SAT必备高频词list

render  [rend(r)]

/释义/

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

使成为；使变得

v. to change words into a different language or form

翻译；把…译成

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

给予，提供；表达

e.g.

His rudeness rendered me speechless.

他的粗暴无礼让我无言以对。

She is rendering the book into English

from French.

她正在把这本书从法语译成英语。

They rendered assistance to the disaster victims.

他们给灾民提供了援助。

/扩展/

rendering n. 表演；翻译作品

sovereign  [?sɑ:vr?n]

/释义/

n. a king or queen

君主；元首；统治者

adj. having the highest power or being completely independent

至高无上的；完全独立的

e.g.

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

1889 年 3 月，她成为位踏上西班牙领土的英国君主。

Sovereign power is said to lie with the people in some countries, and with a ruler in others.据说，在一些国家中统治权归于人民，而在另一些国家则掌握在统治者手中。

/扩展/

sovereignty n. 主权

prevail  [pr??ve?l]

/释义/

v. to get control or influence

占优势，占上风

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?

理智战胜了情感吗？

This attitude still prevails among the middle classes.

这种观点在中产阶级中仍然很普遍。

/扩展/

prevalent adj. 流行的，普遍存在的

prevalence n. 流行，盛行

propensity  [pr??pens?ti]

/释义/

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

（尤指不良的）倾向，嗜好，癖好

e.g.

She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.

她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。

tyranny  [?t?r?ni]

/释义/

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，专制统治

e.g.

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

总统向我们许诺，这是一场反对暴政的战争。

/扩展/

tyrant n. 专制者，专制君主

tyrannical adj. 专制的

tyrannize v. 专横地对待