gre英语单词含义（GRE单词stigma）

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stigma

英 /ˈstɪɡmə/ 美 /ˈstɪɡmə/

【考法1】n.耻辱，污名: a mark of shame or discredit

【例】the stigma of cowardice 由f需弱而带来的污点 There's a social stigma attached to receiving welfare.

伴随着社会福利有一种社会耻辱感。

【近】blemish, brand, onus, slur, smirch, smudge, spot, stain, taint

【反】award, credit, honor 荣誉；fame, glory, renown, repute 好名声

02

dodge

英 /dɒdʒ/ 美 /dɑːdʒ/

【考法1】v.躲避: to avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside 【例】dodge a storm of bullets 躲避枪林弹雨 ；He dodged the first punch but was hit by the second 他躲过了第一次打击但是没有躲过第二次。

【近】avoid, escape, shirk, malinger, goldbrick, evade, parry, sidestep, circumvent, fence, hedge, avert, elude, shun, skirt, bilk, eschew, weasel

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torrid

英 /ˈtɒrɪd/ 美 /ˈtɔːrɪd/

【考法1】adj.酷热的: intensely hot

【例】the dry, torrid summers in southern Arizona 南亚利桑那州干燥、炎热的夏天

【近】hot, scalding, scorching, sweltering

【反】arctic, bone-chilling, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, icy 寒冷的

【考法2】adj.热情的，情感深厚的: having or expressing great depth of feeling

【例】torrid love affair 炙热的爱

【近】ardent, burning, fervid, flaming, glowing, impassioned, incandescent, intense, passionate, vehement

【反】dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional 冷漠的

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quell

英 /kwel/ 美 /kwel/

【考法1】vt.压制: to put down forcibly; suppress

【例】quell riot镇压骚乱

【近】quash, repress, squash, squelch, subdue, suppress, clamp down on, crack down on

【考法2】vt.使平静，安静: to pacify; quiet

【例】quell fears 减轻害怕

【近】dumb, extinguish, hush, mute, settle

【反】foment, instigate, rouse, incite 煽动

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vehement

英 /ˈviːəmənt/ 美 /ˈviːəmənt/

【考法1】adj.(情感)强烈的，热情的: having or expressing great depth of feeling

【例】a vehement defender of the rights of minorities 一个立场强烈的少数民族维权者

【近】ardent, demonstrative, emotional, fervid, impassioned, intense, passionate, perfervid, torrid

【反】cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional 冷淡的

【派】vehemence n. 强烈