考研熟词僻义单词精选.docx

1、考研熟词僻义单词精选常考熟词僻义单词1.academic a.学校的，学院的；学术的；n.学者，大学教师【真题链接】 If the preoccupation of schools with academic (a.) work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values.1995年阅读4【译文】 如果学校对学业的强调减少一些，也许就有更多的时间教孩子更重要的价值观念。【真题链接】 Mr. McWhorters academic (a.) speciality is language history

2、 and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.2005年阅读4【译文】 麦克沃特先生的学术专长在于语言史和语言变化，举例来说，他认为“whom”一词的逐渐消失是很自然的，并不比旧式英语中词格的消失更让人惋惜。【真题链接】 Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic (n.) and f

3、ormer chief executive of Au Bong Pain, a rapidly growing chain of bakery cafes, says that much “reengineering” has been crude.1998年阅读2【译文】 哈佛学者伦纳德施莱辛格是一家迅速扩张的美味面包店的前总裁，他说，许多“企业重组”都不成熟。2. accommodate v.留宿，收容；供应，供给；使适应；使符合【真题链接】 And they also need to give serious thought to how they can be best (22：ac

4、commodate) () such changes.2003年完形【译文】 他们也应该认真考虑青少年是如何适应这些变化的。3. acknowledge v.承认，认为；致谢；确认【真题链接】 Dr. Worm acknowledges () that these figures are conservative, one reason for this is that fishing technology has improved.2006年阅读3【译文】 Worm博士承认这些数据还是保守的，一个原因就是捕渔技术已经改进了很多。4. actv.行动，做事；（on）起作用；表演；（for）代表

5、，代替；n.行为，动作；（一）幕；法令，条例【真题链接】 Governments throughout the world act (v.) on the assumption that the welfare of their people depends largely on the economic strength and wealth of the community.2000年翻译 【译文】 世界各国的政府都基于一种观点行政，即人民的福利在很大程度上取决于本国的经济实力和国家的财富。【真题链接】 The paid manager acting (v.) for the compan

6、y was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away.1996年阅读3【译文】 代表公司进行管理的领薪经理们与工人和工人的需求形成更加直接的关系，但甚至他们也很少像正

7、在被淘汰的旧式家族企业的家长制中的雇主那样熟悉和了解工人的情况。【真题链接】 Some , however , are less reasonable processes of different growth in which preconception of the form scientific theory ought to take, by persons in authority, act (n.) to alter the growth pattern of different areas.1996年翻译【译文】 然而，不同的发展过程中，有些不怎么合理在这些发展过程中，一些权威人

8、士对科学研究应该采取的方式有偏见，从而改变了不同科学领域的发展模式。【真题链接】 The commercial TV channels ITV and Channel 4 were required by the Thatcher Governments Broadcasting Act (n.) to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs.1996年阅读2【译文】 按撒切尔政府广播法的要求，商业电视频道第一和第四频道正在进行商业化，彼此竞争广告

9、业务，降低成本，裁减员工。5. addressn.地址，通讯处，致词；v.致函，写姓名地址；向讲话；处理【真题链接】 Depending on whom you are addressing (v.), the problems will be different.2002年阅读1【译文】 针对不同的听众，要谈的问题也应该不同。6.aggressivea.侵略的，好斗的；大胆的，积极的【真题链接】 Now it is a social policy, the most important and aggressive () promoter of gambling in America is

10、the government.2006年新题型 【译文】 现在这是一种社会政策，赌博业最重要的和最激进的支持者是美国政府。7. anchorn.锚；新闻节目主持人；v.抛锚，停泊【真题链接】 Fast-food eaters, news anchors (n.), text messengers, all smiling, smiling.2006年阅读4【译文】 快餐食客、新闻主播、发短信的人，都在微笑、微笑。【真题链接】 Hot spots, anchored (v.) in the deeper layers of the earth, provide the measuring ins

11、truments needed to resolve the question.1998年阅读5【译文】 位于地壳深处的热点提供了解决该问题的测量依据。8.appreciate v.感谢，感激；正确评价，欣赏，赏识【真题链接】 66. The change in Japanese Life-style is revealed in the fact that_.2000年阅读4 D the Japanese appreciate () their present life【译文】 66、_事实显示：日本人的生活方式发生了改变。D 日本人欣赏现有的生活【真题链接】 Boston Globe re

