【例】Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of men pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing has happened.人們有時會絆倒在真理上,但其中大部分人爬起來后就趕快走開了,好像什么事情也未發(fā)生過一樣。
【同義替換】stagger
【派生】stumbling a.蹣跚的,阻礙的
【真題】Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across Career Builder, a job database on the Internet.
【例】The police commissioner is furious because the suspect hasn’t been found.警務(wù)處長大發(fā)雷霆,因?yàn)橄右煞干形凑业健?/font>
【同義替換】irate, violent
【派生】furiously ad.狂怒地
【真題】It’s usually the case that people seldom behave in a rational way when in a furious state.
通常狀況下,人們很少能在盛怒之下做出理智的舉動。
generate
v.產(chǎn)生,發(fā)生;生殖
【例】Natural gas, which used to be available to generate electricity, was already in short supply.以往能夠用于發(fā)電的天然氣,現(xiàn)在早已短缺。
【構(gòu)詞】gen(產(chǎn)生)+er+-ate(動詞后綴)→產(chǎn)生
【同義替換】produce
【派生】generator n.發(fā)電機(jī),發(fā)生器
【真題】Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before awakening, suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generated during the day.