高考高頻詞匯:ion、irony、irresistible、irrigate、

ion[?a??n]

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n. 離子

【形】iron[?a??(r)n] n. 鐵；熨斗 v. 熨；燙 adj. 堅定的；嚴厲的

【例】n. 鐵

（2010江蘇）The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals.

【譯】最常見的與職業(yè)相關的名字就是史密斯了，其含義是用鐵或其他金屬來制作東西的人。

irony[?a?r?ni]

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n. 反語；冷嘲；具有諷刺意味的事

【例】n. 冷嘲

（2007四川）When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a “complicated idea” until he had read at least two thousand books, I heard the words without recognizing either its irony or its very complicated truth.

【譯】我的一位老師向他十年級英語班上昏昏欲睡的學生提出，一個人在讀過至少兩千本書之前，不會有“復雜的想法”。聽到這句話時，我既沒有意識到其中的冷嘲意味，也沒有意識到這是個十分復雜的事實。

irresistible[??r??z?st?bl]

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adj. 不可抗拒的；吸引人的

irrigate[??r?ge?t]

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v. 灌溉

【例】v. 灌溉

（2010江西）Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he spotted a small dam used by Mr. Nelson to irrigate his vegetable garden.

【譯】突然，他用余光注意到了一個小水壩——內爾森先生用它來灌溉他的菜園。

【派】irrigation [??r??ge??n] n. 灌溉；沖洗

【例】n. 灌溉

（2010安徽）In Texas, farmers' overuse of irrigation water has resulted in a 25% reduction of the water stores.

【譯】在德克薩斯州，農(nóng)民對灌溉用水的過度使用導致水資源儲備量減少了25%。

【形】irritate [??r?te?t] v. 使惱怒；刺激

irritable [??r?t?bl] adj. 易怒的

irritation [??r?'te??n] n. 憤怒；生氣；令人惱火的事；煩心事

【例】n. 煩心事

（2006全國）If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be ______ to give up my small irritations.

A.already

B.likely

C.free

D.able

【譯】如果他能用對他人的愛替代內心極大的苦痛，那么我應該______不再想自己無足輕重的煩心事。

A.準備好

B.有可能

C.自由的；免費的

D.能夠