SAT想考高分，詞匯是最基礎的，如果SAT詞匯量不夠，是不可能取得高分成績的。為了方便同學記憶SAT詞匯，上海新航道小編為大家帶來SAT詞匯：備考SAT必背高頻詞匯，每個單詞都有用法和例句哦，希望對各位SAT備考有所幫助。

  101. conservative

  conservative /k?n?s??v?t?v/ CET4 TEM4 ( conservatives )

  ADJ Someone who is conservative has views that are toward the political right. In the U.S. the Republicans are more conservative than the Democrats, who are more liberal. 持政治右傾觀點的

  例：

  ...counties whose citizens invariably support the most conservative candidatein any election.

  …公民們在任何選舉中都千篇一律地支持最保守的候選人的縣。

  102. mollify

  mollify /?m?l??fa?/ TEM8 (mollifying, mollified, mollifies )

  V-T If you mollify someone,you do or say something to make them less upset or angry. 安撫; 平息 [正式]

  例：

  The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups.

  展開該調查的目的主要是為了安撫那些壓力集團。

  103. inflamed

  inflamed /?n?fle?md/ TEM8

  ADJ If part of your body isinflamed, it is red or swollen, usually as a result of an infection, injury, orillness. 紅腫的; 發炎的

  例：

  Symptoms include red, itchy and inflamed skin.

  癥狀包括皮膚紅腫、瘙癢和發炎。

  104. obdurate

  obdurate /??bdj?r?t/

  ADJ If you describe someoneas obdurate, you think that they are being unreasonable in their refusal tochange their decision or opinion. 執拗的; 頑固不化的 [正式]

  例：

  Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.

  政府的一些部門可能正在作出改變，但其他部門卻要執意維持現狀。

  105. altruism

  利他主義

  106. prescient

  prescient /?pr?s??nt/

  ADJ If you say that someone or something was prescient, you mean that they were able to know or predict what was going to happen in the future. 預知的; 先知的; 預見性的 [正式]

  例：

  ...an eerily prescient comedy about a populist multimillionaire political candidate.

  ...圍繞一位身價數百萬的民粹主義政治候選人的一部喜劇，其預見性近乎詭異。

  107. elite

  elite /??li?t, e?-/ CET6 TEM8 ( elites )

  N-COUNT You can refer to themost powerful, rich, or talented people within a particular group, place, orsociety as the elite. 精英

  例：

  ...a government comprisedmainly of the elite.

  …主要由精英組成的政府。

  108. latitude

  latitude /?l?t??tju?d/ CET6 TEM4 ( latitudes )

  N-VAR The latitude of a place is its distance from the equator.緯度

  例：

  In the middle to high latitudes rainfall has risen steadily over thelast 20-30 years.

  中高緯度地區的降雨量在過去的20到30年間穩步上升了。

  109. compilation

  compilation /?k?mp??le???n/ ( compilations )

  N-COUNT A compilation is abook, CD, or programme that contains many different items that have been gathered together, usually ones which have already appeared in other places. 匯編; 合集

  例：

  His latest CD is a compilation of his jazz works over the past decade.

  他最新的CD是他過去十年的爵士樂作品集。

  110. commemorate

  commemorate /k??m?m??re?t/ CET6 TEM4 ( commemorating, commemorated,commemorates )

  V-T To commemorate an important event or person means to remember them by means of a special action,ceremony, or specially created object. 紀念

  例：

  One room contained a gallery of paintings commemorating great moments in baseball history.

  有一間房間里有一個畫廊，陳列著紀念棒球史上偉大時刻的繪畫作品。

  111. uncorroborated

  uncorroborated /??nk??r?b??re?t?d/

  ADJ An uncorroborated statement or claim is not supported by any evidence or information. (聲明等)無證據的; 未經證實的 [usu ADJ n]

  例：

  Uncorroboratedconfessions should no longer be accepted by courts.

  無證據的供詞不應繼續被法庭采信。

  112. ephemeral

  ephemeral /??f?m?r?l/ TEM8

  ADJ If you describe something as ephemeral, you mean that it lasts only for a short time. 短暫的; 瞬間的 [正式]

  例：

  He talked about the country'sephemeral unity being shattered by the defeat.

  他談到戰敗徹底粉碎了國家的短暫統一。

  113. histrionics

  histrionics /?h?str???n?ks/

  N-PLURAL If you disapprove of someone's dramatic and exaggerated behaviour, you can describe it ashistrionics. 裝腔作勢 [表不滿]

  例：

  When I explained everythingto my mom and dad, there were no histrionics.

