GMAT 10 Flashcards
gin·gi·vi·tis
noun
\ˌjin-jə-ˈvī-təs\
n.齿龈炎
gir·dle
noun
\ˈgər-dəl\
- N-COUNT (女子的)紧身褡,束腹紧身衣 A girdle is a piece of women’s underwear that fits tightly around the stomach and hips.
- VERB 围绕;环绕 If one thing girdles another, it surrounds it.
Weather satellites have observed a ring of volcanic ash girdling the earth…
气象卫星观测到一个环绕地球的火山灰带。
The old town centre is girdled by a boulevard lined with trees.
一条林阴大道环绕古城的中心。
<drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection>
give rise to
引起, 导致
give way to
让路,让步
gla·cier
noun
\ˈglā-shər\
- N-COUNT 冰川;冰河 A glacier is an extremely large mass of ice which moves very slowly, often down a mountain valley.
gland
noun
\ˈgland\
- N-COUNT 腺 A gland is an organ in the body which produces chemical substances for the body to use or get rid of.
…the hormones secreted by our endocrine glands.
人体内分泌腺分泌的荷尔蒙
…sweat glands.
汗腺
— gland·less \ˈgland-ləs\ adjective
glean
verb
\ˈglēn\
- VERB 耐心学习,仔细收集(信息、知识等) If you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly.
At present we’re gleaning information from all sources…
目前,我们正从各种渠道收集信息。
10,000 pages of evidence were gleaned from hundreds and hundreds of interviews.
从无数次的采访中收集到了长达一万页的证据。
— glean·able \ˈglē-nə-bəl\ adjective
— glean·er noun
glut
verb
\ˈglət\
- N-COUNT 供过于求;供应过剩 If there is a glut of something, there is so much of it that it cannot all be sold or used.
There’s a glut of agricultural products in Western Europe.
西欧的农产品供过于求。
…a world oil glut.
全球石油供应过剩 - VERB 充斥;使供应过剩 If a market is glutted with something, there is a glut of that thing.
The region is glutted with hospitals…
该地区的医院数量已经饱和。
Soldiers returning from the war had glutted the job market. 从战场返乡的士兵挤爆了劳动力市场。
glyc·er·ol
noun
\ˈgli-sə-ˌrȯl\
n.甘油,丙三醇
GNP
go·ril·la
noun
\gə-ˈri-lə\
- N-COUNT 大猩猩 A gorilla is a very large ape. It has long arms, black fur, and a black face.
She hired some gorilla as her bodyguard.
<the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to “convince” him to pay up>
gour·met
noun
\ˈgu̇r-ˌmā\
- ADJ 珍馐的;美味佳肴的 Gourmet food is nicer or more unusual or sophisticated than ordinary food, and is often more expensive.
Flavored coffee is sold at gourmet food stores and coffee shops…
花式咖啡可在美食店和咖啡店买到。
The couple share a love of gourmet cooking.
这夫妇俩都有烹饪美食的嗜好。 - N-COUNT 美食家;讲究饮食的人;老饕 A gourmet is someone who enjoys good food, and who knows a lot about food and wine.
— gourmet adjective
<food critics have to be gourmets in order to write about food in an informed way>
government intervention
政府干预
grade-school
adj. 未满学龄的,就学前的
n. 育幼院,幼儿园
gra·di·ent
noun
\ˈgrā-dē-ənt\
- N-COUNT 斜坡;坡度;倾斜度 A gradient is a slope, or the degree to which the ground slopes.
…a gradient of 1 in 3…
1比3的倾斜度
The courses are long and punishing, with steep gradients.
这些赛道既长又有陡坡,极具挑战性。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 grade - N-COUNT 变化率 The gradient of a graph or series of measurements is the rate at which one set of amounts changes in relation to another.
<the path goes up at a pretty steep gradient before leveling off>
grad·u·al
noun, often capitalized
\ˈgra-jə-wəl\
- ADJ-GRADED 逐渐的;逐步的 A gradual change or process occurs in small stages over a long period of time, rather than suddenly.
Losing weight is a slow, gradual process…
减肥是一个缓慢而渐进的过程。
You can expect her progress at school to be gradual rather than brilliant.
你可以指望她在学习上循序渐进,但别指望她突飞猛进。
gran·dil·o·quence
noun
\gran-ˈdi-lə-kwən(t)s\
- ADJ-GRADED 一本正经的;卖弄词藻的;夸张的;做作的 Grandiloquent language or behaviour is very formal, literary, or exaggerated, and is used by people when they want to seem important.
She attacked her colleagues for indulging in ‘grandiose and grandiloquent language’.
她抨击同事“言辞浮夸做作”。
— gran·dil·o·quent -kwənt\ adjective
— gran·dil·o·quent·ly adverb
gran·di·ose
adj
\ˈgran-dē-ˌōs\
n.雄伟, 壮观
— gran·di·ose·ly adverb
— gran·di·ose·ness noun
— gran·di·os·i·ty \ˌgran-dē-ˈä-sə-tē\ noun
He was full of grandiose ideas.
<a grandiose plan to upgrade the entire interstate highway system in 10 years>
grave·side
noun
\ˈgrāv-ˌsīd\
- N-COUNT 坟墓边(通常在谈论某人下葬时用此说法) You can refer to the area around a grave as the graveside, usually when you are talking about the time when someone is buried.
Both women wept at his graveside.
这两个女人都在他的墓前痛哭。
grav·i·tate
verb
\ˈgra-və-ˌtāt\
- VERB 被吸引到;受吸引而参加 If you gravitate towards a particular place, thing, or activity, you are attracted by it and go to it or get involved in it.
Traditionally young Asians in Britain have gravitated towards medicine, law and engineering.
英国的亚裔年轻人通常被吸引到医学、法律及工程专业。
The guests gravitated toward the far side of the room.
The conversation gravitated to politics.
Voters have started gravitating to him as a possible candidate.
Many young people now gravitate toward careers in the computer industry.