GMAT 06 Flashcards
1
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bro·ker·age
noun
\ˈbrō-k(ə-)rij\
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- N-COUNT 经纪公司；代理公司 A brokerage or a brokerage firm is a company of brokers.
…Japan’s four biggest brokerages.
日本4家最大的代理公司 - N-UNCOUNT （经纪人收取的）佣金，中介费，提成 A brokerage fee or commission is the money charged by a broker for his or her services.
2
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bronze
verb
\ˈbränz\
A
- N-UNCOUNT 青铜；铜锡合金 Bronze is a yellowish-brown metal which is a mixture of copper and tin.
…a bronze statue of Giorgi Dimitrov.
乔治·季米特洛夫的青铜塑像 - N-COUNT 青铜像；青铜雕塑 A bronze is a statue or sculpture made of bronze.
…a bronze of Napoleon on horseback.
一尊拿破仑骑马的青铜像 - N-COUNT 铜牌 A bronze is a bronze medal .
- COLOUR 青铜色；黄褐色 Something that is bronze is yellowish-brown in colour.
Her hair shone bronze and gold.
她的头发泛着黄褐色的金光。
…huge bronze chrysanthemums.
大朵的黄褐色菊花
— bronz·er noun
3
Q
browse
verb
\ˈbrau̇z\
A
- VERB （在商店里）随便看 If you browse in a shop, you look at things in a fairly casual way, in the hope that you might find something you like.
I stopped in several bookstores to browse…
我曾在几家书店停留，翻看里面的书。
She browsed in an up-market antiques shop…
她逛了一家高级古董店。
Browse is also a noun. - VERB 浏览；翻阅 If you browse through a book or magazine, you look through it in a fairly casual way.
…sitting on the sofa browsing through the TV pages of the paper…
坐在沙发上翻阅报纸上的电视节目版面
There are plenty of biographies for him to browse over.
有大量传记供他浏览。 - VERB （尤指使用电脑在万维网上）浏览信息 If you browse on a computer, you search for information in computer files or on the Internet, especially on the World Wide Web.
Try browsing around in the network bulletin boards.
试着在网络论坛上浏览信息。 - VERB （动物）吃草 When animals browse, they feed on plants.
…the three red deer stags browsing 50 yards from my lodge on the fringes of the forest.
在距我的小屋50码远的森林边缘吃草的3只牡赤鹿
— brows·able \ˈbrau̇-zə-bəl\ adjective
4
Q
bru·tal
adj
\ˈbrü-təl\
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- ADJ-GRADED 野蛮的；残暴的 A brutal act or person is cruel and violent.
He was the victim of a very brutal murder.
他是一桩恶性谋杀案的受害者。
…the brutal suppression of anti-government protests…
对反政府抗议的残酷镇压
brutally: Her real parents had been brutally murdered.她的亲生父母被残忍杀害了。 - ADJ-GRADED 直截了当的；直言不讳的；直率的 If someone expresses something unpleasant with brutal honesty or frankness, they express it in a clear and accurate way, without attempting to disguise its unpleasantness.
It was refreshing to talk about themselves and their feelings with brutal honesty…
他们直言不讳地谈论自己和自己的感受，让人觉得耳目一新。
He took an anguished breath. He had to be brutal and say it.
他痛苦地吸了口气，不得不坦言此事。
brutally: The talks had been brutally frank…会谈进行得异常坦率。’Lotte Bruckner is dead.’ It came out more brutally than Brand had intended.“洛特·布鲁克纳死了。”布兰德本来没想这么直接而残酷地说出来。 - ADJ-GRADED 残酷无情的；难以忍受的 Brutal is used to describe things that have an unpleasant effect on people, especially when there is no attempt by anyone to reduce their effect.
The dip in prices this summer will be brutal…
今年夏天价格的大幅下跌将会很残酷。
The afternoon sun had been brutal…
下午的太阳酷热难挡。
brutally: The early-morning New York air can be brutally cold.纽约清晨的空气会冷得让人难以忍受。
— bru·tal·ly -təl-ē\ adverb
5
Q
bu·bon·ic
adjective
\byü-ˈbä-nik\
A
adj.(指鼠疫)腹股沟淋巴结炎的； 腺鼠疫
bu·bo noun \ˈbyü-(ˌ)bō
6
Q
bud·get
noun
\ˈbə-jət\
A
- N-COUNT 预算 Your budget is the amount of money that you have available to spend. The budget for something is the amount of money that a person, organization, or country has available to spend on it.
