6. boycott v. (The word comes from C.C. Boycott, land agent ostracized by his neighbors during the Land League agitation in Ireland in 1880.) to refrain from buying or using拒絕購買(或使用);抵制To put pressure on grape growers to stop using pesticides that harmed the farm workers’health, Cesar Chavez called for consumers to boycott grapes.為了給葡萄種植者施壓以迫使其停止使用危害農(nóng)場(chǎng)工人健康的殺蟲劑，西澤·查維斯號(hào)召消費(fèi)者拒絕購買葡萄。also n.
1braggadocio n. (Braggadochio is a boastful character in Edmund Spenser’s poem The Faerie Queen《仙后》.) boasting自夸，吹牛He was disliked because his manner was always full of braggadocio.因?yàn)樗偸亲源底岳?，狂妄自大，所以很受人討厭。cf braggart n. boaster自吹者，吹牛者M(jìn)odest by nature, she was no braggart, preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves.她天性謙虛，從不自吹，喜歡以自己的成就來表明一切。
2GRE的神話和歷史詞匯都有什么? chauvinist n. (After Nicholas Chauvin, a devoted soldier and overzealous supporter of `Napoleon Bonaparte) blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group or cause盲目的愛國主義者(一般譯為：沙文主義者);(某集團(tuán)或事業(yè)的)狂熱的信徒A chauvinist cannot recognize his faults in his country, no matter how flagrant they may be. Likewise, a male chauvinist cannot recognize how biased he is in favor of his own sex, no matter how flagrant that bias may be.無論自己國家中的缺點(diǎn)有多么明顯，沙文主義者對(duì)此一概視而不見。同樣地，無論對(duì)自己性別的偏袒有多么明顯，大男子主義者對(duì)那種偏見也是視若無睹。GRE的神話和歷史詞匯都有什么?
3chimerical adj. (In Greek mythology Chimera (客邁拉) was a fire- breathing monster, usually represented as having a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative異想天開的;空想的;幻想的As everyone expected, Ted’s chimerical scheme to make a fortune by raising ermines in his backyard proved a dismal failure.不出大家所料，泰德想在后院飼養(yǎng)白鼬來發(fā)財(cái)?shù)幕恼Q不經(jīng)的計(jì)劃以慘敗告終。chimera n.
4. GRE的神話和歷史詞匯都有什么?chortle v. (coined by Lewis Carroll, in Through the Looking Glass (《鏡中世界》), prob. chuckle + snort) to chuckle with delight咯咯地歡笑When she heard that her rival had just been jailed for embezzlement, she chortled with joy. She was not a nice lady.當(dāng)她聽說對(duì)手因貪污而被監(jiān)禁時(shí)，她開心得咯咯地笑。她是個(gè)幸災(zāi)樂禍的女人。
1braggadocio n. (Braggadochio is a boastful character in Edmund Spenser’s poem The Faerie Queen《仙后》.) boasting自夸，吹牛He was disliked because his manner was always full of braggadocio.因?yàn)樗偸亲源底岳?，狂妄自大，所以很受人討厭。cf braggart n. boaster自吹者，吹牛者M(jìn)odest by nature, she was no braggart, preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves.她天性謙虛，從不自吹，喜歡以自己的成就來表明一切。
2GRE的神話和歷史詞匯都有什么? chauvinist n. (After Nicholas Chauvin, a devoted soldier and overzealous supporter of `Napoleon Bonaparte) blindly devoted patriot; zealous adherent of a group or cause盲目的愛國主義者(一般譯為：沙文主義者);(某集團(tuán)或事業(yè)的)狂熱的信徒A chauvinist cannot recognize his faults in his country, no matter how flagrant they may be. Likewise, a male chauvinist cannot recognize how biased he is in favor of his own sex, no matter how flagrant that bias may be.無論自己國家中的缺點(diǎn)有多么明顯，沙文主義者對(duì)此一概視而不見。同樣地，無論對(duì)自己性別的偏袒有多么明顯，大男子主義者對(duì)那種偏見也是視若無睹。GRE的神話和歷史詞匯都有什么?
3chimerical adj. (In Greek mythology Chimera (客邁拉) was a fire- breathing monster, usually represented as having a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative異想天開的;空想的;幻想的As everyone expected, Ted’s chimerical scheme to make a fortune by raising ermines in his backyard proved a dismal failure.不出大家所料，泰德想在后院飼養(yǎng)白鼬來發(fā)財(cái)?shù)幕恼Q不經(jīng)的計(jì)劃以慘敗告終。chimera n.
4. GRE的神話和歷史詞匯都有什么?chortle v. (coined by Lewis Carroll, in Through the Looking Glass (《鏡中世界》), prob. chuckle + snort) to chuckle with delight咯咯地歡笑When she heard that her rival had just been jailed for embezzlement, she chortled with joy. She was not a nice lady.當(dāng)她聽說對(duì)手因貪污而被監(jiān)禁時(shí)，她開心得咯咯地笑。她是個(gè)幸災(zāi)樂禍的女人。