12、porter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are (17：comprehensive) programs that address (v.) the many needs of the homeless.2006年完形【译文】 波士顿环球日报记者克里斯雷迪认为只有通过全面规划来解决这些无家可归者的各种需求，这种局面才有可能得到改善。9.apprehensivea.有理解力的；忧虑的，担心的【真题链接】 52. What is many captive shippers attitude to

13、wards the consolidation in the rail industry?2003年阅读3D Apprehensive (). 【译文】 52、许多受控制的托运人对铁路部门的合并是什么态度？D 担心，害怕10. arguev.争论，辩论；认为，主张，论证；说服【真题链接】 The point is this: without agreement on the rights of people, arguing () about the rights of animals is fruitless.1997年翻译 【译文】 关键问题是：如果对人的权利没有共同认识，那么讨论动物的权

14、利就是毫无结果的。 【真题链接】 He is not arguing (), as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.2005年阅读4 【译文】 不像其他大多数人，麦克沃特先生并不认为我们说话方式不规范就不能使我们直接思考。11. attachv.（to）缚上，系上，贴上；使依附，使隶属，使依恋；附加，附带；把放在【真题链接】 A survey of news stories in 1996 reveals that the anti-science tag has been

15、attached () to many other groups as well, from authorities who advocated the elimination of the last remaining stocks of smallpox virus to Republicans who advocated decreased funding for basic research.1998年阅读3【译文】 1996年对新闻报道的调查表明，反科学的标签也贴在了许多其他群体身上，这些人包括从提倡消灭所有现存的天花病毒的官方人士到倡议削减基础研究基金的共和党人。【真题链接】 Th

16、ey (particularly Quebec and Alberta) just want Ottawa to fork over additional billions with few, if any, strings attached ().2005年新题型【译文】 这些官员（尤其是魁北克省和阿伯塔省）只希望政府当局额外出钱， 如有可能，还会附带条件。【真题链接】 The modern school that hails technology argues that such masters as Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and inve

17、ntors such as Edison attached () great importance to, and derived great benefit from, craft information and technological devices of different kinds that were usable in scientific experiments.1994年翻译【译文】 推崇技术的现代学派认为，像伽利略、牛顿、麦克斯韦、爱因斯坦这样的大师以及像爱迪生这样的发明家都非常重视科学实验中使用的不同技术信息和技术设施，并从中受益颇深。12.contend v.竞争，斗

18、争；坚决主张，声称，认为【真题链接】 It is the playgoers, the RSC contends (), who bring in much of the towns revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.2006年阅读2【译文】 皇家莎士比亚公司（RSC）声称是看戏的人给小镇带来了大部分收入，因为他们整个晚上（有时甚至是四、五个晚上）都把钱花到旅馆和饭店上。13. cook n.炊事

19、员，厨师；v.烹调，煮，烧；伪造【真题链接】 If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook (n.)n.14. beam （横）梁，桁条；（光线的）束，柱；v.微笑；发光【真题链接】 Our magazines feature beaming (v.) celebrities and happy families in perfect homes.2006年阅读4【译文】 我们的杂志突出刊登满面春风的名人和美满幸福的家庭。15.

20、cementn.水泥；胶泥，胶接剂；v.胶合；巩固，加强【真题链接】 Egypts leadership in the Arab world was cemented (v.) by the Aswan High Dam.1998年阅读1 n.椅子；主席（职位）；vt.主持，担任【译文】 埃及在阿拉伯世界的领导地位因阿斯旺大坝而得以巩固。 chair 【真题链接】 “Its your dream,” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair (n.) of psychology at Chicagos Medical Center,“If you dont like it

21、, change it.”2005年阅读3【译文】 芝加哥医疗中心心理部主任Rosalind Cartwright指出“这是你的梦，你不喜欢它，你可以改变它”。【真题链接】 Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment although no one had proposed to do so and asked an i

