考研幫 > 英語(yǔ) > 復(fù)習(xí)經(jīng)驗(yàn)

巧克2019考研英語(yǔ)單詞:熟詞僻義(四)

  摘要:英語(yǔ)的熟詞僻義是考研中的重難點(diǎn),但是很少會(huì)有老師會(huì)專(zhuān)門(mén)對(duì)此進(jìn)行講解。因此,幫幫專(zhuān)門(mén)整理了英語(yǔ)熟詞僻義的一系列文章。本次專(zhuān)門(mén)為大家?guī)?lái)熟詞僻義的動(dòng)詞版本。

  1.act

  v.①行動(dòng),做事;②(on)起作用;③表演;④(for)代表,代替;

  n.①行為,動(dòng)作;②(一)幕;③法令,條例

  【真題鏈接】 Governments throughout the world act (v.②) on the assumption that the welfare of their people depends largely on the economic strength and wealth of the community.[2000年翻譯]

  【譯文】 世界各國(guó)的政府的行為都基于這樣一種假設(shè),即人民的福利在很大程度上取決于社會(huì)的經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力和國(guó)家的財(cái)富。

  【真題鏈接】 The paid manager acting (v.④) for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away.[1996年Text3]

  【譯文】 代表公司進(jìn)行管理的領(lǐng)薪經(jīng)理們與工人和工人的需求形成更加直接的關(guān)系,但甚至他們也很少像正在被淘汰的舊式家族企業(yè)的家長(zhǎng)制中的雇主那樣熟悉和了解工人的情況。

  【真題鏈接】 Some , however , are less reasonable processes of different growth in which preconception of the form scientific theory ought to take, by persons in authority, act (n.①)  to alter the growth pattern of different areas.[1996年翻譯]

  【譯文】 然而,有些發(fā)展速度存在差異的原因就不盡合理,這是因?yàn)槟承?quán)威人士對(duì)科學(xué)理論研究應(yīng)該采取的方式有偏見(jiàn),從而改變了不同科學(xué)領(lǐng)域的發(fā)展模式。

  【真題鏈接】 The commercial TV channels — ITV and Channel 4 — were required by the Thatcher Government’s Broadcasting Act (n.③) to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs.[1996年Text2]

  【譯文】 按撒切爾政府廣播法案的要求,商業(yè)電視頻道——ITV和第四頻道——正在進(jìn)行商業(yè)化,彼此競(jìng)爭(zhēng)廣告業(yè)務(wù),降低成本,裁減員工。

  2.argue

  v.①爭(zhēng)論,辯論;②認(rèn)為,主張,論證;③說(shuō)服

  【真題鏈接】 The point is this: without agreement on the rights of people, arguing (①) about the rights of animals is fruitless.[1997年翻譯]

  【譯文】 關(guān)鍵問(wèn)題是:如果對(duì)人的權(quán)利沒(méi)有共同認(rèn)識(shí),那么討論動(dòng)物的權(quán)利就是毫無(wú)結(jié)果的。

  【真題鏈接】More significantly, they argue (②)that many of the Founding Fathers knew slavery was wrong [2008年Text4]

  【譯文】 更重要的是,他們認(rèn)為很多開(kāi)國(guó)元?jiǎng)字琅`制是錯(cuò)誤的。

  3.attach

  v.①(to)縛上,系上,貼上;②使依附,使隸屬,使依戀;③附加,附帶;④把~放在

  【真題鏈接】 A survey of news stories in 1996 reveals that the anti-science tag has been attached (①) to many other groups as well, from authorities who advocated the elimination of the last remaining stocks of smallpox virus to Republicans who advocated decreased funding for basic research.[1998年Text3]

  【譯文】 1996年對(duì)新聞報(bào)道的調(diào)查表明,反科學(xué)的標(biāo)簽也貼在了許多其他群體身上,這些人包括從提倡消滅所有現(xiàn)存的天花病毒的官方人士到倡議削減基礎(chǔ)研究基金的共和黨人。

  【真題鏈接】 They (particularly Quebec and Alberta) just want Ottawa to fork over additional billions with few, if any, strings attached (③).[2005年新題型]

