GMAT 05 Flashcards
1
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bet·ter–off
adj
\ˌbe-tə-ˈrȯf\
A
比较富裕； 情况好转
: being in comfortable economic circumstances <the better–off people live in the older section of town>
2
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bev·er·age
noun
\ˈbev-rij\
A
- N-COUNT 饮料 Beverages are drinks.
Alcoholic beverages are served in the hotel lounge.
酒店的公共休息室出售酒精饮料。
…artificially sweetened beverages.
添加人工甜味剂的饮料
Beverages are listed on the back of the menu.
<would anyone like a beverage with their snack?>
3
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bi·cen·te·na·ry
noun
\ˌbī-(ˌ)sen-ˈte-nə-rē\
A
- N-COUNT 二百周年（纪念） A bicentenary is a year in which you celebrate something important that happened exactly two hundred years earlier.
in AM, use 美国英语用 bicentennial
— bicentenary adjective
4
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bid
verb
\ˈbid\
A
- ATTEMPTING OR OFFERING 尝试或出价
- SAYING SOMETHING 说话
ATTEMPTING OR OFFERING 尝试或出价 - N-COUNT 努力；尝试；企图 A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it.
The form bid is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. bid 的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。
…Sydney’s successful bid for the 2000 Olympic Games…
悉尼对2000年奥运会的成功申办
The Government has already closed down two newspapers in a bid to silence its critics.
政府已经查禁了两家报纸，试图压制批评人士的言论。 - N-COUNT 投标；出价 A bid is an offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold.
Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of £351 million.
汉森按协商出价3.51亿英镑接管该公司。 - VERB 努力争取；尝试 If you bid for something or bid to do something, you try to obtain it or do it.
Singapore Airlines is rumoured to be bidding for a management contract to run both airports…
据传，新加坡航空公司正在争取签下两家机场的经营权。
I don’t think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again.
我想她不会再次竞选首相。 - VERB 投标；竞标；出价 If you bid for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it.
She decided to bid for a Georgian dressing table…
她决定参与一个乔治王朝时期风格梳妆台的竞价。
The bank announced its intention to bid…
这家银行宣布了参加竞标的意向。
bidding: The bidding starts at £2 million.竞标底价是200万英镑。
5
Q
bi·lat·er·al
adj
(ˌ)bī-ˈla-t(ə-)rəl\
A
- ADJ （谈判、会议、协议等）双边的 Bilateral negotiations, meetings, or agreements, involve only the two groups or countries that are directly concerned.
…bilateral talks between Britain and America.
英国和美国之间的双边会谈
bilaterally: Disputes and differences between the two neighbours would be solved bilaterally.两个邻国之间的争端和分歧应当通过双边途径解决。
6
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bi·lin·gual
adj
(ˌ)bī-ˈliŋ-gwəl\
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- ADJ 双语的；涉及两种语言的；使用两种语言的 Bilingual means involving or using two languages.
…bilingual education.
双语教育
…the Collins bilingual dictionaries.
柯林斯双语词典 - ADJ 双语的；能说两种语言的 Someone who is bilingual can speak two languages equally well, usually because they learned both languages as a child.
He is bilingual in an Asian language and English.
他会说一门亚洲语言和一门英语。
— bilingual noun
— bi·lin·gual·ly adverb
7
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bi·na·ry
noun
\ˈbī-nə-rē\
A
- ADJ 二进制的，二进位的(尤用于计算机领域) The binary system expresses numbers using only the two digits 0 and 1. It is used especially in computing.
- N-UNCOUNT 二进制 Binary is the binary system of expressing numbers.
The machine does the calculations in binary.
这台机器采用二进制进行计算。 - ADJ 二元的；有两个不同部分的 Binary describes something that has two different parts.
…a binary star.
双星
8
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bio·feed·back
noun
-ˈfēd-ˌbak\
A
n.生物反馈(技术)
9
Q
bi·o·ta
noun
\bī-ˈō-tə\
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n.一个地区的动植物
10
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bi·par·ti·san
adj
(ˌ)bī-ˈpär-tə-sən\
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- ADJ 两党的；两派的 Bipartisan means concerning or involving two different political parties or groups.
…a bipartisan approach to educational reform.
两党共同推行的教育改革路线
— bi·par·ti·san·ism -zə-ˌni-zəm\ noun
— bi·par·ti·san·ship -zən-ˌship\ noun
11
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bi·ped·al·ism
noun
(ˌ)bī-ˈpe-dəl-ˌi-zəm\
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n.用两足运动
12
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birch
noun
\ˈbərch\
A
- N-VAR 桦树；白桦 A birch is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- N-SING 杖笞 The birch is a punishment in which someone is hit with a wooden stick.