She will design a fantastic new kitchen for you — and all within your budget…
她将为你设计一个超级棒的新厨房，而且绝不会超出你的预算。
Someone had furnished the place on a tight budget…
有人没花多少钱简单地把这个地方布置了一下。 - N-COUNT 财政收支状况 The budget of an organization or country is its financial situation, considered as the difference between the money it receives and the money it spends.
The hospital obviously needs to balance the budget each year.
很明显，医院每年都要平衡其收支预算。
…his readiness to raise taxes as part of an effort to cut the budget deficit.
他已准备把增加税收作为削减预算赤字的措施之一 - N-PROPER （英国的）政府年度预算案，政府年度预算演讲 In Britain, the Budget is the financial plan in which the government states how much money it intends to raise through taxes and how it intends to spend it. The Budget is also the speech in which this plan is announced.
The Chancellor could use the Budget to bring in taxation reforms.
财政大臣可以利用政府年度预算演讲的机会提出税收改革事宜。
…other indirect tax changes announced in the Budget.
在政府预算中公布的其他间接税收变动 - VERB 把…编入预算 If you budget certain amounts of money for particular things, you decide that you can afford to spend those amounts on those things.
The company has budgeted $10 million for advertising…
公司已经做了1,000万美元的广告预算。
The movie is only budgeted at $10 million…
该电影的预算只有1,000万美元。
budgeting: We have continued to exercise caution in our budgeting for the current year.在编制今年的预算时，我们会一如既往地谨慎从事。 - ADJ （用于广告语）低价的，低廉的 Budget is used in advertising to suggest that something is being sold cheaply.
Cheap flights are available from budget travel agent from £240.
收费低廉的旅行社可以提供240英镑起的低价机票。
相关词组：budget for
— bud·get·ary \ˈbə-jə-ˌter-ē\ adjective
7
Q
bud·worm
noun
\ˈbəd-ˌwərm\
A
n.任何对苞芽有害的幼虫，芽虫
8
Q
buff·er
noun
\ˈbə-fər\
A
- N-COUNT 缓冲物 A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other.
Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs…
存些积蓄以备不时之需。
…a multinational buffer force between the two sides…
双方之间的多国缓冲力量 - VERB 保护；保障 If something is buffered, it is protected from harm.
The company is buffered by long-term contracts with growers.
公司通过与种植户签订长期合同得到保障。 - N-COUNT （火车上的）缓冲器；（火车轨道末端的）防撞栅 The buffers on a train or at the end of a railway line are two metal discs on springs that reduce the shock when a train hits them.
- N-COUNT （电脑内存的）缓冲区 A buffer is an area in a computer’s memory where information can be stored for a short time.
- N-COUNT 老糊涂；蠢老头 If you say that someone, usually a man, is an old buffer, you mean that you think they are rather foolish.
…a collection of old buffers who meet at the Grosvenor House once a month for lunch.
每月一次在格罗夫纳大厦进行午餐聚会的一群蠢老头们
9
Q
bug·bear
noun
-ˌber\
A
- N-COUNT 令人烦恼（或担忧）的事 Something or someone that is your bugbear worries or upsets you.
Money is my biggest bugbear.
我最愁的是钱。
10
Q
bulge
verb
\ˈbəlj\
A
- VERB 凸出；鼓胀 If something such as a person’s stomach bulges, it sticks out.
Jiro waddled closer, his belly bulging and distended…
伊罗步履蹒跚地走近，肚子鼓胀凸出。
He bulges out of his black T-shirt…
他的肚子在黑色T恤衫下鼓鼓地挺着。 - VERB （眼睛或血管）凸出 If someone’s eyes or veins are bulging, they seem to stick out a lot, often because the person is making a strong physical effort or is experiencing a strong emotion.
His eyes seemed to bulge like those of a toad…
他的眼睛鼓得像癞蛤蟆。
He shouted at his brother, his neck veins bulging.
他朝他的兄弟吼叫，脖子上青筋暴突。 - VERB 充满；塞满 If you say that something is bulging with things, you are emphasizing that it is full of them.
