在閱讀托福文章的時(shí)候,有些詞匯雖然是我們很熟悉的,但是其意義并不一定是我們理解的意思。出國(guó)留學(xué)網(wǎng)整理了老師們重點(diǎn)講解的一些托福閱讀熟詞偏意解析,供大家學(xué)習(xí)。
associate
【常用釋義】
與...相聯(lián)系
【生僻釋義】
n. 伙伴
托福例句1:
Parasitism is a kind of predator-prey relationship in which one organism, the parasite, derives its food at the expense of its symbiotic associate, the host.
(TPO 17-3 Symbiotic Relationships)
托福例句2:
Paleontologists have argued for a long time that the demise of the dinosaurs was caused by climatic alterations associated with slow changes in the positions of continents and seas resulting from plate tectonics. (TPO 8-2 Extinction of the Dinosaurs)
解析:
例句1:
該句中“associate”為名詞,表示”伙伴“。該句中詞組“at the expense of”表示“以...為代價(jià)”。整句可翻譯為:
寄生指的是一種捕獵關(guān)系,在該關(guān)系中,一種生物(寄生蟲(chóng))從它的共生伙伴(寄主)上獲取食物。
例句2:
該句中“associated with”考察的是常見(jiàn)的意思“與...相聯(lián)系”,在句子中修飾“climatic alterations”。整句可翻譯為:
很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間以來(lái),古生物家們認(rèn)為恐龍的滅亡是與因地質(zhì)構(gòu)造而引起的海洋和大陸位置變遷相關(guān)的氣候變化所致。
在TPO 16-1 Trade and the Ancient Middle East中第7題的事實(shí)信息否定題選項(xiàng)中也出現(xiàn)了“associates”表示“伙伴”的意思,和原文中的“fellows”形成對(duì)應(yīng)。
According to paragraph 4, which of the following was NOT necessary for success in the mercantile economy?
○Good business sense
○Reliable associates
○Family wealth
○Constant effort