托福阅读词汇题机经总结

托福阅读词汇题机经总结 原文词：Aloof from 选项：separate from 远离的，分隔的 权威例句：This is no time for any man to withdraw into some ivory tower and proclaim the right to hold himself aloof from the problems and the agonies of his society. 现在对于任何人都不是缩进某座象牙塔并声明自己有权置身于社会问题与痛苦之外的时候。 机经第二弹： 原文词：Ancillary 选项：secondary 附属的，辅助的 I have great respect for our nurses and other ancillary personnel and the work they do, but this doesnt seem to happen to my male colleagues. 我很尊重我们的护士和其他的辅助医护人员以及他们所做的工作，但是这些似乎没有发生在我的男同事们身上. 机经第三弹： 原文词：Anguished 选项：tormented 英文释义：extreme mental distress 同义词： anguish / torture She was tormented with fear. 她受到恐惧的.折磨。 And being a happy person does not prevent anguish and heartbreak when your dog dies, or you lose your job, or when you have problems with a partner. 做一个幸福的人，并不是说要你在你的狗死了，或者你失业了，或者你和合作者之间出了状况时，你都不可以痛苦心碎。 机经第四弹： 原文词：Apace with 选项：as fast as 快速的 The public debt grew gradually but did so apace with the growth of a wealthy and expanding nation. 公债逐渐增加，随之快速成长的是一个富有和扩张中的国家。 Consumers are still spending apace, business is investing and the housing market is bubbling. Apace 是一个容易被忽略的词汇，词形上相当简单。但词义和用法上出现混淆和错用的情况很多。 机经第五弹： 原文词：annihilate 选项：conquer 英文释义 kill in large numbers the threat of nuclear war and annihilation of the human race. …核战争与人类毁灭的威胁 Annihilate 这个词，并不是一个托福阅读中高频出现的词，看起来很生僻。不过有 nihilism(虚无主义，无政府主义)一词与它同源，相关的衍生词也很多。 机经第六弹： 原文词 Apathetic 选项 uninvolved Sure, voter turnout has been dropping, and it might appear that voters are apathetic about the political system. 是啊，现在参加投票的人越来越少，看起来投票人对政治体系相当冷漠。 这里 pathy 作为一个词根的意思是，“病变”“疗法”“感觉”，与 pathy 同根的词汇还有 telepathy(心灵感应)，sympathy(同情)，pathology(病理学)