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accusatory[əˈkjuːzətərɪ]adj.非难的,指责的;控告的——accuse[əˈkjuːz]v.指责;控告,指控;谴责;归咎于

We suggest two reasons why this view persists. First, female adolescents are accused primarily of victimless crimes, such as truancy, that do not involve clear-cut damage to persons or property. ——GRE No. 2-2, Section A

对于这一观点为何会持续存在,我们提出两个缘由。首先,少女们被指控的主要是那些无受害者的罪责,诸如逃学,这些罪责甚至不涉及明确的对人身或财产的损害。

ac-cus-atory

ac-=ad-=to,如“accommodation”(住所)(GRE 1994年10月,Section A)

cus=reason,如“excuse”(理由,借口)(GRE 1994年4月,Section A)

-atory:形容词后缀,表示“带有……性质的”,如“explanatory”(解释的)(GRE No. 5-1, Section A)


altruistic[ˌæltrʊˈɪstɪk]adj.利他的;无私心的;利他主义的

altru-ist-ic

altru, alter=other,如“alternate”(交替;轮换)(GRE No. 2-2, Section B)

-ist:名词后缀,表示“……主义者,从事……的专家”,如“saxophonist”(萨克斯管吹奏者)(GRE 1997年4月,Section A)

-ic:形容词后缀,表示“与……有关的,……的”,如“titanic”(巨大的,重要的)(GRE 1997年4月,Section A)


mournful[ˈmɔːnfl]adj.悲哀的;悲伤的;令人惋惜的

mourn-ful

mourn:悲伤

-ful:形容词后缀,多加在名词之后,表示“充满”的意思,是最常用的形容词后缀,反义词是-less,如“harmful”(有害的)(GRE No. 6-3, Section B)


simplistic[sɪmˈplɪstɪk]adj.过分简单化的;过分单纯化的

More importantly, the notion that the interruption or intensification of protein production in the brain can be related in cause-and-effect fashion to learning now seems simplistic and unproductive.——GRE No. 3-2, Section B

更重要的是,大脑中蛋白质产生的中断或加剧可以以因果的模式与学习进程关联起来的概念现在看起来已经很简单,也没有什么价值了。

sim-pli-st-ic

sim-=one by one,如“simple”(简单的)(GRE No. 5-2, Section A)

pli=fold,如“application”(应用)(GRE 1995年10月,Section B)

-(i)st:名词后缀,表示“……主义者,从事……的专家”,如“strategist”(战略家)(GRE No. 5-1, Section B)

-ic:形容词后缀,表示“与……有关的,……的”,如“subarctic”(亚北极的)(GRE 1998年11月,Section B)


humble[ˈhʌmbl]adj.谦逊的;简陋的;(级别或地位)低下的;卑微的;普通的;愚拙的

But genre painting, especially when it portrayed members of the humblest classes, was never popular in eighteenth-century France.——GRE No. 6-3, Section A

然则,风俗画在18世纪的法国从未受到人们的青睐,尤其当它描绘那些最卑微阶层的成员时。

hum-ble

hum=ground,如“posthumous”(死后的)(GRE 1990年4月,Section A)

-ble, -able:形容词后缀,如“measurable”(可测量的)(GRE No. 9-1, Section A)

相关题目:

Powerful as they are, the ______songs the artist is best known for might sting more and have even greater emotional complexity if one felt that his criticisms were aimed at himself as well as at his unnamed foes.——GRE 2008年6月,Section 1

A accusatory

B altruistic

C mournful

D simplistic

E humble