machinery[??????????]?n.?[总称]机器，机械 [真题例句] But the real hero of the story, according to the new school of scientists, was the long evolution in the improvement of machinery for making eyeglasses .[1994年翻译]
[例句精译] 但是这个事件中真正的主角，新学派科学家们认为是为了制造镜片而在提高机械水平方面发生的长期演变。
manipulate[????????????]?v.?①操作，控制；②应付，处理 [真题例句] As Eugene Ferguson has pointed out, \technologist thinks about objects that cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions; they are dealt with in his mind by a visual, nonverbal process...The designer and the inventor... are able to assemble and manipulate (①) in their minds devices that as yet do not exist.\[1996年阅读4]
[例句精译] 正如尤金·弗格森曾指出的：“技术人员思考那些不能被简化成用明确的语言进行描述的物体；这些物体在他的头脑中以视觉性的、非语言性的方式被处理加工?设计者和发明者?能把那些尚不存在的机械在头脑中组装和操作。\[真题例句] Intelligence seeks to grasp, manipulate (②), re-order, and adjust, while intellect examines, ponders, wonders, theorizes, criticizes and imagines.[2004年阅读4]
[例句精译] 智力寻求的是理解、运用、整合和调节，而才学则是审视、思考、探究、形成理论、批判和想像。
massive[??????]?a.?①大而重的，厚实的，粗大的；②大规模的，大量的
[真题例句] The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive (②) changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past.[2006年阅读3]
[例句精译] 这一观念就是，人们没有观察到海洋已经发生了巨大变化，因为他们仅仅是往回追溯了一段相对较短的时间而已。
mathematical[?????????????]?a.?数学（上）的
[真题例句] The trend was naturally most obvious in those areas of science based especially on a mathematical or laboratory training, and can be illustrated in terms of the development of geology in the United Kingdom.[2001年阅读1] [例句精译] 特别是在以数学和实验室训练为基础的科学领域，这种倾向(业余人员进入科学界)自然尤为明显，这可以通过英国的地质学发展过程得到证实。
maximum[?????????]?n.?最大值，极限；?a.?最大的，最高的
[真题例句] But, there are certain basic ideas that must be used in every program if maximum (?a.?) results are to be obtained.[1999年完形]
[例句精译] 但是要想达到最佳效果，在所有的安全措施中，有些基本观点是必须采纳的。 medium[????????]?n.?①中间，适中；②媒介物，介质，传导体；?a.?中等的，适中的
[真题例句] As was discussed before, it was not (22: until) the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic (23: medium) (?n.?②) , following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the (24: company) of the periodical.[2002年完形]
[例句精译] 像我们以前所提到的，直到19世纪报纸才成为前电子时代的主要传媒方式，在此之前，人们普遍阅读的是小册子、书籍以及各种各样的杂志。
migrate[?????????]?v.?迁移，移居（国外）
[真题例句] In that decade, however, large numbers also migrated from California, mostly to other parts of the West.[1998年阅读4]
[例句精译] 70年代也有大量的人离开加利福尼亚，大多数去了西部其他的地方。
mild[?????]?a.?①温暖的，暖和的；②温和的；③轻微的；④（烟，酒）味淡的 [真题例句] Why has inflation proved so mild (③)? The most thrilling explanation is, unfortunately, a little defective.[1997年阅读5]
[例句精译] 通货膨胀为何如此的和缓？可惜的是，这最令人震惊的解释有一点缺陷。 minimum[????????]?n.?最小值，最低限度；?a.?最小的，最低的
[真题例句] When the work is well done, a (43: climate) of accident-free operations is established (44: where) time lost due to injuries is kept at a minimum (?n.?).[1999年完形]
[例句精译] 如果此项工作做得好的话，就会形成无事故作业的好风气，因此那儿的因工伤事故所造成的时间损失就会被控制在最低限度。
[真题例句] To help homeless people (3: with) independence, the federal government must support job training programs, (4: raise) the minimum (?a.?) wage, and fund more low-cost housing.[2006年完形]
