Sat Chinese English 3500 Vocab Sat 中文英文词汇 141-210

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altercation

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N. /大声争吵，激烈争论/noisy quarrel; heated dispute. In that hot¬tempered household, no meal ever came to a peaceful con¬clusion; the inevitable altercation might even end in blows.

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altruistic

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ADJ. /无私的，关心他人的/unselfishly generous; concerned for others. In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships for hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths, Eugene Lang performed a truly altruistic deed. altruism, N.

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amalgamate

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V. /结合，整合/combine; unite in one body. The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body.

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amass

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V. /收集/collect. The miser's aim is to amass and hoard as much gold as possible.

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ambidextrous

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ADJ. /双手都灵巧/capable of using either hand with equal ease. A switch-hitter in baseball should be naturally ambidextrous.

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ambience

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N. /环境/environment; atmosphere. She went to the restaurant not for the food but for the ambience.

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ambiguous

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ADJ. /模棱两可/unclear or doubtful in meaning. His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take. ambiguity, N.

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ambivalence

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N. /矛盾的观点或情绪/the state of having contradictory or con¬flicting emotional attitudes. Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings. ambivalent,ADJ.

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amble

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N. /漫步，缓行/moving at an easy pace. When she first mounted the horse, she was afraid to urge the animal to go faster than a gentle amble. alsoV.

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ambulatory

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ADJ. /可移动的，不固定/able to walk; not bedridden. Juan was a highly ambulatory patient; not only did he refuse to be con¬fined to bed, but he insisted on riding his skateboard up and down the halls.

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ameliorate

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V. /提高/improve. Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums.

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amenable

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ADJ. /有服从义务的，随时服从的/readily managed; willing to be led. He was amenable to any suggestions that came from those he looked up to; he resented advice from his inferiors.

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amend

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V. /修订，修改，变更/correct; change, generally for the better. Hoping to amend his condition, he left Vietnam for the United States.

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amenities

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N. /令人愉快的，礼貌的/convenient features; courtesies. In addition to the customary amenities for the business traveler-fax machines, modems, a health club-the hotel offers the ser¬vices of a butler versed in the social amenities.

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amiable

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ADJ. /可爱的，友好的，惬意的/agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly. In Little Women, Beth is the amiable daughter whose loving disposi¬tion endears her to all who know her.

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amicable

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ADJ. /温和的，友好礼貌的/politely friendly; not quarrelsome. Beth's sis¬ter Jo is the hot-tempered tomboy who has a hard time maintaining amicable relations with those around her. Jo's quarrel with her friend Laurie finally reaches an amicable settlement, but not because Jo turns amiable overnight.

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amiss

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ADJ. /错误/wrong; faulty. Seeing her frown, he wondered if anything were amiss. also ADV.

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amity

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N. /友谊/friendship. Student exchange programs such as the Experiment in International Living were established to promote international amity.

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amnesia

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N. /失忆，健忘/loss of memory. Because she was suffering from amnesia, the police could not get the young girl to identify herself.

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amnesty

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N. /原谅/pardon. When his first child was born, the king granted amnesty to all in prison.

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amoral

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ADJ. /不道德的/nonmoral. The amoral individual lacks a code of ethics; he cannot tell right from wrong. The immoral per¬son can tell right from wrong; he chooses to do something he knows is wrong.

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amorous

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ADJ. /爱情的/moved by sexual love; loving. "Love them and leave them" was the motto of the amorous Don Juan.

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amorphous

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ADJ. /无形的，不成形的/formless; lacking shape or definition. As soon as we have decided on our itinerary, we shall send you a copy; right now, our plans are still amorphous.

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amphibian

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ADJ. /两栖的/able to live both on land and in water. Frogs are classified as amphibian. also N.

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amphitheater

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N. /椭圆形的剧院，斗兽场/oval building with tiers of seats. The spec¬tators in the amphitheater cheered the gladiators.

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ample

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ADJ. /丰富的，富足的/abundant. Bond had ample opportunity to escape. Why did he let us catch him?

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amplify

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V. /放大/broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger. Charlie Brown tried to amplify his remarks, but he was drowned out by jeers from the audience. Lucy was smarter: she used a loudspeaker to amplify her voice.

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amputate

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V. /截肢，切除/cut off part of body; prune. When the doctors had to amputate the young man's leg to prevent the spread of cancer, he did not let the loss of a limb keep him from participating in sports.

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amulet

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N. /护身符/charm; talisman. Around her neck she wore the amulet that the witch doctor had given her.

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anachronistic

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ADJ. /时代错误/having an error involving time in a story. The reference to clocks in Julius Caesar is anachronistic: clocks did not exist in Caesar's time. anachronism, N.

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analgesic

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ADJ. /止痛的/causing insensitivity to pain. The analgesic qualities of this lotion will provide temporary relief.

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analogous

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ADJ. /类似的/comparable. She called our attention to the things that had been done in an analogous situation and recommended that we do the same.

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analogy

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N. /类比，相似/similarity; parallelism. A well-known analogy compares the body's immune system with an army whose defending troops are the lymphocytes or white blood cells.

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anarchist

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N. /无政府主义者/person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing authority. Denying she was an anarchist, Katya maintained she wished only to make changes in our government, not to destroy it entirely. anarchy, N.

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anarchy

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N. /无政府主义/absence of governing body; state of disorder. The assassination of the leaders led to a period of anarchy.

