Unit 21 A. 单词识记
subtle: 【adj.】微妙的；敏感的；狡猾的；巧妙的 形近词 subsequent
bound:【v.】 跳；弹回；给??划界，限 制 【n.】 跳；跳跃；跃进；边界；限制
【adj.】 被捆绑的；被束缚的；一定的；必定的 形近词
rebound, boundary, abound rebound n. 弹回；反弹
v. 产生反作用；未能奏效 boundary n. 分界线，界线；范围 abound v. 大量存在；充满，富于 词组
be bound to： 必定，一定
be bound up with： 与??有密切联系 bother: 【v.】 使焦急；烦扰；打扰；操心；费力；麻烦 【n.】 努力；尽力；费心 词组
bother to do： 操心做?? rent 【v.】 租，租赁 【n.】 租金
形近词
coherent adj. 一致的；连贯的；清楚明白的；有条理的 ? organize 【v.】 组织；安排；准备；规划 ? 形近词 ? disorganized adj. 组织混乱的；缺乏条理 的 ? 同义词 ? mobilize v. 调动， 动用(资源) ；动员；召集；动员起来 ? arrange v. 安排；排列；商定 ? perpetual 【adj.】 不间断的；长久的；无尽无休的 ? 同义词 ? appetizer n. 开胃品 ? dessert n. 餐后甜食 harm 【n.】 伤害；损害，危害 【v.】 伤害；损害，危害 形近词
harmful, harmonious, harsh, pharmaceutical ? 形近词 ? harmful adj. 有害的 ? harmonious adj. 协调的；和谐的； ? harsh adj. 粗糙的；刺耳的；严厉的；残酷的 ? pharmaceutical adj. 制药的；药(物)的 ? 同义词 ? hurt v. 损害；使受伤；使伤心 n. 伤害；痛苦 ? damage v. 损害；毁坏 n. 损害；损毁 electronic: 【adj.】电子的 形近词
electronics n. 电子业；电子学 electronically adv. 电子地 ? rare 【adj.】稀有的；难得的；珍奇的；稀薄的；稀疏的 ? 形近词 ? rarely adv. 很少地；难得地； ? 近义词 ? uncommon adj. 不寻常的；罕见的 ? exceptional adj. 例外的；独特的 ? treat 【v.】对待；看待；处理；治疗；论述；款待；请客 ? 形近词 ? retreat v. 撤退；退避，退却；放弃 ? n. 后退；撤退；静养所 ? undertreatment n. 处理不足；治疗不够 ? 同义词 ? deal v. 处理；惩处 ? handle v. 应付；处理 ? vanish 【v.】 消失；消亡 ? 形近词 ? diminish v. ( 使 ) 减小；( 使 ) 减弱；( 使 ) 降低；贬低；轻视；? disappear v. 消失；不见 ? divide【v.】 分，划分；分开；分配；除；意见分歧；分裂 ? 【n.】 分歧，不和；分水岭 ? 形近词 ? dividend n. 被除数；股息，红利；附赠品；发给参加保险投保人的盈余比例份额
? divided adj. 分离的；分裂的；有分歧的 ? 同义词 ? separate v. 分离；分开 ? adj. 分开的；单独的；独立的 ? split v. ( 使 ) ( 团体 ) 意见不合；( 使 )分裂；使裂开 ? mere 【adj.】 仅仅；只不过；纯粹的 ? 形近词 ? merely adv. 纯粹地；仅仅；只不过 ? 近义词 ? sheer adj. 纯粹的；完全的；全然的 ? simple adj. 简单的；单纯的 invest 【v.】 投资 【n.】 投资额 形近词
investor n. 投资人
investment n. 投资：投资额 investigation n.调查；研究
manufacture【v.】 制造；加工；虚构；捏造 【n.】 制造；制造品；产品 形近词
manufacturing n. 制造业；工业 manufacturer n. 制造商；生产商
prompt 【adj.】 敏捷的；迅速的，即刻的 【v.】 激起；促使；推动 形近词
provoke v. 挑衅；激怒；激起；引起 prompting n. 激 励；提示；剌激 近义词
spur v. 鼓励；激励；促进；加速；推动 n. 马刺；刺靴；刺激；激励；推动力 table 【n. 】 桌子；台子；目录；表格 形近词
comfortable, charitable, acceptable, disputable, profitable, stable,unacceptable, suitable, regrettable, respectable 形近词
comfortable adj. 舒适的；令人放松的；愉快放松的
charitable adj. 慈悲为怀的；慈善的；仁慈的；施舍慷慨的
acceptable adj. 可以接受的；令人满意的；值得接受的；可忍受的 disputable adj. 有讨论余地的；真假可疑的 profitable adj. 有利润的；赚钱的；有利益的 ? stable n. 马；马棚；一群赛马；畜舍；一群人 ? adj. 稳定的；牢固的；可靠的；稳重的；可信赖的；平稳的；坚
定的 ? v. 把??拴入马厩；住于马厩中 ? unacceptable adj. 无法接受的；不受欢迎的 ? suitable adj. 适当的；适宜的；合适的 ? regrettable adj. 令人遗憾的；抱歉的；可惜的 ? respectable adj. 值得尊重的；体面的；人格高尚的；令人满意的 weigh 【v.】 称??重量；称；重达；考虑；权衡 形近词
weight n. 重量；重担；体重
v. 加重量于；使加权；压迫
outweigh v. ( 在重要性、意义等上 ) 重于；大于；超过；胜过 boom 【n.】 繁荣；迅速增长
【v.】 迅速发展；兴旺；发出隆隆声 词组
baby boom： 生育高峰
entitle 【v.】 给??以权利 ( 或资格 )；给??以称号；给??提名 形近词
