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》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：
nascent 刚出现的
scratchy 扎人的，潦草的
dismantle 拆除，逐步废除
adroitly 敏捷地，巧妙地
envisage 展望，想象
e.g. Boosters of UHVDC lines envisage a supergrid capable of moving energy around the planet.
hefty 高大健壮的，有力的，可观的
e.g. The costs of construction are hefty.
anomaly 反常的事物，与众不同的人
patronage 赞助，光顾，任命权
e.g. Far from increasing real choice, multiplying parties can allow politicians to hide the fact that what matters is patronage.
disenfranchise 剥夺……的选举权，剥夺权利
consternation 惊愕
e.g. To the consternation of some Republican hardliners, he has also weighed in on their efforts to scrap Mr Obama’s health-care reform.
filibuster （采用冗长演说等的）阻挠行动
e.g. Republicans in the Senate were expected to pass a budget plan that would allow them to evade the filibuster and start dismantling Obamacare.
putative 推定的
arcane 神秘的，晦涩难解的
erstwhile 从前的
strident 刺耳的，强硬的
e.g. The most strident calls for its protection came from a coalition of five native American tribes for whom the area is sacred.
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