  【譯文】 這些官員(尤其是魁北克省和阿伯塔省的)只希望渥太華額外撥數(shù)十億加元的經(jīng)費(fèi),而且最好不要什么附帶條件。

  【真題鏈接】 The modern school that hails technology argues that such masters as Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and inventors such as Edison attached (④) great importance to, and derived great benefit from, craft information and technological devices of different kinds that were usable in scientific experiments.[1994年翻譯]

  【譯文】 推崇技術(shù)的現(xiàn)代學(xué)派認(rèn)為,像伽利略、牛頓、麥克斯韋、愛(ài)因斯坦這樣的大師以及像愛(ài)迪生這樣的發(fā)明家都非常重視科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)中使用的不同技術(shù)信息和技術(shù)設(shè)施,并從中受益頗深。

  4.contend

  v.①競(jìng)爭(zhēng),斗爭(zhēng);②堅(jiān)決主張,聲稱(chēng),認(rèn)為

  【真題鏈接】 It is the playgoers, the RSC contends (②), who bring in much of the town’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.[2006年Text2]

  【譯文】 皇家莎士比亞公司(RSC)聲稱(chēng)是看戲的人給小鎮(zhèn)帶來(lái)了大量的稅收,因?yàn)樗麄儌€(gè)晚上(有些甚至是四、五個(gè)晚上)都在旅館和飯店消費(fèi)。

  5.deliver

  v.①交付,遞送;②發(fā)表,表達(dá),陳述;③釋放;④接生

  【真題鏈接】 Most notably, the Pointcast Network uses a screen saver to deliver (①) a continually updated stream of news and advertisements to subscribers’ computer monitors.[1999年Text2]

  【譯文】 最突出的例子是“定向投影”網(wǎng)絡(luò)公司,該公司使用一種屏保系統(tǒng),將大量最新的信息和廣告不斷地傳送到用戶(hù)的計(jì)算機(jī)顯示器上。

  【真題鏈接】 Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver (②) in a relaxed and unforced manner.[2002年Text1]

  【譯文】 (練習(xí)幽默)包括一些很隨便的、看上去是即興的話(huà),你可以用輕松的、不做作的方式把它們說(shuō)出來(lái)。

  6.dismiss

  v.①免職,解雇,開(kāi)除,解散;②.不理會(huì),不考慮

  【真題鏈接】 He dismisses (②) a lot of the work of reengineering consultants as mere rubbish —“the worst sort of ambulance-chasing.”[1998年Text2]

  【譯文】 他對(duì)重組顧問(wèn)們所作的大量工作不屑一顧,然為那些完全是垃圾——“典型的勞而無(wú)獲”。

  7.engage

  v.①(in)從事,忙于;②(to)與……訂婚;③聘用;④吸引

  【真題鏈接】 Nevertheless Williams’s suit charged that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling” intentionally worked to “lure” him to “engage (①) in conduct against his will” well.[2006年新題型]

  【譯文】 然而威廉姆斯還是控告娛樂(lè)場(chǎng),明知道他“不可救藥地賭博上癮”還故意“誘惑”他“違背他自己的意愿參加賭博”。

  【真題鏈接】 The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging (③) a large professional element and prevented the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders.[1996年Text3]

  【譯文】 通過(guò)聘用大量專(zhuān)業(yè)人員來(lái)適應(yīng)新時(shí)代的技術(shù)要求,并防止了效率的降低,而在過(guò)去這種低效率曾使得許多舊式家族企業(yè)在精力充沛的創(chuàng)業(yè)者之后的第二、三代手中破產(chǎn)倒閉。

  【真題鏈接】 To see an animal in pain is enough, for most, to engage (④) sympathy.[1997年翻譯]

  【譯文】 對(duì)于大多數(shù)人來(lái)說(shuō),看見(jiàn)一個(gè)動(dòng)物在受苦,足以引起他們同情。

  8.fabricate

  v.①捏造,編造(謊言,借口等);②建造,制造

  【真題鏈接】 63.The newly described languages were often so strikingly different from the well studied languages of Europe and Southeast Asia that some scholars even accused Boas and Sapir of fabricating (①) their data. [2004年翻譯]

