GMAT 04 Flashcards
ply·wood noun \ˈplī-ˌwu̇d\
- N-UNCOUNT 胶合板 Plywood is wood that consists of thin layers of wood stuck together.
…a sheet of plywood.
一张胶合板
pneu·mo·nia noun \nu̇-ˈmō-nyə\
- N-UNCOUNT 肺炎 Pneumonia is a serious disease which affects your lungs and makes it difficult for you to breathe.
She nearly died of pneumonia.
她差点儿死于肺炎。
poach·er noun \ˈpō-chər\
n.偷猎者; 偷猎者成了猎物保护人; 侵入他人地界者; 煮蛋用的锅
point·ed adj \ˈpȯin-təd\
- ADJ-GRADED 有尖头的;尖的 Something that is pointed has a point at one end.
…a pointed roof.
尖屋顶
…pointed shoes.
尖头鞋 - ADJ-GRADED 尖锐的;直截了当的;批评性的 Pointed comments or behaviour express criticism in a clear and direct way.
I couldn’t help but notice the pointed remarks slung in my direction…
我不能不注意到针对我的尖锐言辞。
Her new book is a pointed look at life in a small community, and the position of women within it.
她的新书对狭小社区的生活和其中女性的地位进行了犀利的剖析。
pointedly: They were pointedly absent from the news conference…他们刻意缺席记者招待会。’This is my house,’ Blair said rather pointedly.布莱尔颇为直接地说:“这是我的房子。”
— point·ed·ly adverb
— point·ed·ness noun
poke noun \ˈpōk\
- VERB (用手指或尖物)戳,捅,杵 If you poke someone or something, you quickly push them with your finger or with a sharp object.
Lindy poked him in the ribs.
琳迪戳了戳他的肋部。
Poke is also a noun.
John smiled at them and gave Richard a playful poke.
约翰冲着他们笑了笑,开玩笑地捅了理查德一下。 - VERB 把…戳进;把…插入 If you poke one thing into another, you push the first thing into the second thing.
He poked his finger into the hole.
他把手指插入孔中。 - VERB (从后面或下面)露出,冒出 If something pokes out of or through another thing, you can see part of it appearing from behind or underneath the other thing.
He saw the dog’s twitching nose poke out of the basket…
他看到那只狗一抽一抽的鼻子从篮子里冒出来。
His fingers poked through the worn tips of his gloves.
他的手指从手套的破指尖处露了出来。 - V-ERG (使)(头)伸出;(使)探出 If you poke your head through an opening or if it pokes through an opening, you push it through, often so that you can see something more easily.
Julie tapped on my door and poked her head in…
朱莉轻轻地敲了敲我的门,探进头来。
We hadn’t been able to poke our heads out and see what was going on…
我们无法伸出头去,看看发生了什么。 - to poke fun at →see: fun; to poke your nose into something →see: nose;
相关词组:poke around, poke at
- PHRASAL VERB (通常指挪动很多物品)寻找,翻找 If you poke around or poke about for something, you search for it, usually by moving lots of objects around.
He poked around the top of his cupboard for the bottle of whisky…
他翻遍了食橱的上层,想找那瓶威士忌。
We opened up the car bonnet and he started poking around in my engine.
我们打开了车子的引擎盖,他开始仔细查看发动机。 - PHRASAL VERB (用尖物反复地)捅,戳,拨弄 If you poke at something, you make lots of little pushing movements at it with a sharp object.
She poked at her food with a fork…
她拿叉子拨弄着食物。
Reggie threw more wood on the fire and poked at it.
雷吉又往火上扔了些木柴。
poke and pry
v.管闲事,多打听
po·lar·i·ty noun \pō-ˈler-ə-tē\
- N-VAR 完全相反;截然对立 If there is a polarity between two people or things, they are completely different from each other in some way.
…the ideological polarity between nations.
国家间意识形态的截然对立
…the polarities of good and evil…
善与恶的针锋相对
- N-MASS 花粉 Pollen is a fine powder produced by flowers. It fertilizes other flowers of the same species so that they produce seeds.
pol·li·nate verb \ˈpä-lə-ˌnāt\
- VERB (常指昆虫)给…传授花粉 To pollinate a plant or tree means to fertilize it with pollen. This is often done by insects.
Many of the indigenous insects are needed to pollinate the local plants.
需要很多种土生昆虫给当地植物授粉。
pollination: Without sufficient pollination, the growth of the corn is stunted.没有得到充足的授粉,谷物的长势就会受阻。
pol·li·na·tion noun \ˌpä-lə-ˈnā-shən\
n.<植>授粉(作用)
polyarchy
[ˈp ɑlɪˌ ɑrkɪ]
法律
- 多党政治
- 多头政治
poly·gon noun \ˈpä-lē-ˌgän\
n.多边形,多角形
— po·lyg·o·nal \pə-ˈli-gə-nəl\ adjective
— po·lyg·o·nal·ly -nəl-ē\ adverb
Pentagons, hexagons, and octagons are all kinds of polygons.
poly·graph noun \ˈpä-lē-ˌgraf\
- N-COUNT 测谎(试验) A polygraph or a polygraph test is a test which is used by the police to try to find out whether someone is telling the truth.