title n. 题目；标题；称号；头衔；权益；权利；冠军；职务；名称 entitlement n. 权利；授权；有资格；有权得到的东西 subtitle n. 小标题；副标题；( 电影的 ) 字幕 词组
be entitled to： 有权；有资格 近义词
nominate v. 提名??为候选人；任命；挑选；指定 denominate v. 给??命名；称呼??为
institute 【n.】 学会；研究所；学院；协会 形近词
institution n. 机构；体系；制度
institutional adj. 机构的；体系的；制度的 restrict: 【v.】限制；约束 形近词
restriction n. 限制； Merely expanding the orchestra’s repertoire will not be enough. 词组 investment [n]投资；投资额 restrain sb. from doing sth.：限制某人做某事 2007 年阅读 Text 3 refrain from doing sth.： 抑制 /克制不做某事 President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a saving-account 同义词 model, with retirees trading much or all of their guaranteed payments for constrain v. 约束；限制；强迫 payments depending on investment returns. curb v. 控制；抑制；限定；约束 manufacture [vt] 虚构；捏造 prohibit v. 禁止 2006 年翻译 forbid v. 禁止；阻止 Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everyday partial 【adj.】 部分的；局部的；不完全的；不公平的；偏袒的 performance of his routine duties—he is not supposed to cook his conclusion 【n.】 结论；推论；结束；终结 形近词 conclusive, inconclusive, conclude, concluding, exclude，conclusion 形近词 conclusive adj. 令人信服的；确凿的 inconclusive adj. 非决定性的；无结果的 conclude v. 总结；结束；得出结论；断定；决定 concluding adj. 结束的 exclude v. 将??排除在外；不包括；拒绝；阻止；对??不予考虑 词组 in conclusion： 最后；总之；综上 ? decorate: 【v.】 授予 ( 某人 ) 勋章；装饰；装点；点缀；布置 ? 同义词 ? ornament ? n. 装饰图案；装饰物 ? v. 装饰；美化 ? discard 【v.】 丢弃；抛弃；放弃 ? 【n.】 抛弃；被丢弃的东西或人 ? 词组 ? get rid of： 除掉；去掉 ? cast off： 脱下；解开 ? 同义词 ? desert v. 丢开；抛弃 ? abandon v. 放弃；抛弃 Unit 21 C. 单词应用 bound [adj] 被捆绑的；被束缚的 2012 年完型 Part of the problem is that the justices are not bound by an ethics code. bother [v] 操心；费力 2009 年阅读 Text 1 But don’t bother trying to kill off old habits. rent [n] 租金 2008 年阅读 Text 1 “It’s the hardest thing to take care of a teenager, have a job, pay the rent, pay the car payment, and pay the debt. I lived from paycheck to paycheck.” perpetual [adj]不间断的；无尽无休的 2006 年阅读 Text 4 But it’s not as if earlier times didn’t know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents. harm [v] 伤害 2003 年阅读 Text 2 Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal. rare [adj] 稀有的 2008 年完型 He is that rare bird, a scientist who works independently of any institution. treat [v] 对待；看待 2014 年阅读 Text 4 Today, professors routinely treat the progressive interpretation of history and progressive public policy as the proper subject of study while portraying conservative or classical liberal ideas—such as free markets and self-reliance—as falling outside the boundaries of routine, and sometimes legitimate, intellectual investigation. vanish [v] 消失 2013 年翻译 When we are deprived of green, of plants,of trees, most of us give into a demoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychological conditions, until one day we find ourselves in garden and feel the expression vanish as if