B.display/demonstrate one’s gross ignorance of 表现出自己对?的十足的无知
C.betray one’s ignorance of暴露出自己对?的无知 D.sb be in ignorance of某人对?茫然无知
sb be kept in ignorance of sth./the fact that某人对于某事被蒙在鼓里
88. ILLUSTRATION: (give) an illustration of
A.And I can think of no better single illustration of the folly of Western complacency and self-satisfaction than the lesson to be drawn from the history of agriculture.
从农业史中获得的教训最能说明西方人沾沾自喜、自鸣得意的愚蠢之处。 B.He gave an illustration of what he meant.他用实例来说明自己的意思。 C.He cited instances in illustration of(为了说明) this theory. 他举例说明这种理论。
89. IMITATION: the imitation of
A.He gave a good imitation of a lion’s roar.他很逼真地模仿狮吼。 B.He lived in a period when originality and imagination were taking American music toward an independent style,away from the imitation of the music of other times and other countries.
他本人生活在这样一个时期,当时美国音乐正以其独创性和想像力脱颖而出,开创自己独特的风格,摆脱跟在别的时代和别的国家的音乐后面亦步亦趋的局面。
90. IMPACT: have/lessen the great impact on/of
A.In general,ups and downs of the national economy can have a profound effect on city life,and the cities need help to lessen the impact of those ups and downs.
总的说来,国家经济的起伏对城市生活有着深远的影响,而城市需要帮助以便减轻这些经济起伏的冲击。
B.Those who doubt TV’s influence might consider the impact of the automobile on American society.
那些怀疑电视影响的人或许会考虑汽车对美国社会的影响。
C.But the best of science fiction,the stories that make a lasting impact
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on generation of readers, are stories about people.
然而,科幻小说中的上乘之作,即能对几代读者产生持久影响的作品,都是写有关人的。
91. IMPORTANCE: be of importance/attach/ give much importance to A.The strong tie between organized sports and the competitive ethic has given greater importance to men's sports than to women's,since man's role is viewed as more competitive and aggressive than women's.
组织性的体育和竞争观念之间的密切联系使人们更看重男人的体育,而不是妇女的体育。因为人们认为男人的角色比女人的角色更富有竞争性和好斗性。 B.Many inventors attached great importance to,and derived great benefit from,technological devices of different kinds that were usable in scientific experiments.
许多发明者非常重视在科学实验中非常有用的各种技术工具,并从中得到很大益处。
92. INABILITY: inability to do
A.Inability to relax,to let go of a problem,often prevents its solution. 不会放松,而且对某个问题穷追不舍,常常会妨碍问题的解决。
B.It causes a breakdown in communication,a misreading of reality,an inability to cope.
它造成了交流的中断,对现实的误解,并且无法处理问题。
C.Much has been written about the “mass man” and about the inability of the average citizen to affect his own destiny.
写了许多关于“大众人”的事以及一般公民无法影响自己命运的事。
93. INCENTIVE: give/afford/there is a (strong/special) incentive to/for A.give sb an incentive to (to make) greater efforts 激励某人作出更大的努力
B.Her interest gave me (an) incentive and I worked twice as hard. 她的关心鼓舞了我,因此我加倍努力地工作。 C.have a strong incentive to do有做某事地强烈动机
D.Their aim is to convince nations to change their systems of production
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and provide incentives for people to have fewer children and use less energy.
他们的目的是让这些国家相信只有改变他们的生产制度,并提供激励机制才能使人们少生孩子,少用能源。
94. INCREASE: (there is) an increase in
A.It has come to expect the steady increase in the standard of living that new developments in science and technology have brought to continue.
公众希望科技新发展带来的生活水准的稳步提高能继续下去。
B.First an idea is formed.Then this is tested by an experiment.The outcome,one hopes results in an increase in knowledge.
