GMAT 01 Flashcards
1
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ab·duct
verb
\ab-ˈdəkt\
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- VERB 诱拐；劫持；绑架 If someone is abducted by another person, he or she is taken away illegally, usually using force.
His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen…
他的车遭遇拦劫，随后他被4名持枪歹徒劫持。
She was charged with abducting a six-month-old child.
她被控诱拐一个6个月大的孩子。
abduction: …the abduction of four youths.对4名青年的绑架
— ab·duc·tor -ˈdək-tər\ noun
2
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abol·ish
verb
\ə-ˈbä-lish\
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- VERB 废除，废止（制度、习俗等） If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder…
议会于翌年表决对谋杀罪废除死刑。
The whole system should be abolished.
整个制度应该被废除。
— abol·ish·able -li-shə-bəl\ adjective
— abol·ish·er noun
— abol·ish·ment -mənt\ noun
3
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ab·o·li·tion·ism
noun
-ˈli-shən-ˌi-zəm\
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- N-COUNT 废除主义者;主张废除（某种制度或习俗）的人 An abolitionist is someone who campaigns for the abolition of a particular system or practice.
By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies…
到1838年，废奴主义者迫使议会出于道德压力而废除了英国殖民地的奴隶制。
As long as most people are happy to have the monarchy, the abolitionist position is an arrogant fantasy.
只要大多数人还乐意保留君主制，废除它的主张就是痴人说梦。
— ab·o·li·tion·ist -ist\ noun or adjective
4
Q
ab·ro·gate
verb
\ˈa-brə-ˌgāt\
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n.取消，废除
— ab·ro·ga·tion \ˌa-brə-ˈgā-shən\ noun
5
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abrupt
adj
\ə-ˈbrəpt\
A
adv.突然地； 意外地； (言谈举止)唐突地； <地质>陡起地
— abrupt·ly \ə-ˈbrəp(t)-lē\ adverb
— abrupt·ness \ə-ˈbrəp(t)-nəs\ noun
There was an abrupt change in the weather.
The road came to an abrupt end.
The storm caused an abrupt power failure.
She has an abrupt manner.
6
Q
ab·scis·ic acid
noun
\ˌab-ˈsi-zik-\
A
植物学
<名>
1.脱落酸
生物化学
<名>
1.脱落酸
7
Q
ab·scis·sa
noun
\ab-ˈsi-sə\
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n.<数>横坐标； 横轴线
8
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absolute value
A
n.绝对值
9
Q
ab·sti·nence
noun
\ˈab-stə-nən(t)s\
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- N-UNCOUNT 戒绝；节制；禁欲 Abstinence is the practice of abstaining from something such as alcoholic drink or sex, often for health or religious reasons.
…six months of abstinence.
禁欲6个月
…total abstinence from alcohol.
彻底戒酒
— ab·sti·nent -nənt\ adjective
— ab·sti·nent·ly adverb
10
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ab·sur·di·ty
noun
\əb-ˈsər-də-tē\
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n.极端无理性； 荒谬； 谬论； 荒谬的行为
<to say men can’t cook as well as women is of course an absurdity>
<the absurdity of expecting a 98-year-old woman to adequately supervise four six-year-olds>
11
Q
ac·cel·er·ate
verb
-lə-ˌrāt\
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- V-ERG （使）加快；（使）增速 If the process or rate of something accelerates or if something accelerates it, it gets faster and faster.
Growth will accelerate to 2.9 per cent next year…
明年的增长会加快到2.9%。
The government is to accelerate its privatisation programme.
政府将加快其私有化计划的进程。 - VERB （运动中的车辆）加速 When a moving vehicle accelerates, it goes faster and faster.
Suddenly the car accelerated…
汽车突然加速。
She accelerated away from the kerb.
她加速驶离了马路牙子。
— ac·cel·er·at·ing·ly -ˌrā-tiŋ-lē\ adverb
12
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ac·cess
noun
\ˈak-ˌses\
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- N-UNCOUNT 进入（权）；通道;入径 If you have access to a building or other place, you are able or allowed to go into it.
The facilities have been adapted to give access to wheelchair users.
这些设施已经改造过以方便轮椅使用者进入。
Scientists have only recently been able to gain access to the area…
科学家直到最近才得以进入该地区。 - N-UNCOUNT 查阅（或使用）的机会（或权利） If you have access to something such as information or equipment, you have the opportunity or right to see it or use it.
