【例2】Susan hasted to explain why she was late. Susan急急忙忙地解釋她為什么遲到了。
【同義替換】hurry
【派生】hasty a.匆忙的,倉促的,草率的 hasten v.急忙,趕快;催促,促進
【真題】Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage.一些人如釋重負,另一些人,包括教會、生命權利組織以及澳大利亞醫學會成員都對這一決議及其倉促的通過進行了猛烈的抨擊。
★ remnant
n.剩余(物),零料;遺跡,遺風
a.剩余的,殘留的
【例1】Emily is biting a piece of crust, the remnant of her breakfast. Emily正在啃一片干面包,那是她早餐吃剩下的。
【例2】The archaeologists are looking for the remnant of an old city.那些考古學家在尋找一座古城的遺跡。
【例3】The beautiful certain is made of remnant materials.這個漂亮的窗簾是用零布頭做的。
【同義替換】remains, leftover
★ forecast
v./n.預測,預報
【例】According to the weather forecast, it will be sunny tomorrow.天氣預報說明天是晴天。
【構詞】fore-(先,前)+cast(拋)→預先拋出→預測
【同義替換】predict, divine, portend, bode
【真題】However, there are still no forecasts for when faster-than-light travel will be available, or when human cloning will be perfected, or when time travel will be possible.然而,對于何時能夠進行超光速旅行,何時人類克隆技術得到完善,何時時間旅行成為可能,仍沒有預言。
★ criterion
n.標準,尺度
【例】Success in making money is not always a good criterion of success in life.能掙錢并不一定總是衡量人生幸福的可靠標準。
【構詞】crit(判斷)+erion→判斷的依據→標準,準則
【同義替換】standard, gauge, formula, norm, touchstone
★ dominate
v.支配,統治,控制;占優勢
【例1】She dominated the meeting by sheer force of character.她單憑個人氣勢就鎮住了會場。
【例2】Price tends to dominate all other considerations.首先考慮的往往是價格問題。