They returned home with the car bulging with boxes.
他们车里满载大包小盒，回到了家。
…a bulging briefcase.
一个塞得满满的公文包 - N-COUNT 肿块；疙瘩 Bulges are lumps that stick out from a surface which is otherwise flat or smooth.
Why won’t those bulges on your hips and thighs go?
你屁股和大腿上的肿块怎么还不消下去？ - N-COUNT 激增；猛涨 If there is a bulge in something, there is a sudden large increase in it.
…a bulge in aircraft sales.
飞机销量的猛增
…the huge bulge of payments due over the next two years.
今后两年陆续到期的巨额支付款项
11
Q
bum·ble·bee
noun
\ˈbəm-bəl-ˌbē\
A
- N-COUNT 大黄蜂 A bumblebee is a large hairy bee.
12
Q
bum·mer
noun
\ˈbə-mər\
A
- N-COUNT 令人不快的事；讨厌的事 If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying.
I had a bummer of a day…
我一天都很烦。
What a bummer!
真烦人！
13
Q
bunch
noun
\ˈbənch\
A
- N-COUNT 一伙，一群（人） A bunch of people is a group of people who share one or more characteristics or who are doing something together.
My neighbours are a bunch of busybodies…
我的邻居们是一群爱管闲事的人。
We were a pretty inexperienced bunch of people really…
我们事实上是一些相当没有经验的人。 - N-COUNT 一束（花） A bunch of flowers is a number of flowers with their stalks held or tied together.
He had left a huge bunch of flowers in her hotel room.
他在她宾馆房间里留下了一大束花。 - N-COUNT 一串（香蕉或葡萄） A bunch of bananas or grapes is a group of them growing on the same stem.
Lili had fallen asleep clutching a fat bunch of grapes.
莉莉手里抓着一大串葡萄睡着了。 - N-COUNT 一串（钥匙） A bunch of keys is a set of keys kept together on a metal ring.
George took out a bunch of keys and went to work on the complicated lock.
乔治掏出一串钥匙，上前去鼓捣那把结构复杂的锁。 - QUANT 大量；大批 A bunch of things is a number of things, especially a large number.
We did a bunch of songs together.
我们一起唱了很多首歌。
Bunch is also a pronoun.
I’d like to adopt a multi-racial child. In fact, I’d love a whole bunch.
我想收养一个混血儿。事实上我喜欢养一群混血儿。 - N-PLURAL （扎在女子脑后两侧的）发辫 If a girl has her hair in bunches, it is parted down the middle and tied on each side of her head.
- VERB (衣服）打褶 If clothing bunches around a part of your body, it forms a set of creases around it.
She clutches the sides of her skirt until it bunches around her waist.
她捏着裙子的两侧，直到裙子在她腰部打起了褶。 - PHRASE 同类中最好的；出类拔萃者；精华 If you say someone or something is the best of the bunch or the pick of the bunch, you mean they are the best of a group of people or things.
I watched every game of the World Cup and Craig was the pick of the bunch.
我观看了世界杯的每场比赛，克雷格是表现最出色的。
相关词组：bunch up
— bunch·i·ly \ˈbən-chə-lē\ adverb
— bunchy -chē\ adjective
14
Q
buoy·ant
adj
\ˈbȯi-ənt\
A
- ADJ-GRADED 心情愉快的；生气勃勃的 If you are in a buoyant mood, you feel cheerful and behave in a lively way.
She was in a buoyant mood and they were looking forward to their new life…
她心情愉快，他们正在憧憬未来的新生活。
You will feel more buoyant and optimistic about the future than you have for a long time.
对于未来，你的感觉会比过去很长一段时间里更加自信和乐观。 - ADJ-GRADED （经济）繁荣的 A buoyant economy is a successful one in which there is a lot of trade and economic activity.
We have a buoyant economy and unemployment is considerably lower than the regional average…
我们经济繁荣，失业率远低于地区平均水平。
High interest rates do not point to a buoyant market this year…
今年的高利率并不表明市场繁荣。 - ADJ-GRADED 漂浮的；漂起的 A buoyant object floats on a liquid.
This was such a small and buoyant boat…
这只漂浮着的船真小。
While there is still sufficient trapped air within the container to keep it buoyant, it will float.
