GRE重点单词语境记忆（4）

 　　导言：亲爱的同学们，记得小时候的萤火虫(firefly)吗?看到过脏得发黑的(dingy¹)窗帘吗?怀念某个细雨蒙蒙的(drizzly²)早晨吗?今天就跟随我们的GRE重点单词，学学这些单词吧!GRE单词语境记忆，让记忆单词快速准确!

　　Ossify³僵化

　　An ossified⁴ political system僵化的政治制度Gratify使高兴

　　It gratified him to think that it was all his work.他想到这都是他的工作成果，感到十分欣慰。

　　I was gratified by their invitation.收到他们的邀请，我感到很高兴。

　　Stratify使分层

　　A highly stratified society高度分化的社会Stratified rock成层岩

　　Stultify⁵使某人感到空乏迟钝;使无用

　　The regular use of calculators could stultify a child’s capacity to do basic mental operations.经常使用计算器会使孩子用脑进行基本运算的能力变得迟钝。

　　This work is absolutely stultifying⁶.这工作委实让人感到空虚无聊。

　　The program of taxation⁷ reform was stultified⁸ by public indifference⁹.税收改革方案因公众反应冷淡而成了一纸空文。

　　Sanctify使神圣化;使正当化;净化

　　This was a practice sanctified by tradition.这是一种合乎传统的做法。

　　He wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.他想圣化贫困而不是消除它。

　　Sanctify your heart.净化你们的心灵。

　　Mortify¹⁰使难堪;使羞愧

　　She was mortified¹¹ to realize he had heard every word she said.她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了，直羞得无地自容。

　　He mortified his parents by his bad behavior.他的不端行为使父母丢脸。

　　He was mortified by comparisons between his classmates’ good marks and his own.拿自己的成绩与同学们的优异成绩相比较他感到羞愧。

　　Stodgy¹²使人胀饱的;古板乏味的

　　...drowsiness¹³ induced by a stodgy meal.饱餐一顿后引起的困倦The fellow was stodgy and solemn.那家伙古板乏味，一本正经。

　　Soggy浸水的

　　A soggy lawn湿润的草地

　　When we got home,k we were soggy and depressed¹⁴.我们回到家时，全身湿透，意气沮丧。

　　Soggy bread受潮的面包

　　Soggy ground泥泞的土地

　　Tangy有强烈盐味的;气味刺鼻的

　　A tangy sea breeze带强烈盐味的海风

　　A tangy homemade cheese气味刺鼻的家庭自制干酪Scandal is always a tangy bit of news.丑闻总是一种有点儿刺激性的新闻。

　　Spongy海绵的;有弹性的

　　A spongy dough¹⁵海绵似的面团

　　The ground was soft and spongy.土地松软，像海绵似的。

　　Dingy肮脏的

　　A dingy room又黑又脏的房间

　　Dingy curtain脏得发黑的窗帘

　　Trophy¹⁶胜利纪念品;战利品

　　He was going to hang the lion’s head on the wall as a trophy.他将把那狮子头挂在墙上作为纪念品。

　　A tennis trophy网球赛奖杯

　　Firefly萤火虫

　　I used to catch fireflies in the front yard and put them in jars.我过去常常抓萤火虫，并把它们放在罐子里。

　　Folly¹⁷蠢事

　　It would be folly to light a fire near that wood.在那个森里附近点火实属蠢举。

　　Don’t support him in his folly.别支持他干蠢事。

　　Gingerly极为谨慎的(地)

　　Make a gingerly snatch at sth.小心翼翼地伸手抓某物Step down gingerly from the horse战战兢兢地下马Handle a china vase gingerly小心翼翼地轻手摆弄瓷花瓶Drizzly下毛毛雨的

　　A drizzly morning一个细雨蒙蒙的早晨

　　Untimely不是时候的;过早的

　　An untimely downpour stopped the game.不凑巧的倾盆大雨使比赛中断。

　　An untimely death夭折

　　Monogamous一夫一妻的

　　A monogamous marriage一夫一妻的婚姻

　　Most birds are monogamous.大多数飞禽都是但配性的。

　　Measly很小的;麻疹的

　　I get a measly $4 an hour.我每小时只拿少得可怜的4美金。

　　A measly performance拙劣的表演

　　Husky有壳的;声音嘶哑的

　　A husky covering壳状覆盖物

　　Don’t repeat that husky phrase.不要老是重复那句空话。

　　A husky cough干咳

　　You sound husky today.今天你声音有些嘶哑。

 

