雅思阅读分类词汇——文化类
homogeneous 同质的 homo + gene +ous(<> heterogeneous)^ homoxual, heteroxual
mainstream 主流 主流的
dialect 方言 (v.s. accent)
discrepancy 差异
misconception 误解 (mis + concept + ion)= misunderstanding
barrier 障碍(物)~ bar, = barricade
discrimination 区别,歧视racial/xual discriminationß discriminate (+against)
hierarchy 等级制度heir + arch(govern) + y
insularity 岛国性质 (ß insular, ^island)British industry has often been criticized for its linguistic insularity.
microcosm 小天地 micro + cosm(os)
nostalgia = homesickness
patriot 爱国者 (<> traitor)à patriotic, patriotism
compatriot 同胞 同胞的com + patriot
vernacular 本地的,本国的 本地话,本国话the vernacular languages of India
Hispanic An American who first language was Spanish
immigration 移入~ immigrant, immigratev.s. emigration (~ emigrant, emigrate)
antipodes Any two places or regions on diametrically opposite sides of the Earth“from North America to the Antipodes”
permeate 渗透,弥漫Smoke permeated the hou.
entrepreneur 企业家 (~ enterpri)à entrepreneurship
practitioner 开业者,从业者praction(practice) + er
celebrity a famous person= luminary, VIP
proxy 代理人
anecdote 轶事 (à anecdotal)
宽粉的做法 notoriety 恶名 (ß notorious)
counterpart 对应人,对等物Who’s George Bush’s counterpart in China?^ counterculture, counterbalance
peer 同等的人 凝视,窥视(~ peep)
subordinate 下级 下级的<> superior
tactics 战术,技巧v.s. strategy (战略,策略)marketing strategy v.s. lling tactics
nuance a subtle difference in meaning
benchmarking 类比分析
punctual 准时的,守时的 (à punctuality)
abnteeism 旷工abnt à abntee à abnteeism
flextime 弹性工作时间flex(flexible) + time
harass 骚扰 (à harassment)Mary said that Gary had xually harasd her.
redundancy 冗余,冗员network redundancy
downsize 裁员 (~ lay off)
ballot 投票 (= vote)
impartial 不偏不倚的 (<> partial)
lobby 大堂(n.) 游说(v.)
shortlist (BE) a list of applicants who have been deemed suitable and from which the successful person will be chon à (v.)
equilibrium 平衡,均衡
深入我心 questionnaire 调查表,问卷
quantitative 定量的 (<> qualitative)
contingency 偶然性,偶然事件
incur 招致incur debts/hatred/dangerv.s. occur, concur, recur
ethical 伦理的,符合伦理的~ ethics, <> unethical
dubious 疑惑的,可疑的 (~ doubt)People were dubious about the result.
manifestation 显示,证明 (ß manifest)
subtitle 字幕,副标题 (sub + title)^ subsidiary, submarine, subway (BE: underground, tu
小学文学常识be), suburb(~ downtown, uptown, outskirts)
dubbing 配音录制
vogue 时尚 ^ chic文鸟怎么养
bizarre 奇异的v.s. weird (怪异的)
知更鸟女孩 mediocre 平庸的
dietitian 饮食学家 (~ diet)
connoisur 行家,鉴赏家^ entrée, a la carte
雅思阅读分类词汇——生物/生理类
molecule 分子à molecular
cell à cellular
amino à amino acids (氨基酸)
中国有几大盆地 protein 蛋白质
enzyme 酶(proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)
言有尽而意无穷 catalyst 催化剂
chlorophyll 叶绿素“chloro-”: Cl
photosynthesis 光合作用 (photo + synthesis)à photosynthetic
botany 植物学 (<> zoology)à botanist, botanical
flora 植物群
fauna 动物群
bacterium bacteria (pl.) 细菌
fungus fungi (pl.) 真菌
algae alga (pl.) 海藻
herb à herbal: ~ teaà herbicide (^ incticide, pesticide)
carnation 康乃馨à reincarnation
fade 凋谢,褪色
organism 机体,组织ß organ
arthropod 节肢动物v.s. anthropoid (↓)
reptile 爬行动物
amphibian 两栖动物
mammal 哺乳动物 (ß mamma!)
primate 灵长目动物
evolution 进化 (ß evolve)
anthropoid 类人猿 (“anthrop”: humankind)~ anthropology, philanthropyv.s. ape, gorilla, chimpanzee
gene 基因^ DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)~ genome (基因组)
genetics 遗传学 (à genetical)
helix 螺旋,螺旋壮物… analyze every single gene within the double helix of humanity’s DNA
identical 同一的~ identity (à ID card)^ clone
mutation 突变 gene mutationà mutable, immutable, mutant
predator 捕食者 (<> prey)
embryo 胚胎à embryonic (萌芽的)
roe 鱼子>>> caviar (鱼子酱)
tadpole 蝌蚪>>> frog, toad (^ told)
caterpillar 毛毛虫 (cater + pillar)The American Company: Caterpillar (CAT)
grasshopper 蚱蜢,蝗虫 (= locust)grass + hopper, ^ bellhop
cricket 蟋蟀 (另)板球
butterfly v.s. moth^ dragonfly, firefly
pollen 花粉 传粉à pollinate, pollination
hive 蜂房>>> honey, ^ concoction
larva larvae (pl.) 幼虫v.s. lava
pupa 蛹à pupate社工日
penguin 企鹅v.s. dolphin (海豚)
raccoon 浣熊v.s. kangaroo (袋鼠)
hibernate 冬眠 (=hole up)
torpid 麻木的,蛰伏的v.s. torpedo (鱼雷)
cerebral (大)脑的
hemisphere 半球 (hemi + sphere)
cortex 脑皮层
migraine 偏头疼ß migrant
somatic 躯体的
limb 四肢upper/lower limb
anatomy 解剖,剖析
paralyze 使瘫痪 (=incapacitate, immobilize)