22、ndependent panel of experts chaired (vt.) by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning.1999年阅读4【译文】 他宣称反对利用这种非同寻常的畜牧学技术去克隆人，并下令禁止使用联邦资金做这样的实验尽管还没有人提出那样的要求并责令成立一个由普林斯顿大学校长哈罗德夏皮罗为首的独立专家小组，在90天内拿出有关克隆人的国策建

23、议，向白宫汇报。16. climate n.气候；风气，社会思潮【真题链接】 The flight from overcrowdedness affects the migration from snow belt to more bearable climates ().1998年阅读4【译文】 逃离人口过度稠密区的做法改变了以前那种离开寒冷地带去气候宜人之地的趋势。【真题链接】 When the work is well done, a (43：climate) () of accident-free operations is established (44：where) time lo

24、st due to injuries is kept at a minimum.1999年完形【译文】 如果此项工作做得好的话，就会形成无事故作业的好风气，因此那儿的因工伤事故所造成的时间损失就会被控制在最低限度。n.17.code代码，代号，密码；法典，法规，规划【真题链接】 Native American languages are indeed different, so much so in fact that Navajo could be used by the US military as a code () during World War II to send secret

25、messages.2004年翻译【译文】 美洲的土著语言是如此地“与众不同”，甚至美军在第二次世界大战中用土著语言Navajo发送密码。【真题链接】 (49) But his primary task is not to think about the moral code (), which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. 2006年翻译【译文】 (4

26、9) 但是，普通科学家的主要任务并非思考指导其行为的道德规范，正如我们并不指望商人把精力投入到商业行为的探索一样。18. column n.圆柱，柱状物；列；（报刊中的）专栏【真题链接】 “The test of any democratic society,” he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column (), “lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possib

27、le latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be.”1997年阅读4【译文】 他在华尔街日报一篇专栏文章中写道：“对任何一个民主社会的检验标准不在于它能多有效地压制各种情感的表达，而在于是否给予了人们思考和表达的最广泛的自由，尽管有时这种结果会引起争论和愤怒。”first, and such planning is an essential for any type of meal to be served.1996年阅读1【译文】 假如我们想请朋友吃晚饭，我们就会准备菜谱、写购物单、决定先做哪

28、道菜等，这样的筹划对于举行任何形式的宴请都是必不可少的。【真题链接】 Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everyday performance of his routine duties- he is not supposed to cook (n.) his experiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor his reports.2006年翻译 【译文】 像其他人类一样，普通科学家甚至在每天日常的工作中都遭遇到了道义上的问题他不应该伪造他的实验、制造证据或改动他的

29、报告。19. coverage n.新闻报导（范围）；保险项目 【真题链接】 With the start of BBC World Service Television, millions of viewers in Asia and America can now watch the Corporations news coverage (), as well as listen to it.1996年阅读2 【译文】 随着BBC（英国广播公司）全世界电视节目的开播，亚洲和美洲的数以百万计的人不仅可以听到它的新闻广播，而且也能看到它的电视新闻报道了。19. crackn.裂纹，缝隙；破裂声

30、；v.（使）开裂；解决；（geting）开始【真题链接】 As the dome grows, it develops deep fissures (cracks) (n.); in at least a few cases the continent may break entirely along some of these fissures, so that the hot spot initiates the formation of a new ocean.1998年阅读5【译文】 随着这个圆顶的增大，板块出现深深的裂缝。至少有几次，大陆可能会沿着其中的一些裂缝完全裂开，因此这个热点

31、就引发了一个新的海洋的形成。【真题链接】 Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked (v.) rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel.1997年阅读5【译文】 因此，才会有人将货币政策的指导作用比作是驾驶一辆带有黑色挡风玻璃、破碎的后视镜及方向盘失灵的破汽车。【真题链接】 So when the premiers gather in Niagara Falls to assemble their usual complaint list, they should also get cracking (v.) about something in their jurisdiction that would help their budgets and patients.2005年新题型【译文】 所以，当官员们聚集在尼亚加拉瀑布城像往常一样不停的抱怨时，他们也应该在自己的权限范围内开始做些有利于他们的预算和病人的事情。20. craftn.工艺，手艺