每天5个gre单词（Day155:每天5个GRE词汇）

01

penury

英 /ˈpenjəri/ 美 /ˈpenjəri/

【考法1】n.贫穷: extreme dearth; barrenness or insufficiency

【例】Some have pessimistically regarded the higher education in China as an invisible and irresistible path to penury.有人悲观地把中国的高等教育看作是一条通往贫穷的通道——无形但不可抗拒

【近】destitution, impecuniosity, impoverishment, indigence, neediness, poorness, poverty, want

【反】affluence, opulence, richness, wealth 富裕

【考法2】n.吝啬，节俭: extreme and often niggardly frugality

【例】They bitterly complained about their father's penury.他们哀怨地抱怨父亲的节俭

【近】closeness, miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony, penuriousness, stinginess, tightfistedness, tightness

【反】generosity, largesse, munificence, openhandedness, philanthropy 慷慨的

【派】penurious adj.贫穷的；吝啬的

02

sloppy

英 /ˈslɒpi/ 美 /ˈslɑːpi/

【考法1】adj.邋遢的，不整洁的: lacking neatness in dress or person

【例】a sloppy child who always seems to have spilled something on his clothes 一个外表邋遢的小孩子，他 的衣服似乎总被沾上了什么东西

【近】blowsy, dowdy, frowsy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy

【反】dapper, dashing, sharp, smart, spruce 外表整洁吉的

【考法2】adj.混乱的: lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness

【例】dumped the papers in a sloppy pile on the desk 把纸张随意地叠放在书桌上

【近】chaotic, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled, disorderly, jumbled, littered, rumpled, tousled, tumbled

【反】bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidy, trim 有序的

03

hammer

英 /ˈhæmə(r)/ 美 /ˈhæmər/

【考法1 】v.屡次重申: to make repeated efforts especially : to reiterate an opinion or attitude.

【例】the lectures all hammered away at the same points 整场讲座都是在阐述相同论点 ；hammered the information into the students' heads把这条信息反复向学生们强调

04

antiquated

英 /ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd/ 美 /ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd/

【考法1】adj.古老的，过时的: outmoded or discredited by reason of age: being out of style or fashion

【例】We saw an antiquated hand-cranked rope-making machine at the textiles museum. 我们在纺织博物 馆里看到了一台手摇式古董制绳机。antiquated methods of farming己经过时的耕种技术

【近】antique, archaic, dated, fossilized, moribund, moth-eaten, obsolete, outdated, outmoded, outworn, prehistoric, rusty

【反】contemporary, current, modern, recent 当前的，现代的

05

revise

英 /rɪˈvaɪz/ 美 /rɪˈvaɪz/

【考法1】vt.更改，修正: to look over again in order to correct or improve

【例】There are many problems involved in revising a dictionary.修修正字典会牵、涉到诸多问题。With the snow, we'll need to revise our travel plans.因为下雪了，我们不得不更改旅游计划。

【近】amend, correct, emend, polish, redraft, refine, rework, upgrade

【反】discard 丢弃，抛弃

【派】revision n. 修改