[例句精译] 为了帮助无家可归者走向独立，联邦政府必须支持就业培训项目、提高最低工资并资助建设更多低价住房。
mobile[????????]?a.?可动的，活动的，运动的
[真题例句] Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production.[2002年阅读3]
[例句精译] 软件、咨询及移动通讯消耗的石油，比钢铁、汽车行业少得多。 modest[???????]?a.?谦虚的，谦让的，谦逊的
[真题例句] Consumers seem only concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy's long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening.[2004年阅读3]
[例句精译] 消费者只是略有担心,并没有恐慌，许多人虽然稍微勒紧腰带,但他们说对于经济的长期前景还是乐观的。
mo(u)ld[?????]?n.?①模子，铸型；②霉菌；?v.?浇铸，造型，塑造
[真题例句] Sir Alexander Fleming did not, as legend would have it, look at the mold (?n.?②) on a piece of cheese and get the idea for penicillin there and then.[1994年阅读5]
[例句精译] 亚历山大·弗莱明爵士可不是像传说中的那样，看了一眼奶酪上的霉菌就立刻想到了青霉素的发明。
[真题例句] 68. The writer's experiment shows that downshifting .[2001年阅读5] [B] helps her mold (?v.?) a new philosophy of life [例句精译] 68?作者的尝试表明：放慢生活节奏. [B] 帮助她形成了新的人生观
monetary[?????????]?a.?金融的，货币的 [真题例句] Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as \the economy to a soft landing\a precise science.[1997年阅读5]
[例句精译] 很多用来描述货币政策的词，如“引导经济软着陆”, “经济刹车”，使货币政
策听起来像是一门精确的科学。
monopoly[?????????]?n.?垄断，专卖 [真题例句] Any threat of monopoly, they argue, is removed by fierce competition from trucks.[2003年阅读3]
[例句精译] 他们认为，在公路运输的激烈竞争面前，垄断的威胁已经不复存在。 mood[????]?n.?①心情，情绪；②语气
[真题例句] Drugs (substances) that affect the central nervous system and alter perception, mood (①), and behavior are known as psychoactive substances.[1997年阅读3]
[例句精译] 影响中枢神经系统、改变感知觉和行为的药物（物质）属于对影响精神状态的物质。
morality[?????????]?n.?道德，美德
[真题例句] Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War II had weakened the \morality of respect for parents\年阅读4]
[例句精译] 去年，当时任教育大臣的Mitsuo Setoyama就提出责难，他申辩说二战后美国占领当局引进的自由改革削弱了“日本人尊敬父母的道德观”. multiple[????????]?a.?多样的，多重的；?n.?倍数
[真题例句] A variety of small clubs can provide (30: multiple) (?a.?) opportunities for leadership, as well as for practice in successful (31: group) dynamics.[2003年完形]
[例句精译] 丰富多彩的俱乐部活动能提供多种机会来锻炼他们的领导能力也为参与成功组织的动态关系提供了练习。
multitude?n.?众多，大量
[真题例句] Telecommunications developments enable the sending of messages via television, radio, and very shortly, electronic mail to bombard people with multitudes of messages.[1995年阅读3]
[例句精译] 电信技术的发展使人们可能通过电视、无线电传送信息，不久之后，通过电子邮件发送的大量信息，将对人们实施信息轰炸。
municipal?a.?市的，市政的，市立的
[真题例句] The growth of the limited liability company and municipal business had important consequences.[1996年阅读3]
[例句精译] 有限责任公司及市政企业的发展有很重要的意义。
mysterious?a.?神秘的，可疑的，难理解的
[真题例句] The purpose of non-REM sleep is even more (43: mysterious) .[1995年完形]
[例句精译] 非快动眼睡眠起的作用更神秘。
myth?n.?①神话；②虚构的理论
[真题例句] And yet, the myth (①) of controlling the waters persists.[1998年阅
读1]
[例句精译] 但是，控制水的神话还在继续。
neighbo(u)rhood?n.?①邻居；②地区
[真题例句] Replies show that compared with other Americans, journalists are more likely to live in upscale neighborhoods (②), have maids, own Mercedeses, and trade stocks, and they're less likely to go to church, do volunteer work, or put down roots in a community.[2001年阅读3]
[例句精译] 结果表明，与其他美国人相比，新闻记者更有可能居住在富人区，有女佣，有奔驰车，炒股，而他们去教堂，参加支援服务，扎根社区的可能性却很小。
