GRE考试必备词汇 第279课
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- 释义：
- n. 挂名差事，闲职
- 例句：
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She found him an exalted sinecure as a Fellow of the Library of Congress.
她给他找了一个级别很高的闲职：国会图书馆研究员。 换一句 -
He even had a job, a sinecure, more highly - paid than his old job had been.
他甚至还有一个工作, 一个挂名差使,比他原来的工作的待遇要好多了. 换一句 -
His stable services were merely a sinecure, and consisted simply in a daily care and inspection.
他在马厩里的工作是个轻闲差使, 每天只要去照料照料巡视一番. 换一句
您还可以临摹下单词：
sinecure
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- 释义：
- adj. （声音）减弱的，变得轻柔的；（颜色）柔和的
- 例句：
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The strings are muted throughout the closing bars of the symphony.
该交响曲结束部分各节中的弦乐全为弱化音. 换一句 -
The lightning moved south followed by a few claps of muted thunder.
闪都到南边去,曳着几声不甚响亮的雷. 换一句 -
He likes sombre, muted colours — she likes bright colours.
他喜欢暗淡、柔和的颜色；而她喜欢明艳的颜色。 换一句
您还可以临摹下单词：
muted
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- 释义：
- n. 小过失；轻罪
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For this peccadillo he was demoted and sent back to pound the beat.
由于这次过失,他被降了级,又被打发去干徒步巡警了. 换一句
您还可以临摹下单词：
peccadillo
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- 释义：
- adj. 相等的，等值的
- 构词：
- equi相等,平均+val价值+ent……的→力量相等
- 例句：
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The gangsters offered him a sum equivalent to a whole year's earnings.
歹徒提出要给他一笔相当于他一年收入的钱. 换一句 -
Changing her job like that is equivalent to giving her the sack.
那样调换她的工作等于是解雇她. 换一句 -
You will receive the full equivalent of your money.
你将收到与你的款项价值完全同等的物品. 换一句
您还可以临摹下单词：
equivalent
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- 释义：
- n. 零售
- 构词：
- re再+tail剪,割→再分割→零售
- 例句：
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The retail dealer buys at wholesale and sells at retail.
零售商批发购进货物,以零售价卖出. 换一句 -
He does wholesale business, while his brother is engaged in retail business.
他经营批发生意, 他弟弟则经营零售生意. 换一句 -
Retail prices of staple foods remain unchanged.
主要食物的零售价保持不变. 换一句
您还可以临摹下单词：
retail
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- 释义：
- v. 分散，权力下放
- 构词：
- de离开+central[adj.中心的]+ize表动词→离开中心
- 例句：
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If you were a manager, would you decentralize authority?
如果你是一位管理者, 你愿意实行分权 吗 ? 换一句 -
If we decentralize, the provinces will have more autonomy.
我们把权力下放, 各省就有更多的自主权. 换一句 -
And as businesses decentralize and downsize, information systems follow suit.
并且随着企业的分散化和小规模化, 信息系统也产生同样的变化. 换一句
您还可以临摹下单词：
decentralize
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- 释义：
- adj. 笨重的
- 构词：
- cumber躺+some具有……倾向→有障碍的
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It's rather cumbersome having to carry all these cases around.
把这些箱子都带着走动是件相当麻烦的事. 换一句 -
The furniture is too cumbersome to move.
家具太笨,搬起来很不方便. 换一句 -
Although the machine looks cumbersome, it is actually easy to use.
尽管这台机器看上去很笨重，操作起来却很容易。 换一句
您还可以临摹下单词：
cumbersome
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