【例2】Susan hasted to explain why she was late. Susan急急忙忙地解釋她為什么遲到了。
【同義替換】hurry
【派生】hasty a.匆忙的,倉促的,草率的 hasten v.急忙,趕快;催促,促進(jìn)
【真題】Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage.一些人如釋重負(fù),另一些人,包括教會、生命權(quán)利組織以及澳大利亞醫(yī)學(xué)會成員都對這一決議及其倉促的通過進(jìn)行了猛烈的抨擊。
★ remnant
n.剩余(物),零料;遺跡,遺風(fēng)
a.剩余的,殘留的
【例1】Emily is biting a piece of crust, the remnant of her breakfast. Emily正在啃一片干面包,那是她早餐吃剩下的。
【例2】The archaeologists are looking for the remnant of an old city.那些考古學(xué)家在尋找一座古城的遺跡。
【例3】The beautiful certain is made of remnant materials.這個漂亮的窗簾是用零布頭做的。
【同義替換】remains, leftover
★ forecast
v./n.預(yù)測,預(yù)報
【例】According to the weather forecast, it will be sunny tomorrow.天氣預(yù)報說明天是晴天。
【構(gòu)詞】fore-(先,前)+cast(拋)→預(yù)先拋出→預(yù)測
【同義替換】predict, divine, portend, bode
【真題】However, there are still no forecasts for when faster-than-light travel will be available, or when human cloning will be perfected, or when time travel will be possible.然而,對于何時能夠進(jìn)行超光速旅行,何時人類克隆技術(shù)得到完善,何時時間旅行成為可能,仍沒有預(yù)言。
★ criterion
n.標(biāo)準(zhǔn),尺度
【例】Success in making money is not always a good criterion of success in life.能掙錢并不一定總是衡量人生幸福的可靠標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。