首先是形成一种想法,然后通过实验加以测试,人们希望结果是知识增长。
95. INDICATION: an indication of
A.Low unemployment means most of the labor force has steady work. High unemployment is an indication of an economy in recession,or worse. 低失业(率)意味着大多数人有固定的工作;高失业(率)表明经济衰退,甚至更糟。
B.give/show indication of a change in the weather表明天气要变 C.All indications point to?所有迹象都表明
D.There are many indications that there will be no war in the next ten years.很多迹象表明今后十年中不会发生战争。
96. INDIFFERENCE: have/with indifference to/toward
A.Our history is full of expressions and incidents that demonstrate the indifference of our heroes toward suffering or danger.
我们的历史(和语言)充满了许多词语和事例,从中显露出我们的英雄能够泰然面对痛苦或危险。
B.After that,his youthful indifference to studies and his unwillingness to think of a nonsports career caught up with(使无法逃避困境) him. 年轻时,他对学业漫不经心,加之他一直也不愿考虑运动员以外的职业,这一切终于给他带来了不幸。
C.show indifference to sth表现出对某事不感兴趣(冷漠)
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D.demonstrate the indifference of the general public toward education 表现出公众对教育的不关心
97. IDENTIFICATION: identification
A.Identification of the jewels was made by the owner. 珠宝已被物主认出来了。
98. INFLUENCE: exercise/exert//produce/have a
considerable/profound/great/adverse influence on/over
A. In my opinion,universities have greater potential influence over our future than any other sector of our society.
根据我的看法,大学比起我们社会的其他部门来,对我们的未来具有更大的潜在影响。
B.It springs from Asians’ common heritage of Confucianism, the philosophy of the 5th-century-BC Chinese sage whose teachings have had a profound influence on Chinese society.
它来源于亚洲人共同的儒教传统,即公元前5世纪那位中国圣人的哲学思想,他的教义对中国社会产生了深远的影响。
99. INSIGHT: gain/give/get/have/an (deep/fair/critical) insight into A.In the past decade,academic research has offered insight into the feminine advantage.
在过去的10年里,学术研究对女性的优点给予了精辟的见解。
B.The extraordinary inventiveness,and insight into nature,of ancient and medieval China raises two fundamental questions。
在古代和中世纪,中国人具有非凡的创造力和对大自然的洞察力,这就提出了两个基本问题。
C.gain an insight into sb’s mind洞悉某人心思
gain an insight into a problem对某一问题获得深入了解 get an insight into lives and customs of other peoples 了解别的民族的生活习俗
give sb a good insight into the past of让某人对?的过去有透彻的了解 a man of deep insight有远见卓识的人 get a fair insight into对?有相当的见解
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critical insight批判眼光
100. INSISTENCE: insistence on
A.Britain is one of the easiest countries to enter,despite its insistence (often quoted as evidence of insularity)on maintaining border controls within the EU.
尽管英国坚持在欧盟内保持国与国之间的边境控制(这一点常被引用,以证明英国人的狭隘封闭性),但英国仍是世界上最容易入境的国家之一。
101. INTERFERENCE: suffer/require (personal/ governmental) interference
with/in
A.The problem requires governmental interference for its solution. 这个问题需要政府干预才能解决。
B.suffer/tolerate no interference不能容忍干涉 C.He hated interference especially with his work. 他特别讨厌干预他的工作。
102. INTEREST: find/take/have an interest in
A.There are signs that medicine may be taking a new interest in the process,partly form curiosity,partly from an embarrassed realization that we have not been handling this aspect of disease with as much skill as physicians once displayed.
有迹象表明,医学对这个过程产生了新的兴趣,部分原因是好奇,部分原因是我们惭愧地认识到,在对付疾病这方面我们没能掌握像医生曾经展示过的技术。
B.They have a wide knowledge of everyday things,and a keen interest in their particular city and state.
他们对日常事务所知甚广,对自己所在的城市和州尤为关切。
103. JEOPARDY: put (place) ...in jeopardy
A.Career education puts individuals in jeopardy because people today change jobs with greater frequency than before.If we spend years educating people not for the dynamics and uncertainties of life but for one job or career,we may be doing them and society harm.
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