考博单词强记14 Flashcards
tranquil
tranquil [‘træŋkwil] adj. 安静的, 宁静的, 稳定的, 不变的 例句: He looked at the man with a tranquil eye. 他以平静的眼神看着那个男人。 A calm or tranquil state of mind; self-possession. 冷静,沉着头脑镇定或沉着的状态; 自我克制 Both my husband and I love the tranquil life in the country. 我丈夫和我都喜欢乡村的宁静生活。
transaction
transaction [træn’zækʃən] n.交易, 办理, 处理, 事务 (复)transactions: 学报,会报 例句: Had you not helped us, we should have canceled this transaction. 假如没有你的帮助,这笔生意早就告吹了。 His failure in this transaction was due to nothing else than his own carelessness. 他在这笔交易中的失利完全是由于他自己的粗心大意。 What do you want to do after you have concluded this transaction? 这笔生意成交之后你想做什么?
transcend
transcend [træn’send] v.超越, 胜过 例句: She far transcends the others in beauty and intelligence. 她才貌出众。
transcribe
transcribe [træns’kraib] v.抄写, 用音标标出,改编(乐曲), 转录 例句: She jot down a few note, and later transcribe them into an exercise book. 她草草做了些笔记,然后誊写在练习本上。 She jotted down a few notes, and later transcribed them into an exercise book. 她草草做了些笔记,然后誊写在练习本上。
transient
transient [‘trænʃənt,’trænziənt] adj.短暂的 n.短期居留者, <电>顺变电流 例句: A transient phenomenon or property, especially a transient electric current. 瞬变现象一种瞬间变化的现象或性质,尤指瞬变的电流 One that is transient, especially a hotel guest or boarder who stays for only a brief time. 临时旅客过路人,尤指只呆很短一段时间的旅馆住宿者 Her feeling of depression was transient. 她那抑郁的心情一会儿就过去了。
transit
transit [‘trænsit] n.运输, 经过, 转变, [天]中天,凌日, 经纬仪 vt.穿越, 旋转 vi.越过 例句: You must allow for five per cent wastage in transit. 在运输中要允许有百分之五的损耗量。 A movement from one place to another, as by going by, through, over, or across; transit or migration. 通过从一处到另一处的移动,如经过、穿过、越过或横穿; 转移或迁移 The transit was damaged by flood. 运输线被洪水破坏了。
transmission
transmission [træns’miʃən] n.传输, 传播, 播送, 变速器 例句: A 4-speed automatic transmission is optional. 四段自动变速器是可自由选择的。 He varied the transmission frequency. 他变换了无线电传送的频率。 A means of one-way transmission. 单向传输的一种手段。
transparent
transparent [træns’perənt] adj.透明的, 明显的, 清晰的 例句: A small, transparent, often tubular laboratory vessel. 试管一种透明的、通常为管状的实验用小容器 Chiffon is a kind of thin, almost transparent fabric. 雪纺绸是一种几乎透明的丝质薄织物。 The meaning of this passage seems quite transparent. 这一段的意思看来是相当清楚的。
transverse
transverse [træns’və:s] adj. 横向的, 横放的, 横切的 n. 横向物, 横断面 n. [解]横肌, [数]横轴 例句: A transverse or horizontal piece, as of a structure or implement. 横梁结构或工具等的横向的或水平部分 An upright post with a transverse piece near the top, on which condemned persons were executed in ancient times. 十字架一根在接近顶端地方横梁的立柱,在古代用来处死被判有罪的人 A medal, emblem, or insignia in the form of an upright post with a transverse piece near the top of it, or a modification thereto. 十字勋章用接近顶部的地方横梁上的一根立柱的形状制成的勋章或徽章或由此加以装饰的饰物
