ACT阅读超高频词汇总结

　　Detached: [dɪˈtætʃt] Adj. 超然的

　　not personally involved insomething or has no emotional interest in it

　　61C Humanities 23-A

　　the narrator develops the third paragraphmainly through detached philosophical musings on the nature of theobject she sees.

　　Hinder: [ˈhɪndɚ]v. 阻碍

　　prevent the progress or accomplishment

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　　Where fires have been prevented, the forestfloor rapidly becomes colonized by shade tolerant white firs and incensecedars, hindering redwood regeneration.

　　Obstacle: [ˈɑ:bstəkl]n. 障碍

　　an obstruction that stands in the way

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　　There is also a major obstacle outside theworkshop: the resistance of the buyers to new woods.

　　Inhibit: [ɪnˈhɪbɪt]v. 抑制

　　prevent something from happening

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　　On the other hand, the heating andionization can also agitate clouds, inhibiting the birth of new stars.

　　Fluctuation:[ˌflʌktʃʊˈeʃən] n. 波动

　　change a lot in anirregular way

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　　Helmholtz was very conscious of color “constancy” —the way in whichthe colors of objects are preserved, so that we can categorize them and alwaysknow what we are looking at, despite great fluctuations in thewavelength of the light illuminating them.

　　Illuminate: [ɪˈluməˌnet] v. 照亮

　　shine light on something

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　　Helmholtz was very conscious of color “constancy” —the way in whichthe colors of objects are preserved, so that we can categorize them and alwaysknow what we are looking at, despite great fluctuations in the wavelength ofthe light illuminating them.

　　Illusory: [ɪˈlusəri] adj. 虚幻的

　　not real

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　　What is illusory is the widely held assumption that humanhave toiled miserably throughout history, only to be freed from labor by20th-century technology.

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　　These demonstrations, overwhelming intheir simplicity and impact, were color “illusions” in Goethe’s sense,but illusions that demonstrated a neurological truth –that colors are not “outthere” in the world nor an automatic correlate of wavelength, but, rather, areconstructed by the brain.

　　Overwhelming: ˌ[oʊvərˈwelmɪŋ] adj. 巨大的

　　very great

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　　These demonstrations, overwhelmingin their simplicity and impact, were color “illusions” in Goethe’s sense, butillusions that demonstrated a neurological truth –that colors are not “outthere” in the world nor an automatic correlate of wavelength, but, rather, areconstructed by the brain.

　　Trigger: [ˈtrɪɡɚ] v. 引发

　　to make sth happen suddenly

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　　As the Earth’s orbit slowly changes, sodoes the pattern of the sunlight falling on a given spot on the globe, triggeringthe glaciers’ advance and retreat.

　　Counteract:[ˌkaʊntɚˈækt] v. 抵消

　　reduce the effect ofsomething by doing something that produces an opposite effect

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　　Until scientists can explain changes in Earths climatic past, theycannot be sure they aren’t overlooking factors that could either counteracta human-made warming or amplify it.

　　Amplify: [ˈæmpləˌfaɪ] v. 扩大

　　increase strength or intensity

　　Delve: [dɛlv] v. 探究

　　try to discover new information about something

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　　However, given that Marshall, laid the foundation fortoday's racial landscape, his grand design of how race relations best workmakes his life story essential for anyone delving into the subject.

　　Remedy: [ˈrɛmɪdi] n. 补救办法

　　asuccessful way of dealing with a problem

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　　And it was Marshall, as the nation’s firstAfrican-American Supreme Court Justice, who promoted affirmative action—preferences,set-asides, and other race-conscious policies—as the remedy for the damage remainingfrom the nation’s history of slavery and racial bias.

　　Circumscribe: [ˈsɜ:rkəmskraɪb] v. 限制

　　limit or restrict

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　　Furthermore, even withregard to high-visibility issues, significant communication between theelectorate and public officials is extremely circumscribed.

　　Deter: [dɪˈtə:] v. 阻止

　　try to prevent

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　　Serious coverage ofgoings-on in government is deterred by the fact that government is sotechnical that even career civil servants cannot explain what is happening.

　　Diligent: [ˈdɪlədʒənt] adj. 勤奋的

　　works hard in a careful and thorough way

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　　Intricate technical issues such astaxation, arms control, and nuclear power are difficult to understand forprofessionals, to say nothing of the most diligent layman.

　　Extol: [ɪkˈstoʊl] v. 赞美

　　praise enthusiastically

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　　“A rolling stone gathers no moss” as extollingthe virtues of action as opposed to the more sedentary life.

　　Underestimate: [ˌʌndɚˈɛstəmet] v. 低估

　　If you underestimate something, you do not realize how largeor great it is or will be.