《俞敏洪GRE红宝书》朗读-a11

avert¹ v.避免,避开
aviary² n.大鸟笼,鸟舍
avid³ adj.渴望的,热心的
avocation⁴ n.副业,嗜好
avow⁵ v.承认,公开宣称
avowal⁶ n.公开承认
avuncular⁷ adj.伯(叔)父的
awe v.敬畏
awe-inspiring adj.令人敬畏的
awl⁸ n.[钻皮革的]尖钻
awry adj.扭曲的,走样的.
axiom n.公理,定理
axiomatic⁹ adj.不需证明的,不言自明的
axis¹⁰ n.轴(常为虚构之线,如地球轴)
axle n.轮轴(连接二个车轮的轴)
babble v.说蠢话,牙牙学语
bacchanal n.(行为放纵的)狂欢会
bacchanalian adj.狂欢的,行为放纵的
bacon n.熏猪肉,培根肉
bacteria n.细菌
badge n.徽章(如校徽等)
badger¹¹ n.獾
badger v.一再烦扰,一再要求
baffle v.使困惑,难倒
baffling adj.令人困惑的
bait n.诱饵,v.逗弄
bald adj.秃头的
bale n.大包裹,灾祸,不幸
baleful adj.邪恶的,恶意的
ballad¹² n.歌谣,小曲
ballast n.(船等)压舱物
ballerina n.芭蕾舞女演员
ballroom¹³ n.大午厅
balm n.香油,药膏
balmy adj.(气候)温和的,芳香的
banal adj.陈腐的
banality¹⁴ n.陈腐,平庸
bane n.祸根
baneful¹⁵ adj.有害的,致祸的
banister n.(楼梯的)栏杆
bankrupt adj.破产的
bankruptcy¹⁶ n.破产
banner n.旗帜,横幅标语旗
barb¹⁷ n.(鱼钩的)倒钩

1 avert   

v.防止，避免；转移(目光、注意力等)

参考例句：

• He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
• I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。

2 aviary   

n.大鸟笼，鸟舍

参考例句：

• There are many different kinds of birds in the aviary.大鸟笼里有很多不同种类的鸟。
• There was also an aviary full of rare birds.那里面还有装满稀有鸟类的鸟舍。

3 avid   

adj.热心的；贪婪的；渴望的；劲头十足的

参考例句：

• He is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。
• She was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。

4 avocation   

n.副业，业余爱好

参考例句：

• He was a printer by trade and naturalist by avocation.他从事印刷业，同时是个博物学爱好者。
• Learning foreign languages is just an avocation with me.学习外语只不过是我的一项业余爱好。

5 avow   

v.承认，公开宣称

参考例句：

• I must avow that I am innocent.我要公开声明我是无罪的。
• The senator was forced to avow openly that he had received some money from that company.那个参议员被迫承认曾经收过那家公司的一些钱。

6 avowal   

n.公开宣称，坦白承认

参考例句：

• The press carried his avowal throughout the country.全国的报纸登载了他承认的消息。
• This was not a mere empty vaunt,but a deliberate avowal of his real sentiments.这倒不是一个空洞的吹牛，而是他真实感情的供状。

7 avuncular   

adj.叔伯般的，慈祥的

参考例句：

• He began to talk in his most gentle and avuncular manner.他开始讲话了，态度极其和蔼而慈祥。
• He was now playing the role of disinterested host and avuncular mentor.他现在正扮演着慷慨的主人和伯父似的指导人的角色。

8 awl   

n.尖钻

参考例句：

• Six awl make a shoemaker.六个鞋砧，练出一个鞋匠。
• It was fun to play with an awl.玩钻子是件很有趣的事。

9 axiomatic   

adj.不需证明的，不言自明的

参考例句：

• It is axiomatic that life is not always easy.生活并不总是一帆风顺，这是明摆着的事实。
• It is axiomatic that as people grow older they generally become less agile.人年纪越大通常灵活性越差，这是不言而喻的。

10 axis   

n.轴，轴线，中心线；坐标轴，基准线

参考例句：

• The earth's axis is the line between the North and South Poles.地轴是南北极之间的线。
• The axis of a circle is its diameter.圆的轴线是其直径。

11 badger   

v.一再烦扰，一再要求，纠缠

参考例句：

• Now that our debts are squared.Don't badger me with them any more.我们的债务两清了。从此以后不要再纠缠我了。
• If you badger him long enough,I'm sure he'll agree.只要你天天纠缠他，我相信他会同意。

12 ballad   

n.歌谣，民谣，流行爱情歌曲

参考例句：

• This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.这首诗有民歌风味。
• This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲。

13 ballroom   

n.舞厅

参考例句：

• The boss of the ballroom excused them the fee.舞厅老板给他们免费。
• I go ballroom dancing twice a week.我一个星期跳两次交际舞。

14 banality   

n.陈腐；平庸；陈词滥调

参考例句：

• Neil's ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me.每次我都很惊讶，尼尔怎么能讲出这么索然无味的东西。
• He couldn't believe the banality of the question.他无法相信那问题竟如此陈腐。

15 baneful   

adj.有害的

参考例句：

• His baneful influence was feared by all.人们都担心他所造成的有害影响。
• Lower share prices have baneful effect for companies too.更低的股价同样会有损各企业。

16 bankruptcy   

n.破产；无偿付能力

参考例句：

• You will have to pull in if you want to escape bankruptcy.如果你想避免破产，就必须节省开支。
• His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。

17 barb   

n.（鱼钩等的）倒钩，倒刺

参考例句：

• The barb of his wit made us wince.他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
• A fish hook has a barb to prevent the fish from escaping after being hooked.鱼钩上都有一个倒钩以防上了钩的鱼逃走。