托福备考必看词汇

enroll to one = combine

complement = supplement = add to

substitute = replace

so far = until present = up to now

rooted in = based on

make their way = travel

staggering摇晃的; 犹豫的; 压倒的(多数) =overwhelming

string线, 绳子; 一行, 一系列 =series

swell -- enlargement --- expand

tract- area - terrain

symmetric 对称的,均衡的 --- balance

taper 逐渐变小 --- diminish --- 收缩

tenet --- principle/belief

turn = change

vast - immense - extensive

with the ordinary citizen’s pocketbook = affordable

advent = arrival

vulnerable--open to break-open to attack -- weak --susceptible

perishable 容易腐烂的= easy to spoil

seething 沸腾的 --- overflowing/excited/active

float = stay on the top

be consistent with = be compatible with

property 财产,特征 = characteristic = attribute (名词意为"特征,属性")

simulated ---- artificial

sort --- type -- kind

affair = matter

chronic --- constant - confirmed 慢性的;证实的

consequence = result/importance

counter = oppose

countervail 补偿,抵消; 对抗 = compensate/oppose

distinction = differentiation/excellence/honor

distribution = dispersion = dispersal

embed = implant

euphoric = extremely happy

flake = fragment

hinder 阻碍,打扰= interfere with

ladings 船货= cargos shipment

mandatory = required, obligatory

mundane 世俗的,平凡的= ordinary

prerequisite = something required (something needed to happen)

rather = instead 相反地/ in some degree在tain

spectator = viewer

sporadic = intermittent /irregular

stylus 铁笔,针状物 = pen

unconceivable = unimaginable

uniformly = evenly/ without variation/consistently

unique = sole/ distinct

warranted = authorized 授权的/justified

assume=take on 呈现/ suppose, posit 假设

sank (sink的过去式)= descended; dropped to the bottom

scant = minimum

sited = located

sophisticated = refined /elaborated /complex

ubiquitous 到处存在的 = common

unanimity = total agreement