今天我们继续连载《厚朴GRE词汇笔记》之0021，请同学们先看题：

Influenza is_____________ virus: it is full of surprises and newness, prone to mutation and reassortment.

A. communicable
B. a ubiquitous
C. an archaic
D. an immutable
E. a protean

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E

首先我们读题，可以得到大致的印象如下：

Influenza是一种___________的病毒：它充满了惊奇和新颖性，容易变异和重新分类。

然后我们抓住mutation和newness带有“变化”的意思，就知道应该在选项中找带有“变化”意思的单词，然后就可以选出正确选项protean。

protean adj. 变化多端的，易变的
tending or able to change frequently or easily

💡例句：

It is difficult to comprehend the whole of this protean subject.
要全面理解这个变化多端的课题，是很难的。

这道题中需要同学们识记的另外两个单词是：

ubiquitous adj. 普遍存在的；无所不在的
present, appearing, or found everywhere

💡例句：
His ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family.
全家都能感到他无所不在的影响。

communicable adj.可沟通的；可传播的；可传达的
able to be communicated to others

💡例句：
The value of the product must be communicable to the potential consumers.
那个产品的价值必须能够被传达给潜在的消费者。

然后我们附上补完整之后的句子（英汉对照）：

Influenza is a protean virus: it is full of surprises and newness, prone to mutation and reassortment.

流感是一种易变的病毒：它充满了惊奇和新奇，易于发生变异和（基因）重组。

接下来我们再来看一道真题，题目说的是另一种（类）病毒。

Not only are RNA viruses common, they are_____________In that they adapt quickly to new environments and new hosts.

A. ubiquitous
B. benign
C. noxious
D. synthetic
E. protean

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E

这道题也是根据题目的adapt来推知空里面要填的单词是要带有“变化”的意思，从而选出protean。

然后我们还是附上补完整之后的句子（英汉对照）：

Not only are RNA viruses common, they are protean in that they adapt quickly to new environments and new hosts.

RNA病毒不仅常见，而且多变：因为它们能够为应对新的环境和新的宿主而快速调整自己。

我们再来看第三道题。

A __________ wit, Noel Coward could elicit laughs in a variety of ways—through his musical compositions, theater plays, and numerous acting roles.

A  somber
B  besotted
C  secular
D  versatile
E  uniform
F  protean

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DF

这道题我们要根据题目最后说的“音乐创作、戏剧、当演员”，看出这是在列举多项才艺，推知这是在说Noel Coward多才多艺的意思。Protean这个单词的另一个意思就是形容人多才多艺，这个意思，GRE也经常考。请同学们把protean和versatile放在一起记，这个两个词在六选二中常考。

protean adj. 多才多艺的
able to do many different things; versatile

💡例句：
He loves to show off his protean talent.
他喜欢炫耀他的各式各样的才能。

versatile adj. 多功能的；多才多艺的
able to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities

💡例句：
He was versatile enough to play on either wing.
他技术全面，能兼打左、右边锋。

这里我们还是附上补完整之后的句子（英汉对照）：

A versatile/protean wit, Noel Coward could elicit laughs in a variety of ways—through his musical compositions, theater plays, and numerous acting roles.

Noel Coward是多才多艺的说话风趣的人，他可以用多种方式引人发笑，包括用音乐创作、戏剧表演和他所扮演的众多角色等。

我们继续看第四道题：

Isaac Newton's career, which spanned nearly seven decades and continued to generate new results through the 1690s, was truly _______ and can therefore hardly be expected to exhibit a single continuous strand of development.

A. illustrious
B. multifarious
C. anomalous
D. unprecedented
E. prodigious
F. protean

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BF

这道六选二也是说一个人（大名鼎鼎的牛顿）多才多艺，正确选项一个是protean，另一个是multifarious。

multifarious adj.多种类的，各式各样的
of many differenttypes

💡例句：
The newspaper report detailed the fraudster's multifarious business activities.
报纸上的这篇报道详述了骗子们形形色色的商业诈骗活动。

最后我们还是附上补完整之后的句子（英汉对照）：

Isaac Newton's career, which spanned nearly seven decades and continued to generate new results through the 1690s, was truly multifarious/protean and can therefore hardly be expected to exhibit a single continuous strand of development.

伊萨克·牛顿的职业生涯，横跨近70年，到1690年代还在继续产出新的成果。他的职业生涯确实是种类繁多、多才多艺的，所以几乎不能预期它展现出一条单个的持续的发展线。

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