1 dingy   

adj.昏暗的，肮脏的

参考例句：

• It was a street of dingy houses huddled together. 这是一条挤满了破旧房子的街巷。
• The dingy cottage was converted into a neat tasteful residence.那间脏黑的小屋已变成一个整洁雅致的住宅。

2 drizzly   

a.毛毛雨的(a drizzly day)

参考例句：

• This section of the country is drizzly in the winter. 该国的这一地区在冬天经常细雨蒙蒙。
• That region is drizzly in winter. 那个地区冬天常下小雨。

3 ossify   

v.硬化，骨化

参考例句：

• It is easy for the mind to ossify.脑筋是易于僵化的。
• It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry.人们认为实行配给制会使农业失去活力。

4 ossified   

adj.已骨化[硬化]的v.骨化，硬化，使僵化( ossify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• an ossified political system 僵化的政治制度
• His thinking has ossified as he's grown older;he won't accept new ideas. 随着年岁的增长，他的思想僵化了，他不接受新观点。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 stultify   

v.愚弄；使呆滞

参考例句：

• This attitude stultifies scientific progress.这种态度会扼杀科学的进步。
• Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.只有一名穿制服的无聊警卫可能偷听到了他们的谈话。

6 stultifying   

v.使成为徒劳，使变得无用( stultify的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• the stultifying effects of work that never varies 一成不变的工作造成的使人呆滞的后果
• At its worst it is corrosive and it is stultifying. 在最坏的情况下，时间具有腐蚀作用，而且使人更为愚钝。 来自互联网

7 taxation   

n.征税，税收，税金

参考例句：

• He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。

8 stultified   

v.使成为徒劳，使变得无用( stultify的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Their unhelpfulness has stultified our efforts to improve things. 他们不管事，我们为改进工作的用心也就白费了。 来自辞典例句
• He was stultified, shocked, paralyzed. 他当时一听，吓傻了，气坏了，瘫痪了。 来自辞典例句

9 indifference   

n.不感兴趣，不关心，冷淡，不在乎

参考例句：

• I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。
• He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。

10 mortify   

v.克制，禁欲，使受辱

参考例句：

• The first Sunday,in particular,their behaviours served to mortify me.到了这里第一个星期，她们的行为几乎把我气死。
• For if ye live after the flesh,ye shall die:but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,ye shall live.你们若顺从肉体活着必要死。若靠着圣灵治死身体的恶行必要活着。

11 mortified   

v.使受辱( mortify的过去式和过去分词 )；伤害（人的感情）；克制；抑制（肉体、情感等）

参考例句：

• She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said. 她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了，直羞得无地自容。
• The knowledge of future evils mortified the present felicities. 对未来苦难的了解压抑了目前的喜悦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 stodgy   

adj.易饱的；笨重的；滞涩的；古板的

参考例句：

• It wasn't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy home cooking.母亲给她吃易饱的家常菜，她想减掉婴儿肥可是很难。
• The gateman was a stodgy fellow of 60.看门人是个六十岁的矮胖子。

13 drowsiness   

n.睡意；嗜睡

参考例句：

• A feeling of drowsiness crept over him. 一种昏昏欲睡的感觉逐渐袭扰着他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This decision reached, he finally felt a placid drowsiness steal over him. 想到这，来了一点平安的睡意。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

14 depressed   

adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的

参考例句：

• When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
• His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。

15 dough   

n.生面团；钱，现款

参考例句：

• She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
• The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。

16 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。

17 folly   

n.愚笨，愚蠢，蠢事，蠢行，傻话

参考例句：

• Learn wisdom by the folly of others.从别人的愚蠢行动中学到智慧。
• Events proved the folly of such calculations.事情的进展证明了这种估计是愚蠢的。