  【譯文】 63. 這些新近被描述的語(yǔ)言和得到充分研究的歐洲和東南亞地區(qū)的語(yǔ)言往往差別顯著,以至于有些學(xué)者甚至指責(zé)Boas和Sapir編造了材料。

  9.import

  v.進(jìn)口,輸入;

  n.①進(jìn)口,輸入;②[pl.]進(jìn)口商品,進(jìn)口物資;③重要性,含義

  【真題鏈接】 On the other hand, oil-importing (v.) emerging economies — to which heavy industry has shifted — have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed.[2002年Text3]

  【譯文】 另一方面,進(jìn)口石油的新興國(guó)家由于轉(zhuǎn)向了重工業(yè),消耗能量更大,因此可能會(huì)受到石油危機(jī)的強(qiáng)烈影響。

  【真題鏈接】 The OECD estimates in its latest Economic Outlook that, if oil prices averaged $22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $13 in 1998, this would increase the oil import (n.①) bill in rich economies by only 0.25-0.5% of GDP.That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980.[2002年Text3]

  【譯文】 國(guó)際經(jīng)合組織在最近一期的《經(jīng)濟(jì)展望》中估計(jì),如果油價(jià)持續(xù)一年維持在22美元左右,與1998年的13美元一桶相比,這也只會(huì)使發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家的石油進(jìn)口在支出上增加GDP的0.25%~0.5%。這還不到1974年或1980年收入減少部分的1/4。

  【真題鏈接】 The full import (n.③) may take a while to sink in.[1997年Text1]

  【譯文】 該法案的重要性可能需要一段時(shí)間才能為人們所理解和接受。

  10.lean

  v.①傾斜,屈身;②倚,靠,依賴(lài);

  a.①瘦的,無(wú)脂肪的;②精干的,效率高的;③貧瘠的

  【真題鏈接】 They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over) --lean (a.①), pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.[2006年Text2]

  【譯文】 他們看起來(lái)都一個(gè)樣(雖然他們從各個(gè)地方而來(lái))——瘦削、率直、專(zhuān)注的臉龐,穿著牛仔褲和便鞋,吃著小圓面包,在劇場(chǎng)外的石板上過(guò)夜,以便能買(mǎi)得到20張座票和80張站票,這些票都是為那些睡覺(jué)的人準(zhǔn)備的,并且在票房第二天上午10點(diǎn)半開(kāi)始售票時(shí)就賣(mài)給他們。

  【真題鏈接】 Friedman relies on a lean (a.②) staff of 20 in Austin.[2003年Text1]

  【譯文】 弗里德曼在奧斯汀市只有20人的精干職員隊(duì)伍。

  11.locate

  v.①查找;②使……坐落于,位于

  【真題鏈接】 Computer technology makes it possible to store vast amounts of data in machine-readable files, and to program computers to locate (①) specific information.[1995年Text3]

  【譯文】 計(jì)算機(jī)技術(shù)使人們可以把大量的數(shù)據(jù)儲(chǔ)存到機(jī)器可讀的文件里,還能通過(guò)計(jì)算機(jī)編程找到某一信息。

  【真題鏈接】 65. We can see from the available statistics that _____.[1998年Text4]  [B] the top 10 states in growth rate of population were all located (②) in the West

  【譯文】 65、從得到的統(tǒng)計(jì)資料,我們可以看出_____。  [B] 人口增長(zhǎng)率排名前十位的州都位于西部地區(qū)

  12.maintain

  v.①維修,保養(yǎng);②維持,保持;③堅(jiān)持,主張,支持

  【真題鏈接】 Practice (or review) tends to build and maintain (②) memory for a task or for any learned material.[1995年Text5]

  【譯文】 實(shí)踐(或稱(chēng)復(fù)習(xí))就是建立并保持對(duì)某一任務(wù)或所學(xué)材料的記憶。

  【真題鏈接】 George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains (③) that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death.[2002年Text4]

