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SSAT词汇:美高生阅读单词量必备二
发布时间：2016-12-27
luminous adj. 柔和的光亮、发光的、明亮的
e.g. It was briefly one of the most luminous stars in the galaxy.
基本上它是银河系最亮的星星之一。
爱好天文学的小伙伴可以发消息给小编，跟小编介绍一下目前观测到的银河系中最亮的恒星、最快的恒星等等~ 小编会把你的帖子出来和全国所有关注SSAT的小伙伴们分享的。
knoll n. a small natural hill 小山丘
The home, set on a quarter-acre knoll, has views of the city, the Hollywood Reservoirand the Hollywood sign.
这个宅子坐落在一个0.25英亩的山丘上，城市风光风光尽收眼底，可以看到好莱坞水库和好莱坞的标牌。
看到这里，小伙伴们也许要问了，英亩有多大？
1英亩＝4047平方米
0.25英亩＝1012平方米
这房子..... 啧啧啧.... 不多说了，留空间给小伙伴们自己体会例句～
kindle v.激发（感情、感受、反应）
Recently in class I saw the fire of an idea flicker in a first-year student's eyes - and so to kindle it I cold-called him.
不久前，在课堂上，我从一个一年级小学生的眼中看到了创意之光的闪烁，于是，为了鼓励他，我点了他的名字。
再举个例子：
The teacher’s praise kindled a spark of hope inside her.
老师的赞扬激起了她内心的希望。
另外，kindle还指代amazon开发的一款电子阅读器。小编没有找到为什么要起名kindle，但是，单单看kindle的词义：激发、点燃、照耀、煽动、鼓舞、发亮等这些词义，作为读书工具也是再贴切不过了。怎么样？记住了吧？
jostle v. 推挤、争夺
In jerusalem, great religions have crowded and jostled their way down through millenniums.
在耶路撒冷，各大宗教云集，相互竞争了几千年。
jut v. 突出、凸出
From its long beak juts a fearsome tooth.
从它的长喙伸出一个可怕的牙齿。
jabber vi. talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory matter
吵闹、兴奋或者夸张地方式讲话
e.g. A parrot jabbered atop its cage and a monkey squealed and batered at its bronze ring, until its owner brought banans.
一只鹦鹉站在笼子上叽叽喳喳的叫，一只猴子则站在它的青铜环上尖叫，直到它的主人拿来了香蕉才停止。
哈哈哈~ 好热闹好欢乐的场景啊~
Listen to the jabber of this parrot and monkey....
jargan
technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
n. 行话、行业术语
由于小编搞不懂卡片中给出的jargon例句，因此找了另外一个例句和大家一起记忆。
e.g. Their jargon is impenetrable to an outsider.
他们的行话外人听不懂。
imperious adj.专横的、傲慢的、飞扬跋扈的
词根 imper = command 表示"命令、统治"
If you describe someone as imperious, you mean that they have a proud manner and expect to be obeyed.
例句：
1) It was a little scary how quicky he flipped from friendly to imperious.
他这么快就从友善转变成专横的态度让人有些不寒而栗。
2) A person, who is imperious and tries to gloss over his fault, is bound to suffer in the end.
专横跋扈、文过饰非的人到头来总是要吃亏的。
既然知道了imperious是专横的、傲慢的，imper 这个词根是表示命令和统治，那么小伙伴们能不能猜到imperial是什么意思呢？如果逛北京大故宫的话，一定满眼满耳都会听到imperial这个词。
imperial palace, imperial family, imperial tradition..... 猜到了发消息给小编吧~
impending adj.close in time; about to occur 即将发生的，逼近的
e.g. First, he gives the enemy 12 days of warning about impending air attacks. 他先给敌人发出警告：12天后就会发动空袭。
pending和impending都有“即将发生的”意思，两者的区别在于:
pending侧重“未决定的、等待（发生）的”
impending表示“即将发生、逼近的”
illuminate v. make free from confusion or ambiguity 阐明、阐述清晰明了
If you illuminate something that is unclear or difficult to understand, you make it clearer by explaining it carefully or giving information about it.
例句：The problem is that for illuminating answers, you need to ask the right questions.
难点在于你要问对了问题，才能得到明确清晰的答案。
illuminate 除了表示“阐明”之外，还有一个常见用法：
To illuminate something means to shine light on it and to make it brighter and more visible. “照亮、使明亮”的意思
e.g. The sun illuminate the sky. 太阳照亮了天空。
Torches illuminated the picnic area. 火把照亮了野餐地。
ignite v. When you ignite something or when it ignites, it starts burning or explodes.
e.g. Firefighters say the blaze started when stain-soaked rags ignited on the front porch. 消防员说大火是由前门廊的脏抹布被点燃造成的。
再举个例子：Petrol ignites very easily. 汽油很容易着火。就在此时此刻用两分钟把这句话拿下吧！
headway n. forward movement 前进、取得进展
At times, you feel like you're struggleing to run forward, going through the motions but making no headway, frozen in place. 有时，你觉得自己很努力地在向前奔跑，应付了很多差事却僵在原地，没有任何进步。
多学一个词组：go through the motions 走过场、应付差事（并不感兴趣，没有激情）
英英释义：If you say that someone is going through the motions, you think they are only saying or doing something because it is expected of them without being interested, enthusiastic, or sympathetic.
例句：‘You really don't care, do you?' she said quietly. ' You're just going through the motions.'
“你其实不在意，对不对？”她悄声说，“你就是装装样子而已。”
小编可不希望小伙伴们像例句中说的那样没有进步，I hope you all make remarkable headway in your English skills.
对于hasten的用法，我们分不同情况，多讲几句：
1）v. if you hasten an even or process, often an unpleansant one, you make it happen faster or sooner. 加速、加快进程（通常指不愉快的事情）
e.g. Rather than wait for that day, he set out to hasten its arrival. 他并没有坐等那一天的到来，而是去加速它的到来。
2) v. if you hasten to do something, you are quick to do it.急忙、赶紧
e.g. His manager was hastening to grab a pen and sign that contract. 他赶紧拿了支笔把合同签了。
3) v. if you hasten to say something, you quickly add something to what you have just said in order to prevent it being misunderstood. 急忙补充说明，以免发生误会。
e.g. He hastened to add that he knew nothing about the fraud at the time. 他急忙补充道，自己对那个骗局一无所知。
4）v. if you hasten somewhere, you hurry there 赶往、赶去
e.g. Their flight is about to take off, they have to hasten to the boarding gate. 飞机就要起飞了，他们匆匆忙忙赶去登机口。
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