13
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bi·sect
verb
\ˈbī-ˌsekt\
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- VERB 将…一分为二；把…分为两部分 If something long and thin bisects an area or line, it divides the area or line in half.
The main street bisects the town from end to end.
这条主干道把整个小镇一分为二。
— bi·sec·tion \ˈbī-ˌsek-shən\ noun
— bi·sec·tion·al -shə-nəl\ adjective
— bi·sec·tion·al·ly adverb
14
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bi·zarre
adj
\bə-ˈzär\
A
- ADJ-GRADED 奇异的；古怪的 Something that is bizarre is very odd and strange.
The game was also notable for the bizarre behaviour of the team’s manager…
这场比赛也因球队主教练怪异的举动而尽人皆知。
You know, that book you lent me is really bizarre.
你知道吗，你借给我的那本书真的很怪诞。
bizarrely: She dressed bizarrely…她穿着奇装异服。Bizarrely, death is not a disqualification for voting although non-attendance at party meetings is.奇怪的是，死亡不会让人失去投票资格，但是不参加政党会议却会让人失去投票资格。
— bi·zarre·ly adverb
— bi·zarre·ness noun
15
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black hole
A
- N-COUNT 黑洞 Black holes are areas in space, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from them. Black holes are thought to be formed by collapsed stars.
- N-COUNT 无底洞 If you say that something, especially money, has gone into a black hole, you mean that it has disappeared and cannot be recovered.
16
Q
black·out
noun
\ˈblak-ˌau̇t\
A
- N-COUNT （战时）灯火管制期 A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
…blackout curtains.
遮光幕帘 - N-COUNT （新闻等的）禁播，封锁，禁止出版 If a blackout is imposed on a particular piece of news, journalists are prevented from broadcasting or publishing it.
…a media blackout imposed by the Imperial Palace…
皇宫施行的新闻封锁
Journalists said there was a virtual news blackout about the rally.
记者们说有关这场集会的新闻实际上被封锁了。 - N-COUNT 停电；断电 If there is a power blackout, the electricity supply to a place is temporarily cut off.
There was an electricity black-out in a large area in the north of the country.
该国北部大片地区断电。 - N-COUNT 晕厥；暂时昏迷 If you have a blackout, you temporarily lose consciousness.
I suffered a black-out which lasted for several minutes.
我昏迷了几分钟。
17
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bland
adj
\ˈbland\
A
- ADJ-GRADED 枯燥乏味的；无聊的；无趣的 If you describe someone or something as bland, you mean that they are rather dull and unexciting.
Serle has a blander personality than Howard…
塞尔的性格比霍华德还要沉闷。
It sounds like an advert: easy on the ear but bland and forgettable.
这听起来像广告词：听着简单易懂，但是枯燥乏味，容易忘记。
blandness: …the blandness of television.电视的沉闷乏味 - ADJ-GRADED （食物）淡而无味的 Food that is bland has very little flavour.
It tasted bland and insipid, like warmed cardboard.
这吃起来淡而无味，像加热过的纸板。
— bland·ly \ˈblan(d)-lē\ adverb
— bland·ness \ˈblan(d)-nəs\ noun
18
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blast
noun
\ˈblast\
A
- N-COUNT 爆炸 A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
250 people were killed in the blast.
250人在这次爆炸中丧生。 - VERB 爆炸；炸毁；炸出；炸开 If something is blasted into a particular place or state, an explosion causes it to be in that place or state. If a hole is blasted in something, it is created by an explosion.
There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.
爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。
…a terrible accident in which his left arm was blasted off by some kind of a bomb…
他的左臂被某种炸弹炸飞的可怕事故 - VERB 炸（石）；爆破 If workers are blasting rock, they are using explosives to make holes in it or destroy it, for example so that a road or tunnel can be built.
Their work was taken up with boring and blasting rock with gelignite…
他们的工作是用葛里炸药炸石头，非常枯燥。
They’re using dynamite to blast away rocks to put a road in.
他们用炸药炸石筑路。
blasting: Three miles away there was a salvo of blasting in the quarry.三英里之外的采石场进行了爆破作业。 - VERB 枪击；开枪射击 To blast someone means to shoot them with a gun.
…a son who blasted his father to death after a lifetime of bullying…
因从小到大一直被父亲虐待而开枪弑父的男子
Alan Barnett, 28, was blasted with a sawn-off shotgun in Oldham on Thursday.
28岁的艾伦·巴尼特于星期四在奥德姆被人用短管猎枪射杀。
Blast is also a noun. - VERB （通过枪击） 冲出（道路）；轰开，炸开（通路） If someone blasts their way somewhere, they get there by shooting at people or causing an explosion.
