1、2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ 1 天adapt vt. 1.使适应 2.改编adept a. (与 at, in连用) 熟练的,精通的,内行adjust vt. 1.调整,调节 2.校正adopt vt. 1.收养 2.采用,采纳1. For these children to develop to their full adult potential, their education must be adapted to those differences. (NETEM 1994, Passage 3, Paragraph 1)对于这些孩子来说,要使他们到成年时全部的潜力能
2、得到开发,教育必须针对这些不同之处进行调整。2. Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate, re-order, and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders, wonders, theorizes, criticizes and imagines. (NETEM 2004, Text 4, Paragraph 6)智力寻求的是理解、运用、整合和调节,而才学是审视、思考、探究、形成理论、批判和想象。3. Too many schools adopt the “win at all costs” moral st
3、andard and measure their success by sporting achievements. (NETEM 1995 Passage 4, Paragraph 2)太多的学校采用“不惜一切代价获取成功”的道德标准,通过展示取得的成就来评判它们的成功。 (注:sport vt. 显示;炫耀 n. 运动, 运动会)announce v. 1.宣布,发表,通告 2.报告到来announcement n. 1.通布,预告,告示 2. 言论,谈话announcer n. 播音员,报幕员renounce vt. 1.放弃,抛弃 2. 断然拒绝, 否认,与. 断绝关系例: renou
4、nce ones old habits 戒绝旧习惯renounce the world 退隐pronunciation n. 发音(方法)pronounce v. 1.宣判,宣布 2. 发音denounce vt. 公开指责,公然抨击,谴责2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ vt. 谴责,指责,诅咒pronounce的相关近义词 :declare vt. 1.宣布,宣告 2. 声明,表明 3.断言,宣称declaration n. 宣布,宣言acclaim v. 欢呼,喝彩 n.喝彩claim v. 1.要求,索赔 2. 声称,主张 3. 值得n. 1.权利,要求权,所有权 2. (
5、for, on)索赔 3.主张,断言exclaim v. 呼喊,惊叫 exclamation n. 感叹,惊叹reclaim vt. 1.收回 2. 开垦proclaim vt. 宣布,声明declaim v. 1.巧辩 2.(激昂地)演说 3.朗读 4.谴责 (注:词干 claim和 clam有“喊叫,说”的意思)1. It is announced that a wallet has been found and can be _ at the managers office.A declared B obtained C reclaimed D recognized(NETEM 2000
6、, Structure and Vocabulary, 第 27题 正确答案:C) 通知说,有人捡到一个钱包,失主可到经理办公室认领。2. Hofstadter says our countrys educational system is in the grips of people who “joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise.” (
7、NETEM 2004, Text 4, Paragraph 7) 霍夫斯塔特说,掌握我们国家教育体系的人“沾沾自喜地、霸气十足地公然宣称敌视才学,迫不及待地认同那些看来在才智方面最难造就的孩子。 ”applause n. 喝彩,夸奖,称赞applaud v. 喝彩,称赞applausive a. 拍手欢呼的2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ a. 似乎合情理的,似乎可信的,似是而非的Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ide
8、as in elementary-particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true. (NETEM 1998, 翻译, 第 75题) 尽管听起来很奇特,宇宙膨胀说是基本粒子物理学当中一些公认理论在科学上看似可信的推论,而许多天体物理学家七八年来一直相信宇宙膨胀说是正确的。appreciable a. 可估计的,可察觉的appreciate vt.1.赏识, 鉴赏 2.感激 vi. 增值, 涨价disappreciate v.
9、 轻视, 低估depreciate v. 降价, (货币)贬值 assert vt. 1.断言,宣称 2.维护insert vt. 插入,嵌入exert vt.发挥,施加dessert n. 甜食,甜糕点desert vt. 1.抛弃 2.擅离(职守)n. 沙漠,不毛之地desert的近义词:abandon vt. 放弃 , 遗弃 n. 放任 , 狂热discard vt. 丢弃 , 抛弃insert 的近义词:embed vt. 使插入,使嵌入It doesnt help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of ach
10、ievement for nations and people striving to assert themselves. (NETEM 1998, Passage 1, Paragraph 2)尽管修建高大雄伟的大坝已成为国家和民族实现威力的成功标志,结果还是于事无补。Largely because of the extreme difficulty in affixing legal 2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ on those who continue to treat our environment with reckless abandon. (CET-6, 19
11、99.6, Passage 2, paragraph 1)主要是因为追究那些不断任意的破坏环境的人的法律责任十分困难。pretext n. 借口,托辞context n. 文章前后关系,上下文contest v. 比赛,争论n. 竞争,比赛protest v. / n.抗议,反对(联想记忆: 凡是应试 test我们都是反对的)detest vt. 厌恶, 憎恨 (联想记忆: 凡是应试 test我们都是讨厌的!)testimony n. 1.证据,证词 2. 表明testify v. 证实,作证testify 的相关近义词及衍生:verify vi. 证实,核实certify v. 1.证明 2
12、.发证书certificate n. 证书,证明书scare vt. 惊吓 n. 惊恐stare vi. 盯,凝视glare v./ n. 1.闪耀,闪光 2. 怒视,瞪眼flare n. 1.闪耀 2.(衣裙等)张开3.(感情的)爆发v. 1.(火焰)闪耀 2.(衣裙等)张开flair n. 天赋,天资flame n. 1.火焰 2.热情 v. 1.燃烧 2.(感情强烈地)爆发If you have a flair for saving, managing and investing money, you have money management skills. (2006年新大纲标题题
13、C选项)2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ v. 燃烧,点燃 n. 烧伤,灼伤ignite vt. 点燃 vi. 1.点火 , 引燃 2. 激起sparkle vi. 闪耀,发火花spark n. 火花,火星 vi. 发火花 vt. 引发ascertain vt.查明,弄清,确定certainty n. 1.必然,肯定 2.必然的事uncertain a. 不肯定的,靠不住的uncertainty n. 不肯定,易变性certainly ad. 1.一定,必定 2.当然行 certain a. 1.某一,某些 2.确信的,可靠的 3. 肯定的,必然的As the driver app
14、roached the point of entry for the highway, devices installed on the roadside would electronically check the vehicle to determine its destination and to ascertain that it had the proper automation equipment in good working order. (CET-6, 2001.1, Passage 3, Paragraph 2)当驾驶者驶到公路入口时,安装在路边的仪器会用电子方式检测车辆,
15、以确定它的目的地,以及它的自动装备运作是否正常。rough a. 1.粗糙的 2.粗野的,狂暴的 3.概略的,大致的roughly ad. 1.粗暴地,粗鲁地 2.粗略地,大约thorough a. 1.彻底的,周密的 2.十足的 2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ a. 1.坚硬的 2.坚强的 3.棘手的rough的近义词:approximate a. 近似的 , 大约的 v. 近似,约计 (注 :写作得时候,用 approximate比用 about, or so 更好 )approximately ad. 近似地,大约sure a. 1.确信的,肯定的 2.一定的,必然的 3.
16、可靠的,稳当的insure vt. 1.给保险 2.保证insurance n. 保险(费)例: life insurance 人寿保险,assure vt. 1.向.保证 2.使确信reassure v. 1.使.安心,打消.的疑虑 2.使.恢复信心 assurance n. 1.保证 2.确定,断言ensure vt. 保证,确保ensure的相关近义词及衍生:pledge vt. 1.发誓 2.保证 n. 誓言,保证warrant vt. 保证 n. 1.保修(期) 2.凭证,委任状 3.根据guarantee vt. 保证,担保n. 1.保修(期) 2.保证(人或物)witness v
17、t. 1.为 作证 ,证明n. 1.证明,证据 2.目击者,证人preclude n. 排除vt. 阻止,使不可能predecessor n. 前辈, 前任,(被取代的)原有事物pregnant a. 怀孕的,重要的,富有意义的,孕育的precious a. 宝贵的,贵重的previous a. 1.先前的,以前的 2.(to) 在之前premise n. 逻 前提, vt. 提论,预述,假定 vi. 作出前提2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ n. 1.额外费用,奖金,奖赏 2. 保险费 prestige n. 声望,威望,威信(注意:词干 pre 不是总是表示 “前”的意思)pr
18、evious的近义词及衍生:prior a. 优先的, (常与 to连用)预先的priority n. 先前,优先(权) master n. 1. (M-) 硕士 2.男主人,雇主 3.师傅,名家vt. 精通,掌握a. 1.主要的 2.精通的,熟练的masterpiece n. 杰作,名著其它学位:doctor n. 1.医生 2.博士PHD abbr. 博士学位 (Doctor of Philosophy)bachelor n. 1. 未婚男子,单身汉2. 学士26 of George Bushs predecessors (including his father) had surname
19、s in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. (NETEM 2004 Text 2, Paragraph 3)乔治布什的前任有二十六位(包括其父)的姓氏均在字母表的前半部,而姓氏在字母表后半部的却仅有十六位。injure v. 损害, 伤害injury n. 损害, 损伤 jury n. 1.陪审团 2. (竞赛或展览的) 全体评审员bare a. 1. 勉强的 2. 赤裸的,光秃秃的vt. 使赤裸, 露出bear n. 熊 v. 生(孩子), 忍受unbearable a. 无法忍受的, 承受不
20、住的beard n. 胡须rear n. 1.后部,背后 2.屁股2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ 1. 扶养,饲养 2. 竖起,抬起curse v./n. 诅咒nurse n. 护士,保姆vt. 护理,看护curve v. 弄弯,变曲n. 曲线curl v. (使)卷曲n. 卷发,卷曲物vigorous a. 1.精力充沛的 2. 强有力的rigorous a. 严格的,严厉的,严酷的1. Ralph Waldo Emerson and other Transcendentalist philosophers thought schooling and rigorous book
21、 learning put unnatural restraints on children. (NETEM 2004, Text 4, Paragraph 5)拉尔夫瓦尔多爱默生和其他一些先验主义哲学家认为学校教育和严格的书本学习限制了孩子们的天性。2.The Oxford dictionary can therefore stand more vigorous scrutiny (审视) for cultural bias than the Longman publication because the latter does not hesitate about viewing the
22、rest of the world from the cultural perspectives of the English-speaking world. (CET-6, 1996.6, Passage1 Paragraph3)因此牛津词典可以比朗文词典更好地审视文化偏见,因为后者完全是从英语国家的文化视角来看待其他国家。dictate v. 1.命令 2.听写,口述 (联想: dict词干是 “说话” 的意思)dictator n. 独裁者,专制者indict vt. (法律)控告,告发indicate vt.1.暗示,表明 2.标出indication n. 1.指示 2.迹象,暗示i
23、ndicative a. 暗示的,指示的2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ vt.奉献,供奉,致力于verdict n. 1.意见 2.定论 3.裁决predict v. 预言,预示predictable a . 可预知的,可推断的prophet n. 先知, 预言者, 提倡者 addict vt. 使上瘾n. 入迷的人例: She was addicted to rock music.她热衷于摇滚乐1. Towns like Bournemouth and Eastbourne sprang up to house large “comfortable” classes who h
24、ad retired on their incomes, and who had no relation to the rest of the community except that of drawing dividends and occasionally attending a shareholders meeting to dictate their orders to the management. (NETEM 1996, Passage 3, Paragraph 2)像伯恩茅斯和伊斯特本这样的城市的兴起是为了给大批“舒适”阶层提供居住场所,这些人靠自己的丰厚收入而不工作,除了领
25、取红利,偶尔参加股东会议向管理人员发号施令外,他们与外界没有联系。2. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers.(NETEM 2001, Passage 3, Paragraph 7)然后它又出资组织研讨会和可信度调查项目,去探究为什么顾客们恼火了,为什么会有那么多人逃避新闻。contradict vt. 1.反驳 2.同矛盾(抵触)contrast vt.
26、 使与.对比, 使与.对照vi. 和.形成对照n. 对比, 对照, (对照中的)差异contradiction n. 反驳,矛盾counterpart n. 副本,极相似的人或物,配对物(注:counter-和 contra-类似, 表示“相反”之义)fore a. 前部的, 以前的2009 考研英语精华资料合集:http:/ 在前面, 在船头n. 前部, 船头prep. 在前foregoing a. 在前的forehead n. 前额, (任何事物的)前部foremost a. 1.第一流的,最重要的 2.最初的,最前的The life history of the individual i
27、s first and foremost an adjustment to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. (CET-6, 1996.6, Passage 4, Paragraph 2)个人的生命历程首先且首要的是一个调整的过程, 以符合他周围的社会环境中的沿袭的生活模式和标准。procedure n. 程序,手续,步骤process vt. 加工,处理n. 1.过程,进程 2.工序 3.工艺,制作法microprocessor n. 微处理器procession n. 队列,行列pr
28、oceed vt. 1.进行,继续(做某事) 2.发出precede v. 领先,先于,在之前preceding a. 在前的,在先的proceeding n. 1.行动,进行 2. (pl.) 会议记录,活动记录precedent n. 先例cession n. 1.割让,转让 2. 律让与(他人)债权concession n. 让步,迁就confess v. 承认, 坦白, 忏悔confession n. 供认, 承认, 招供concessionaire n. 受让人,特许权获得者recession n. 1.撤回, 退回, 退后2.工商业不景气secession n. 脱离,退出,分裂,