【例】[v] 相比;对比
2011 年阅读Text 4
It doesn’t seem quite fair, then, to compare the regrets of parents to the regrets of the childless.
参考译文:那么,把为人父母者的后悔同无子女者的后悔相提并论似乎不太公平。
【例】[v] 比较;对比
2013 年阅读Text 2
DNT does not seem an obviously huge selling point for Windows 8—though the firm has compared some of its other products favourably with Google’s on that count before.
参考译文:“禁止追踪”功能似乎也不是Windows 8的一个显著卖点——尽管此前(微软)公司曾在这方面认为自己的其他一些产品可与谷歌的产品相媲美。
形近词
comparable [ˈkɒmp(ə)rəb(ə)l]
adj. 可比较的;类似的;比得上的
comparison [kəmˈpærɪs(ə)n]
n. 比较;比喻;对照
comparative [kəmˈpærətɪv]
adj. 比较的;相当的
comparatively [kəmˈpærətɪvli]
adv. 对比地;比较地;相当地;相对地
【例】[adv] 相对地
2011 年阅读Text 1
One of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that Gilbert is comparatively little known.
参考译文:然而,这项任命让人们如此惊讶的原因之一是吉尔伯特相对不太有名。
补充词汇
[词组]
compare with:与……相比较
compare to:与……相比;把……比作
【例】与……相比
2008 年阅读Text 1
“Women are particularly susceptible to developing depression and anxiety disorders in response to stress compared to men,” according to Dr. Yehuda, chief psychiatrist at New York’s Veteran’s Administration Hospital.
参考译文:“在应对压力时,女性比男性尤其容易患抑郁症和焦虑症。”纽约退伍军人管理医院精神科主任医师耶胡达博士说。
[近义词]
contrast
[ˈkɒntrɑːst] n. 差异;差别;悬殊
[kənˈtrɑːst] v. 对比;对照;截然不同;有明显差异;对比鲜明
feature
词频 ★★★★☆
n. [ˈfiːtʃə(r)] 特征;特色;特写(或专题)
v. [ˈfiːtʃə(r)] 起重要作用;以……为特色;由……主演;特写
【例】[n] 特征;特色
2007 年翻译
However, only in recent years has it become a feature of undergraduate programs in Canadian universities.
参考译文:然而,只是在最近几年,(法学)才成为加拿大大学本科课程的一个特色。
【例】[n] 特写(或专题)
2014 年阅读Text 3
As a News Feature article in Nature discusses, a string of lucrative awards for researchers have joined the Nobel Prizes in recent years.
参考译文:正如《自然》杂志新闻特写栏目的一篇文章所讨论的那样,近年来,为研究人员设立的一系列报酬丰厚的奖项已经加入了诺贝尔奖的行列。
involve
词频 ★★★★☆
v. [ɪnˈvɒlv] 使……卷入;牵涉;涉及;包含;使陷入;使参与
形近词:involvement, revolve, evolve, invalid
【例】[v] 包含
2016 年完型
In Cambodia, the choice of a spouse is a complex one for the young male. It may involve not only his parents and his friends, as well as those of the young woman, but also a matchmaker.
[A] by way of
[B] on behalf of
[C] as well as
[D] with regard to
参考译文:在柬埔寨,对年轻男性来说,择偶是一件复杂的事。这可能不仅涉及到男女双方的父母和朋友,还可能会涉及到媒人。
[A] 路经;当作
[B] 为了……的利益;代表
[C]也;又
[D] 关于;就
形近词
involvement [ɪnˈvɒlvmənt]
n. 参与;介入;卷入;(投入的)感情;(倾注的)热情;暧昧关系;恋爱关系
【例】[n] 参与;介入
2014 年阅读Text 2
The guild-like ownership structure is considered “restrictive” partly because it ______.
[A] bans outsiders’ involvement in the profession
[B] keeps lawyers from holding law-firm shares
[C] aggravates the ethical situation in the trade
[D] prevents lawyers from gaining due profits
参考译文:“行会式”所有权结构被认为是“限制性的”,部分原因在于它______。
[A] 禁止业外人士涉足这一行业
[B] 禁止律师持有律师事务所的股份
[C] 恶化了行业的道德状况
[D] 阻止律师获得应有的收益
revolve
[rɪˈvɒlv] v. 使……旋转;使……循环;反复考虑;围绕
[rɪˈvɒlv] n. 旋转;循环;旋转舞台
【例】[v] 围绕
2012 年阅读新题型
What counts as meaningful uploading? My definition revolves around the concept of “stickiness”—creations and experiences to which others adhere.