traverse
traverse [‘trævə:s] n.横贯, 横木 v.横贯, 穿越, 详细讨论, 阻止,否认 例句: The sea is a path meet for swift ships that traverse the brine, but bulls dread the salt sea ways. 大海是来往于咸水之中的快艇的运动场,不是牡牛行走的地方。 The railway traverses hundreds of miles of desert. 这条铁路贯穿数百英里的沙漠。 Searching lights traversed the sky. 探照灯扫过天空。
tread
tread [tred] n.步法, 踏面, 胎面花纹, 鞋底 v.踩, 行走, 践踏, (鸟类)交配 例句: This is sanctified ground, and we may not tread upon it. 这是圣地,我们不可践踏。 I don’t want to tread on anybody’s toes so I won’t say what I think. 我谁也不想得罪,所以我不把想法说出来。 The cattle had trodden a path to the pond. 牛群踩出了一条通往池塘的小径。
tremble
tremble [‘trembl] n.战悚, 颤抖 v.发抖, 忧虑, 震颤 例句: The whole house trembled when the train went by. 火车经过时,整座房子都在震颤。 He was trembling with rage. 他气得发抖。 I tremble to think what’s going to happen. 我一想到即将发生的事就担心。
tremendous
tremendous [tri’mendəs] adj.巨大的, 惊人的 例句: He has a tremendous hold over his younger brother. 他对他弟弟很有影响。 She does her work with tremendous vigour. 她工作起来干劲十足。 The discovery caused a tremendous commotion in the scientific world. 那项发现在科学界引起极大的震动。
trial
trial [‘traiəl] n.审讯, 试验, 试用, 尝试, 预赛或选拔赛,讨厌的事, 惹麻烦的人 v.测试 例句: Her child is a trial to his teachers. 她的孩子让老师很伤脑筋。 He’s on trial for his life. 他正在受决定他生死的审判, The new aircraft has performed very well in its initial trials. 这种新式飞机在最初几次试飞中表现性能良好。
trick
trick [trik] n.诡计, 花招, 把戏, 诀窍 vt.欺骗, 戏弄 adj.有诡计的, 有阴谋的 例句: Her partner tried to trick her out of her share. 她的合伙人企图骗走她的股份。 The police tricked him into making a confession. 警察哄骗他作了招认。 He played some clever magic tricks. 他表演了一些巧妙的魔术。
trifle
trifle [‘traifl] n.琐事, 少量 v.浪费, 玩弄 例句: We trifled too long at the fair. 我们在集市上逛得太久了。 He’s just trifling with her affections. 他只是在玩弄她的感情。 He told her not to pester him with trifles. 他告诉她别拿些琐事来烦他。
trigger
trigger [‘trigə] v.使发生, 触发, 使运行 n.板机, 起因 例句: I pulled the trigger and the gun went off. 我一扣扳机,枪就响了。 A pulse to gate the output of a core memory sense amplifier into a trigger in a register. 将磁心存储器读出放大器的输出选通到寄存器的触发器中的一种脉冲。
trim
trim [trim] v.修剪, 削减, 装饰, 调整帆以适应风向 adj.整洁的, 匀称的 n.修剪, 整齐, 装饰 例句: We have to trim our cost if we want to increase our profit. 我们如果想增加利润,就必须削减开支。 I’ll have my hair trimmed tomorrow. 明天我要修剪头发。 My daughter has a trim figure. 我女儿身材匀称。
trimming
trimming [‘trimiŋ] n.整顿,修剪, 装饰, 边角料 例句: A decorative upright trimming or molding along the edge of a table top, tray, or shelf. 边缘装饰在桌子顶部、托盘或书架边缘处的直立的装饰品或造型 The hair-covered, dressed pelt of such a mammal, used in the making of garments and as trimming or decoration. 毛皮用于制造衣服和做镶制或装饰品的带毛的上述哺乳动物的皮 Ornamental trimming for a garment, as braid, lace, or metallic beads. 金银线镶边衣物的装饰必镶边,如流通带、饰带或金属珠子
trip
