参考译文:在过去的十年左右,科技的进步已经使诸如Zara、H&M和优衣库之类的面向大众的品牌能更迅速地对潮流做出反应,并且更加准确地预测市场需求。
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anticipation [ænˌtɪsɪˈpeɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 预期;预料;期望;盼望
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anticipate sb. doing sth.:预料某人会做某事
column
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n. [ˈkɒləm] (报刊中的)专栏;圆柱;柱状物;列
【例】[n] (报刊中的)专栏
2007 年阅读Text 2
For the past several years, the Sunday newspaper supplement Parade has featured a column called “Ask Marilyn.” People are invited to query Marilyn vos Savant.
参考译文:在过去的几年,《行进日报》的周日增刊开设了一个名为“询问玛丽琳”的专栏。该专栏邀请人们向玛丽琳·斯·萨万特询问问题。
commodity
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n. [kəˈmɒdəti] 商品;物品
【例】[n] 商品;物品
2011 年阅读Text 2
It was a year before she became head of a tiny Internet-based commodities exchange.
参考译文:一年之后,她成为一家小型基于互联网的商品交易公司的负责人。
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goods [ɡʊdz]
n. 商品;货物
merchandise [ˈmɜː(r)tʃ(ə)ndaɪz]
n. 商品
confer
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v. [kənˈfɜː(r)] 授予;赋予;商谈;商议
形近词:conference
【例】[v] 授予;赋予
2007 年阅读Text 1
Certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills.
参考译文:某些星座赋予了超强的足球天赋。
形近词
conference [ˈkɒnf(ə)rəns]
n. 会议;协商;讨论;联盟
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confer sth. on sb.:授予某人某物
confer with:和……商谈;交换意见
counsel
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v. [ˈkaʊns(ə)l] 劝告;忠告;建议
n. [ˈkaʊns(ə)l] 法律顾问;劝告;忠告
形近词:counseling
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counseling [ˈkaʊns(ə)lɪŋ]
n. 咨询服务;辅导
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attorney [əˈtɜː(r)ni]
n. (美国的)律师
【例】[n] (美国的)律师
2010 年阅读Text 2
The judges on the Federal circuit are “reacting to the anti-patent trend at the supreme court”, says Harole C. Wegner, a patent attorney and professor at George Washington University Law School.
参考译文:联邦巡回法院的法官们正在“对最高法院的反专利趋势做出反应”,哈罗尔·C·韦格纳说。韦格纳是一名专利律师,也是乔治·华盛顿大学法学院的一名教授。
cultivate
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v. [ˈkʌltɪveɪt] 培养;逐渐形成;耕种;种植
形近词:cultivation
【例】[v] 培养
2012 年完型
They gave justices permanent positions so they would be free to upset those in power and have no need to cultivate political support.
参考译文:他们给予法官永久的职位,法官因此可以自由地扰乱当权者,不需要培养支持自己的政治势力。
形近词
cultivation [ˌkʌltɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 耕种;培养;教养
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foster
[ˈfɒstə(r)] v. 寄养;代养;促进;鼓励;培养
[ˈfɒstə(r)] adj. 寄养的;代养的
【例】[v] 促进;培养
2009 年阅读Text 1
That’s a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters commonness.
参考译文:这是我们一贯维系的一个谎言,它催生了平庸。
grow [ɡrəʊ]
v.种植;生长;长大;变得
【例】[v] 变得
2013 年阅读Text 3
Now utopia has grown unfashionable, as we have gained a deeper appreciation of the range of threats facing us, from asteroid strike to epidemic flu and to climate change.
参考译文:如今,乌托邦理想国已经变得不受欢迎了,因为我们对自己所面临的一系列威胁(从行星撞地球到流行性感冒再到气候变化)有了更深的理解。
activate [ˈæktɪveɪt]
v. 使运作;使起作用;激活
【例】[v] 激活
2009 年阅读Text 1
Ryan most probably agrees that curiosity activates creative minds.
参考译文:瑞安最有可能同意的是好奇心能激发创造性思维。
deem
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v. [diːm] 认为,视为;相信
【例】[v] 认为,视为
2010 年阅读Text 1
To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.
参考译文:如今读这些书时会惊讶地发现一个事实:书中学术性的内容曾经被认为适合在面向大众发行的日报上发表。
dentist
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n. [ˈdentɪst] 牙医
【例】[n] 牙医