参考译文:什么算得上是有意义的上传呢?我的理解主要围绕“吸引力”这一概念,即那些能够吸引其他人的创造和经历。
evolve [ɪˈvɒlv]
v. 发展;进化;使逐步形成;推断出
invalid
[ɪnˈvælɪd] adj.无效的;站不住脚的
[ˈɪnvəlɪd] n.病人;伤残者
【例】[adj] 无效的
2012 年阅读Text 2
Now the company is suddenly claiming that the 2002 agreement is invalid because of` the 2006 legislation, and that only the federal government has regulatory power over nuclear issues.
参考译文:如今公司突然宣称根据2006年的法规,2002年的协议无效,还宣称只有联邦政府对核问题有管制权。
补充词汇
[近义词]
engage [ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ]
v. (使)参与;(使)从事;使参加(谈话)
【例】[v] 使参加(谈话)
2011 年阅读Text 3
Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and the social-news site Digg.
参考译文:比如,在今年早些时候发生的汽车召回危机中,丰田汽车公司较快地开展了精心策划的社交媒体回应行动,包括在一些网站(如推特和社会新闻网站掘客)上与消费者进行直接交流,从而减少了一些损失。
occupy [ˈɒkjʊpaɪ]
v. 占据;使从事
segment
词频 ★★★★☆
n. [ˈseɡmənt] 部分;段;片;节
【例】[n] 部分
2010 年阅读新题型
This development is boosting wholesale demand from the food service segment by 4 to 5 percent a year across Europe, compared with growth in retail demand of 1 to 2 percent. Meanwhile, as the recession is looming large, people are getting anxious.
参考译文:这种发展趋势正在促使整个欧洲食品服务行业一年的批发需求增长4%至5%,相比之下,零售需求的增长只有1%至2%。同时,由于经济衰退的阴影挥之不去,人们正变得焦虑不安。
补充词汇
[同义词]
section [ˈsekʃ(ə)n]
n. 部分;节
[近义词]
fraction [ˈfrækʃ(ə)n]
n. 一小部分;些微
【例】[n] 一小部分
2013 年阅读Text 2
In the internet age, at least in theory, this fraction can be much reduced.
参考译文:在互联网时代,至少从理论上讲,这一(浪费)的部分可以大大减少。
access
词频 ★★★★☆
n. [ˈækses] 接近;进入的方法;入口;通道;进入(权)
v. [ˈækses] 读取(计算机)信息
形近词:accessible
形近词
accessible [əkˈsesəb(ə)l]
adj. 易到达的,易进入的;易使用的;易得到的
【例】[adj] 易得到的
2011 年阅读Text 1
According to the text, which of the following is true of recordings?
[A] They are often inferior to live concerts in quality.
[B] They are easily accessible to the general public.
[C] They help improve the quality of music.
[D] They have only covered masterpieces.
参考译文:依据文章,下列哪一项有关唱片的说法是正确的?
[A]它们在质量上通常次于现场音乐会。
[B]它们容易为大众所获得。
[C]它们有助于提高音乐品质。
[D]它们只包括杰作。
补充词汇
[词组]
access road:(进出某处的)通道
cover
词频 ★★★★☆
n. [ˈkʌvə(r)] 盖子;套子;(书的)封面
v. [ˈkʌvə(r)] 包含;足以支付;经过;穿过
形近词:coverage, recovery, discover
【例】[n] (书的)封面
2011 年阅读Text 4
It’s no surprise that Jennifer Senior’s insightful, provocative magazine cover story, “I love My Children, I Hate My Life,” is arousing much chatter—nothing gets people talking like the suggestion that child rearing is anything less than a completely fulfilling, life-enriching experience.
参考译文:这不足为奇,詹妮弗·西尼尔撰写的见解独到并富于煽动性的杂志封面故事《我爱我的孩子们,我讨厌我的生活》引起人们的热议。文中认为,养孩子绝不是一种完全让人充满成就感并觉得生活充实的经历,没有什么能比这个更让人谈兴十足了。
形近词
coverage [ˈkʌv(ə)rɪdʒ]
n. 覆盖;覆盖范围;新闻报道
【例】[n] 新闻报道
2010 年阅读Text 1
Of all the changes that have taken place in English-language newspapers during the past quarter-century, perhaps the most far-reaching has been the inexorable decline in the scope and seriousness of their arts coverage.
参考译文:在过去25年英文报刊发生的所有变化中,最具深远影响的可能就是其艺术新闻报道在范围和严肃性方面不可逆转的衰退。
recovery [rɪˈkʌv(ə)ri]
n. 恢复;复原;痊愈;重获
【例】[n] 恢复;复原
2007 年阅读Text 4
“Setting the proper investment level for security, redundancy, and recovery is a management issue, not a technical one,” he says.
参考译文:他说:“为数据安全、数据备份和数据恢复设立恰当的投资标准是管理问题,而不是技术问题。”
【例】[n] 恢复;复原
2011 年阅读Text 2
As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold, deputy chiefs may be more willing to make the jump without a net.
