GMAT 01 Flashcards
1
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cru·cial
adj
\ˈkrü-shəl\
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- ADJ-GRADED 至关重要的;关键性的 If you describe something as crucial, you mean it is extremely important.
He had administrators under him but took the crucial decisions himself…
他手下有管理人员，但重要的决策仍由他自己来做。
…the most crucial election campaign for years…
几年来最重要的竞选活动
crucially: Chewing properly is crucially important…正确的咀嚼方式是极其重要的。Crucially, though, it failed to secure the backing of the banks.然而重要的是，它没能获得银行的支持。
2
Q
crum·ple
verb
\ˈkrəm-pəl\
A
- V-ERG 压皱;(使)变皱;(使)起皱 If you crumple something such as paper or cloth, or if it crumples, it is squashed and becomes full of untidy creases and folds.
She crumpled the paper in her hand…
她把那张纸在手里揉成一团。
The front and rear of the car will crumple during a collision.
碰撞时，汽车的前部和后部会被撞瘪。
Crumple up means the same as crumple .crumple up 同 crumple
crumpled: His uniform was crumpled, untidy, splashed with mud.他的制服皱皱巴巴、邋邋遢遢，还溅满了泥污。 - VERB (因受到惊吓等)瘫倒 If someone crumples, they collapse, for example when they have received a shock.
His body crumpled…
他身子一软，倒在地上。
He immediately crumpled to the floor…
他一下子瘫倒在地。 - VERB (指脸突然)沮丧地皱起，哭丧着脸 If someone’s face crumples, they suddenly look very disappointed or as if they want to cry.
She faltered, and then her face crumpled once more.
她的声音颤抖起来，随后又露出一脸苦相。
相关词组：crumple up
(使)坍塌， (揉)皱
3
Q
crunch
verb
\ˈkrənch\
A
- VERB 嘎吱嘎吱地嚼 If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth.
She sucked an ice cube into her mouth, and crunched it loudly…
她吸了块冰块到嘴里，嘎嘣嘎嘣地大声嚼着。
Richard crunched into the apple.
理查德咬了一口苹果。 - V-ERG (使)发出碎裂声;(使)嘎吱作响 If something crunches or if you crunch it, it makes a breaking or crushing noise, for example when you step on it.
A piece of china crunched under my foot…
我踩碎了一块瓷片。
He crunched the sheets of paper in his hands.
他把那沓纸揉得嚓嚓响。
Crunch is also a noun. - VERB (在小石子铺成的路上)嘎吱嘎吱地行进 If you crunch across a surface made of very small stones, you move across it causing it to make a crunching noise.
I crunched across the gravel.
我嘎吱嘎吱地走过石子路。
…wheels crunching over a stony surface.
嘎吱嘎吱地驶过石头路面的车轮 - N-SING 紧要关头;重要事件 You can refer to an important time or event, for example when an important decision has to be made, as the crunch .
Tomorrow, though, is the crunch…
明天可就是紧要关头了。
He can rely on my support when the crunch comes…
关键时刻，他可以依靠我的支持。
If you say that something will happen if or when it comes to the crunch, you mean that it will happen if or when the time comes when something has to be done.到了必要时刻;到了关键时刻 - VERB (用计算器或计算机大量地)处理(数字) To crunch numbers means to do a lot of calculations using a calculator or computer.
I pored over the books with great enthusiasm, often crunching the numbers until 1:00 a.m.
我兴致勃勃地研究这些账簿，经常计算到凌晨1点。 - N-COUNT 缺少资金;经济收缩;财政困难 A situation in which a business or economy has very little money can be referred to as a crunch .
The UN is facing a cash crunch.
联合国面临着现金短缺问题。
…a financial crunch that could threaten the company’s future.
可能会威胁到该公司前途的财政危机
— crunch·able \ˈkrən-chə-bəl\ adjective
4
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cru·sade
noun
\krü-ˈsād\
A
- N-COUNT (长期坚定不移的)斗争，运动 A crusade is a long and determined attempt to achieve something for a cause that you feel strongly about.
Footballers launched an unprecedented crusade against racism on the terraces…
足球运动员们对阶梯看台上的种族歧视发起了一场空前的运动。
He made it his crusade to teach children to love books.
他把教孩子们热爱读书当做自己的使命。 - VERB 长期坚定不移地奋斗 If you crusade for a particular cause, you make a long and determined effort to achieve something for it.
…a newspaper that has crusaded against the country’s cocaine traffickers.
坚决抨击该国可卡因毒贩的报纸
…an adopted boy whose cause is taken up by a crusading lawyer.
由一位执著坚定的律师受理其诉讼案件的被收养男孩 - N-PROPER-PLURAL (发生于11世纪至13世纪的)十字军东征 The Crusades were the wars that were fought by Christians in Palestine against the Muslims during the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries.
