GMAT考試詞匯精選 第37期:Unit5-5

1.butterfly n．蝴蝶(an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body)；追求享樂的人(a person chiefly occupied with the pursuit of pleasure)

聯想記憶：butter(黃油)+fly(飛)一顏色像黃油一樣會飛的東西一蝴蝶

例:The blue butterftys survival was indirectly dependent on sustaining a rabbit population of a particular size.

2.buttress n.扶壁(a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporiing or giving stability to a wall or building)；v.支持(support)

例:This pragmatic approach is buttressed by Arizona and California.

3.bygone n.過去的事(past things)；a．以前的(past);過時的(outmoded)

例:All things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures.

4.bylaw n.地方法規(a local ordinance)；規章制度(rule)

例:The proposal to amend the bylaws of an organization was circulated to its members.

5.cabin n.（船、機）艙（small room or compartment on a ship or an aircraft）

聯想記憶：cab(出租車)+in（在里面）--出租車一般小的屋子--船艙

6.cabinet n.貯藏櫥，陳列柜(piece of furniture with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying things)

7.cafrfeine n.咖啡因（stimulant drug found in tea leaves and coffee beans)

例:The candy company adds caffeine to the chocolate candy bars.

8.calamitous a．災難的，悲慘白勺（being, causing, or accompanied by calamity）

詞根記憶：來自calamity(n.災難)

例:Growing evidence that coastal erosion occurs continuously, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, has led scientists and planners to urge a stringent new approach to limiting development along the nations shoreline.

9.calcium n.鈣(a silver-white divalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group occurring only in combination)

詞根記憶：calc(石頭)+ium--僚石頭一樣硬--鈣

例:A new study finds that the more hostility people show in their behavior and attitudes, the more likely they are to have calcium deposits in the arteries of their hearts.

10.calculate v.計算(to count)；估計(to figure out)；推測(to judge to be true or probable)

詞根記憶：calcul(計算)+ate(做)--計算；推測

例:The unemployment rates that James calculates appear to be modest.//Canadian scientists have calculated that one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite.

派生詞：calculated(a．有計劃的：適合的)

1.butterfly n．蝴蝶(an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body)；追求享樂的人(a person chiefly occupied with the pursuit of pleasure)

聯想記憶：butter(黃油)+fly(飛)一顏色像黃油一樣會飛的東西一蝴蝶

例:The blue butterftys survival was indirectly dependent on sustaining a rabbit population of a particular size.

2.buttress n.扶壁(a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporiing or giving stability to a wall or building)；v.支持(support)

例:This pragmatic approach is buttressed by Arizona and California.

3.bygone n.過去的事(past things)；a．以前的(past);過時的(outmoded)

例:All things antique have grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures.

4.bylaw n.地方法規(a local ordinance)；規章制度(rule)

例:The proposal to amend the bylaws of an organization was circulated to its members.

5.cabin n.（船、機）艙（small room or compartment on a ship or an aircraft）

聯想記憶：cab(出租車)+in（在里面）--出租車一般小的屋子--船艙

6.cabinet n.貯藏櫥，陳列柜(piece of furniture with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying things)

7.cafrfeine n.咖啡因（stimulant drug found in tea leaves and coffee beans)

例:The candy company adds caffeine to the chocolate candy bars.

8.calamitous a．災難的，悲慘白勺（being, causing, or accompanied by calamity）

詞根記憶：來自calamity(n.災難)

例:Growing evidence that coastal erosion occurs continuously, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, has led scientists and planners to urge a stringent new approach to limiting development along the nations shoreline.

9.calcium n.鈣(a silver-white divalent metallic element of the alkaline-earth group occurring only in combination)

詞根記憶：calc(石頭)+ium--僚石頭一樣硬--鈣

例:A new study finds that the more hostility people show in their behavior and attitudes, the more likely they are to have calcium deposits in the arteries of their hearts.

10.calculate v.計算(to count)；估計(to figure out)；推測(to judge to be true or probable)

詞根記憶：calcul(計算)+ate(做)--計算；推測

例:The unemployment rates that James calculates appear to be modest.//Canadian scientists have calculated that one human being should be struck every nine years by a meteorite.

派生詞：calculated(a．有計劃的：適合的)