研究生英语单词详解

1.savor ['seɪvə]['sevɚ] CET6+ TEM8

•vt. 尽情享受；使有风味；加调味品于；品尝，欣赏

•vi. 有…的滋味；带有…的性质

•n. 滋味；气味；食欲

•Savor the joy of simple pleasures.

尽情享受简简单单的乐趣。

•While they bite into

the fruit, they could savor the various blends of fiber andjuices.

当他们咬一口水果，他们可以尝到各种水果纤维和汁液的混合。

•Savor the feeling of change; as we will see in the next section, it is part of what makes you human.

尽情享受改变的滋味；正如我们将在下个章节所见，它是让你成为人类的一部分。

2. refine [rɪ'faɪn][rɪ'faɪn]CET4 TEM4

•vt. 精炼，提纯；改善；使…文雅

•V-T When a substance is refined, it is made pure by having all other substances removed from it. 提炼[usu passive]

例：

Oil is refined to remove naturally occurring impurities.

油经过提炼去除天然生成的杂质。

refining N-UNCOUNT提炼

例：

...oil refining.

…炼油。

V-T If something such as a process, theory, or machine is refined, it is improved by having small changes made to it. 完善[usu passive]

例：

Surgical techniques are constantly being refined.

外科手术技术正在不断得到完善。

3. matriculate [mə'trɪkjʊleɪt] [mə'trɪkjulet] TEM8

•vt. 准许…入学；录取…入大学

•vi. 准许入学；录取

•n. 被录取者

•V-I In some countries, if you matriculate, you register formally as a student at a university, or you satisfy the academic requirements necessary for registration for a

course. (大学)注册入学; 被录取入学

例：

He matriculated in the English Literature Department at the Tokyo Imperial University.

他被东京帝国大学英语文学系录取了。

matriculation N-UNCOUNT

例：

In secondary schools across South Africa, students are taking matriculation exams.

南非全国各地的中学生正在参加大学入学考试。

4.ensue [ɪn'sjuː; en-] [ɪn'su] CET6 TEM8

•vi. 跟着发生，接着发生；继起

•vt. 追求

V-I If something ensues, it happens immediately after another event, usually as a result of it. 随即发生[no cont]

例：

If the Europeans did not reduce subsidies, a trade war would ensue.

如果欧洲不减少补贴，贸易战将随即爆发。

5. fraudulent ['frɔːdjʊl(ə)nt]['frɔdʒələnt] TEM8

•adj. 欺骗性的；不正的

ADJ A fraudulent activity is deliberately deceitful, dishonest, or untrue. 欺骗性的

例：

...fraudulent claims about being a nurse.

…谎称自己是护士。

fraudulently ADV欺骗性地[ADV with v]

例：

All 5,000 of the homes were fraudulently obtained.

5000所房子全都是骗取的

6. likelihood ['laɪklɪhʊd] ['laɪklɪhʊd] CET6 TEM4

•n. 可能性，可能

•N-UNCOUNT The likelihood of something happening is how likely it is to happen.

可能性

例：

The likelihood of infection is minimal.

传染的可能性微乎其微。

• 2.

N-SING If something is a likelihood, it is likely to happen. 可能发生的事情

例：

But the likelihood is that people would be willing to pay if they were certain that their

money was going to a good cause.

但有可能的是，如果人们确信自己的钱将用于善事，他们会愿意出钱的。

7. encounter [ɪn'kaʊntə; en-] [ɪn'kaʊntɚ]CET4 TEM4

•vt. 遭遇，邂逅；遇到

•n. 遭遇，偶然碰见

•vi. 遭遇；偶然相遇

•V-T If you encounter problems or difficulties, you experience them. 遭遇例：

Every day of our lives we encounter major and minor stresses of one kind or another.

生活中的每一天，我们会遇到或大或小的这样那样的压力。

• 2.

V-T If you encounter someone, you meet them, usually unexpectedly. 邂逅[正式]

例：

Did you encounter anyone in the building?

你在那栋大楼里偶然遇到什么人了吗？

• 3.

N-COUNT An encounter with someone is a meeting with them, particularly one that is unexpected or significant. 邂逅

例：

The author tells of a remarkable encounter with a group of South Vietnamese soldiers.

作者讲述了他与一群南越士兵的惊人邂逅。

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