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一、MBA长难句分析及核心词汇
一. 动词
1.adopt ①采用/纳，通过；② Levin softened his tone and adopted some new policy.
引申词跟opt(选择)： opt vi. 选择
option n .选项, 选择权
optional a.可以任选的，非强制的 optimize/optimise v. 使优化 optimum n.最适宜 a. 最适宜的
e.g. the optimum temperature for the growth of plants
对植物生长的最佳温度 optimistic a.乐观的，有信心的
引申词跟fic(做)：
① It is of vital importance to acquire needed information efficiently.
② The professor can hardly find sufficient grounds on which to base his argument in favor of the new theory. 2.admit ①承认；②
①… but no married women were admitted even as a spectator. 引申词跟mit（送）：
②If a crime was committed, society was considered the victim.
③… emitting radiation as it went, condensing into particles and then into atoms of gas.
④A sketch of the long report by the budget committee was submitted to the mayor for approval.
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⑤This chapter may be omitted.
3.afford ①担负得起，买/花得起；②
①More and more people can afford to buy and use cars because an increasing number of cars are being produced.
②It will afford me great pleasure to have dinner with you.
4. advance v. ①提前；②前进，进展；③推/促进； ④ n. ①前进，进展；②预付/支 5. attack v./n. ①攻击，进攻；② n. ①He attacked the difficulties at once. ②At the piano, his attack was full of life. ③a heart attack 6. attribute v.归因于
n. ① ；②
①Few Americans attribute this solely to such obvious causes as a devalued dollar
or the turning of the business cycle. ②Politeness is an attribute of a gentleman.
③No company likes to be told it is contributing to the moral decline of a nation. ④Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. 7. associate v. (with)使联系/合
n. 合作人，伙伴
adj. I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated with the company have only recently come to realize this.
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8. appreciate vt. ①欣赏；②
I appreciated the opportunity having been given to study abroad two years ago. 9. answer v./n. 回答
引申：answer for answer to 10. allow v. 允/准许
引申： allow for
11. acknowledge ①承认；② I acknowledge with thanks the help of my colleagues in the preparation of this new column. 引申词跟sist（站）：
①It serves directly to assist a rapid distribution of goods at reasonable price. ②…whose little drops consist mostly of sulfuric acid.
③Biology have provided a consistent, unified, and constantly improving account of what happened.
④And yet, the myth of controlling the waters persists.
⑤It takes the most cool-headed and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge. ⑥… insist on one’s innocence
12. accompany ①陪同，伴随；② 13. abuse ①滥用；② The phrase ―substance abuse‖ is often used instead of ―drug abuse‖. 14. betray ①背叛，出卖；② Computer-education advocates forsake this optimistic notion for a pessimism that betrays their otherwise cheery outlook. 引申词跟voc（声音）：
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①Those who support the ―nurture‖ theory, that is, they advocate education, are often called behaviorists
②…evoke admiration/surprise/memories of the past ③If you provoke the dog, it will attack you. 引申词跟dict（说）：
④ Its scientific establishment cannot generally be foreseen in detail. ⑤ Newton did because he was not trying to predict anything.
⑥ Sagan is more concerned with those who believe in ghosts, creationism and other phenomena that contradict the scientific worldview.
⑦… attending a shareholders’ meeting to dictate their orders to the management. 15. bound v.n. 跳跃，蹦
adj. …we are bound to see UFOs sooner or later.
16. breed v. ① ；② ; ③ n. 品种，种类
According to the author, recent Olympic Games have bred only false national pride.
17. calculate ①计/推算；② 18. cause v. 引起，使产生
n. ①原因；② 19. claim ①声称，主张；② ; ③ ；④ ①As personal injury claims continue as before, some courts are beginning to side
with defendants.
②Futurists claim that we must increase the production of literature.
③The fewer the injury claims(report/declaration/proclamation), the better the
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workman’s insurance rate. 引申词跟claim（喊）：
④Parents hold up standards and proclaim: ―In this family certain things are not tolerated — they simply are not done!‖
⑤It is announced that a wallet has been found and can be reclaimed at the manager’s office
⑥… acclaim the winner of a race 20. dash v.n. 冲，猛冲
n. ①短跑，冲刺；②
引申词跟 cess（ 走）：
①―Knowledge is power‖ may well be the truest saying and access to information may be the most critical requirement of all people.
②First of all, most substances taken in excess will produce negative effects such as poisoning or intense perceptual distortions.
③As a concession to the public outcry, the Government reduced the tax on petrol. ④The recession caused a lot of unemployment. ⑤… walking in procession through the streets
引申词跟 ceed, ced（ 走）：
49. Subscribers can customize the information they want to receive and proceed directly to a company’s Web site.
②A further stimulus to invention came from the ―premium‖ system, which preceded our patent system.
③… they saw in the preceding hundred years from 1650 to 1750,… ④As the tide receded we were able to explore the rocky pools on the beach. ⑤… You must concede that I have tried hard.
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