真题词汇总结-SAT

时间:2022-01-27 11:33:47  作者:网络 来源:网络

  Maggie在SAT真题中筛选了一些原句,给大家分享一些重点词汇以及短语。

  That this momentous event took place in Africa---the continent in which we find the first fossil evidence of creatures who looked just like us, and (somewhat later) the earliest archaeological suggestions of symbolic activities---is corroborated by a recent study of the sounds used in spoken languages around the world. The study of comparative linguistics makes it clear that languages have evolved much as organisms have done, with descendant versions branching away from the ancestral forms while still retaining for some time the imprint of their common origins. Many scientists have accordingly used the differentiation of languages as a guide to the spread of mankind across the globe. And in doing this they have traditionally concentrated on the words that make up those languages. But this has proved a tricky endeavor, for individual words change quite rapidly over time: so rapidly that beyond a time depth of about five thousand years, or ten at the very most, it turns out to he fairly hopeless to look for substantial traces of relationship.

  momentous

  Momentous:关键的,重要的

  很多同学第一次看到这个单词的时候,会认为moment变成了形容词,直接翻译成“瞬间的”,但这个单词准确的意思是“重要的,重大的”。其实moment本身还有importance in influence or effect的意思,所以自然momentous的意思就是“重要的”。

  还有两个单词意思是“重要的”:

  Measurable一般学生只能想到“可测量的”。

  Consequential一般学生只能想到“结果的”。

  总结起来:significant,momentous,measurable,consequential,这些单词的意思都是“重要的”。

  常用搭配:

  a momentous decision

  a momentous event/occasion

  corroborate

  robor词根的意思是“力量”,可以联想单词robust(强壮的,结实的,富有活力的)记忆这个词根。Cor-前缀表示“加强”,动词后缀-ate。因此corroborate类似于confirm,证实。表示“证实”的单词还有:attest,verify,validate,substantiate。

  还有一个比较特别的短语:bear out意思也是“证实,支持”。

  linguistics

  其实看到这个单词,最容易想到的是lingual(语言的,舌的)。对构词学来说,发音相似可互换原则,其实就是language换了元音字母和后缀。那linguist,后缀-ist表示“人”,因此linguist意思是语言学家。那后缀-ics一般可以表示“学科”,比如physics,economics。因此linguistics意思是“语言学”。

  evolve

  Volv词根的意思是“卷,转”,e-作为前缀意思是“出”,合起来及物动词evolve意思是“通过自然进化进程产生,发展,演变”。同义词:develop,elaborate,unfold。

  例句:

  However, just as businesses have to evolve to satisfy their customers, so does software.(然而,正如企业必须发展以满足其客户一样,软件也是如此。)

  — Jan Webering, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021

  branch away A from B

  Branch意思是“树枝,分支,分店”,br-意思是“分”比如brother。branch away A from B意思是:把A从B中分开。

  retain

  近义词区分:

  Keep:安全地由某人占有、保管或控制。

  Keep this while I'm gone.

  Retain:继续保存,特别是为了防止被威胁扣押或被迫丢失。

  They managed to retain their dignity even in poverty.

  Detain:推迟释放。扣留接受讯问.

  The act allows police to detain a suspect for up to 48 hours.

  Withhold:拒绝给予,扣留.

  Financial aid for Britain has been withheld.

  Reserve:为将来使用而储存的物品。

  These seats are reserved for special guests.

  整体翻译:

  最近对世界各地口语中使用的声音进行的一项研究,证实了这一重大事件发生在非洲。——我们在该大陆发现了与我们长相相似的生物的第一个化石证据,以及最早的象征性活动考古学建议。比较语言学的研究清楚地表明,语言的进化与生物体的进化差不多,后代版本从祖先形式分支出来,同时仍保留了它们共同起源的印记一段时间。许多科学家因此使用语言的差异作为人类在全球传播的指南。在这样做时,他们传统上专注于构成这些语言的词。但事实证明这是一项棘手的努力,因为随着时间的推移,单个词的变化非常迅速:速度如此之快,以至于超过大约五千年或最多十年的时间深度,结果证明他相当无望地寻找大量的痕迹关系。

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