…a Code of Practice that would give patients right of access to their medical records.
允许病人查看自己病历的职业准则
…whether one has access to a dish and the other accoutrements needed to watch satellite TV.
是否能使用碟型卫星天线以及其他观看卫星电视所需要的装备 - N-UNCOUNT 接近（或面见）的机会（或权利） If you have access to a person, you have the opportunity or right to see them or meet them.
He was not allowed access to a lawyer.
他未被获准见律师。
My ex-wife deliberately sabotages my access to the children.
我的前妻蓄意阻挠我见孩子。 - VERB 存取，访问(计算机信息） If you access something, especially information held on a computer, you succeed in finding or obtaining it.
You’ve illegally accessed and misused confidential security files.
你已经非法访问并盗用了机密的安全文件。
13
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ac·ci·den·tal
adj
\ˌak-sə-ˈden-təl\
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- ADJ 意外的；偶然（发生）的 An accidental event happens by chance or as the result of an accident, and is not deliberately intended.
The jury returned a verdict of accidental death…
陪审团作出意外死亡的正式裁决。
His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
就在有意无意间，他的手轻轻拂过她的手。
accidentally: A policeman accidentally killed his two best friends with a single bullet…一名警察不慎一枪打死了他的两个挚友。A special locking system means the door cannot be opened accidentally.特殊的锁定系统使门不会被意外打开。
— ac·ci·den·tal·ly -ˈden-təl-ē\
— ac·ci·dent·ly -ˈdent-lē\ adverb
— ac·ci·den·tal·ness -ˈden-təl-nəs\ noun
14
Q
ac·cli·mate
verb
\ˈa-klə-ˌmāt\
A
v.使适应新环境，使服水土 服水土，适应
I acclimated myself to the hot weather.
You might need to acclimate your plants to bright sunlight gradually.
We took a few days to get acclimated to our new teacher.
15
Q
ac·com·mo·da·tion
noun
\ə-ˌkä-mə-ˈdā-shən\
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- N-UNCOUNT 住处；住所 Accommodation is used to refer to buildings or rooms where people live or stay.
The government will provide temporary accommodation for up to three thousand people…
政府将给多达3,000人提供临时住处。
Prices start at £1,095 per person, including flights, hotel accommodation and various excursions…
起价为单人1,095英镑，包括机票、旅店住宿和各种出游费用。
in AM, use 美国英语用 accommodations - N-UNCOUNT （楼房或交通工具内的）空间，座位，铺位 Accommodation is space in buildings or vehicles that is available for certain things, people, or activities.
The school occupies split-site accommodation on the main campus…
该学院分散在主校区不同地点。
Some trains carry bicycles, but accommodation is restricted so a reservation is essential.
有些火车可以运载自行车，但因空间有限需要提前预订。
Usage Note :
Be careful with the spelling of this word.
注意该词的拼写。 - N-COUNT 和解；调和 An accommodation is an agreement between different people which enables them to exist together without trouble.
His instinct would be to seek a new accommodation with the nationalists…
他本能的反应会是寻求与民族主义者取得新的和解。
Religions, to survive, must make accommodations with the larger political structures that nurture them.
为了生存，宗教必须同其赖以存在的更大的政治体系相调和。
— ac·com·mo·da·tion·al -shə-nəl\ adjective
16
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ac·cord
verb
\ə-ˈkȯrd\
A
- N-COUNT （国家、团体之间的正式）协定，协议，条约 An accord between countries or groups of people is a formal agreement, for example to end a war.
…a fitting way to celebrate the peace accord.
庆祝和平协定的恰当的方式 - VERB 使受到，给予（某种待遇） If you are accorded a particular kind of treatment, people act towards you or treat you in that way.
His predecessor was accorded an equally tumultuous welcome… 他的前任受到了同样热烈的欢迎。
The government accorded him the rank of Colonel…
政府授予他上校军衔。 - VERB （与…）一致，符合 If one fact, idea, or condition accords with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them.
Such an approach accords with the principles of socialist ideology. 这种方法与社会主义意识形态的原则相符。
…scientific evidence that did not fully accord with the facts uncovered by the police.
与警方所掌握的情况不完全一致的科学证据 - See also: according to
- PHRASE （与…）一致；（与…）相符 If one person, action, or fact is in accord with another, they are in agreement and there is no conflict between them. You can also say that two people or things are in accord.
