GMAT 05 Flashcards
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press·board noun \ˈpres-ˌbȯrd\
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n.厚光面纸； 小熨烫板
行业释义
电工
<名>
1.压纸板
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pres·tige
noun, often attributive
\pre-ˈstēzh\
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- N-UNCOUNT 声望；威望；威信 If a person, a country, or an organization has prestige, they are admired and respected because of the position they hold or the things they have achieved.
…efforts to build up the prestige of the United Nations…
为树立联合国的威望所作的努力
It was his responsibility for foreign affairs that gained him international prestige.
他在负责处理外交事务的过程中赢得了国际声望。 - ADJ 气派的；贵重的；令人敬仰的 Prestige is used to describe products, places, or activities which people admire because they are associated with being rich or having a high social position.
…such prestige cars as Cadillac, Mercedes, Porsche and Jaguar.
像凯迪拉克、奔驰、保时捷和捷豹这样气派的汽车
— pres·tige·ful -fəl\ adjective
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prev·a·lence noun \ˈpre-və-lən(t)s\
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n.流行； 盛行； 普遍； (疾病等的)流行程度
<the prevalence of rumors when hard information is withheld from the public>
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pre·vi·ous adj \ˈprē-vē-əs\
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- ADJ 先前的；以前的；早先的 A previous event or thing is one that happened or existed before the one that you are talking about.
She has a teenage daughter from a previous marriage…
她前一段婚姻有一个十几岁的女儿。
He has no previous convictions.
他没有前科。 - ADJ 上一次的；上一个的 You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as the previous one.
It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the previous week…
上星期刚下过雨，天气却出奇地干燥。
He recalled exactly what Bob had told him the previous night.
他清楚记得前一天晚上鲍勃告诉他的话。
— pre·vi·ous·ly adverb
— pre·vi·ous·ness noun
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prey noun \ˈprā\
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- N-UNCOUNT-COLL See also: bird of prey 猎物；捕食对象 A creature’s prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live.
Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges…
电鳐能放出强大的电流把猎物击晕。
These animals were the prey of hyenas.
这些动物是鬣狗的猎物。 - VERB 捕食；以捕猎…为生 A creature that preys on other creatures lives by catching and eating them.
The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them…
其结果就是破坏食物链，使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。
The larvae prey upon small aphids.
这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。 - N-UNCOUNT 伤害的对象；愚弄的对象；欺骗的对象 You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as their prey .
Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night…
警察设伏等待那些在晚上跟踪目标伺机作案的歹徒。
This burglar thought old people are easy prey.
这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。 - VERB 欺凌，坑害（尤指弱者） If someone preys on other people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way.
Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways…
帕姆从来不知道有人专门坑骗离家出走的年轻人。
The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt.
这项调查声称信贷公司专对那些已经负债的弱势家庭下手。 - VERB 不断困扰；折磨；使耿耿于怀 If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.
The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz’s mind…
利兹因为圣诞节时孩子们不在而一直心神不宁。
He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.
他做得不太明智，这一直让他良心不安。 - N-UNCOUNT 受影响；受折磨；受害 If someone is prey to something bad, they have a tendency to let themselves be affected by it.
He was prey to a growing despair…
他被与日俱增的绝望折磨着。
You were both a prey to compulsions.
你俩都太冲动了。 - PHRASE 受…控制；成为…的牺牲品；受…的影响 To fall prey to something bad means to be taken over or affected by it.
On the flight from Paris to Toulon, Mechiche fell prey to panic…
在从巴黎飞往土伦的航班上，梅希什惊慌失措。
Children in evacuation centres are falling prey to disease.
疏散中心的孩子正受到疾病的折磨。
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pri·mate
noun
\ˈprī-ˌmāt \
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- N-COUNT 灵长类（动物） A primate is a member of the group of mammals which includes humans, monkeys, and apes.
The pronunciation /’praɪmeɪt/ is also used for meaning 2. 义项2亦读作 /’praɪmeɪt/。
The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.
绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。 - N-COUNT 大主教；首席主教 The Primate of a particular country or region is the most important priest in that country or region.
…the Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland.
全爱尔兰天主教大主教
— pri·mate·ship -ˌship\ noun
— pri·ma·tial \prī-ˈmā-shəl\ adjective
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prime factor
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素因数，素因子
8
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prime number
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- N-COUNT 质数；素数 In mathematics, a prime number is a whole number greater than 1 that cannot be divided exactly by any whole number except itself and the number 1, for example 17.
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prime-time ratings
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黄金时段的收视率
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prim·er
noun
\ˈpri-mər\
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- N-MASS 底漆；底层涂料 Primer is a type of paint that is put onto wood in order to prepare it for the main layer of paint.
In America, the pronunciation /’praɪmə/ is used for meaning 1, and /’prɪmə/ for meaning 2. 美国英语中，义项1读作 /’praɪmə/，义项2读作 /’prɪmə/。 - N-COUNT 初级读本；启蒙书；入门书 A primer is a book containing basic facts about a subject, which is used by someone who is beginning to study that subject.
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prim·i·tive adj \ˈpri-mə-tiv\
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- ADJ-GRADED 原始的；远古的；未开化的 Primitive means belonging to a society in which people live in a very simple way, usually without industries or a writing system.
…studies of primitive societies.
对原始社会的研究
…primitive tribes.
原始部落 - ADJ-GRADED （动植物）原始的，低等的，进化初期的 Primitive means belonging to a very early period in the development of an animal or plant.
