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activism[ˈæktɪvɪzəm]n.行动主义;激进主义——active[ˈæktɪv]adj.积极的;活跃的;主动的;有效的;起作用的;活性的;(火山)活的

Though active in commerce or the professions, most of the wealthy were not self-made, but had inherited family fortunes.——GRE No. 4-2, Section A

尽管绝大所数富豪活跃于商业或各项职业,但他们并非是白手起家,而是继承了家族财富。

act-iv-ism

act=act,如“react”(反应)(GRE No. 6-1, Section A)

-iv(e):形容词后缀,如“instructive”(有启发性的)(GRE No. 7-1, Section B)

-ism:抽象名词后缀,表示“主义,学说,特性”,如“paganism”(异教)(GRE No. 7-1, Section B)


apathy [ˈæpəθɪ] n.冷漠,无兴趣,漠不关心;无感情

a-pathy

a-, an-=without,如“anarchy”(无政府状态)(GRE 1992年10月,Section A)

pathy=feeling,如“antipathy”(反感)(GRE No. 4-2, Section B)


affability [ˌæfəˈbɪlətɪ] n.亲切;和蔼;殷勤

af-fa-bil-ity

af-=ad-=to,如“afflict”(折磨)(GRE No. 9-4, Section B)

fa, fess=speak,如“professor”(教授)(GRE No. 9-4, Section A)

-(a)bil:即-able,形容词后缀,表示“有能力,适合”,被修饰的名词有被动的意思,如“available”(可获得的)(GRE No. 2-1, Section A)

-ity:抽象名词后缀,如“quantity”(数量)(GRE No. 4-2, Section B)


devoted[dɪˈvəʊtɪd]adj.热衷于……的,挚爱的;专用于……的;献身的;忠诚的——(be) devoted to 专心于……;献身于……;致力于……;投入到……

Although the time involved is so short, about 0.04 percent of the total age of the Earth, the amount of attention devoted to the Pleistocene has been incredibly large, probably because of its immediacy, and because the epoch largely coincides with the appearance on Earth of humans and their immediate ancestors.——GRE No. 8-2, Section B

虽然更新世所涉及的时间是如此之短,约为地球总年龄的0.04%,但人们投入到这一时期的注意力却大得难以令人置信,可能是因为其紧迫性,且因为这一时期在很大程度上与地球上人类及其直接祖先的出现正值同期。

de-vote-d

de-=dis-=from,如“devoid”(缺乏的)(GRE No. 4-3, Section B)

vote=vow

-(e)d:形容词后缀,如“extended”(扩大的)(GRE No. 4-3, Section B)


indifferent [ɪnˈdɪfrənt]adj.漠不关心的;无关紧要的;中性的,中立的——indifference [ɪnˈdɪfrəns] n.漠不关心;冷淡;不重视;中立——(be) indifferent to 对……无兴趣(不关心、不在乎、冷漠)

The hypothesis of an expanding Earth has never attracted notable support, and if it were not for the historical example of continental drift, such indifference might be a legitimate response to an apparently improbable concept.——GRE No. 2-3, Section B

地球膨胀这一假说从来没有吸引到明显的支持,如果不是因为有大陆漂移学说的历史先例,这样的漠视态度对于一个显然不可能的概念来说,可谓是一种甚为合理的反应。

in-dif-fer-ent

in-=not,如“infinite”(无穷的)(GRE No. 5-3, Section A)

dif-=dis-=apart,如“disappointment”(失望)(GRE No. 3-2, Section B)

fer=carry,如“transfer”(转移)(GRE No. 5-1, Section B)

-ent:形容词后缀,如“equivalent”(相等的)(GRE No. 3-1, Section A)


shape [ʃeɪp] v.形成;塑造;计划;使成形;使(行为等)符合要求

In her novels, Woolf is deeply engaged by the questions of how individuals are shaped (or deformed) by their social environments, how historical forces impinge on people's lives, how class, wealth, and gender help to determine people's fates. ——GRE No. 4-2, Section B

在其小说中,伍尔夫深深地被这样一些问题所吸引:个人是如何被他们所处的社会环境塑造(或扭曲)的,历史的力量是如何影响人们的生活的,以及阶级、财富和性别是如何决定人们的命运的。

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In stark contrast to his later (i) ______, Simpson was largely (ii) ______politics during his college years, despite the fact that the campus he attended was rife with political activity. ——GRE OG, Verbal Reasoning Practice Questions, SET 1. Discrete Questions: Easy