<a grassroots crusade for spending more money on our public schools>
5
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crypt
noun
\ˈkript\
A
- N-COUNT 教堂地下室 A crypt is an underground room underneath a church or cathedral.
…people buried in the crypt of an old London church.
埋葬在伦敦一所古老教堂的地下室的人们
6
Q
cryp·ti·cal
adj
\ˈkrip-ti-kəl\
A
adj.神秘的； 有隐义的； 令人难以理解的； <动>隐藏的
7
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cube
noun
\ˈkyüb\
A
- N-COUNT 立方体;立方形的东西 A cube is a solid object with six square surfaces which are all the same size.
…cold water with ice cubes in it…
放了冰块的冷水
…a box of sugar cubes…
一盒方糖 - VERB 把(食物)切成小方块 When you cube food, you cut it into cube-shaped pieces.
Remove the seeds and stones and cube the flesh…
把籽和果核弄掉，将果肉切成小方块。
Serve with cubed bread.
和小面包块一起食用。 - N-COUNT 立方;三次幂 The cube of a number is another number that is produced by multiplying the first number by itself twice. For example, the cube of 2 is 8.
8
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cue
noun
\ˈkyü\
A
- N-COUNT (戏剧或音乐表演的)提示，暗示，尾白 In the theatre or in a musical performance, a performer’s cue is something another performer says or does that is a signal for them to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
The actors not performing sit at the side of the stage in full view, waiting for their cues…
还未轮到演出的演员坐在舞台旁边能看得一清二楚的地方，等待着他们的出场提示。
I had never known him miss a cue.
我从没见过他错过提示。 - VERB 给(演员)暗示(或提示);为…提示 If one performer cues another, they say or do something which is a signal for the second performer to begin speaking, playing, or doing something.
He read the scene, with Seaton cueing him.
在西顿的提示下，他念了这一场的台词。 - N-COUNT 暗示;提示;信号 If you say that something that happens is a cue for an action, you mean that people start doing that action when it happens.
That was the cue for several months of intense bargaining…
那意味着几个月的激烈谈判开始了。
That was Nicholas’s cue to ask for another chocolate chip cookie.
那表示尼古拉斯还想要一块巧克力曲奇。 - N-COUNT (台球等的)球杆 A cue is a long, thin wooden stick that is used to hit the ball in games such as snooker, billiards, and pool.
Their youngest brother was nine when he picked up a cue for the first time.
他们最年轻的弟弟第一次玩台球时才9岁。 - PHRASE 恰好在这时;就在这时候 If you say that something happened on cue or as if on cue, you mean that it happened just when it was expected to happen, or just at the right time.
Kevin arrived right on cue to care for Harry…
凯文到的正是时候，可以照顾哈丽。
‘It’s almost eight o’clock.’ As if on cue the bell in the chapel began to toll for Matins.
“快8点了。”恰好在这时小教堂晨祷的钟声敲响了。 - PHRASE 模仿…的样子做;学…的样 If you take your cue from someone or something, you do something similar in a particular situation.
Taking his cue from his companion, he apologized for his earlier display of temper.
他也学着像同伴那样，为先前发脾气道歉。
9
Q
cul·mi·nate
verb
\ˈkəl-mə-ˌnāt\
A
- VERB (以…)结束，告终 If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk…
他们争论了一番，最后汤姆喝醉了。
The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner on November 20.
百年庆典活动将在11月20日的宴会中宣告结束。
10
Q
cul·pa·ble
adj
\ˈkəl-pə-bəl\
A
n.苛责，有罪
— cul·pa·bil·i·ty \ˌkəl-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
— cul·pa·ble·ness \ˈkəl-pə-bəl-nəs\ noun
— cul·pa·bly -blē\ adverb
hey held her culpable for the accident.
He’s more culpable than the others because he’s old enough to know better.
11
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cult
noun, often attributive
\ˈkəlt\
A
- N-COUNT 小宗教组织;(尤指)异教，邪教 A cult is a fairly small religious group, especially one which is considered strange.
The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult…
这个少年可能被一个异教组织绑架了。
The cult of Isis was carried from Egypt into Greece and Rome.
对伊希斯的膜拜从埃及传到了希腊和罗马。 - ADJ 受特定群体欢迎的;在特定群体中流行的 Cult is used to describe things that are very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
Since her death, she has become a cult figure…
她死后成了部分人狂热崇拜的偶像。
The film is destined to become a cult classic…
这部电影注定会成为风靡一时的经典之作。 - N-SING (特定群体的)偶像，时尚 Someone or something that is a cult has become very popular or fashionable among a particular group of people.