by magic. merely [adv]仅仅；只不过 2011 年阅读 Text 1 experiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor his reports. acceptable [adj]可以接受的 2011 年阅读 Text 2 Many recruiters say the old disgrace is fading for top performers The financial crisis has made it more acceptable to be between jobs or to leave a bad one. profitable [adj] 有利润的；赚钱的；有利益的 2010 年阅读新题型 But almost all have ignored the big, profitable opportunity in their own backyard: the wholesale food and drink trade, which appears to be just the kind of market retailers need. suitable [adj]适当的；适宜的 2010 年阅读 Text 1 To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies. considering [prep]考虑到；就?而论 2011年阅读Text 4 No shock there, considering how much work it is to raise a kid without a partner to lean on; yet to hear Sandra and Britney tell it, raising a kid on their “own” (read: with round-the-clock help) is a piece of cake. be entitled to [v]有权；有资格 2010 年翻译 Yet these creatures are members of the biotic community and, if its stability depends on its integrity, they are entitled to continuance. ? partial [adj]部分的；局部的 ? 2012 年阅读 Text 2 ? A string of accidents, including the partial collapse of a cooling tower in 2007 and the discovery of an underground pipe system leakage, raised serious questions about both Vermont Yankees safety and Entergy’smanagement especially after the company made misleading statements about the pipe. decorate [v] 装饰；布置 2006 年阅读 Text 2 Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquo Banqueting Room, and so forth, and will be very expensive. Unit 22 A. 单词识记 ? discourage: 【v.】阻止；使泄气；使失去信心 ? 形近词 ? courage n. 勇气，胆量 ? courageous adj. 勇敢的；无畏的 ? encourage ? devil: 【n.】 (犹太教、 基督教和伊斯兰教中的)魔王， 撒旦； ? (用于强调)家伙， 人；淘气鬼；冒失鬼 elderly:【adj.】上了年纪的 bulk: 【n. 】( 大 ) 体积；( 大 ) 量；庞大的身躯；巨大的体重；主体；大部分 形近词 bulb n. 电灯泡；球茎；鳞茎 ? bypass: 【v.】 ( 通常为更快地实现某事 ) 越过；避开；绕开；( 道路 ) 绕过 calorie: 【n. 】卡，卡路里 ( 热量单位 ) facilitate 【v.】促进；使便利 faint:【adj.】微弱的，暗淡的，虚弱的；不尽力的；敷衍的；半心半意的；晕眩的；虚弱无力的 【v. 】晕厥；晕倒 【n. 】昏厥，昏倒 fashionable: 【adj.】 流行的；时髦的；时兴的 ? gratitude: 【n. 】 感恩之情；感谢 engineering: 【n. 】 工程；工程学 alliance: 【n. 】( 国家或政党的 ) 联盟；同盟 backward: 【adj.】向后的，往后的；倒退的；不进反退的
bait:【n.】 饵；诱饵
【v. 】 装饵于；给 ( 鱼钩或陷阱等 ) 上诱饵 banquet: 【n.】宴会；盛宴
constitute: 【v.】被视为；可算作；构成；组成 copyright: 【n. 】版权；著作权
costly: 【adj. 】昂贵的；价格高的；造成严重损失的；代价大的 damn:【adj. 】( 用于加强语气 ) 该死的；可恶的；十足的；完全的 【v.】谴责 ；指责( 政策、行动等 ) deputy:【n. 】副职；副手；副主管；代表；议员 Unit 22 C. 单词应用
Discourage [v] 阻止 2007 年阅读新题型
When asked what they want to do, they should be discouraged from saying “I have no idea.” They can change their minds 200 times, but having only a foggy view of the future is of little good. courageous [adj.] 勇敢的；无畏的 2014 年翻译题
This courageous attitude in fact becomes a requirement for the performers of Beethoven’s music.