trip [trip] n.旅行, 摔倒, 差错,轻快的步伐 vt.使跌倒, 使失败,使犯错,起锚,竖帆 vi.绊倒, 旅行, 轻快地走, 失误, 结巴 例句: She came tripping down the garden path. 她轻快地沿花园小径跑过来。 They planned to make a wedding trip to Paris. 他们计划到巴黎旅行度蜜月。 He tripped on a tree root. 他被一株树根绊倒了。
triumph
triumph [‘traiəmf] n.凯旋, 成就, 胜利, 欢欣 vi.战胜, 庆祝胜利 例句: Advancing culture is bound to triumph over declining culture. 先进的文化必然战胜没落的文化。 Justice will triumph over injustice. 正义必将战胜非正义。 The house is an architectural triumph. 这所房子是建筑学的成就。
trivial
trivial [‘triviəl] adj.不重要的, 琐碎的 例句: It’s a trivial matter and not worth fighting about. 区区小事不值得争吵。 He could remember every trivial incident in great detail. 他能把每件小事的细节都记得很清楚。 I object to being jumped upon for trivial matter like this. 我讨厌因这种小事而受人责备。
tug
tug [tʌg] n.用力拉, 拖船 v.用力拉 例句: I felt a tug at my sleeve. 我觉得有人拽了一下我的袖子。 She tried to tug my hand away. 她试图把我的手拉开。 Tom felt a tug at his sleeve. 汤姆觉得有人拉了拉他的衣袖。
tuition
tuition [tju:’iʃən] n.学费, 教诲, 教学 例句: Mary has derived a lot of benefit from her tuition. 玛丽从她的教学中得到很大收益。 She pays for her board and lodging, her uncle finds her in tuition. 她自己负责膳宿,她叔叔供给她学费。 By pinch and scraping for the last five year, she have enough money to pay for her son’s tuition. 在过去的五年里,她省吃俭用,终於积足了钱可支付她儿子的学费
tumble
tumble [‘tʌmbl] v.暴跌, 倒塌, 跌倒, 翻滚, 弄乱, 明白, 突然发现 n.暴跌, 跌跤, 混乱 例句: I threw off my clothes and tumbled into bed. 我脱掉衣服倒在床上便睡了。 The breakers came tumbling onto the shore. 浪涛滚滚而来拍打著岸边。 She tumbled down the stairs. 她滚下了楼梯。
turbulent
turbulent [‘tə:bjulənt] adj. 狂暴的, 骚动的, 动荡的, 汹涌的 例句: A turbulent, swift-flowing stream. 急流形成旋涡的,迅速流动的水流 The sea is too turbulent for sailing. 海浪太大,不宜航行。 She tried to calm her turbulent thoughts. 她试图平息一下紊乱的思绪。
tutor
tutor [‘tju:tə] n.家庭教师, 导师 v.指导, 当家庭教师, 当导师 例句: My tutor is an accomplished scholar. 我的导师是一位学识渊博的学者。 His parents employed a tutor to teach him Greek. 他父母雇佣了一位家庭教师来教他希腊语。 For extra money, she tutors on weekends. 为了多挣些钱,她在周末当家庭教师。
twinkle
twinkle [‘twiŋkl] vi.闪耀, 闪烁, 眨眼,轻快移动 vt.使闪耀 n.闪烁, 闪耀, 眨眼,瞬息 例句: The little boy had a wicked twinkle in his eyes. 这个男孩的眼睛里闪烁着调皮的光。 He disappeared in a twinkling of an eye. 转眼间他就无影无踪了。 He stared up at the stars twinkling in the sky above him. 他抬眼凝视着头顶上方星光闪烁的天空。
twist
twist [twist] v.缠绕, 捻, 搓, 拧, 扭曲 n.拧, 捻, 扭曲, 盘旋, 弯曲处 例句: I twisted round in my seat to speak to her. 我坐在位子上转过身来跟她说话。 The metal frame tends to twist under pressure. 这种金属框受压後容易变形。 She’ll let you borrow the car if you twist her arm. 你要是硬要她把汽车借给你,她就借给你。
twitch
twitch [twitʃ] v. 急拉, 抽动, 痉挛, 抽搐 n. 扯, 阵痛, 痉挛 例句: She twitched the corner of the rug to straighten it. 她拉了拉小地毯的一角,把它弄正。 She twitched the curtain into place. 她猛地拉好窗帘。 His face twitched with pain. 他的脸疼得直抽搐。
tyranny
