考研英語歷年真題詞頻語境強(qiáng)化記憶系列(3)

字號(hào):

reason
    n.①理由,原因;②理性,理智;v.①推論,推理;②說服,評(píng)理;③討論,辯論
    [真題例句] The reason (n.), of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.[2006年閱讀2]
    [例句精譯] 原因當(dāng)然是雖然成本急劇上升,但票價(jià)仍維持在低水平。
    [真題例句] Defenders of science have also voiced their concerns at meetings such as "The Flight from Science and Reason (n.②)," held in New York City in 1995, and "Science in the Age of (Mis)information", which assembled last June near Buffalo.[1998年閱讀3]
    [例句精譯] 科學(xué)的捍衛(wèi)者們還在一些會(huì)議上表示了他們的擔(dān)憂。比如,1995年在紐約舉行的"遠(yuǎn)離科學(xué)和理性"會(huì)議,以及去年6月在布法羅附近召開的"(偽)信息時(shí)代的科學(xué)"會(huì)議。
    [真題例句] He reasoned (v.) that because it is easier to formulate certain concepts and not others in a given language, the speakers of that language think along one track and not along another.[2004年翻譯]
    [例句精譯] 他推理為:因?yàn)槿藗兒苋菀子媚骋惶囟ǖ恼Z言形成一些不容混淆的概念,語言的使用者往往會(huì)沿著同一條軌跡思考問題。
    tend
    v.①趨向,往往是;②照料,看護(hù)
    [真題例句] Scientists tend (①) to forget this when writing their cut and dried reports for the technical journals, but history is filled with examples of it.[1999年閱讀5]
    [例句精譯] 科學(xué)家們?cè)跒榭茖W(xué)雜志撰寫千篇一律的報(bào)告時(shí)常常忘記這一點(diǎn),而歷卻充滿了這樣的實(shí)例。
    consume
    v.消費(fèi),消費(fèi),耗盡
    [真題例句] With thousands of careerrelated sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be timeconsuming and inefficient.[2004年閱讀1]
    [例句精譯] 因特網(wǎng)上有成千上萬個(gè)與求職相關(guān)的網(wǎng)址,尋找好的工作崗位費(fèi)時(shí)低效。
    economic
    a.經(jīng)濟(jì)(上)的,經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的
    [真題例句] During the past generation, the American middleclass family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure has been transformed by economic risk and new realities.[2007年閱讀3]
    [例句精譯] 在過去一代人中,美國(guó)中產(chǎn)階級(jí)家庭已經(jīng)被經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)和新的現(xiàn)實(shí)所改變。過去他們?cè)?jīng)還能指望依靠艱苦工作和公平競(jìng)爭(zhēng)來使自己在經(jīng)濟(jì)生活中獲得安全保障。
    moral
    a.道德(上)的,道義的;n.①寓意,教育意義;②道德
    [真題例句] Amid the outcry, many conservative leaders are seeking a return to the prewar emphasis on moral (a.) education.[2000年閱讀4]
    [例句精譯] 在一片*聲中,許多保守黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人正在力圖回復(fù)到戰(zhàn)前,強(qiáng)調(diào)道德教育。
    [真題例句] But increasingly the Japanese are seeing a decline of the traditional work moral (n.②) values.[2000年閱讀4]
    [例句精譯] 但是,日本人正在經(jīng)歷傳統(tǒng)工作道德價(jià)值觀的衰退。
    word
    n.①詞,單詞;②[常pl.]話;③消息,傳說;④諾言,保證;v.用言語表達(dá)
    [真題例句] Too often, careless use of words (n.①) (43:prevents) a meeting of the minds of the speaker and listener.[1994年完形]
    [例句精譯] 多數(shù)情況是,不恰當(dāng)?shù)难哉Z阻止了聽者和說者的意見一致。
    [真題例句]wist on a familiar quote "If at first you don’t succeed, give up" or a play on words (n.②) or on a situation.[2002年閱讀1]
    [例句精譯] 它可以是我們所熟悉的正話反說,如"你要是一開始不成功,就放棄",或者是玩弄文字或情景游戲。
    [真題例句] Almost immediately word (n.③) flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada.[1997年閱讀1]
    [例句精譯] 幾乎同時(shí),該消息就出現(xiàn)在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上,身處地球另一端的加拿大死亡權(quán)利執(zhí)行主席約翰·霍夫塞斯收到了該消息。
    [真題例句] But NBAC members are planning to word (v.) the recommendation narrowly to avoid new restrictions on research that involves the cloning of human DNA or cells-routine in molecular biology.[1999年閱讀4]
    [例句精譯] 但是,NBAC委員們正擬對(duì)建議的措辭進(jìn)行更縝密的修改,以避免給克隆人體DNA或細(xì)胞等分子生物學(xué)中的常規(guī)課題的研究施加更多的限制。