Ludlam was responsible for making Ridiculous Theatre something of a cult…
荒诞派戏剧的风靡要归功于勒德拉姆。
The bra has gone from being a fashion classic to a fashion cult.
胸罩已经从经典时尚转变为流行时尚。 - N-COUNT 热潮;关注 The cult of something is a situation in which people regard that thing as very important or special.
…the cult of youth that recently gripped publishing…
对青年的关注成为近期出版界的焦点
Society is entitled and bound to protect itself against a cult of violence…
社会有权力和义务保护自身不受暴力行为的侵害。
12
Q
cul·ti·va·tion
noun
\ˌkəl-tə-ˈvā-shən\
A
n.教养； 栽培； 耕作； (关系的)培植
<people of cultivation appreciate the special experience that only live theater can provide>
13
Q
culture–bound
A
adj.(性格或观点等)受文化制约的
<intelligence tests are commonly culture-bound to some degree>
14
Q
cum·ber·some
adj
\ˈkəm-bər-səm\
A
- ADJ-GRADED 大而笨重的;难以携带的 Something that is cumbersome is large and heavy and therefore difficult to carry, wear, or handle.
Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is actually easy to use.
尽管这台机器看上去很笨重，操作起来却很容易。
…muffled up in thick and cumbersome clothing.
身上裹着厚重的衣服 - ADJ-GRADED 复杂而低效的 A cumbersome system or process is very complicated and inefficient.
…an old and cumbersome computer system…
过时而且低效的计算机系统
The proposed regulations are ill-defined and cumbersome and could be unnecessarily costly.
提议的规章制度阐述不清、复杂低效，而且可能会带来不必要的过高花费。
— cum·ber·some·ly adverb
— cum·ber·some·ness noun
15
Q
cu·pid·i·ty
noun
\kyu̇-ˈpi-də-tē\
A
- N-UNCOUNT 贪心;贪婪 Cupidity is a greedy desire for money and possessions.
His eyes gave him away, shining with cupidity.
他的眼里闪着贪婪的光芒，使他暴露无遗。
The evidence revealed the cupidity of the company’s directors.
<reports of great treasure in the Indies inflamed the cupidity of Columbus’s crew>
16
Q
curb
noun
\ˈkərb\
A
- VERB 控制;抑制;限定;约束 If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
…advertisements aimed at curbing the spread of Aids…
旨在控制艾滋病传播的广告
Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia.
俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。
Curb is also a noun. - VERB 控制，约束(情绪或行为) If you curb an emotion or your behaviour, you keep it under control.
He curbed his temper…
他稳住了情绪。
You must curb your extravagant tastes.
你必须控制自己铺张奢侈的嗜好。
17
Q
cure–all
noun
\ˈkyu̇r-ˌȯl\
A
- N-COUNT (通常无效的)万灵药，灵丹妙药 A cure-all is something that is believed, usually wrongly, to be able to solve all the problems someone or something has, or to cure a wide range of illnesses.
He said the introduction of market discipline to the economy was not a magic cure-all for its problems…
他说把市场规范引入该国经济，并不是解决其经济问题的灵丹妙药。
Broussais was the first physician to use leeches as a cure-all.
布鲁赛是第一个把水蛭当成万灵药的医生。
18
Q
cur·ric·u·lum
noun
-ləm\
A
- N-COUNT See also: National Curriculum (学校、学院或大学的)全部课程 A curriculum is all the different courses of study that are taught in a school, college, or university.
There should be a broader curriculum in schools for post-16-year-old pupils…
学校对16岁以上的学生开设的课程，范围应该更广一些。
Russian is the one compulsory foreign language on the school curriculum.
俄语在学校课程设置中是一门必修的外语课。 - N-COUNT (特定的)课程 A particular curriculum is one particular course of study that is taught in a school, college, or university.
…the history curriculum.
历史课
The college has a liberal arts curriculum.
19
Q
cur·tail
verb
(ˌ)kər-ˈtāl\
A
- VERB 缩短;减缩;限制 If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
NATO plans to curtail the number of troops being sent to the region…
北约计划缩减派往该地区的士兵数量。
I told Louie that old age would curtail her activities in time…
我告诉路易，一上年纪她的活动量就会减少。
— cur·tail·er -ˈtā-lər\ noun
20
Q
cus·tom·ize
verb
\ˈkəs-tə-ˌmīz\
A
- VERB 定制;定做;改制 If you customize something, you change its appearance or features to suit your tastes or needs.
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 customise
…a control that allows photographers to customise the camera’s basic settings.
使拍照者能够自定义相机的基本设置的控制按钮
…customized software.
定制软件
— cus·tom·iz·able \ˌkəs-tə-ˈmī-zə-bəl\ adjective
— cus·tom·i·za·tion -mə-ˈzā-shən\ noun
— cus·tom·iz·er noun
