新东方考研阅读熟词僻义集.docx

1、新东方考研阅读熟词僻义集考研阅读篇章和选项中常出现的成语及积累1：Its no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收(作无益的后悔是没有用的)2：More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达3：Look before you leap. 三思而后行4：He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才是最美5：Faith will move mountains. 愚公移山6：One reaps what one sows. / As you saw, so shall you reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆7：Practice

2、makes perfect. 熟能生巧8：Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子9：It never rains but it pours. 祸不单行10：One swallow doesnt make a summer. 一燕不成夏（可以用来劝告别人，不要对某事过于乐观；不要因为出现一些良好的现象就十分兴奋，要保持谨慎；也不要因为开始的现象好，就以为一定会有一个成功的结局。）11：A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 二鸟在林不如一鸟在手（到手的才实在）12：Actions speak louder than word

3、s. 事实胜于雄辩13：Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌14：Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见15：A slow sparrow should make an early start. 笨鸟先飞16：No discord, no concord. 不打不成交17：Everything comes to him who waits. 功夫不负有心人18：One is never too old to learn./Its never too late to learn 活到老，学到老19：let bygones be bygones 既往不咎/过去就让它

4、过去20：Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧21：Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天22：One cant make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米之炊23：A thousand-li journey begins with the first step 千里之行始于足下24：Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成25：Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 塞翁失马，焉知非福26

5、：Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待27：Talk of the devil and he comes. 说曹操,曹操到28：Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分29：Theres no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪30：a new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火31：Money talks. 有钱能使鬼推磨32：Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同33：Unity is strength 团结就是力量34：A fox may grow

6、 gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移35：A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情36：A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里37：A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔（比喻频繁换工作和跳槽积累不了经验）38：A stitch in time saves nine. 及时行事，事半功倍，一针及时省九针39：All that glitters is not gold. 发光不一定都是金子40：Beauty is in the eyes of the

7、 beholder. 情人眼里出西施41：Beauty is only skin deep. 人不可貌相42：Better late than never. 亡羊补牢犹时未晚/聊胜于无43：Constantly dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石44：Dont put all your eggs in one basket. 分散风险45：Every cloud has a silver lining. 天无绝人之路，凡事皆有好的一面46：Every dog has his day. 三十年河东，三十年河西/风水轮流转47：God helps those w

8、ho help themselves. 天助自助者48：Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要为发明之母49：No pains, no gains. 不劳则无获50：Nothing venture, nothing gain. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子51：Now or never. 时不再来52：Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败53：Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天造成的54：Save for the rainy day. 未雨绸缪55：Spare the rod, spoil the ch

9、ild. 孩子不打不成器56：The early bird gets the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃57：The best fish are near the bottom. 好鱼居水底，好酒沉瓮底58：Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠胜过诸葛亮59：Well begun is half done. 好的开始是成功的一半60：When in Rome do as Romans do. 入乡随俗考研英语阅读常见一词多义act, appeal, assume, claim, discipline, fair, figure, feature, issu

10、e, note1) Actn. 法案, 法令 动作, 举动 节目, (戏剧的) 幕v. 行动, 产生.的效果 担当 表演, 表现, 见效(07-01) this success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one. （名）行为这一成功，连同后来证明的

11、记忆本身不是遗传决定的研究，使得埃里克森得出结论，即记忆过程是一种认知练习，而不是一种本能练习。(07-04) Regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security.（动）行动如果公司没有提供适当的信息安全保护措施，那么监管人员就会采取行动。(06-01) this turned shopping into a public and democratic act. （名）行为这使得购物成为一种大众的、民主的行为(96-02) The commercial TV channels ITV and Channel 4

12、 were required by the Thatcher Governments Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs. （名）法案商业电视频道ITV和第四频道应撒切尔政府广播法案的要求进行商业化，彼此竞争广告业务，降低成本，裁减员工。2) Appealn. 请求, 呼吁 上诉 吸引力 (appealing: 有吸引力的)v. 求助, 诉求 控诉(03-03) Shippers who feel the

13、y are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the federal governments Surface Transportation Board for rate relief, but the process is expensive, time consuming, and will work only in truly extreme cases. （动）上诉如果客户感到他们被多收费，他们有权上诉到联邦政府的“陆路运输局”以争取价格下调。但这个过程耗财、耗时，并且只有在真正极端特殊的情况下才有作用。(99-04) NBAC

14、members also indicated that they would appeal to privately funded researchers and clinics not to try to clone humans by body cell nuclear transfer.（动词）呼吁NBAC的成员明确表示，他们呼吁由私人提供资金的研究人员和机构不要试图通过人体细胞核转移去克隆人。3) Assume /Assumptionv/n: 假定, 设想 采取 呈现 承担(05-01) Such behavior is regarded as “all too human”, wit

15、h the underlying assumption that other animals would not be capable of this finely developed sense of grievance. （名）假定，假设这种行为被看作是“人之长情”，其潜在的假定其他动物不可能具有如此高度发达的不公平意识。(98-02) What is harder to establish is whether the productivity revolution that businessmen assume they are presiding over is for real.