参考译文:随着经济复苏的迹象开始显现,二把手们可能更愿意在没有找到下家的情况下跳槽。
discover [dɪˈskʌvə(r)]
v. 发现;发觉
【例】[v] 发现
2014 年阅读新题型
Most archaeological sites have been located by means of careful searching, while many others have been discovered by accident.
参考译文:大部分的考古遗址都是通过仔细的搜寻找到的,但也有许多其他遗址是被意外发现的。
补充词汇
[同义词]
cloak
[kləʊk] n. 斗篷;披风;覆盖物;遮盖物
[kləʊk] v. 笼罩;覆盖;遮掩
【例】[v] 遮掩
2011 年阅读Text 2
Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuses, he came right out and said he was leaving “to pursue my goal of running a company.”
参考译文:他并没有用常见的含糊理由来掩饰自己的离开,而是直截了当地说他离开是“为了追求自己经营一家公司的目标”。
reveal
词频 ★★★★☆
v. [rɪˈviːl] 展现;显示;揭示;揭露;告诉;泄露
【例】[v] 揭示;揭露
2011 年翻译
Allen’s contribution was to take an assumption we all share—that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts—and reveal its erroneous nature.
参考译文:艾伦的贡献在于他研究了我们都认为的这一假说(即我们不是机器人,所以能够控制自己的思想),并揭示了其错误的本质。
补充词汇
[同义词]
uncover [ʌnˈkʌvə(r)]
v. 揭露;发现
unveil [ʌnˈveɪl]
v. 公之于众;揭露
display [dɪˈspleɪ]
v. 陈列;显示
【例】[v] 显示
2014 年阅读Text 4
The AAAS displays great enthusiasm for liberal education.
参考译文:美国人文与科学院对人文教育表现出了极大的热情。
[近义词]
disclose [dɪsˈkləʊz]
v. 公开;揭露
analysis
词频 ★★★★☆
n. [əˈnæləsɪs] 分析;分解
【例】[n] 分析
2009 年阅读Text 1
The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought.
参考译文:目前对标准化测试的强调主要在分析和程序,也就是说,我们中很少有人会本能地使用创新和合作的思维方式。
补充词汇
[同义词]
anatomy [əˈnætəmi]
n. 解剖;剖析
[近义词]
probe [prəʊb]
n.探查;调查
测一测
deal n. 数量;程度;协议;(尤指)交易,生意
v. 处理;给予;做买卖,经营
★ ideal n. 理想;完美的典型;典范
adj. 理想的;完美的;假设的;非常合适的;空想的;不切实际的
★ dealing n. 行为;交易;交往
★ dealership n. 代理权,经销权;经销商
※ deal with 处理;应付;安排
※ a great deal of 大量(的),许多(的)
※ contract n. 合同;契约
v. (使)收缩;(使)缩小;(使)缩短
structure v. 构造;建造;组织;构成
n. 结构;构造;建筑物
★ restructuring n. 改组;重新组织;调整
★ structural adj. 结构的;建筑的
★ infrastructure n. 下部构造;基础设施;下部组织
define v. 阐明;规定;限定;使明确;给……下定义;解释
content v. 使满足
n. 容量;含量;(教育项目或课程的)内容;满足;满意
adj. 满足的;满意的
★ contention n. 争吵;争执;(争论或讨论时的)看法,观点
★ discontent n. 不满;不满意
adj. 不满的
v. 使……不满
※ self-contented 自满的;沾沾自喜的
immigrant adj. (从国外)移来的;移民的
n. (外来)移民;侨民
★ immigration n. 移居;移民
★ emigrate v. 移居国外;移民
comprehension n. 理解;领悟
★ comprehensive adj. 全面的;综合性的;能充分理解的;广泛的
n. (英国的公立性)综合中学
※ beyond one’s comprehension 不可理解
potential n. 潜能;潜力
adj. 潜在的;可能的
※ possible adj. 可能的;潜在的
※ probable adj. 可能的;大概的;很有希望的
mass adj. 大规模的;群众的;大量的
n. 大量,众多;团,块;质量;民众
★ massive adj. 大而重的;大块的;大规模的;巨大的;大量的
★ massacre n./v. 大屠杀
★ biomass n. (单位面积或体积内)生物的数量
※ rally v. 一致支持;团结起来;振作;恢复
n. 群众大会;集会;(汽车、摩托车等的)公路大赛
compare v. 比较;相比;对比;比作
★ comparable adj. 可比较的;类似的;比得上的
★ comparison n. 比较;比喻;对照
★ comparative adj. 比较的;相当的
★ comparatively adv. 对比地;比较地;相当地;相对地
※ compare with 与……相比较
※ compare to 与……相比;把……比作
※ contrast n. 差异;差别;悬殊
v. 对比;对照;截然不同;有明显差异;对比鲜明
feature n. 特征;特色;特写(或专题)
v. 起重要作用;以……为特色;由……主演;特写
involve v. 使……卷入;牵涉;涉及;包含;使陷入;使参与
★ involvement n. 参与;介入;卷入;(投入的)感情;(倾注的)热情;暧昧关系;恋爱关系
★ revolve v. 使……旋转;使……循环;反复 考虑;围绕
n. 旋转;循环;旋转舞台
