★ comprise
v.包含,包括,由……组成;构成,组成
【例1】Mental acts comprise thinking, planning, devising.思想活动包括思考、计划与设计。
【例2】A year is comprised of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and writer.一年由春夏秋冬四季组成。
【构词】com-(一起)+pris(=take,抓)+e→一起抓→包含
【同义替换】consist(of), include, (be)composed(of), constitute
★ dictate
v.口授;(使)听写;指令,指示,命令
【例1】Businessmen often dictate their letters.商人常口授信稿令人笔录。
【例2】The union leaders are trying to dictate their demands to the employer.工会领导人正设法迫使雇主接受他们的要求。
【构词】dict(说)+-ate(动词后缀)→口述
【同义替换】order, command
【派生】dictation n。听写,口述,命令 dictator n.独裁者 dictating a.口述的,命令的 dictatorship n.独裁 dictatorial a.独裁的
★ extravagant
a.奢侈的;过分的;(言行等)放肆的
【例1】The decoration has reached an extravagant degree of elaboration.那装潢已精致到了奢华的地步。
【例2】People laughed at the inventor’s extravagant praise of his invention.人们讥笑那位发明家对自己发明的过度夸耀。
【例3】The word was to him extravagant and dangerous.这话在他听来既放肆又可怕。
【同义替换】lavish
【派生】extravagantly ad.挥霍无度地
★ hysterical
a.情绪异常激动的,歇斯底里的
【例】The children began to laugh, hysterical with joy.孩子们大笑起来,信息若狂。
【同义替换】uncontrollable, overexcited
【派生】hysteria n.歇斯底里,癔病 hysterically ad.歇斯底里地
★ influential
a.有影响的;有权势的
【例1】Graphic design plays an increasingly influential part in societies dominated by mass media and susceptible to skilful packaging.在大众媒介统治、人们被精致的装潢所吸引的社会里,图案设计起着越来越有影响力的作用。
【例2】He used his influential friends to help him get into the civil service by the back door.他利用那些有权有势的朋友帮助他走后门,到政府行政部门任职。
【同义替换】significant, powerful
【派生】influence n.影响
哲学上说,量变到达一定程度必然会引起质变。复习也同样,一天弄透几个单词,日积月累,总会变得不一样。生活就像海洋,只有意志坚强的人才能到达彼岸。考研正是这样一个贵在坚持的过程,祝各位考生都能坚持到最后,金榜题名。