16、（动）认为商人们自认为的他们所领导的生产力革命是否确有其事，这一点更加难以确定。(97-02) As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all social interrelationships.（名）信念，假定同任何发达国家一样，一系列复杂的文化特征，信念和习俗构成了美国所有社会交往的基础。4) Claimv/n: 索赔 声称 主张(05-01) If you see an article

17、consistently advertised, it is the surest proof I know that the article does what is claimed for it, and that it represents good value. （动）宣称如果你看到一种商品不断地打广告，我认为这是最可靠的证明，即此商品一定与其宣传名副其实，一定体现良好的价值。(05-04) Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real

18、 liveliness. （动）主张同样的，对于诗歌来说，非常个性化和富有表现力的创作风格成为了能够表达真实生动含义的唯一形式。(01-05) A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming I wanted t

19、o spend more time with my family.（动）主张一次平调伤了我的自尊心，并阻断了我的事业发展，这促使我放弃自己地位较高的职业，当然，就像面子扫尽的政府部长那样，我也掩饰性地声称“我只想与家人更多的呆在一起”。(00-05) In an odd way, however, it is the educated who have claimed to have give up on ambition as an ideal. （动）声称然而，恰恰是那些受过良好教育的人却不可思议地声称他们已经放弃了雄心壮志这一理想。(99-01) As personal injury c

20、laims continue as before, some courts are beginning to side with defendants, especially in cases where a warning label probably wouldnt have changed anything. （名）索赔尽管个人伤害的索赔一如既往地继续着，但有些法庭已开始站到被告一方，特别是在处理那些有警示语也无法避免伤害的案件时。(99-05) He has put forward unquestioned claims so consistently that he not only

21、 believes them himself, but has convinced industrial and business management that they are true. （名）主张他所提出的种种主张是如此不容置疑、如此一致，以至于不仅他自己相信了，而且也说服了工商界的管理者相信其正确性。5) Disciplinen.纪律 学科n/v.训练(96-03) The cruel discipline of the strike and lockout taught the two parties to respect each others strength and unde

22、rstand the value of fair negotiation. （名）纪律罢工和封厂的严酷惩罚使双方学会了互相尊重对方的力量，理解公正谈判的价值。(96-04) With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline, the American boy develops rapidly into the skilled workman. （名）训练由于有了学校彻底训练过的头脑，美国孩子迅速地成为技术熟练的工人。6) Fairadj. (肤色)白皙的 (头发)金黄的 干净的 公平的 (天气)晴朗的n. 展览会, 市集(07-03) Dur

23、ing the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure had been transformed by economic risk and new realties. （形容词）公平的在过去的十几年里，美国那些曾经可以依靠辛勤劳动和公平竞争以维持其收入稳定的中产阶层家庭被经济风险和新现实改变了。(03-02) For example, a grandmotherly wo

24、man staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested in animals no meat, no fur, no medicines. （名）集市例如，在近期的一次集市上，一位老奶奶站在动物权利宣传点前散发小册子，规劝人们不要使用动物制品和动物实验制品肉类，毛皮，药物。7) Featuren.特色,特征 特写 容貌,v.是.的特

25、色 特写,突出 放映 起重要作用(07-02) For the past several years, the Sunday newspaper supplement Parade has featured a column called “Ask Marilyn.” （动）特定，突出在过去的几年，星期日报的增刊漫步专门开设了一个名为“询问玛丽琳”的专栏。(06-04) Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes. （动）特定，突出我们的杂志突出刊登满面春风的名人和美满幸福的家庭。(

26、04-01) Its an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. （名）特点，特征它的特点是互动，允许访问者自定求职要求诸如工作地点、职位和薪水，当资料库里出现与个人要求相匹配的工作岗位时它就会通过电子邮件通知求职者。(98-05) The complementary coastlines and cer

27、tain geological features that seem to span the ocean are reminders of where the two continents were once joined. （名）特点，特征但互相吻合的海岸线和某些似乎跨越海洋的地质特征会使人想到这两个大陆曾经是连在一起的。8) Figuren. 外形, 轮廓, 体形 图形, 画像 数字 名人, 人物, 身份 雕像vt. 认为 出现, 考虑, 计算 (figure out)(07-02) Its not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects

28、 and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers. （动）计算有些问题连一些最杰出的诗人和哲学家都难以回答，但是想象物体和计算数字模式的能力却能使人找出答案，其中原因并不为人所知。(06-03) Dr. Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative. （名）数字Worm博士承认这些数字还只是保守数字(05-04) American no

29、 longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift. （名）人物美国人已不再期待公众人物在演讲或写作中能运用技巧和文采来驾驭英语。(98-04) As a result, Californias growth rate dropped during the 1970s, to 18.5 percent little more than two-thirds the 1960s growth figure and co

30、nsiderably below that of other Western states. （名）数字结果，加利福尼亚的人口增长率在70年代降到了18.5略高于60年代增长数字的2/3，但大大低于西部其他各州。9) Issuen.出版, 发行 (报刊等)期、号 问题,事件 (水, 血等的)流出v.发行, 流出 发行(钞票等), 发布(命令), 出版(书等)(07-04) “Setting the proper investment level for security, redundancy, and recovery is a management issue, not a technic

31、al one,” he says. （名）问题他表示“为安全、备份以及恢复确定适当的投资标准是一个管理问题，不是技术问题。”(06-01) Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. （名）问题在美国是否存在分裂的问题和高涨的愤怒？答案是肯定的，因为这个国家足够大以至于什么现象都存在。(99-01) At the same time, the American Law Institute a gr

32、oup of judges, lawyers, and academics whose recommendations carry substantial weight issued new guidelines for tort law stating that companies need not warn customers of obvious dangers or bombard them with a lengthy list of possible ones. （动）发行，发布与此同时，美国法学会该学会由一群举足轻重的法官、律师、学者所组成发布了新的民事侵害法纲要，宣布公司不必警示顾客