生
- assertion n. 断言;肯定有力的主张
- assertive adj. 坚定自信的;坚决主张的
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| affirm | v. 肯定属实,申明,断言 |
考点
- to affirm the importance of the humanities and social sciences
- 肯定人文学科和社会学科的重要性
- humanities 人文学科
- social sciences 社会学科
派生
- affirmative [əˈfɜːmətɪv] adj. 肯定的,同意的 | n. 肯定,同意
- affirmation [ˌæfɜːˈmeɪʃ(ə)n] n. 肯定,确认;情感上的支持(或鼓励)
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| allege | v. (未提出证据)断言,声称 |
派生
- allegation n. (无证据的)说法,指控
- alleged adj. 声称的;被断言的;涉嫌的
- allegiance n. 效忠,忠诚;忠贞 = loyalty = fidelity
拓展
- so-called adj. 所谓的;号称的
- supposed adj. 据说的,所谓的
- 据说 should = be supposed to
- What is that supposed to be 这什么鬼
n. 状况,情况
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| condition | n. 状况,状态;处境;条件,条款;前提;疾病;健康状况; [~s]环境,条件 |
| v. 使习惯于,使适应;养护(头发等) |
考点
- geographic conditions (which are) peculiar to America
- peculiar adj. 特殊的;独特的;奇怪的;罕见的
- 美国特有的地理条件
- geo- 地理
- weather conditions 天气情况
派生
- conditional adj. 有条件的,有前提的
- conditioner n. 护发素;调节器
- hair conditioner 护发素
拓展
- lotion n. 洗液;洗涤剂
- bath wash 沐浴液
- shampoo n. 洗发;洗发液
- air conditioning 空调
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| situation | n. 形势,情况,局面;所处位置,环境 |
扩展
- create a situation 造成局面
- assess/review a situation 评判局势,分析局势
- assessment n. 评价;评定;鉴定;估价
- deal with a situation 应付局面
- copy with 应付
change
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| change | v.改变,更改;转换,更换,替换;兑换;换乘 |
| n.变化,变更,变革;零钱,硬币 | |
| exchange | v. 交换;[货币的]兑换;交流;互访 |
| n. 短暂的交流;交流,互访 | |
| exchange rate | 汇率;兑换率 |
考点
- climate change 气候变化
近义词
v. 改变,更改
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| move | v.(使)移动;改变;采取行动;搬家;影响;感动;动议,提议 |
| n.移动;改变;步骤;行动,举措 | |
| movement | n. 移动;运动;变化;发展;乐章 |
考点
- to back such radical moves
- 支持这样的激进行动
- back v. 支持
- backer n. 支持者;赞助人;援助者 = supporter = sponsor
- radical adj. 激进的;根本的;彻底的
- radicalism n. 激进主义
拓展
- Who Moved My Cheese?《谁动了我的奶酪?》
- Sometimes your whole life boils down to one insane move.——Avatar
- boil down to 归结为
- insane adj. 疯狂的;
- sane adj. 健全的;理智的;
- sanity n. 明智;头脑清楚;精神健全;通情达理
- insanity n. 疯狂;精神错乱;精神病;愚顽
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| shift | v. 转移,移动;转移(注意力等);转变,改变(意见等);推卸 |
| n. 转变;轮班;轮班职工 |
例句
- The aim was to include enough features to draw interest away from iPhones and Android-supported phones, but the new BlackBerry devices failed to catch on and the company shifted its engineering resources back to its QNX division as car makers started developing software.
- features n. 产品特点,特征;(杂志)特约专栏
- draw interest away from 转移兴趣;(短语看介词)
- draw interest into 将兴趣转移到
- catch on 抓住,流行
- division n. [数] 除法;部门;分配;分割;师(军队);赛区
- divide v. (使)分开,分成;分配,分担;分隔;(道路)分叉;使产生分歧;(数)除,除以
- 黑莓公司的目标是包含足够多的特色(功能)来转移人们对苹果和安卓手机的关注,但新款黑莓手机未能流行起来,而且随着汽车制造商开始开发软件,黑莓将其设计资源转回到QNX系统研发部门。
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| switch | v. 打开,关闭;改变;转换(职业、政策、生活方式等);交换 |
| n. 开关;彻底改变 |
- switch A into B = turn A into B
考点
- to switch to the nursing school 转到护理学院
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| transition | v. 转变;过渡 |
| n. 转变,过渡;变革,变迁 | |
| transitional | adj. 变迁的;过渡期的 |
例句
- But all energy transitions, such as that from coal to hydrocarbons in the 20th century, take many decades.
- 但所有的能源过渡,比如20世纪从煤炭到碳氢化合物的过渡,都需要几十年的时间。
- low-Carbon life 低碳生活
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| transform | v. 使彻底改变(尤指变得更好);改造;使改观 |
| transformer | n. 变压器;改革者 |
| transformation | n. 彻底的改变;巨变 |
考点
- to transform their thought processes 彻底改变他们的思考过程
拓展
- transform sb/sth (from sth) into sth
- The movie transformed her almost overnight from an unknown schoolgirl into a megastar.
- megastar n. 超级巨星
- reform v. 改进,改革;(使)改过自新
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| alter | v. (尤指以相对细微但却显著的方式)改变(性质或成分);修改(衣服使更合身) |
| alteration | n. 改变,变更 |
例句
- You can remind yourself to notice your thoughts in a nonjudgmental manner, without trying to change or alter them right away.
- remind sb to do sth 提醒某人做某事
- remind sb of sth 提醒某人某事
- right away = at once = instantly = immediately 立刻
- 你可以提醒自己以一种不加评判的方式去审视自己的想法,而不是试图立即转换或改变它们。
- Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten. Alter what is changeable,
and accept what is mutable.——The Catcher in the Rye- mute 哑巴;哑的 【 /mute all 】
- mutable adj. 可变的,易变的;反复无常的,用情不专的【说不出来,琢磨不定】
拓展
- alternate adj. 交替的,轮流的;间隔的,每隔(……天等)的;(一或多个事物)另外的,可供选择的;(两者)互不相容的;另类的,非传统的;(叶、芽)互生的 | v. (使)交替,(使)轮流
- alternation n. 交替,轮流,间隔
- alternative n. 二中择一;供替代的选择
- option n. [计] 选项;选择权;买卖的特权
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| modify | v. (略微地)修改,更改,改进,改造;修饰,限定 |
| modification | n. 修改,改进 |
| modifier | n. 修饰语;修正的人 |
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| convert | [kənˈvɜːt ] v. (使形态、性质、功能)改变;改变(观点、原则或做事方式);改建,改造;换算; (使)改变信仰 |
| [ˈkɒnvɜːt] n. 改变信仰者 | |
| conversion | n. 转变;转换;(宗教或信仰的)改变,皈依 |
| convertible | adj. 可改变的 n. 有活动折篷的汽车 |
-vert、-vers 转变
考点
- to convert our lives to data 把我们的生活转化为数据
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| transfer | v.(使)转移,(使)调职;转移(感情); 传染(疾病); 转让(权力等);转乘,换乘 |
| transference | n. 转移;调动;转让 |
- transfer station 中转站
- terminal station 终点站
例句
- "Someone was trying to set up a new payee and transfer a seven figure sum, " he said.
- -ee 被……人 employee,payee
- -or/-er ……人 employer,payer
- figure 数字
- summary;summarize
| 词汇 | 解释 |
|---|---|
| transplant | n. (器官)移植 |
| v. 移植;移栽;(使)移居 |
- plant
- n. 植物;工厂;发电厂
- v. 播(种);种植;放置,使固定
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