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智 课 网 G R E 备 考 资 料 GRE机经单词题源分享：prodigious-智课教育旗下智 课教育 GRE机经是大家备考的一种重要的资源，能够帮助考生掌握考试方 向。下面，小编为大家分享GRE机经单词prodigious题源，让考生更全 面地掌握这个单词。 这个最新GRE机经单词：prodigious，今天立马来分享题源，以及 对题源的详细解析，希望帮助考生更好地掌握GRE词汇。 【New research by Tim Tinker, a biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Cruz, California, shows that consuming 25 to 35 percent of their body weight each day, sea otters are not only ________ but highly specialized eaters, organizing themselves into groups that zero in on different prey.】 The findings may help scientists better understand why the sea otter comeback, never a resounding success, now appears to be sputtering. Unlike most marine mammals, otters have no blubber to insulate them, so they must consume 25 percent to 35 percent of their body weight each day to fuel their metabolism and maintain a healthy internal temperature in the chilly Pacific. [A] prodigious [B] undiscriminating [C] fastidious [D] picky [E] voracious [F] omnivorous 【等价机经正解】 [A] prodigious 大得令人惊歎的 [E] voracious 贪吃的 【题源网址】 【翻译】Tim Tinker是在Santa Cruz美国地质调查中心的一名生物 学家，他的一项新研究表明，水獭是一个贪婪而又专业化的吃货，他们 经常集结起来集中捕捉不同的猎物。这些发现会帮助科学家更好地理解 ，为什麽从来都没取得过巨大成功的水獭数量生态恢复 ，现在却开始震 盪上升。水獭与其他动物不一样 ，他们体内没有脂肪来保暖 ，因而他们 在太平洋中生存只能靠消耗自身体重的25%~35%来进行正常的新陈代 谢 ，在寒冷的太平洋维持自身体温。 【重点词汇】 1)voracious: adj. 贪婪的，贪吃的having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit [例]a voracious reader who locked himself up in the study 一个把自己锁在书房裡如飢似渴读书的人 2)resounding: adj. (成功)巨大的You can refer to a very great success as a resounding success. [例] The good weather helped to make the occasion a resounding success. 天公作美，使得这次活动获得了巨大成功。 3)sputter: vi. 缓慢地前进proceed in a spasmodic and feeble way [例]Defeated in Lombardy, the revolution sputtered on in Venice, Tuscany, Rome, and Sicily. 在伦巴底失败以后 ，革命的浪潮 在威尼斯 ，托斯卡纳 ，罗马和西西里都变得缓慢。 4)i