tyranny [‘tirəni] n. 暴政, 苛政, 专制 例句: The people lifted up their voice against his tyranny. 人民大声疾呼,反对他的暴政。 People will remember the tyrannies of his reign. 人们不会忘记他统治时期的暴行。 The world has experienced many tyrannies. 这个世界已经经历过许多个专政政权。
ultimate
ultimate [‘ʌltimit] adj.根本的, 极限的, 最后的, 终极的 n.终极, 极品, 根本 例句: Their ultimate weapon was the threat of an all-out strike. 他们最後的杀手 是威胁举行大罢工。 The ultimate luxury of the trip was flying in Concorde. 这一行程中最大的享受就是乘坐协和式飞机。 Our ultimate objective is the removal of all nuclear weapons. 我们的最终目标是消除所有核武器。
unaffected
unaffected [‘ʌnə’fektid] adj.不受影响的, 不矫揉造作的, 自然的 例句: Natural and unaffected. 自然的自然的和不矫揉造作的 The children seem unaffected emotionally by their parent’s divorce. 孩子在情绪上似乎未受到父母离婚的影响。 These rights are unaffected by the new laws. 这些权利不受新法规的影响。
underestimate
underestimate [‘ʌndər’estimeit] n.低估 v.低估 例句: Don’t underestimate the difficulties of the work. 不要低估了这项工作的艰巨性。 You shouldn’t underestimate the risks of the enterprise. 你不应低估这一计划的风险。 I underestimated the time we needed by 30%. 我把我们需要的时间低估了30%。
undergo
undergo [ˌʌndə’gəu] vt.经历, 经受, 遭受 例句: The castle will undergo extensive and costly renovations. 那城堡要用巨资进行全面整修。 Metals undergo expansion when heated. 金属加热时会膨胀。 This city underwent great changes. 这座城市经历了巨大的变化
undermine
undermine [ˌʌndə’main] vt.逐渐削弱, 暗中损害, 在…下挖, 从根基处损害 例句: Some Americans want to go further and undermine him(Gorbachev), even to encourage a breakup of the Soviet Union. That would only play into the hands of reactionaries, not help the reformers. 有些美国人要进一步削弱他(戈尔巴乔夫), 甚至鼓励苏联解体。那仅能予以反动派可乘之机,而无助于改革派。 Beware of the fifth column. They often infiltrate into key positions and seek to undermine the body politic from within. 要提防隐蔽的敌人,他们经常渗透到关键岗位企图从内部破坏国家政体。 An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine those with differing views. 政治迫害表面上是开展揭露颠覆的活动,但实际上用于扰乱和削弱持不同看法的人的调查
undertake
undertake [ˌʌndə’teik] v.承担, 从事, 保证, 答应 例句: An act, an offer, or a proposal that indicates readiness to undertake a course of action or open a relationship. 主动表示指出准备好了采取行动或揭示关系的一个措施、提议或建议 I’ll undertake for your security. 我将保证你的安全。 He undertook to finish the job by Friday. 他答应星期五之前完成这项工作。
undesirable
undesirable [‘ʌndi’zairəbl] adj. 不受欢迎的, 不良的, 不合意的, 讨厌的 n. 不受欢迎的人, 不良分子 例句: Faced with two equally undesirable alternatives. 进退维谷,左右为难面临两种同样不受欢迎的选择 She’s a most undesirable influence. 她是个专门不起好作用的人。 The drug has no undesirable side-effects. 这种药没有什么不良的副作用。
undigested
undigested [‘ʌndi’dʒestid] adj.未消化的,未充分理解的,未售出的
undo
undo [‘ʌn’du:] v. 解开, 松开, 取消 例句: The knot was fastened in such a way that it was impossible to undo. 这个结系得那么紧,根本解不开。 He undid most of the good work of his predecessor. 他把前任的大部分业绩毁掉了。 That mistake has undone all our good work. 那个过错使我们前功尽弃。