PTE考试题材覆盖广泛，各个领域词汇的积累不可缺少。下面，墨尔本悉尼文波PTE培训学校的小编就通过《经济学人》和《卫报》中的几篇文章，为墨尔本PTE考生和悉尼PTE考生增加一些词汇和搭配储备。下面开始：
stymie /’staɪmɪ/ v. 阻碍 n. 困难的处境
frown /fraʊn/ v./ n.皱眉；不同意
e.g. frown upon 不赞成
stodgy /‘stɒdʒɪ/ 容易吃饱的，枯燥无味的
e.g. the stodgy mainstream of Chinese broadcasting
hit the jackpot 赢得一大笔钱，取得巨大成功
gruelling /’ɡruəliŋ/ 紧张的，激烈的，令人筋疲力尽的
persona /pə’səʊnə/ 角色，表象人格
globetrotter /’ɡləub,trɔtə/ 环球旅行者
compatriot /kəm’pætrɪət/ n. 同胞；adj. 同胞的
e.g. The tension between Ms Jin’s persona as a patriotic Chinese, and the one she displays as a globetrotter with a foreign husband, is one that is widely understood among her compatriots.
surreptitiously /ˌsʌrəp’tiʃəsli/ 偷偷的
staunch /stɔːn(t)ʃ/ 坚定的，忠实的
infiltration /ˌinfil’treiʃən/ 潜入，渗透
e.g. a staunch defender of “traditional” Chinese culture, and warns of the danger of Western “infiltration”
Confucian /kən’fjʊʃən/ 儒家
cinema-goer / filmgoer 常上电影院的人；影迷
home-grown production 本土制作
furore /ˌfjʊ(ə)’rɔːrɪ/ 轰动，公愤
e.g. The Xinhua article that had caused the furore was deleted from their websites.
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