Hill’s lawyers announced she had taken and passed a polygraph test.
希尔的律师宣布她已接受并通过了测谎。
— poly·graph·ic \ˌpä-lē-ˈgra-fik\ adjective
They hooked him up to the polygraph and began the test.
She was asked to take a polygraph.
poly·morph noun \ˈpä-lē-ˌmȯrf\
n.多形; 多形体; 多晶型物; <生>多形态的动(植)物
pomp·ous adj \ˈpäm-pəs\
- ADJ-GRADED 自负的;自命不凡的 If you describe someone as pompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are.
He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
他有点自大,自视甚高。
pompously: Robin said pompously that he had an important business appointment.罗宾傲慢地说他有一个重要的工作约会。 - ADJ-GRADED 盛大的;壮观的 A pompous building or ceremony is very grand and elaborate.
The service was grand without being pompous.
仪式场面宏大,却不浮华。
— pomp·ous·ly adverb
— pomp·ous·ness noun
pop verb \ˈpäp\
v.突然爆开;意外发生;(眼睛)张大
por·ce·lain noun \ˈpȯr-s(ə-)lən\
- N-UNCOUNT 瓷 Porcelain is a hard, shiny substance made by heating clay. It is used to make delicate cups, plates, and ornaments.
There were lilies everywhere in tall white porcelain vases.
高高的白色瓷瓶上绘满了百合花。 - N-VAR 瓷器 A porcelain is an ornament that is made of porcelain. You can refer to a number of such ornaments as porcelain .
…decorative 17th and 18th century porcelains.
17和18世纪装饰用的瓷器
…a priceless collection of English porcelain.
一批价值连城的英国瓷器藏品
— por·ce·lain·like -ˌlīk\ adjective
— por·ce·la·ne·ous or por·cel·la·ne·ous \ˌpȯr-sə-ˈlā-nē-əs\ adjective
por·nog·ra·phy noun -fē\
- N-UNCOUNT (总称)色情(或淫秽)作品 Pornography refers to books, magazines, and films that are designed to cause sexual excitement by showing naked people or referring to sexual acts.
A nationwide campaign against pornography began in the summer.
一场全国性打击淫秽作品的行动在夏季打响了。
— por·no·graph·ic \ˌpȯr-nə-ˈgra-fik\ adjective
— por·no·graph·i·cal·ly -fi-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
por·tage noun \ˈpȯr-tij\
n. (两条水路间货物、小船等的)陆上运输,陆上运输路线
vt. & vi.水陆联运(货物等), 两水路间运送(货物, 船等)
por·tend verb \pȯr-ˈtend\
- VERB 预示;预兆;预告 If something portends an event or occurrence, it indicates that it is likely to happen in the future.
The change did not portend a basic improvement in social conditions.
该变化没有预示社会状况的根本改观。
por·tray·al noun -ˈtrā(-ə)l\
- N-COUNT (角色的)扮演,刻画,演绎 An actor’s portrayal of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character.
Mr Ying is well-known for his portrayal of a prison guard in the film ‘The Last Emperor’.
英先生因其在电影《末代皇帝》中塑造的监狱看守形象而闻名。 - N-COUNT 绘画;油画;照片 An artist’s portrayal of something is a drawing, painting, or photograph of it.
‘Scene with a Winding River’ (1827) is a near-monochrome portrayal of a wood infused with silvery light.
《有弯弯河流的风景》(1827年)是一幅近乎单色调的绘画,描绘的是沐浴在银色光线里的一片树林。
…a moving portrayal of St John the Evangelist by Simone Martini.
西蒙·马尔蒂尼画的福音传道者圣约翰的动人画像 - N-COUNT 描述;描写;刻画 The portrayal of something in a book or film is the act of describing it or showing it.
This is a sensitive and often funny portrayal of a friendship between two 11-year-old boys.
这是对两个11岁小男孩之间的友谊所作的细腻而不乏风趣的描述。
…Leigh’s portrayal of English society.
莉对英格兰社会的描写 - N-COUNT 描写;呈现;表现 The portrayal of something in a book, film, or programme is the way that it is made to appear.
The media persists in its portrayal of us as muggers, dope sellers and gangsters…
媒体一直把我们描绘成抢劫犯、贩毒者和歹徒。
I get criticized for the portrayal of women in that movie.
我在那部电影里对女性形象的刻画受到了批评。
positive number
n.正数
pos·ter·i·ty noun \pä-ˈster-ə-tē\
- N-UNCOUNT 后裔;子孙;后代 You can refer to everyone who will be alive in the future as posterity .
A photographer recorded the scene on video for posterity…
摄影师用摄像机为后代记录下了这个场景。
Was he making these notes for the benefit of posterity?
他写下这些笔记是为让后人受益吗?
Posterity will remember her as a woman of courage and integrity.
A record of the events was preserved for posterity.
The truth about what happened will be known to posterity.
Her broad aim is to reconcile the image of Johnson—the clubbable man, loved by posterity as well as by his contemporaries—and the man racked by disease and tormented by his fear of madness. —Frank Kermode, New York Review of Books, 22 June 2006
post–struc·tur·al·ism
noun
\ˌpōs(t)-ˈstrək-chə-rə-ˌli-zəm\
n.后结构主义