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GMAT考试词汇精选(MP3+文本) 第172期:Unit22-1

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1.metabolize v.使新陈代谢( to subject to metabolism)

例:In virtually all types of tissue in ever}t animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism's attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, chemical irritants.

同根词:metabolism(n.新陈代谢)

2.metallic a.金属的(of, relating to, or being a metal)

词根记忆:来自metal(n.金属)

例:Plate movements are the surface expressions of motions in the mantle-the thick shell of rock that lies between Earth's crust and its metallic core.

同根词:metalize(v.使金属化)

3.motamorphic a.变质的;变性的(of or relating to metamorphosis)

例:According to the passage, the widely held view of Archean-age gold-quartz vein systems is that such systems were formed from metamorphic fluids.

同根词:metamorphosis(n.变形;变质)

4.metaphor n.隐喻,暗喻(a figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison)

词根记忆:meta(变化)+phor(常有)--以变化的方式表达--隐喻

例:The candidate's speech contained many metaphors and little substance.

5.meteor n.【天】流星(a bright trail or streak that appears in the sky when a meteoroid is heated to incandescence by friction with the earth's atmosphere)

例:the meteor shower流星雨

派生词:meteorite(n.陨星)

6.meteorite n.陨星,流星(a meteor that reaches the surface of the earth without being completely vaporized)

词根记忆:来自meteor(n.流星)

例:Some fullerenes have been found on the remains of a small meteorite that collided with a spacecraft.

同根词:meteoric(a.大气的:流星的)

7.meteorological a.气象学的:气象的(aerography)

词根记忆:来自meteorology(n.气象学;气象状态)

例:Mathematical models of the meteorological aftermath of such catastrophic events are beginning to be constructed.

同根词:meteorologist(n.气象学家)

8.methane n.甲烷,沼气(firedamp)

例:Natural gas is composed mostly of methane.

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shell [ʃel]

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n. 壳,外壳
v. 去壳,脱落,拾贝壳

 
substance ['sʌbstəns]

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n. 物质,实质,内容,重要性,财产

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incandescence [,inkæn'desəns]

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n. 炽热

 
candidate ['kændidit]

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n. 候选人,求职者

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metamorphosis [.metə'mɔ:fəsis]

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n. 锐变,变质,变形

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vein [vein]

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n. 静脉,纹理,叶脉,岩脉
vt. 使有脉络

 
composed [kəm'pəuzd]

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adj. 镇静的,沉着的

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render ['rendə]

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vt. 使成为,提供,报答,着色; 执行,实施

 
friction ['frikʃən]

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n. 摩擦,摩擦力,分歧

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phrase [freiz]

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n. 短语,习语,个人风格,乐句
vt. 措词

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