nerve ?n.?①神经；②勇敢，胆量 [真题例句] What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain's roughly one hundred billion nerve (①) cells are much more talented - and human perception far more complicated - than previously imagined.[2002年阅读2] [例句精译] 在试图建造思维模型的过程中，研究人员发现，人类大脑中的近1000亿个神经细胞要比以前想像的更聪明，人类的感觉器官也比以前想像的更复杂。
network ?n.?①网状物；②广播网，电视网；③网络
[真题例句] (48) This alone demonstrates that the television business is not an easy world to survive in, a fact underlined by statistics that show that out of eighty European television networks (②), no less than 50% took a loss in 1989.[2005年翻译]
[例句精译] (48）这一点就足以证明，要在电视行业里生存下来并非易事，统计数字尤其说明了这一事实，在80个欧洲电视网中，多达一半在1989年亏损。
[真题例句] Most notably, the Pointcast Network (③) uses a screen saver to deliver a continually updated stream of news and advertisements to subscribers' computer monitors.[1999年阅读2]
[例句精译] 最突出的例子是Pointcast网络公司，该公司使用一种屏保系统，将大量最新的信息和广告不断地传送到用户的计算机显示器上。
novel ?n.?（长篇）小说；?a.?新奇的，新颖的
[真题例句] Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels (?n.?) later, my experiment in what the Americans term \into an absolute reality.[2001年阅读5]
[例句精译] 奇怪的是，大约两年半的时间我写完两部小说后，我这个被美国人称为“放慢生活节奏”的试验，却使我老掉牙的借口变成了现实。
[真题例句] 60. When a novel (?a.?) literary idea appears, people should try to.[2000年阅读3]
[A] determine its purposes
[例句精译] 60?当出现新的艺术思潮时，人们应该尽力. [A] 确定其目的
nuclear ?a.?①核心的，中心的；②原子核的，核能的
[真题例句] In a draft preface to the recommendations, discussed at the 17 May meeting, Shapiro suggested that the panel had found a broad consensus that it would be \①) cloning.\年阅读4]
[例句精译] 在5月17日会议上讨论的建议序言草案中，夏皮罗表示，专家组已取得广泛的共识，认为“试图利用成人细胞核去克隆婴儿从道义上讲是无法接受的”.
objection?n.? (to）反对，异议
[真题例句] 51. From the second paragraph we learn that .[1997年阅读1] [A] the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries [例句精译] 51?我们从第二段了解到：. [A] 反对安乐死在其他国家出现的较慢
obscure?a.?①暗的，朦胧的；②模糊的，晦涩的 [真题例句] The environment is obviously important, but its role has remained obscure (①).[2002年翻译]
[例句精译] 虽然环境是非常重要的，但其作用依然不明显。
occupy?v.?①占，占用；②占据，占领；③填满；④忙于，从事
[真题例句] Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 per cent occupied (①) all year long and this year they'll do better.[2006年阅读2]
[例句精译] 去年一年中1431个座位有94%的上座率，今年情况还会更好。
[真题例句] Because our conscious mind is occupied (③) with daily life we don't always think about the emotional significance of the day's events - until, it appears, we begin to dream.[2005年阅读3]
[例句精译] 因为，我们有意识的大脑装满了日常生活的各种事物，我们对白天发生的事并不进行情感意义的思考，只有在梦中，才这样思考。
opponent?n.?对手，反对者，敌手；?a.?对立的，对抗的
[真题例句] 59.Emerson, according to the text, is probably .[2004年阅读4] [B] an opponent (?n.?) of intellectualism. [例句精译] 59?根据本文的观点，爱默生可能是. [B] 一名才智主义的反对者
option?n.?选项，选择权，买卖的特权
[真题例句] If railroads charged all customers the same average rate, they argue, shippers who have the option of switching to trucks or other forms of transportation would do so, leaving remaining customers to shoulder the cost of keeping up the line.[2003年阅读3]
[例句精译] 他们认为，如果铁路公司向所有客户收取同样的普通价格的话，那么，可以使用公路运输或其他交通工具的客户将会转移，使剩下的客户来承担铁路正常运作的开销。
original?a.?①最初的，原始的，原文的；②新颖的，有独创性的；?n.?原物，原作，原文