encourage [v.] 鼓励，鼓舞 2007 年阅读新题型
If the study of law is beginning to establish itself as part and parcel of a general education,its aims and methods should appeal directly to journalism educators. Law is a discipline which encourages responsible judgment.
elderly [adj] 上了年纪的 2007 年阅读 Text 3 Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent—and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance—have jumped eightfold in just one generation. bulk [n] 大部分 2006 年完型
Even when homeless individuals manage to find a shelter that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day wander the street. bulb [n]电灯泡 2009 年完型
This suggests that dimmer bulbs burn longer, that there is an advantage in not being too terrifically bright. ? bypass [v] 避开；绕开 ? 2009 年阅读 Text 1 ? Instead, the new habits we deliberately ingrain into ourselves
create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads. calorie [n] 卡路里 2008 年阅读 Text 3
Growth, which rarely continues beyond the age of 20, demands calories and nutrients—notably, protein—to feed expanding tissues. facilitate [v] 促进 2008 年阅读 Text 2
It facilitates public investment in scientific research. faint [adj]不尽力的；敷衍的 2011 年阅读 Text 1
As a description of the next music director of an orchestrathat has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez,that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise. fashionable [adj] 流行的 2007 年阅读 Text 3
Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen—and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families future healthcare. gratitude [n] 感恩之情 2014 年阅读 Text 3
It is wise to take such gifts with gratitude and grace. engineering [n] 工程；工程学 2007 年阅读 Text 1
Ericsson grew up in Sweden, and studied nuclear engineering until he realized he would have more opportunity to conduct his own research if he switched to psychology.
alliance [n] 联盟 2013 年阅读 Text 2 In February the FTC and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) agreed that the industry would get cracking on responding to DNT requests. backward [adj] 向后的 2009 年完型
Instead of casting a wistful glance backward at all the species we’ve left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real costs of our own intelligence might be. banquet [adj] 宴会的 2011 年阅读 Text 1
Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquet Banqueting Room, and so forth, and will be very expensive. copyright [n] 版权 2008 年阅读 Text 2
Copyright rested with the journal publisher, and researchers seeking knowledge of the results would have to subscribe to the journal. damn [adj] 该死的；可恶的 2006 年阅读 Text 4
The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today. deputy [n] 副职；副手 2011 年阅读 Text 2
As the first signs of recovery begin to take hold, deputy chiefs may be more willing to make the jump without a net. Unit 23 A. 单词识记 幻灯片2
bin 【n.】 垃圾桶；垃圾箱；箱子；储物箱；储藏箱 形近词
bind v. 使紧密联系；使关系密切；约束；限制；使负有义务 ( 或责任 ) ? bruise 【n.】淤伤；青肿 ? 【v.】 碰伤；擦伤 ?
census : 【n.】人口普查 charter 【 n.】 章程；宪章
【adj.】 ( 飞机或船只 ) 包租的；包用的；根据特许状办理 ( 或设立 ) 的
【v.】 (个人、 团体)包租；租用(飞机、船只等 ) ? clarity 【n.】 ( 书、论点等的 ) 清楚；清晰易懂；明晰；思路清晰；
有条理 ? moan 【v.】呻吟；呜咽；抱怨 ? 【n.】抱怨；低沉的声音
mock 【v.】 嘲笑；嘲弄；( 模仿 ) 取笑 【adj.】假的；仿制的；假装的 ? obsession 【n.】着迷；困扰 ? passion 【n.】激情；热情；热恋；强烈爱好；强烈的感情 ? 【v.】[ 诗歌用语 ] 表露强烈感情；显示巨大热情 ? prevalent【adj.】流行的；盛行的；普遍的 ? hedge 【n.】 树篱 ? 【v.】 用树篱围起；回避；躲闪；防备，防范 ( 尤指金钱损失 ) ? 【adj.】树篱下的；树篱旁的 ? hypothesis 【n.】假设；假说 infant 【n.】婴儿；(5~7 岁的 ) 幼儿 【adj.】供婴儿用的
intrude 【v.】侵入；侵扰；打扰；闯入；干扰 knit 【v.】编织；针织 【n.】编织物；编织法 形近词
kit n. 衣物和装备；成套用品；配套元件 v. ( 为特定活动而 ) 使某人装备起来
repertoire 【n.】全部节目；全部本领；( 计算机的 ) 指令表
senate 【n.】参议院；上院；大学理事会；大学评议会 handle 【v.】处理；对待；操纵；触摸；抚养 【n.】柄，把手 词组
get rid of： 除掉；去掉；摆脱
dispose of： 解决；将 ( 某物 ) 处理掉 cope with： 对付；支应 同义词
manage v. 处理；设法对付
address v. 对付；处理；设法了解并解决；向??作正式讲话；向??说话 monopoly 【n.】垄断；专卖；垄断企业 形近词
possession n. 占有；所有；拥有
control n. 控制 ( 能力 )；支配 ( 能力 ) v. 控制；掌管；管理
strive 【v.】奋斗；努力；力争；力求 形近词
stripe n. 条纹；线条；臂章；种类 词组
strive for： 奋斗；争取 Unit 23 C. 单词应用
bin [n] 箱子；储物箱 2013 年阅读 Text 1 In the 2006 film version of The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep, scolds her unattractive assistant for imagining that high fashion doesn’t affect her. Priestly explains how the deep blue color of the assistant’s sweater descended over the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in which he poor girl doubtless found her garment. bind [v]约束；限制 2012 年完型
Part of the problem is that the justices are not bound by an ethics code. bruise [adj]头破血流的；激烈的 2010 年阅读 Text 4 After a bruising encounter with Congress,America’s Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) rushed through rule changes. census [n] 人口普查 2006 年阅读 Text 1
The 1990 Census revealed that a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English ‘well’ or ‘very well’ after ten years of residence.
charter [adj]根据特许状办理 ( 或设立 ) 的 2012 年阅读 Text 4
Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most egregiously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.
clarity [n] 思路清晰 2014 年完型 As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. ? moan [v] 抱怨 ? 2010 年阅读 Text 4 ? Their rules, moan the banks, have forced them to report enormous
losses, and it’s just not fair. mock [v] 嘲笑；嘲弄 2009 年阅读 Text 4
Meanwhile, many settlers had slighter religious commitments than Dane’s, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion. “Our main end was to catch fish.”
hedge [v]防备，防范 ( 尤指金钱损失 ) 2010 年阅读 Text 2
The Bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. hypothesis [n] 假设 2008 年完型
The idea that some groups of people may be more intelligent than others is one of those hypotheses that dare not speak its name. infant [n] 婴儿 2010 年完型
Many of the ships were lost in storms, many passengers died of disease, and infants rarely survived the journey.