只要容器里还留有足够的空气，它就会漂浮着。
— buoy·ant·ly adverb
15
Q
bu·reau·crat
noun
\ˈbyu̇r-ə-ˌkrat\
A
- N-COUNT 官僚；官僚主义者 Bureaucrats are officials who work in a large administrative system. You can refer to officials as bureaucrats especially if you disapprove of them because they seem to follow rules and procedures too strictly.
The economy is still controlled by bureaucrats.
经济依然被官僚们所掌控。
16
Q
bur·geon
verb
\ˈbər-jən\
A
- VERB 迅速生长；快速发展 If something burgeons, it grows or develops rapidly.
Plants burgeon from every available space…
只要有一点空隙，植物就会生根发芽。
My confidence began to burgeon later in life.
我年纪大些之后，信心才开始增强。
17
Q
bur·glar·ize
verb
\ˈbər-glə-ˌrīz\
A
- VERB 闯入…行窃 If a building is burglarized, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
Her home was burglarized.
她的家被盗贼光顾过。
in BRIT, use 英国英语用 burgle
18
Q
bur·row
noun
\ˈbər-(ˌ)ō\
A
- N-COUNT (兔子等动物掘的）洞穴，地洞 A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
- VERB 钻地道；挖洞 If an animal burrows into the ground or into a surface, it moves through it by making a tunnel or hole.
The larvae burrow into cracks in the floor.
幼虫钻进了地板的缝隙里。 - VERB 翻找；搜寻 If you burrow in a container or pile of things, you search there for something using your hands.
He burrowed into the pile of charts feverishly.
他非常紧张地在一堆图表中翻找。
…the enthusiasm with which he burrowed through old records in search of facts.
他为了弄清事实真相而翻查老档案的热情 - VERB 依偎；紧靠 If you burrow into something, you move underneath it or press against it, usually in order to feel warmer or safer.
She turned her face away from him, burrowing into her heap of covers.
她侧过脸背向他，钻进她那堆被子里。
19
Q
bust
noun
\ˈbəst\
A
- VERB 打碎；破坏 If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.
The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense and past participle. bust的过去式和过去分词可与原形相同。
They will have to bust the door to get him out.
他们将不得不撞破门把他弄出来。 - VERB 逮捕；拘留 If someone is busted, the police arrest them.
They were busted for possession of cannabis.
他们因藏有大麻被逮捕。 - VERB （警察）搜查 If police bust a place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal.
…police success in busting UK-based drug factories.
警察对英国的毒品加工厂成功实施的突击搜查
Bust is also a noun.
Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama’s biggest drug bust.
上周在巴拿马规模最大的毒品搜查行动中查获了6吨可卡因。 - ADJ 破产的；倒闭的 A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down.
It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.
是纳税人将支付大部分的账单以解救面临倒闭的银行。 - PHRASE 破产；倒闭 If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
…a Swiss company which went bust last May.
一家去年5月倒闭的瑞士公司 - N-COUNT 半身像；胸像 A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.
…a bronze bust of the Queen.
女王的半身铜像 - N-COUNT （女人的）胸部 You can use bust to refer to a woman’s breasts, especially when you are describing their size.
Good posture also helps your bust look bigger.
优美的姿势也能让你的胸部看起来更丰满。 - to bust a gut →see: gut;
20
Q
bus·tle
verb
\ˈbə-səl\
A
- VERB 忙碌；奔忙 If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy.
My mother bustled around the kitchen…
我母亲在厨房忙得团团转。
She bustled about, turning on lights, moving pillows around on the sofa.
她打开灯，摆好沙发上的枕头，四处忙活。 - VERB 繁忙；活跃 A place that is bustling with people or activity is full of people who are very busy or lively.
The sidewalks are bustling with people…
人行道上的行人熙熙攘攘。
The main attraction was the bustling market.
最富吸引力的是热闹的市场。 - N-UNCOUNT 繁忙；喧闹 Bustle is busy, noisy activity.
…the hustle and bustle of modern life…
现代生活的拥挤喧嚣
There was a good deal of cheerful bustle.
曾有过好一阵欢闹。
— bustling adjective
— bus·tling·ly -liŋ-lē\ adverb