★ evolve v. 发展;进化;使逐步形成;推断出
★ invalid adj. 无效的;站不住脚的
n. 病人;伤残者
※ engage v. (使)参与;(使)从事;使参加(谈话)
※ occupy v. 占据;使从事
segment n. 部分;段;片;节
※ section n. 部分;节
※ fraction n. 一小部分;些微
access n. 接近;进入的方法;入口;通道;进入(权)
v. 读取(计算机)信息
★ accessible adj. 易到达的,易进入的;易使用的;易得到的
※ access road (进出某处的)通道
cover n. 盖子;套子;(书的)封面
v. 包含;足以支付;经过;穿过
★ coverage n. 覆盖;覆盖范围;新闻报道
★ recovery n. 恢复;复原;痊愈;重获
★ discover v. 发现;发觉
※ cloak n. 斗篷;披风;覆盖物;遮盖物
v. 笼罩;覆盖;遮掩
reveal v. 展现;显示;揭示;揭露;告诉;泄露
※ uncover v. 揭露;发现
※ unveil v. 公之于众;揭露
※ display v. 陈列;显示
※ disclose v. 公开;揭露
analysis n. 分析;分解
※ anatomy n. 解剖;剖析
※ probe n. 探查;调查
Unit 06
identify
词频 ★★★★☆
v. [aɪˈdentɪfaɪ] 识别;鉴别;确认;把……看成一样
形近词:identity
【例】[v] 确认
2014 年阅读Text 4
In 2010, leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAAS asking that it identify actions that could be taken by “federal, state and local governments, universities, foundations, educators, individual benefactors and others” to “maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education.”
参考译文:2010年,国会中的民主党和共和党要员曾致信美国人文与科学院,要求其确认“联邦政府、州和地方政府、大学、基金会、教育工作者、个人赞助者以及其他人”可以采取哪些行动,来“维持美国在人文学科和社会科学的学术成就及教育方面的优势”。
形近词
identity [aɪˈdentɪti]
n. 身份;统一性
补充词汇
[词组]
identify with:认同;与……有同感
[近义词]
recognize [ˈrekəɡnaɪz]
v. 识别;认出
【例】[v] 识别
2012 年阅读Text 1
Rosenberg holds that public-health advocates should ______.
[A] recruit professional advertisers
[B] learn from advertisers’ experience
[C] stay away from commercial advertisers
[D] recognize the limitations of advertisements
参考译文:罗森伯格认为公共健康倡导者应该______。
[A]招募职业广告人
[B]学习广告人的经验
[C]远离商业广告人
[D]认识到广告的局限性
title
词频 ★★★★☆
n. [ˈtaɪt(ə)l] 书名;标题;头衔,称号
形近词:entitle, entitlement, subtitle
形近词
entitle [ɪnˈtaɪt(ə)l]
v. 取名为;叫做;给予名称;给……权利(或资格)
【例】[v] 给……权利(或资格)
2010 年翻译
Yet these creatures are members of the biotic community and, if its stability depends on its integrity, they are entitled to continuance.
参考译文:然而这些生物是生物群落的成员,如果生物群落的稳定性取决于该群落的完整性,那么这些生物就有资格延续生存下去。
entitlement [ɪnˈtaɪt(ə)lmənt]
n. (拥有某物或做某事的)权利;资格;政府津贴
【例】[n] 政府津贴
2014 年阅读Text 1
Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited “allowance,” conditional on actively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance, at 71.70£ a week, one of the least generous in the EU.
参考译文:相反,申请者收到的是一份带有时间限制的“补助”,发放条件是申请者要积极找工作,没有政府津贴,没有保险,补助才每周71.70英镑,这在欧盟国家里算是最吝啬的了。
subtitle
[ˈsʌbˌtaɪt(ə)l] n. 副标题;说明对白的字幕
[ˈsʌbˌtaɪt(ə)l] v. 给……加副标题;在……上印字幕
doubt
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n. [daʊt] 怀疑,疑惑
v. [daʊt] 怀疑,疑惑
形近词:doubter, undoubtedly, doubtful
形近词
doubter [daʊtə(r)]
n. 怀疑者
undoubtedly [ʌnˈdaʊtɪdli]
adv. 毫不怀疑地
【例】[adv] 毫不怀疑地
2009 年阅读Text 3
The relationship between formal education and economic growth in poor countries is widely misunderstood by economists and politicians alike. Progress in both area is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies.