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說的話,理解詞(句)的結(jié)構(gòu),最后解釋所說的意思。[用法]be identified with 被視為與?等同(2),聲明;結(jié)算單,報表[例句]The author’s purpose in writing this article is to support the statement made by York Onnen.(2005年1月閱讀2,20題選項(xiàng)之一)[譯文]作者寫這篇文章的目的是為了支持York Onnen的說法。[用法]statement on/about關(guān)于?聲明/陳述(3),身份;情形,狀況[例句]Authorities said the undocumented workers’illegal status made them open to blackmail(訛詐)by terrorists.(2006年6月閱讀2)[譯文]當(dāng)局說,無居住許可的工人的身份是不合法的,所以他們很容易受到恐怖分子的訛詐。(4);提供[例句]Not all advertisers can afford to use it.(2008年6月快速閱讀)[譯文]并不是所有的廣告商都用得起(經(jīng)濟(jì)方面)。[用法]afford to do (5);(建筑物的)朝向、方向;樣子,外表[例句]Tame elephants are different from wild elephants in many aspects, including their tempers.(2005年1月B卷詞匯50題)[譯文]經(jīng)馴養(yǎng)的大象與野生大象在脾性等許多方面都有不同。(6)?;途徑,方式[例句]What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologist Joan Galst?Approaching of death.(2006年6月閱讀3)[譯文]紐約心理學(xué)家Joan Galst認(rèn)為老年父母最擔(dān)憂的是什么?是臨近死亡。二(1)assume ,假設(shè),臆斷;承擔(dān),呈現(xiàn)[例句]People assume that office politics involves some manipulative(工于心計的)behavior.(2004年6月閱讀2)[譯文]人們認(rèn)為辦公室政治包括一些工于心計的行為。(2)factor factor ,因子;系數(shù)[例句]One factor that can influence consumers is their mood state.(2007年12月完形填空)[譯文]影響消費(fèi)者的一個因素是消費(fèi)者的心態(tài)。(3)previous ,前的,以前的[例句]They worked out that people who had quit in the previous decade were much more likely to be overweight than smokers and people who had never smoked.(2008年12月快速閱讀)[譯文]他們知道前十年已經(jīng)戒煙的人比吸煙的人和從不吸煙的人更容易超重。[辨析]previous,preceding,prior,precedent,antecedent,forgoing這是一組含有“先前的”之意的形容詞。previous先前的,以前的(時間,書的章節(jié)以及事件)。preceding在前的,多指書或文章的前部或前頁,也可指時間在前的。 the ~chapter在上一章。in the ~year, 在上一年。prior較早的,指一個行為先于另一個行為,后接介詞to。precedent 多指某一事情先于另一事情發(fā)生。antecedent “前期的”多指在歷史中一個時期先于另一個時期。forgoing 同preceding和prior。(4)slash 。,砍痕。斜線號[例句]Spending about £100,000 on these and other improvements, he slashed his £90,000 fuel and power bill by £60,000.(2007年12月快速閱讀)[譯文]為這些和其他改進(jìn)花費(fèi)約為十萬英鎊,他將其九萬英鎊燃料和電力賬單削減了六萬英鎊。三(1)sour 。餿的。使變得乖戾(或暴躁)[例句]Some people’s breath turns sour every time they go on a job interview.(1998年1月閱讀3)[譯文]每次去面試,一些人就會變得沒好氣的。(2)academic 。學(xué)院的。純理論的,[例句]It was Page who, at Stanford in 1996, initiated the academic project that eventually became Google’s search engine.(2007年6月閱讀A)[譯文]佩吉于1996年在斯坦福大學(xué)發(fā)起的學(xué)術(shù)項(xiàng)目最終成為谷歌搜索引擎。(3)advantage ,優(yōu)勢,好處[例句]A trademark prevents others from using the identical or a similar word, name, orsymbol to take advantage of the recognition and popularity of the brand or to create confusion in the marketplace.(2008年12月完形)[譯文]商標(biāo)阻止他人使用相同或類似的詞、名稱或符號,來利用得到大眾認(rèn)知且廣受歡迎的品牌的知名度或在市場上制造混亂。(4)munity ,社會。團(tuán)體,界。(動植物的)群落[例句]Large parts of the munity may bee mired in a seemingly state of poverty and underachievement(2008年12月閱讀2)[譯文]社會的很大部分可能陷入貧困和成就不好的狀態(tài)。(5)conclude ,推論出。締結(jié),終了[例句]The report concluded that at a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000 passengers flying into space each year.(2006年1月快速閱讀)[譯文]報告的結(jié)論是:如果票價為5萬美元,每年可能會有50萬名乘客太空旅行。(6),描寫。畫出(圖形等)[例句]One should create a solid statement in a dozen or so sentences that describe in detail how they see their life related to work.(2007年6月快速閱讀)[譯文]一個人應(yīng)該用十幾個左右句子做出堅定的說法,詳細(xì)描述他們怎樣看待與工作相關(guān)聯(lián)的生活。三(1)despite不管,不顧[例句]Despite their varied designs, navigation puters used in cars...(2002年1月閱讀1)[譯文]盡管是各種不同的設(shè)計,用于汽車的導(dǎo)航計算機(jī)?。(2)construct 。構(gòu)想,觀念[例句]Every morning now she turns on a specially constructed light box for half an hour and sits in front of it to trick her brain into thinking it’s still enjoying those long summer days.(2005年6月閱讀4)[譯文]現(xiàn)在她每天早上打開一個專門建造的燈箱半小時并且坐在前面,欺騙她的大腦認(rèn)為自己仍然在享受那悠長的夏季。(3)economy 。節(jié)約,節(jié)省[例句]Watching the soar during the ‘90s, the Germans had decided that they, too, needed to go the high technology.[譯文]觀察了美國在90年代經(jīng)濟(jì)增長之后,德國已經(jīng)決定他們也需要走高科技的路線。(4)emotion ,感情。激動[例句]By accepting who you are—all your emotions, hopes and dreams, your personality, and your unique way of being—you’ll project more confidence when networking and talking with potential employers.(2007年6月快速閱讀)[譯文]接受你是誰——所有的感情,希望和夢想,你的個性,和你存在的獨(dú)特的方式——當(dāng)你在做網(wǎng)絡(luò)工程和與潛在的雇主交談時,你會更有信心。(5)engine ,發(fā)動機(jī)。機(jī)車[例句]Google’s search engine is so widespread across the world that search became Google, and google became a verb.(2007年6月閱讀A)[譯文]谷歌搜索引擎在世界各地如此廣泛以至于搜索就是谷歌,谷歌成為一個動詞。(6)enormous ,龐大的[例句]What makes going to space the most expensive vacation is the enormous cost involved in the fuel to take off / launch.(2006年1月快速閱讀)[譯文]起飛/發(fā)射所需要燃料的巨大成本使前往太空成為最昂貴的度假。