剑桥雅思 2词汇

剑2

READING PASSAGE 1

AIRPORTS ON WATER

1.difficult

a.难的，困难的，费力的

同义词：hard，rough

e.g.: River deltas are difficult places for map makers.

2. dramatic

a.戏剧性的,引人注目的,给人深刻印象的

词形变化:副词:dramatically

同义词：spectacular，striking

e.g.: The changes in China’s Pearl River delta, however, are more dramatic than these natural

fluctuations.

3 .similarly

ad. 相像地, 类似于

同义词：likewise

e.g.: The giant dumper trucks rumbling across it will have finished their job by the middle of this

year and the airport itself will be built at a similarly breakneck pace.

4. rise

n.上升, 增加, 上涨, 高地, 小山, 发生, 出现

vi.升起, 起身, 发源, 起义, 高耸, 增长, 上升, 复活,使飞起

同义词：bring up，go up

e.g.: As Chek Lap Kok rises, however, another new Asian island is sinking back into the sea.

5. rarely

adv.难得，很少

同义词：merely, hardly, little, scarcely,

e.g.: The settlement is rarely even.

6. buckle

vt. 扣住, 使弯曲

同义词：bend, clasp, distort, fasten

7. crack.

vt. (使)爆裂, (使)裂开, (使)发出爆裂声

同义词：bang, blow, break

e.g.: So buildings tend to buckle and crack.

8. shift

vt. 替换, 转移, 改变, 推卸, 变速

同义词：alter, change, substitute, vary

e.g.: The site was shifted a further five kilometres.

9. consist

vi. 组成, 存在于, 一致

同义词：comprise, include, make up

e.g.: Above a seabed that consisted of 20 meters of soft alluvial silt.

10. giant

a. 庞大的, 巨大的

同义词：colossal, enormous, gigantic, huge, immense, tremendous, vast

To cope with settlement, giant terminal is supported on 900 pillars.

11. original

a. 最初的, 原始的, 有创意的

同义词：primary, first

There was some land there to begin with, the original little island and a smaller outcrop.

12. deal with

v.安排, 处理, 涉及, 做生意

同义词：solve, cope with, handle, resolve, tackle

e.g.: It would have been possible to leave this mud below the reclaimed land and to deal with the

resulting settlement by the Kansai method.

13. utility

n. 功用, 有用之物, 实用, 公用事业, 实用程序

同义词：make good use of

14. unyielding

adj.不屈服的; 顽强的; 弯曲不了的; 坚硬的

同义词：firm，inflexible，rigid，stubborn，unbending

e.g.: This makes it easier for utilities to dig trenches-granite is unyielding stuf

f.

15. persistent

a.固执的, 坚持的, 持续的, 作用持久的

同义词：never-ceasing，relentless, unrelenting

16. take into account.

v. 考虑到(顾及,体谅)

同义词：allow

e.g.: Gentler but more persistent bad weather---the downpours of the summer monsoon---is also being taken into account.

17. separate