…this military action, taken in accord with United Nations resolutions… 依据联合国决议而采取的本次军事行动
Old enemies can become new friends even if all their national interests are not in complete accord.
即使国家利益不尽相同，他们也可以化敌为友。 - PHRASE 自动地;不借助外力地 If something happens of its own accord, it seems to happen by itself, without anyone making it happen.
In many cases the disease will clear up of its own accord.
这种病很多情况下会自愈。 - PHRASE 自愿地；主动地 If you do something of your own accord, you do it because you want to, without being asked or forced.
He did not quit as France’s prime minister of his own accord. 他辞去法国总理职务并非出于自愿。 - PHRASE 一致地；一致同意地 If a number of people do something with one accord, they do it together or at the same time, because they agree about what should be done.
With one accord they turned and walked back over the grass. 他们步调一致地转身走过草坪。
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ac·cord·ing·ly
adv
\ə-ˈkȯr-diŋ-lē\
A
- ADV 因此；于是 You use accordingly to introduce a fact or situation which is a result or consequence of something that you have just referred to.
We have a different background, a different history. Accordingly, we have the right to different futures…
我们有不同的背景和不同的历史。因此，我们有权拥有不同的未来。
The workforce have recently been calling for their working hours to be reduced. Many companies have accordingly switched to a five-day week.
工人们最近一直在呼吁缩短工作时间。许多公司于是转成了一周五天工作制。 - ADV 照着;相应地 If you consider a situation and then act accordingly, the way you act depends on the nature of the situation.
It is a difficult job and they should be paid accordingly…
这是份棘手的工作，他们应得到相应的报酬。
The new government will make a judgment about its interests and act accordingly.
新政府将对其利害得失作出判断，并采取相应的行动。
18
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account for
A
- PHRASAL VERB （数量或比例上）占 If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it.
Computers account for 5% of the country’s commercial electricity consumption.
计算机占去该国商业用电的5%。 - PHRASAL VERB 导致；解释 If something accounts for a particular fact or situation, it causes or explains it.
Now, the gene they discovered today doesn’t account for all those cases.
不过，他们现在发现的基因无法解释所有的病例。 - PHRASAL VERB 为…提出理由;对…作出说明 If you can account for something, you can explain it or give the necessary information about it.
How do you account for the company’s alarmingly high staff turnover?…
你怎么解释这家公司高得令人忧虑的人员流动率？
He said only 200 of the train’s 600 passengers had been accounted for.
他说火车上的600名乘客中仅有200名乘客的信息得已查明。 - PHRASAL VERB 对（行动、政策等）负有责任 If someone has to account for an action or policy, they are responsible for it, and may be required to explain it to other people or be punished if it fails.
The President and the President alone must account for his government’s reforms.
总统必须为他的政府改革负责，而且是负全责。 - PHRASAL VERB 将（钱款）列入预算 If a sum of money is accounted for in a budget, it has been included in that budget for a particular purpose.
The really heavy redundancy costs have been accounted for.
非常庞大的裁员开支已被列入预算。 - PHRASAL VERB 杀死；消灭；打败 If you account for an enemy or opponent, you kill, destroy, or beat them.
In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft…
5月的头10天里我们中队至少报销了7架敌机。
In the final they accounted for Brentford by three goals to two.
决赛时他们以3比2击败了布伦特福德队。
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ac·crue
verb
\ə-ˈkrü\
A
- V-ERG （使）（钱或利息）逐渐增加 If money or interest accrues or if you accrue it, it gradually increases in amount over a period of time.
I owed £5,000 — part of this was accrued interest…
我欠款5,000英镑，其中一部分是累计的利息。
If you do not pay within 28 days, interest will accrue…
如果28天之内不付款，就会自然生息。 - V-ERG （利润、好处等）累积，积聚，增加 If things such as profits or benefits accrue to someone, they are added to over a period of time.
…the expectation that profits will accrue.
希望利润会增加的期待
…a project from which considerable benefit will accrue to the community…
使社区持续受益的项目
— ac·cru·able -ˈkrü-ə-bəl\ adjective
— ac·crue·ment -ˈkrü-mənt\ noun
20
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ac·qui·esce
verb
\ˌa-kwē-ˈes\
A
- VERB 同意；默认；默许；顺从 If you acquiesce in something, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
Steve seemed to acquiesce in the decision…
史蒂夫好像默认了这个决定。
He has gradually acquiesced to the demands of the opposition…
他渐渐顺从了反对派的要求。
