新东方在线：新GRE红宝书缺失词汇7 mediocrity n. 平庸，碌碌无为(mediocre abilities or attainment) ［例］Grateful as we are for these splendid books, they remain isolated examples of excellence in a literature of mediocrity. melancholy adj. 忧郁的(depressed)；令人悲伤的(causing depression) ［记］词根记忆：melan(黑色)+chol(=bile胆汁)+y→胆汁发黑→忧郁的 menial adj. 仆人的，卑微的(of servants；humble)；n. 家仆(a domestic servant) ［例］Although Ms. Brown found some of her duties to be menial, her supervision of forty workers was a considerable responsibility. ［同］subservient, obsequious, servile, slavish mercenary adj. 唯利是图的(acting merely for money)；n. 雇佣兵(a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army for money) ［记］词根记忆：mercen(工资)+ary→只为了工钱的→唯利是图的 meretricious adj. 华而不实的，俗艳的(tawdrily and falsely attractive) ［记］来自meretrix(妓女) meritorious adj. 值得赞赏的(deserving praise and esteem) ［记］merit(优点，长处)+orious(多…的)→长处很多→值得赞赏的 mesmerize v. 对…催眠(to hypnotize)；使入迷，迷住(to fascinate) metabolic adj. 新陈代谢的(of, relating to, or based on metabolism) ［记］来自metabol(y)(新陈代谢)+ic→新陈代谢的 ［例］When trees go dormant in winter, the procedure is anything but sleepy: it is an active metabolic process that changes the plant radically. metamorphose v. 变形(to change into another form) ［记］词根记忆：meta(变化)+morph(形状)+ose→变形 |
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