SAT必備高頻詞list1

　　render  [?rend?(r)]

　　/釋義/

　　v. to cause someone or something to be in a particular state

　　使成為；使變得

　　v. to change words into a different language or form

　　翻譯；把…譯成

　　v. to give something such as a service, a personal opinion or expression, or a performance of a song or poem, etc. to people

　　給予，提供；表達

　　e.g.

　　His rudeness rendered me speechless.

　　他的粗暴無禮讓我無言以對。

　　She is rendering the book into English

　　from French.

　　她正在把這本書從法語譯成英語。

　　They rendered assistance to the disaster victims.

　　他們給災(zāi)民提供了援助。

　　/擴展/

　　rendering n. 表演；翻譯作品

 

　　sovereign  [?sɑ:vr?n]

　　/釋義/

　　n. a king or queen

　　君主；元首；很高統(tǒng)治者

　　adj. having the highest power or being completely independent

　　至高無上的；完全獨立的

　　e.g.

　　In March 1889, she became the first British sovereign to set foot on Spanish soil.

　　1889 年 3 月，她成為靠前位踏上西班牙領(lǐng)土的英國君主。

　　Sovereign power is said to lie with the people in some countries, and with a ruler in others.據(jù)說，在一些中很高統(tǒng)治權(quán)歸于人民，而在另一些則掌握在統(tǒng)治者手中。

　　/擴展/

　　sovereignty n. 主權(quán)

 

　　prevail  [pr??ve?l]

　　/釋義/

　　v. to get control or influence

　　占優(yōu)勢，占上風(fēng)

　　v. to be common among a group of people or area at a particular time

　　流行，盛行

　　e.g.

　　And did reason prevail over (= become a more powerful influence than) emotion?

　　理智戰(zhàn)勝了情感嗎？

　　This attitude still prevails among the middle classes.

　　這種觀點在中產(chǎn)階級中仍然很普遍。

　　/擴展/

　　prevalent adj. 流行的，普遍存在的

　　prevalence n. 流行，盛行

　　propensity  [pr??pens?ti]

　　/釋義/

　　n. the fact that someone is likely to behave in a particular way, especially a bad way

　?。ㄓ戎覆涣嫉模﹥A向，嗜好，癖好

　　e.g.

　　She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.

　　她不曾料到他有暴力傾向。

 

　　tyranny  [?t?r?ni]

　　/釋義/

　　n. government by a ruler or small group of people who have unlimited power over the people in their country or state and use it unfairly and cruelly

　　暴政，專制統(tǒng)治

　　e.g.

　　This, the president promised us, was a war against tyranny.

　　總統(tǒng)向我們許諾，這是一場反對暴政的戰(zhàn)爭。

　　/擴展/

　　tyrant n. 專制者，專制君主

　　tyrannical adj. 專制的

　　tyrannize v. 專橫地對待