SSAT真题必背词汇_gre词汇

　　很多学生需要考SSAT进入到美国的优秀私立高中。很多学生苦恼于没有一本合适的词汇书。沪江小编根据多年教学经验及学生考试回忆，总结了SSAT必背词汇，一下来看看吧!

　　1.MISER

　　英文解释：a person who loves money and hates spending it

　　中文解释：守财奴

　　同义词：penny-pincher

　　例句：Soon she discovered she had married a miser.她不久便发现自己嫁给了一个守财奴。

　　2.MISCELLANEOUS

　　英文解释：consisting of many different kinds of things that are not connected and do not easily form a group

　　中文解释：混杂的

　　同义词：diverse

　　例句：She gave me some money to cover any miscellaneous expenses.她给了我一些零花钱。

　　A box of miscellaneous candies一盒什锦糖果

　　3.OVERTHROW

　　英文解释：to remove a leader or a government from a position of power by force

　　中文解释：推翻

　　同义词：remove from power

　　例句：The president was overthrown in a military coup.总统在军事政变中被赶下台。

　　4.OVERTURE

　　英文解释：a piece of music written as an introduction to an OPERA or a BALLET

　　A suggestion or an action by which sb tries to make friends, start a business relationship, have discussions, etc. With sb else

　　中文解释：序曲/友好姿态

　　同义词：prelude/introduction

　　例句：Prokofiev’s overture to “Romeo and Juliet”普罗科菲耶夫的《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的序曲

　　He began making overtures to a number of merchant banks. 他开始主动同一些投资银行接触。

　　5.REAP

　　英文解释：to obtain sth, especially sth good, as a direct result of sth that you have done

　　To cut and collect a crop, especially WHEAT, from a field

　　中文解释：收获

　　同义词：harvest/receive

　　例句：They are now reaping the rewards of all their hard work.现在，他们的全部辛劳都得到了回报。

　　Reap the rice in the field在田里割稻

　　6.REALISM

　　英文解释：a way of seeing, accepting and dealing with situations as they really are without being influenced by your emotions or false hopes

　　(of novels, paintings, films,etc)the quality of being very like real life.

　　中文解释：务实作风/现实主义方式;小说电影等逼真;现实性

　　同义词：pragmatism

　　例句：There was a new mood of realism among the leaders at the peace talks.参加和平谈判的领导人之间有一种务实的新气氛。

　　7.REACTIONARY

　　英文解释：a person who is opposed to political or social change

　　中文解释：反对政治或社会变革者

　　同义词：right-wing

　　例句：maintain a reactionary attitude toward economic reforms对经济改革持反对态度

　　8.SKULL

　　英文解释：the bone structure that forms the head and surrounds and protects the brain

　　中文解释：a fractured skull破裂的颅骨

　　同义词：cranium

　　例句：Her skull was crammed with too many thoughts.她脑瓜子里想法太多

　　9.SLACK

　　英文解释：not stretched tight

　　A slack period of business is one in which there is not much work being done or activity taking place

　　If you are slack in work that you do, you do not take enough care in making sure that it is done properly

　　中文解释：不紧的/松弛的/生意萧条的/松懈的

　　同义词：loose/careless/sluggish

　　例句：Very few hotels offered work for the slack season.很少旅馆在淡季对外招工。

　　...his slack and wrinkled skin...他那松弛且满是皱纹的皮肤...

　　10.SLANDER

　　英文解释：a false spoken statement intended to damage the good opinion people have of sb;

　　The legal offence of making this kind of statement

　　To make a false spoken statement about sb that is intended to damage the good opinion that people have of them

　　中文解释：口头诽谤/口头诽谤罪/诽谤

　　同义词：defamation/defame

　　例句：a vicious slander on the company’s good name对那家公司良好声誉的恶意诽谤

　　He’s suing them for slander.他控告他们口头诽谤。