  【譯文】 波士頓大學(xué)健康法律系主任喬治·安納斯堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為,只要醫(yī)生是出于合理的醫(yī)療目的開(kāi)藥,那么即使服用此藥會(huì)加速病人的死亡,醫(yī)生的行為也沒(méi)有違法。

  13.oblige

  v.①?gòu)?qiáng)迫;②責(zé)成;③(使)感激,施恩于

  【真題鏈接】 Moreover, the integration of the European community will oblige (①) television companies to cooperate more closely in terms of both production and distribution.[2005年翻譯]

  【譯文】 另外,歐共體的融合性也會(huì)迫使電視傳媒集團(tuán)在節(jié)目的制作和流通中,與他人更進(jìn)一步地合作。

  【真題鏈接】 62. We are obliged (③) to them because some of these languages have since vanished, as the peoples who spoke them died out or became assimilated and lost their native languages.[2004年翻譯]

  【譯文】 62. 我們之所以感激他們(兩位先驅(qū)),是因?yàn)樵诖酥?,這些(土著)語(yǔ)言中有一些已經(jīng)不復(fù)存在了,這是由于說(shuō)這些語(yǔ)言的部族或是消亡了,或是被同化而喪失了自己的本族語(yǔ)言。

  14.observe

  v. ① 觀(guān)察,觀(guān)測(cè),注意到,監(jiān)視; ②遵守; ③評(píng)述,說(shuō)

  【真題鏈接】It should be observed(v. ①), of course, that no school, vocational or not, is helped by a confusion over its purpose.[1999年Text3]

  【譯文】當(dāng)然應(yīng)該看到的是,不管是職業(yè)學(xué)校、還是普通學(xué)校,混淆計(jì)算機(jī)教學(xué)的目的,都不會(huì)受益。

  【真題鏈接】Good manners should be observed(v. ②) whether one eats in a restaurant or at home.(1984年改錯(cuò))

  【譯文】一個(gè)人無(wú)論是在餐館還是在家中就餐都應(yīng)遵守良好的舉止。

  【真題鏈接】“Their capacity for tolerating stress may even be greater than men’s,” she observes(v. ③), “it’s just that they’re dealing with so many more things that they become worn out from it more visibly and sooner.”[2008年Text 1]

  【譯文】“她們對(duì)于壓力的承受能力有時(shí)候甚至比男性的還大”,她評(píng)述道,“只是她們需要處理的事情太多,看起來(lái)會(huì)更容易精疲力盡。”

  15.suit

  v.①合適,適合;②相配,適應(yīng);

  n.①一套西服;②訴訟

  【真題鏈接】 The earliest forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited (v.①) for expressing joy.[2006年Text4]

  【譯文】 最早的藝術(shù)形式,如繪畫(huà)和音樂(lè),是最適于表達(dá)快樂(lè)的。

  【真題鏈接】 David Williamds’s suit (n.②)should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.[2006年新題型]

  【譯文】 大衛(wèi)威廉姆斯的起訴或許會(huì)在這個(gè)賭博民族中引發(fā)一些問(wèn)題,但是也并不能確信。

  【真題鏈接】 Nevertheless Williams’s suit (n.②) charged that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling” intentionally worked to “lure” him to “engage in conduct against his will” well.[2006年新題型]

  【譯文】 然而威廉姆斯還是控告娛樂(lè)場(chǎng),明知道他”不可救藥地賭博上癮“還故意”誘惑“他“違背他自己的意愿參加賭博”。

  更多詳情可查看:2019考研英語(yǔ)熟詞僻義匯總

  本文為考研幫綜合整理,轉(zhuǎn)載請(qǐng)標(biāo)明出處

 ?。▽?shí)習(xí)小編:澤慧)


 

關(guān)于"最后階段,真題的正確打開(kāi)方式_備考經(jīng)驗(yàn)_考研幫"15名研友在考研幫APP發(fā)表了觀(guān)點(diǎn)

掃我下載考研幫

考研幫地方站更多

你可能會(huì)關(guān)心:

來(lái)考研幫提升效率

× 關(guān)閉