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SSAT词汇:美国中学生阅读必备单词一
发布时间：2016-12-27
outlandish adj. 古怪的、奇异的
例句1:
Not everything in the show is outlandish; some events are all to realistic.
这个节目并不是所有事件都荒诞不经，一些事件还是很真实的。
例句2:
They appeared at parties in outlandish clothes.
他们穿着奇装异服参加各种聚会。
ominous adj. 受到威胁的、不祥的、不利的
比较级：more ominous
最高级：most ominous
"Evil forces around the world want to harm Americans every day. " an ominous voiceover states.
“世界上的恶势力总想对美国民众不利。” 一个让人发怵的画外音说到。
obscure adj.不清楚的、晦涩的、难理解的
例句1：The book contains little plot, an abundance of obscure poetry and the untimely death of three protagonists.
这本书包含了少量的情节、丰富难懂的诗歌和三位英年早逝的主人公。
例句2：Your idea seems very obscure to me.
你的想法令我很费解。
narrate v.叙述、讲述
例句1：Standing amid bags of garbage, he starts sorting, tearing open plastic bags and narrating his frinds.
站在那些垃圾袋中间，他开始一边分类整理、撕开塑料袋，一边讲述他的朋友们。
例句2：He once holds the tear to narrate a such story to mine.
他曾经含泪给我讲述了这样一个故事。
muster v. 集合、召集、集结
chant v. 反复有节奏的喊叫
holler v. 大声叫喊
arena n. 舞台、表演场地
例句：Fans chanted and hollered and enriched the arena with as much life as they could possibly muster. — New York Times
粉丝们大声合唱、尖叫，倾情互动，让现场充满了活力和激情。
multitude n.众多
例句1： They surround you in their multitudes - hundreds, maybe thousands of them, swooping and stinging and injecting venom into your flesh.
无数蜜蜂包围着你，成百上千的向你飞扑过来、用刺蛰你、把毒液扎进你的身体。
例句2：There are multitudes of islands on the Pacific.
太平洋有许多岛屿。
monotonous adj. 单调
Unfortunately, their monotonous verbiage reminds me of Charlie Brown's teacher in the "Peanuts" TV shows.
不幸的是，他们那单调的废话让我想起动画片《花生》里面查理·布朗的老师。
小伙伴们一定对花生狗snoopy很熟悉吧，那只比格犬史努比无所不能。但如果真的投入到花生故事里的话，相信很多人会更喜欢查·布朗（Charlie Brown）。花生漫画的作者Charles Schulz 评价他的主角说：
“Charlie Brown must be the one who suffers, because he’s a caricature of the average person. Most of us are much more acquainted with losing than winning. Winning is great, but it isn’t funny.”
现实生活中有多少像查理一样努力生活着的孩子，他总是不成功并非因为他一无是处；他也许只离成功相差一点点，但是他从不放弃，努力去做每一件事情，努力面对困难，即使很有可能面对失败；他用真诚的心去对待每一个人，绝对是个忠诚可靠的朋友。也许查理布朗是世界上倒霉的男孩之一，但他也是世界上最优秀的男孩之一。
momentum n. 动力、动量、势头
Mitchell believed that a song's momentum should always push upward, ascending like the slope of a mountain into the unknown.
米切尔认为一首歌的乐势应该总是向上推进的，如同沿着山坡向上，进入一个未知的境界。
misgiving n. 不安、担忧、疑虑、恐惧
例句1：
Quite a few said they had come despite the misgivings of parents who wanted them to focus on studying.
不少人说尽管他们的家长会担忧，希望他们专注在学习上，但是他们还是来了。
例句2：
Don't be overtaken by misgivings and fear. Just go full stream ahead!
不要瞻前顾后、畏首畏尾，放开手脚大胆去做吧！
meticulous adj. 一丝不苟的、注重细节的、谨小慎微的
It's a six-page scene and very meticulous, step by step. 这个场景描述有六页，一步一步的细节非常详尽、一丝不苟。
meander v. （河流、道路）蜿蜒、迂回曲折
If a river or road meanders, it has a lot of bends, rather than going in a straight line from one place to another.
v. 漫步;闲荡;信步
If you meander somewhere, you move slowly and not in a straight line.
v. 漫谈;闲聊;(文章)结构松散
If a speech, account, or piece of writing meanders, it seems to move from one topic to another without any order or purpose.
materialize v.实现、变为现实
By the time people reach their 70s, they're beginning to look back at the plans they made and dreams they had that never materialized.
当人们活到70岁时，会开始重温之前做过的计划和从未实现过的梦想。
malleable adj.容易受影响的、有延展性的
Memory is so malleable or volatile that each time we see something, the memory is actually influenced and re-created.
记忆是如此容易受影响或者无常，所以我们每次看到某事某物，它都会投射到记忆中并重现。
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