gre改革后,新gre逻辑阅读主要考察我们的逻辑推断能力,如何应对新gre考试呢?在做新gre逻辑阅读时,要注意找窍门注意一下单词后缀部分。这样能更好的帮助新gre逻辑阅读理解能力。 GRE大白皮NO.4-9第250页No.8第一套题第3section短文阅读理解的第20题
( T, z% o- ]# V" v/ _0 j 原文:
+ p0 t& D4 f" L We believe,pehaps unimaginative, that this...
8 t3 D0 f+ i- w( R; s0 a8 L 考点就是这个unimaginative
0 D0 m( k+ F5 c( a 正确选项是A pedestrian 这个词本身没有必要讲解,如果你查阅韦氏字典这个单词的解释就是 unimaginative /commonplace+ X J# n5 a: {* ?' j5 j; u
问题出在,不明确unimaginative 和 unimaginable的差别,是错误选择NOVEL的原因。前者是“没有想象力的”后者是“不可想象的”( f6 P8 p9 t) ]5 E
-tive 这个后缀的含义:having a tendency to do, or tending to, 倾向于
8 F' P( L5 T+ {* D" c0 C# ` unimaginative 在朗文字典的解释比较准确:
$ o( W& j9 W, ^3 Q3 U1 p lacking the ability to think of new or unusaul ideas, ordinary and boring) j; W, U4 Z8 j+ [; J2 n
-able 表示能力,所以unimaginable是不可想象的,not imaginable or comprehensible ,too extraordinary or improbable to believe,INCREDIABLE
6 p6 I/ I9 M* @, c1 {$ o7 p Synonymsfantastic, implausible, inconceivable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unimaginable, unthinkable Related Wordsdoubtful, dubious, far-fetched, fishy, flimsy, questionable, suspect, unlikely, unreasonable; hopeless, impossible; absurd, outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous; indefensible, insupportable, untenable Near Antonymslikely, possible, probable; reasonable |