SAT巴朗3500词汇表之第151篇(附pdf下载)
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masochist N. /受虐狂/person who enjoys his own pain. The masochist begs, "Hit me." The sadist smiles and says, "I won't."
material ADJ. /物质的;重要的/made of physical matter; unspiritual; important. Probing the mysteries of this material world has always fascinated physicist George Whitesides. Reporters nicknamed Madonna the Material Girl because, despite her name, she seemed wholly uninterested in spiritual values. Lexy's active participation made a material difference to the success of the fund-raiser.
materialism N. /唯物主义/preoccupation with physical comforts and things. By its nature, materialism is opposed to idealism, for where the materialist emphasizes the needs of the body, the idealist emphasizes the needs of the soul.
maternal ADJ. /母性的/motherly. Many animals display maternal instincts only while their offspring are young and helpless.
matriarch N. /女家长;掌管全家的老太婆/woman who rules a family or larger social group. The matriarch ruled her gypsy tribe with a firm hand.
matriculate V. /入学/enroll (in college or graduate school). Incoming students formally matriculate at our college in a special ceremony during which they sign the official register of students.
maudlin ADJ. /多愁善感/effusively sentimental. Whenever a particularly maudlin tearjerker was playing at the movies, Marvin would embarrass himself by weeping copiously.
maul V. /粗手粗脚的处理/handle roughly. The rock star was mauled by his over-excited fans.
maverick N. /没打烙印的动物;闹独立的人;非国教徒;造反者/rebel; nonconformist. To the masculine literary establishment, George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a maverick who fought her proper womanly role.
mawkish ADJ. /过分多愁善感;感情脆弱到令人作呕的/mushy and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; maudlin. Whenever Gigi and her boyfriend would sigh and get all lovey-dovey, her little brother would shout, "Yuck!" protesting their mawkish behavior.
maxim N. /至理名言;格言/proverb; a truth pithily stated. Aesop's fables illustrate moral maxims.
meager ADJ. /瘦的;贫乏的,不足的/scanty; inadequate. Still hungry after his meager serving of porridge, Oliver Twist asked for a second helping.
meander V. /弯曲;蜿蜒/wind or turn in its course. Needing to stay close to a source of water, he followed every twist and turn of the stream as it meandered through the countryside.
meddlesome ADJ. /爱管闲事的;好事的;好插手的/interfering. He felt his marriage was suffering because of his meddlesome mother-in-law.
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