Barron 3500词汇逆序,适用于SAT考试等。本人整理时进行了少量美化与修正,如发现存在问题请赐教。
saccharine adj. 糖精的;代糖的;极甜的 cloyingly sweet. doctrine n. 教育;学说 teachings, in general; particular principle (religious, legal, etc. figurine n. 小雕像 small ornamental statuette. quarantine n. 隔离 isolation of person or ship to prevent spread of infection. clandestine adj. 秘密 secret.
philistine n. 俗气的人,无教养的人;心胸狭窄的人 narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain.
pristine adj. 史前的;质朴的 characteristic of earlier times; primitive; unspoiled. sanguine adj. 高兴的;有希望的;乐天的 cheerful; hopeful. equine adj. 似马的 resembling a horse. divine v. 运用直觉,超能力;预见 perceive intuitively; foresee the future. bovine adj. 牛的;迟钝的;耐心的 cowlike; placid and dull. hone v. 磨尖 sharpen.
drone v. 嗡嗡声;语气呆板的声音 talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee. drone n. 闲人;雄蜂 idle person; male bee. prone adj. 倾向于 inclined to; prostrate. atone v. 补偿;偿还 make amends for; pay for. touchstone n. 试金石;准绳;标准;尺度 stone used to test the fineness of gold alloys; criterion. immune adj. 免疫;抵抗 resistant to; free or exempt from. prune v. 切掉;修剪 cut away; trim. importune v. 强求;不停的求 beg persistently. opportune adj. 世纪恰巧的;刚好的 timely; well-chosen. inopportune adj. 不合时宜的 untimely; poorly chosen. floe n. 浮殡冰块;大浮冰 mass of floating ice. woe n. 悲哀的 deep, inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering. ape v. 模仿 imitate or mimic. gape v. 张着嘴呆看;裂缝 open widely; stare open-mouthed. kaleidoscope n. 万花筒 tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc.
lope v. 慢跑 gallop slowly.
misanthrope n. 厌恶人类的人;憎人者 one who hates mankind. dupe n. 易被开涮的人 someone easily fooled. archetype n. 原形 prototype; primitive pattern. stereotype n. 老套;一成不变;铅版 fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture, often reflecting prejudice.
prototype n. 原型 original work used as a model by others. threadbare adj. 褴褛的;破烂不堪的 worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor. fanfare n. 号角声 call by bugles or trumpets. blare n. 大声喊叫,令人眩晕的强光 loud, harsh roar or screech; dazzling blaze of light. mediocre adj. 普通的,一般的 ordinary; commonplace. adhere v. 黏着 stick fast.
cohere v. 粘住的 stick together.
austere adj. 严厉的;朴素的 forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented. ire n. 怒气 anger.
doctrinaire adj. 教条的;顽固的 unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding.