★ bloom
n.花(朵);开花(期)
v.开花
【例】The younger lady was in the lovely bloom and spring-time of womanhood.那位小姐正处在女性含苞待放的青春妙龄。
【同义替换】youth, flower, green
★ visual
a.看的,看得见的;视觉的
【例】Her designs have a strong visual appeal.她的设计在视觉上很有感染力。
【构词】vis(看)+-ual(形容词后缀)→看得见的,视觉的
【同义替换】ocular
【派生】visualize v.想象或设想 visualization n.想象
【真题】IQ tests ask you to complete verbal and visual analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and cut, and to deduce numerical sequences, among other similar tasks。智商测试要求你完成口头和视觉类比,要求你在纸张被折叠、剪切后想象它的形状,要求你推论数字的顺序,还有其他类似的项目。
★ envy
v./n.羡慕,忌妒
【例1】He couldn’t conceal his envy of me/envy at my success.他遮掩不住对我的忌妒/对我的成就的忌妒。
【例2】I don’t envy him his money problems.我庆幸自己没有他那些金钱的麻烦。
【同义替换】jealousy
【派生】envious a.羡慕的,嫉妒的
【真题】Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whose productivity and social harmony are the envy of the United States and Europe.战后日本的生产率和社会的和谐度为美国和欧洲所称羡,因此很难说漫无目标是战后日本的特色。
★ rally
v.重整,恢复,振作
n.聚集,集会;拉力赛
【例1】It’s essential to rally people round.关键在于把人民团结起来。
【例2】Her spirits rallied on hearing the good news.她听到这好消息精神又振作起来。
【例3】Everyone at the rally wore red ribbons as favors.参加集会的人都系着红丝带作为支持大会的标记。
【例4】It’s kind of like a road rally, where a driver and a navigator collaborate to get over a given course in the best time.这很像公路汽车拉力赛,驾驶员和领航员在最短的时间内合作克服遇到的困难。
【同义替换】assemble; summon, recover; conference, meeting