  當我向自己的父母對一切做解釋時，沒有裝腔作勢。

  114. gregarious

  gregarious /ɡr??ɡ??r??s/TEM8

  1.

  ADJ Someone who is gregarious enjoys being with other people. 愛社交的

  例：

  She is such a gregarious and outgoing person.

  她就是這樣一個愛社交而且外向的人。

  2.

  ADJ Gregarious animals orbirds normally live in large groups. 群居的

  例：

  Snow geese are very gregarious birds.

  雪雁是種群居的鳥類。

  115. taciturn

  taciturn /?t?s??t??n/ TEM8

  ADJ A taciturn person does not say very much and can seem unfriendly. 不愛說話的

  例：

  A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables.

  他不愛說話，對我的問題一兩個字就打發了。

  116. inform

  V-T If a situation oractivity is informed by an idea or a quality, that idea or quality is verynoticeable in it. 彌漫 (思想或品質等) [正式]

  例：

  All great songs are informed by a certain sadness and tension.

  所有動聽的歌曲無不彌漫著某種傷感和緊繃感。

  117. hubris

  hubris /?hju?br?s/

  N-UNCOUNT If you accuse someone of hubris, you are accusing them of arrogant pride. 傲慢自大; 自恃 [正式]

  例：

  ...a tale of how anhonourable man pursuing honourable goals was afflicted with hubris and led his nation toward catastrophe.

  ...一個有關追求崇高目標的磊落君子如何因自高自大、而將自己的國家引向災難的故事。

  118. seminal

  seminal /?s?m?n?l/ TEM8

  1.

  ADJ Seminal is used to describe things such as books, works, events, and experiences that have a great influence in a particular field. (在某一領域內) 有重大影響的[正式]

  例：

  ...author of the seminal book "Animal Liberation."

  …有著巨大影響的《動物解放》一書的作者。

  119. intransigent

  intransigent /?n?tr?ns?d??nt/ TEM8

  ADJ If you describe someone as intransigent, you mean that they refuse to behave differently or to change their attitude to something. 頑固的 [正式]

  例：

  ...Sami's opinionated and intransigent father.

  …薩米那武斷而固執的父親。

  120. platitude

  platitude /?pl?t??tju?d/ (platitudes )

  N-COUNT A platitude is a statement that is considered meaningless and boring because it has been made many times before in similar situations. 陳詞濫調 [表不滿]

  例：

  Why couldn't he say something vital and original instead of just spouting the sameold platitudes?

  他為什么不能說點重要的、有新意的東西，而不只是喋喋不休地講些陳詞濫調呢?

  121. antithetical

  antithetical /??nt??θ?t?k?l/

  ADJ Something that is antithetical to something else is the opposite of it and is unable to exist with it. 對立的 [書面] [usu v-link ADJ 'to'n]

  例：

  Their priorities are antithetical to those of environmentalists.

  他們的重點與環保主義者的重點是對立的。

  122. adulatory

  adulatory /??dj??le?t?r?/

  ADJ If someone makes anadulatory comment about someone, they praise them and show their admiration forthem. 奉承拍馬的[usuADJ n]

  例：

  ...adulatoryreviews.

  …奉承的評論。

  123. embezzlement

  embezzlement /?m?b?z ?lm?nt/

  N-UNCOUNT Embezzlement is the crime of embezzling money. 挪用公款

  例：

  He was later charged with embezzlement.

  他后來被指控挪用公款。

  124. versatile

  versatile /?v??s??ta?l/ CET6 TEM4

  1.

  ADJ If you say that a person is versatile, you approve of them because they have many different skills. 多才多藝的 [表贊許]

  例：

  He had been one of the game's most versatile athletes.

  他是這次運動會中最有才能的運動員之一。

  2.

  ADJ A tool, machine, or material that is versatile can be used for many different purposes. 用途廣泛的

  例：

  Never before has computing been so versatile.

  計算機技術從未像現在這樣用途廣泛。

  125. staple

  staple /?ste?p?l/ CET6 TEM4 ( stapling, stapled, staples )

  ADJ A staple food, product,or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives. 基本的; 主要的 (食物、產品、活動) [ADJ n]

  例：

  Rice is the staple food ofmore than half the world's population.

  大米是世界上半數以上人口的主食。

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