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imperative: adj. 迫切的： needing immediate attention
【考法1】n. 命令： a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
【例】 a secretary of defense who was fond of issuing harshly worded imperatives 一个很喜欢发布措辞严厉的命令的国防部长
【近】 command, decree, dictate, direction, directive, instruction, order, word
【考法2】adj. 命令的，强制性的：forcing one"s compliance or participation by or as if by law
【例】 requests that grew more and more imperative 命令性越来越强的请求
【近】 compulsory, forced, involuntary, obligatory, peremptory, required
【反】 optional 可选择的;voluntary 志愿性的
【考法3】adj. 迫切的： needing immediate attention
【例】 an imperative need for medical supplies in the earthquake-ravaged country 地震灾区国家对于医疗物资的迫切需求
【近】 clamant, compelling, critical, crying, emergent, exigent, imperious, importunate, pressing, urgent
【反】 noncritical, unimportant 不重要的
【考法4】adj. 必要的： impossible to do without
【例】 Proper equipment is imperative for the success of this chemical experiment. 合适的仪器是这个化学实验成功必不可少的条件
【近】 indispensable, necessary, necessitous, requisite, vital
【反】 dispensable, inessential, needless, unnecessary 非必须的
soporific: 催眠的; Inducing or tending to induce sleep
1) causing sleep or lethargy
2) tending to cause sleep, related to sleep or sleepiness
3) producing sleep, somnific, somnolent, slumberous
4) causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
【近义】soporific = calming, dull, hypnotic, soothing; hypnotic, narcotic, slumberous, somnolent
【反义】soporific invigorating, provocative, exhilarating, energetic, bracing, stimulant, vitality
【类比】
soporific : sleep
soporific : alertness
sopor: deep sleep
1. The movie proved to be so soporific that soon loud snores were heard throughout the theater.
2. While I am energized by the music of Bach, my husband finds it soporific and often actually falls asleep while listening to it.
3. The soporific medication should not be taken when you need to drive.
—睡眠
lethargy n.昏睡，倦怠
nap n.v.小睡，打盹
repose v.躺着休息，安睡
slumber v.n.睡眠，安睡
slumberous adj.昏昏欲睡的
dormant adj.冬眠的，静止的
hibernate v.冬眠，蛰伏
hibernation n.冬眠
hypnosis n.催眠状态
hypnotic adj.催眠的
mesmerize v.对……催眠，迷住
narcotic n.催眠药 adj.催眠的
opiate n.安眠药，鸦片制剂
somnolent adj.思睡的，催眠的
soporific adj.催眠的，n.安眠药
insomnia n.失眠症
diatribe: 诽谤; a bitter and abusive speech or writing
1) a bitter, abusive denunciation
2) a bitter and abusive speech or writing
3) ironic or satirical criticism
4) an abusive, bitter, ranting criticism or denouncing
5) a critical or abusive speech or piece of writing
6) violent verbal attack, tirade, malediction, obloquy, jeremiad, fulmination
7) a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism
8) a bitter or abusive speech
9) a harsh denunciation
10) bitter verbal attack
11) an abusive, condemnatory speech
Synonyms: harangue, invective, tiradediatribe verbal tribute, vocal tribute, encomium, laudatory piece of writing, laudatory speech
1) The writer peppers 它的作品with ____, 以至人们把她看得比实际的更____. (diatribe....censorious)
2) 某人的___是如此的memorable, 以致于别人觉得他很____。(diatribe.....censorious)
3) The feminist poet’s extremely explicit and witty diatribes against social convention were so thoroughly emulated by other writers that her idiosyncratic brand of rebellion eventually became the convention of her time.
4) Fidel Castro is renowned for his long diatribes against the U.S. government.
5. After taking in her boss’s long diatribe about her work, she simply quit.
6) Diatribes tend to cause the listener to close his or her ears and mind after a short length of time.
During the divorce hearings she delivered a diatribe full of the emotion pushing her away from her husband.
The diatribe was directed towards a disrespectful supervisor.
The speaker launched into a distribe against what he called “the evils of technology.”
【类】lullaby:song=diatribe:discourse摇篮曲是一种歌曲=抨击性演讲是一种演讲
declamation:grandiloquence=burlesque:mockery=diatribe:abuse慷慨激昂的演讲用夸大之词=滑稽表演用嘲讽之词=恶骂用辱骂之词
【反】encomium(n 赞辞;称赞);eulogy(n 赞词;颂词);laudatory piece of writing(赞扬性的文章)
GRE核心词汇词组：other than
other than 不同于，除了
释义
You use other than after a statement (usually negative) to say that the person, item, or thing that follows is the only exception to the statement.
例句
There are so many other factors that cause droughts other than the monsoon.
GRE
Parties were partial by definition, self-interested, and therefore serving something other than the transcendent public good.
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