高考高頻詞匯:jam、liquid、magnet、major、

jam[d??m]

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n. 擁擠；堵塞；卡住

v. 用力推；塞；使卡住

【例】n. 堵塞

（2008浙江）What I'd miss least would be traffic jams in the city, particularly my journey to work.

【譯】我最不會(huì)想念的就是城市里的交通堵塞，尤其是去上班的路上。

liquid[?l?kw?d]

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n. 液體

adj. 液態(tài)的；(聲音)流暢的

【例】n. 液體

（2006江蘇）The drainage system, just below the road surface on one side, removes any extra liquid, particularly water.

【譯】位于路面一側(cè)的排水系統(tǒng)能將所有多余的液體(尤其是水)排走。

magnet[?m?gn?t]

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n. 磁鐵；磁石；有吸引力的事物

【派】magnetic [m?g?net?k] adj. 有磁性的；有吸引力的

【例】adj. 有磁性的

（2010江蘇）Our earth is a big magnet and a freely swinging magnetic needle lines itself with the earth magnet to point north and south.

【譯】我們的地球是一大塊磁鐵或者說是一根自由旋轉(zhuǎn)的磁針，能夠根據(jù)磁極自行調(diào)整，指出南北。

【形】magnify [?m?gn?fa?] v. 放大；夸大；贊美

magnificent [m?g?n?f?snt] adj. 壯碩的；壯麗的；高尚的；華麗的

【例】adj. 壯碩的

（2008江西）A clever trick suggested by unicorn-trappers, in order to catch this magnificent beast without being hurt by its horn, was for the hunter to stand in front of a tree and then to move quickly behind it as the unicorn chargeD.Hopefully, the creature could then be captured when its horn was stuck in the tree.

【譯】獨(dú)角獸捕獵者想了一個(gè)聰明的把戲：為了抓住這個(gè)壯碩的猛獸而不被它的角傷到，獵人就要站在樹前，然后在獨(dú)角獸沖過來時(shí)迅速躲到樹后面。當(dāng)獨(dú)角獸的角卡到樹里面時(shí)，希望能夠抓住它。

major[?me?d??(r)]

【詞頻】★★★☆☆

adj. 主要的；重要的；主修的(課程)

n. 主修科目

【派】majority [m??d??r?ti] n. 大多數(shù)；法定成年年齡(英國和美國大多數(shù)州規(guī)定為18 周歲)

【例】n. 大多數(shù)

（2013湖南）She says that the majority of those who come to her are dealing with some pretty heavy issues, and they expect her not only to listen, but also provide real answers.

【譯】她說大多數(shù)來找她的人都在處理一些很嚴(yán)重的問題，他們期待她不僅傾聽，而且還能提供真正的解決辦法。