…primitive whales…
原始鲸
Primitive humans needed to be able to react like this to escape from dangerous animals…
原始人必须要能作出这样的反应以逃避危险的动物。 - ADJ-GRADED 古老的；简陋的 If you describe something as primitive, you mean that it is very simple in style or very old-fashioned.
The conditions are primitive by any standards…
无论用什么标准来衡量，其条件都很简陋。
The primitive surgery of those days left him virtually deaf in one ear…
那时候简陋的外科手术让他一只耳朵几乎失聪。
— prim·i·tive·ly adverb
— prim·i·tive·ness noun
— prim·i·tiv·i·ty \ˌpri-mə-ˈti-və-tē\ noun
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prin·ci·pal
adj
\ˈprin(t)-s(ə-)pəl\
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- ADJ 首要的；最主要的；最重要的 Principal means first in order of importance.
The principal reason for my change of mind is this.
这是我改变主意的最主要原因。
…the country’s principal source of foreign exchange earnings…
这个国家最主要的外汇收入来源 - N-COUNT （中小学）校长；（英国）大学校长，学院院长 The principal of a school, or in Britain the principal of a college, is the person in charge of the school or college.
Donald King is the principal of Dartmouth High School.
唐纳德·金是达特茅斯中学的校长。
13
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prior to
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在…之前
adj.先前的； 较早的； 在前的 ； 优先的
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pro·bate noun \ˈprō-ˌbāt\
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- N-UNCOUNT 遗嘱检验；遗嘱认证 Probate is the act or process of officially proving a will to be valid.
Probate cases can go on for two years or more.
遗嘱认证案可能要持续两年或者更长时间。
Her will was offered for probate by the relatives.
The case will now go to probate.
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probe noun \ˈprōb\
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- VERB 调查；打探；探究；探听 If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it.
The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become…
他们越调查他的背景，疑团就越多。
For three years, I have probed for understanding…
3年来，我一直都想弄明白。
Probe is also a noun.
probing: If he remains here, he’ll be away from the press and their probings.如果他继续留在这里，就可以远离新闻界和他们的纠缠。 - VERB （医生或牙医用细长的工具）探查，检查，探测 If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient’s body.
The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair and stitch up again…
外科医生会拿起他的工具，探查、修复然后再重新缝合。
Dr Amid probed around the sensitive area…
阿米德医生在敏感区周围检查。 - N-COUNT （医生和牙医用的）探针 A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body.
…a fibre-optic probe.
光纤探针 - VERB 搜寻；搜查 If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for.
A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place…
一束手电筒的光束在离他们的藏身之地只有几码远的灌木丛里搜寻着。
I probed around for some time in the bushes.
我在矮树丛里四处搜寻了一段时间。 - VERB 侦察，侦探（敌情） In a conflict such as a war, if one side probes another side’s defences, they try to find their weaknesses, for example by attacking them in specific areas using a small number of troops.
He probes the enemy’s weak positions, ignoring his strongholds…
他侦察敌人兵力薄弱的位置，对其要塞不予理睬。
Squads of prison officers have been probing the rioters’ defences.
几队狱警一直都在探察暴乱者的防卫情况。 - N-COUNT 航天探测器；太空探测器 A space probe is a spacecraft which travels into space with no people in it, usually in order to study the planets and send information about them back to earth.
Its rings were discovered by telescope from Earth, but space probes later found that spectacular rings surround some other planets…
它的圆环是从地球上用望远镜发现的，但是太空探测器后来又发现了围绕其他一些星球的壮观的圆环。
The Pioneer probes have on board ultraviolet instruments which are measuring light that we can’t measure on the earth.
“先驱者号”太空探测器上装有紫外线仪器，能够对在地球上探测不到的光进行测量。
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prob·lem·at·ic adj \ˌprä-blə-ˈma-tik\
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- ADJ-GRADED 有问题的；有困难的；疑难的 Something that is problematic involves problems and difficulties.
Some places are more problematic than others for women traveling alone.
对那些独自旅行的女性来说，在有些地方遇到的问题会比其他地方更多。
…the problematic business of running an economy.
管理一个经济体制这样困难重重的事
— prob·lem·at·i·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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pro·ceeds noun pl \ˈprō-ˌsēdz\
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n. (买卖等的)收入，收益
v. 进行( proceed的第三人称单数 )； 前进； (沿特定路线)行进； (尤指打断后)继续说
<estimated that the annual proceeds from an increase in the state sales tax would be enormous>
<all proceeds from the special promotion will go to charity>
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processed food
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加工食品(如经过杀菌处理等)
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proc·tor noun \ˈpräk-tər\
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n.(大学的)学监，监考人
— proctor verb
— proc·to·ri·al \präk-ˈtȯr-ē-əl\ adjective
— proc·tor·ship \ˈpräk-tər-ˌship\ noun
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pro·di·gious adj \prə-ˈdi-jəs\
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- ADJ-GRADED 巨大的；庞大的；大得惊人的 Something that is prodigious is very large or impressive.
This business generates cash in prodigious amounts…
这种业务收益丰厚。
He impressed all who met him with his prodigious memory.
他惊人的记忆力让所有见过他的人都印象深刻。
prodigiously: She ate prodigiously.她的饭量惊人。
— pro·di·gious·ly adverb
— pro·di·gious·ness noun
<stage magicians performing prodigious feats for rapt audiences>
<a prodigious supply of canned food kept in the basement for emergencies>
Graceful afield and afoot in his youth, he bullied into a prodigious slugger in his final years. —Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated, 28 July 2003
