Track 023 词以类记：TOEFL-语言-英语听力

[00:14.01]implicit [00:18.18]concise(succinct, terse): The winner of the award gave a short and concise acceptance speech. [00:28.54]succinct(terse, concise) [00:33.89]fluent(fluid, smooth): Before you go travelling in America, make sure you speak fluent spoken English. [00:46.66]cogent(convincing, compelling): The defense attorney's cogent argument was persuasive. [00:57.98]persuasive: The persuasive saleswoman sold me a used car. [01:08.25]character: I wish this book was written in bigger characters. [01:17.48]glossary [01:22.39]dialect(vernacular, jargon): John's Southern dialects is hard for me to understand. [01:33.43]clause: The sentence had too many clauses in it. [01:42.41]linguistics [01:46.42]phonetics [01:50.42]tense [01:54.39]version(description, account) [01:59.43]genre(style, manner): His six String Quartets is the most important works in the genre since Beethoven's. [02:11.41]tag(label, tab) [02:15.70]slogan(motto): Each candidate needs a clever slogan to attract the attention of the voters. [02:26.94]lyric [02:30.46]verse [02:34.13]fiction [02:38.49]byword(adage) [02:41.88]fable(allegory): Many fables were first told by an old Greek story-teller named Aesop. [02:53.43]term(expression): Knowing more technical terms gives a translator more advantages. [03:03.21]maxim(proverb, motto) [03:08.40]satire: The political satire was censored by the government. [03:18.22]farce [03:22.25]adage(proverb): Isn't there an old adage that a stitch in time saves nine? [03:33.64]synopsis(outline, summary): The history professor gave a synopsis of the events leading to World War I. [03:46.88]compile(collect, put together): The scientists compiled a great amount of data to help develop their theory. [03:59.18]entitle: My favorite poem is entitled “Summer Rain”. [04:09.38]emend(amend, improve): John had spent a whole day emending a faulty text. [04:21.06]paraphrase(rewrite): Would you please paraphrase the speech in colloquial English? [04:33.31]adapt(revise, amend) [04:37.79]adaptable(flexible, pliant) [04:42.48]adaptation: The movie was an adaptation of a classic novel. [04:52.58]excerpt(selection, extract): The actor auditioned by performing an excerpt from the play. [05:01.79]abstract [05:07.64]abstraction: By looking at what happened in many similar cases, we were able to create an abstraction that also covered other instances. [05:22.73]abridge(shorten, condense, abbreviate): The rights of citizens must not be abridged. [05:33.29]coin(create, fashion, invent): The advertising company coined a new word to name the new product. [05:41.54]It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. –G.Eliot