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anathema

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N. /诅咒/solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse. The Ayatolla Khomeini heaped anath¬ema upon "the Great Satan," that is, the United States. To the Ayatolla, America and the West were anathema; he loathed the democratic nations, cursing them in his dying words. anathematize,V.

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ancestry

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N. /祖先/family descent. David can trace his ancestry as far back as the seventeenth century, when one of his ancestors was a court trumpeter somewhere in Germany. ancestral,ADJ.

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anchor

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V. /固定；锚/secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place. We set the post in concrete to anchor it in place. anchorage, N.

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ancillary

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ADJ. /辅助的/serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary. In an ancillary capacity, Doctor Watson was helpful; however, Holmes could not trust the good doctor to solve a perplex¬ing case on his own. also N.

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anecdote

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N. /奇闻轶事/short account of an amusing or interesting event. Rather than make concrete proposals for welfare reform, President Reagan told anecdotes about poor people who became wealthy despite their impoverished back¬grounds.

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anemia

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N. /贫血/condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles. The doctor ascribes her tiredness to anemia. anemic,ADJ.

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anesthetic

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N. /麻醉药/substance that removes sensation with or with¬out loss of consciousness. His monotonous voice acted like an anesthetic; his audience was soon asleep. anesthesia, N.

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anguish

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N. /极度痛苦/acute pain; extreme suffering. Visiting the site of the explosion, the governor wept to see the anguish of the victims and their families.

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angular

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ADJ. /有尖角的，瘦骨嶙峋的/sharp-cornered; stiff in manner. Mr. Spock's features, though angular, were curiously attractive, in a Vul¬can way.

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animated

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ADJ. /活跃的，有生气的/lively; spirited. Jim Carrey's facial expres¬sions are highly animated: when he played Ace Ventura, he looked practically rubber-faced.

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animosity

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N. /仇恨/active enmity. He incurred the animosity of the ruling class because he advocated limitations of their power.

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animus

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N. /敌意/hostile feeling or intent. The animus of the speaker became obvious to all when he began to indulge in sarcastic and insulting remarks.

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annals

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N. /记录，历史/records; history. In the annals of this period, we find no mention of democratic movements.

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annex

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V. /接手/attach; take possession of. Mexico objected to the United States' attempts to annex the territory that later became the state of Texas.

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annihilate

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V. /毁灭，破坏/destroy. The enemy in its revenge tried to annihilate the entire population.

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annotate

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V. /评论，注释/comment; make explanatory notes. In the appendix to the novel, the editor sought to annotate many of the author's more esoteric references.

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annuity

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N. /年金，养老金/yearly allowance. The annuity he setup with the insurance company supplements his social security bene¬fits so that he can live very comfortably without working.

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annul

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v. /避免/make void. The parents of the eloped couple tried to annul the marriage.

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anoint

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V. /神圣化/consecrate. The prophet Samuel anointed David with oil, crowning him king of Israel.

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anomalous

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ADJ. /不正常的，变态的/abnormal; irregular. He was placed in the anomalous position of seeming to approve procedures which he despised.

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*anomaly

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N. /不正常/irregularity. A bird that cannot fly is an anomaly.

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anonymity

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N. /匿名/state of being nameless; anonymousness. The donor of the gift asked the college not to mention him by name; the dean readily agreed to respect his anonymity.

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anonymous

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ADJ. /匿名的/having no name. She tried to ascertain the identity of the writer of the anonymous letter.

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antagonism

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N. /反抗，敌对/hostility; active resistance. Barry showed his antagonism toward his new stepmother by ignoring her whenever she tried talking to him. antagonistic,ADJ.

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antecede

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V. /先于/precede. The invention of the radiotelegraph anteceded the development of television by a quarter of a century.

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antecedents

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N. /历史环境；历史背景/preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background. Susi Bechhofer's ignorance of her Jewish background had its antecedents in the chaos of World War II. Smuggled out of Germany and adopted by a Christian family, she knew nothing of her birth and antecedents until she was reunited with her family in 1989.

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antediluvian

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ADJ. /远古，上古，及其久远/antiquated; extremely ancient. Looking at his great-aunt's antique furniture, which must have been clut¬tering up her attic since the time of Noah's flood, the young heir exclaimed, "Heavens! How positively antediluvian!"

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anthem

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N. /圣歌，赞美诗/song of praise or patriotism. Let us now all join in singing the national anthem.

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anthology

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N. /选集/book of literary selections by various authors. This anthology of science fiction was compiled by the late Isaac Asimov. anthologize,V.

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anthropocentric

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ADJ. /人类中心说/regarding human beings as the cen¬ter of the universe. Without considering any evidence that might challenge his anthropocentric viewpoint, Hector cate¬gorically maintained that dolphins could not be as intelligent as men. anthropocentrism, N.

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anthropoid

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ADJ. /类人的/manlike. The gorilla is the strongest of the anthropoid animals. also N.

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anthropologist

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N. /人类学家/a student of the history and science of mankind. Anthropologists have discovered several relics of prehistoric man in this area.

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anthropomorphic

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ADJ. /人形的/having human form or characteris¬tics. Primitive religions often have deities with anthropomor¬phic characteristics. anthropomorphism, N.

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anticlimax

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N. /反高潮，突降/letdown in thought or emotion. After the fine performance in the first act, the rest of the play was an anti¬climax. anticlimactic,ADJ.

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antidote

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N. /解药/medicine to counteract a poison or disease. When Marge's child accidentally swallowed some cleaning fluid, the local poison control hotline instructed Marge how to administer the antidote.