The police were reported to have blasted their way into the house using explosives…
据报道，警方借助爆破冲进了房子。
One armoured column attempted to blast a path through a barricade of buses and trucks.
一个武装纵队试图从公交车和卡车组成的路障中间炸出一条通道来。 - VERB 喷射（水流、气流等） Ifsomething blasts water or air somewhere, it sends out a sudden, powerful stream of it.
Blasting cold air over it makes the water evaporate…
向它喷射冷空气可以使水蒸发。
A blizzard was blasting great drifts of snow across the lake.
暴风雪夹着大团的积雪吹过湖面。 - V-ERG （使）（汽车喇叭等）突然发出响亮的声音；（使）（音乐）轰响 If you blast something such as a car horn, or if it blasts, it makes a sudden, loud sound. If something blasts music, or music blasts, the music is very loud.
…drivers who do not blast their horns…
不按喇叭的司机
The sound of western music blasted as she entered.
她一进门便听到西部音乐震天的响声。 - VERB （体育运动中）用力踢，猛击 You can say that a sports player blasts the ball somewhere if he or she gives it a powerful kick or hit.
Ramsay blasted the ball into the back of the net…
拉姆齐劲射入网。
He may try to blast his way out of trouble, playing attacking shots to balls he would not normally contemplate hitting.
他可能是想努力摆脱困境，平时不会考虑击打的球也打起了进攻。 - VERB 炮轰；抨击 To blast someone or something means to criticize them strongly.
Football: Taylor blasts Beck…
足球：泰勒炮轰贝克。
The Department of Health and a top immunologist have blasted a report in last week’s Sunday Times.
卫生部和一位知名免疫学家严词抨击了上周《星期日泰晤士报》的一篇报道。 - EXCLAM （表示厌恶）真讨厌,真该死 Some people say ‘ blast’ to show that they are annoyed at something or someone.
Blast! I can’t do anything with this.
真该死！我拿这个一点办法也没有。 - N-SING 有趣的事；开心的事；乐趣 If you say that something was a blast, you mean that you enjoyed it very much.
Making the album was a real blast.
做这个专辑真是一种乐趣。 - PHRASE 以最大音量；以最大功率 If something such as a radio or a heater is on full blast, or at full blast, it is producing as much sound or power as it is able to.
In many of those homes the television is on full blast 24 hours a day…
那些家庭有很多一天24小时把电视开到最大音量。
You are unlikely to run the heater at full blast for long periods.
你不太可能长时间把加热器开到最大挡位。 - PHRASE 岁月回响（勾起回忆的老歌、旧时尚等） You can use a blast from the past as a light-hearted way of referring to something such as an old song or fashion that you hear or notice again, and which reminds you of an earlier time.
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bleak
adj
\ˈblēk\
A
- ADJ-GRADED （情形）没有希望的，前景暗淡的 If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
The immediate outlook remains bleak…
近期前景依然暗淡。
Many predicted a bleak future.
很多人都预测前景暗淡。
bleakness: The continued bleakness of the American job market was blamed.美国就业市场的持续低迷被视为罪魁祸首。 - ADJ-GRADED （地方）凄清的，荒凉的，萧瑟的 If you describe a place as bleak, you mean that it looks cold, empty, and unattractive.
The island’s pretty bleak.
这座岛屿一片荒凉。
…bleak inner-city streets.
凄清的旧城区街道 - ADJ-GRADED （天气）阴冷的，寒冷的 When the weather is bleak, it is cold, dull, and unpleasant.
The weather can be quite bleak on the coast.
沿海地区的天气会非常阴冷。 - ADJ-GRADED （人）无精打采的，沮丧的，阴郁的 If someone looks or sounds bleak, they look or sound depressed, as if they have no hope or energy.
His face was bleak…
他脸色阴郁。
Alberg gave him a bleak stare.
阿尔伯格沮丧地凝视着他。
bleakly: ‘There is nothing left,’ she says bleakly.“什么也没有留下，”她沮丧地说。
— bleak·ly adverb
— bleak·ness noun
20
Q
blem·ish
verb
\ˈble-mish\
A
- N-COUNT 污点；瑕疵；疤痕 A blemish is a small mark on something that spoils its appearance.
Every piece is closely scrutinised, and if there is the slightest blemish on it, it is rejected.
每一件物品都经过严格检查，稍有瑕疵就会被退回。 - N-COUNT 缺点；缺陷；不足 A blemish on something is a small fault in it.
This is the one blemish on an otherwise resounding success.
如果没有这个小小的失误，这就是一次彻底的胜利。 - VERB 玷污；损害 If something blemishes someone’s character or reputation, it spoils it or makes it seem less good than it was in the past.
He wasn’t about to blemish that pristine record.
他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。
