gap

【发音】

美 /ɡæp/ 英 /gæp/

【翻译】

1. n. 缺口； 间隔； 差距； 缺陷

   英释:a low place between two higher parts of a mountain

【记忆】

在地图(map)上它们的间隔(gap)没这么大

【短语】

1. income gap : 收入差距

2. band gap : 带隙

3. air gap : 气隙

4. generation gap : n. 代沟（两代人之间的隔阂）

5. roll gap : 轧辊开度；辊间距离

6. bridge the gap : 缩小差距

7. supply a gap : v. 弥补缺陷；填补空白

8. narrow gap : 窄隙；狭窄通路

9. close the gap : 弥补差距

10. gender gap : 性别差异

11. financing gap : 资金缺口；财政缺口

12. gap year : 空档年；间隔年

13. gap width : 分类间距；[机]间隙宽度

14. gap junction : 缝隙连接；间隙连接

15. information gap : 信息沟；信息差；信息差距

16. time gap : 时间差；时间间断

17. gap analysis : 差距分析；缺口分析

18. spark gap : 火花隙；电花隙

19. gap size : 缺口大小；间隙尺寸

20. stand in the gap : 挺身阻挡；首当其冲

【例句】

1. a gap in the traffic

   车流中的一个空档

【真题例句】

1. (2017.12 • CET4 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...you have to be aware of a gap in your knowledge in the first place...

2. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...This gap is part of a deepening divide between the well-educated well-off and the unskilled poor...

3. (2015.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...the growing gap between the skilled and the unskilled...

4. (2014.6 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...But there are other reasons why the pay gap remains so persistent...

5. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...creating a growing skills gap in our economy...

6. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...A new study shows a large gender gap on economic policy among the nation's professional economists...

7. (2013.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Male economists overwhelmingly think the wage gap between men and women is largely the result of individuals' skills...

8. (2012.12 • CET4 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...The gap between Apple and other tech firms is now likely to narrow...

【同、近义词】

1. n.间隙；缺口；空白

   separation/blank/

2. vi.裂开

   seam/spring off/

3. vt.使成缺口

   jag/