intrude [v] 侵扰 2013 年阅读 Text 4
On the overturned provisions the majority held the congress had deliberately “occupied the field” and Arizona had thus intruded on the federal’s privileged powers. knit [n] 编织物 2013 年阅读 Text 1 For H&M to offer a $5.95 knit miniskirt in all its 2,300-plus stores around the world, it must rely on low-wage, overseas labor, order in volumes that strain natural resources, and use massive amounts of harmful chemicals. senate [n] 参议院 2012 年阅读 Text 2 Enraged by Entergy’s behavior, the Vermont Senate voted 26 to 4 last year against allowing an extension.
address [v] 设法了解并解决 2014 年阅读 Text 4 Regrettably, however, the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good. address [v] 处理 2012 年完型
The justices must address doubts about the court’s legitimacy by making themselves accountable to the code of conduct. control [v] 控制 2014 年阅读 Text 1
What motivated him, we were to understand, was his zeal for “fundamental fairness”—protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring that only the most deserving claimants received their benefits. stripe [n] 种类 2007 年阅读 Text 3 Scholars, policymakers, and critics of all stripes have debated the social implications of these changes, but few have looked at the side effect: family risk has risen as well. Unit 24 A. 单词识记
adapt 【v.】( 使 ) 适应；改编；改写 形近词
adaptiveness n. 适应性；适应能力 readmit v. 重新接纳
contempt 【n.】轻视；蔑视；鄙视 形近词
contemptible adj. 可鄙的
dense 【adj.】稠密的；浓密的；密集的；( 物质 ) 密度大的 形近词
densely adj. 稠密的；浓密的；密集的；( 物质 ) 密度大的 exhaust 【v.】使筋疲力尽；耗尽；抽完 【n.】排气装置；废弃
forecast 【n.】 预测；预报 ? mutual 【adj.】相互的；彼此的；共有的 ? 形近词 ? mutually adv. 互相地 ? 词组 ? mutual benefit： 共同的利益
nowhere 【adv.】任何地方都不；没有任何地方 preferable 【adj.】 更可取的；更好的；更合适的 形近词
preference n. 偏爱；优先 ( 权 )；偏爱的事物 ( 或人 ) ? reinforce 【v.】 增援；加强 ? 形近词 ? enforce v. 强制执行(法律、规定等 )；强行实施；强加；迫使 ? renew 【v.】 重新开始；更新；恢复；使 ( 受到损毁或丢失后 ) 重获
新生 ? sympathy 【n.】同情；同情心；赞同 ? 词组 ? show sympathy for： 同情?? ? in sympathy with： 同情；赞成 ? excel 【v.】 优于；超过 ? 【n.】 擅长；胜过其他 ? 形近词 ? excess, excessive, excellent, excellence ? 形近词 ? excess n. 过多；过量；无节制；无度 ? adj. 过量的；过多的；额外的；多余的 ? excessive adj. 过分的； ? excellent adj. 极好的；卓越的；杰出的 ? excellence n. 优秀；卓越；杰出 ? 词组 ? excel in/at： 在??方面胜过；在??方面擅长 ? forth 【adv.】 向前；向外 ? 词组 ? set forth： 启程；出发 ? back-and-forth： 来回的；一来一往的 ? and so forth： 等等；诸如此类
frightening 【adj.】 可怕的；令人恐惧的
frustrate【v.】使灰心；使沮丧；挫败；阻挠??的成功 词组
be frustrated by/with： 因??沮丧；因??受挫 grain 【n.】 谷物；谷类；颗粒；细粒；粮食
inferior 【adj.】下等的；下级的；( 质量等 ) 差的；次的 【n.】 境遇或成绩比其他人差的人 形近词
inferiority n. 自 卑；自卑感；劣等；下级 initiative 【adj.】 创始的；起始的
【n.】 积极的行动；倡议；主动权；主动性；积极性；进取心 形近词
initiate v. 引发；开始；创始；使初步了解 同义词
initial adj. 最初的
instrument 【n.】工具；仪器；机械；乐器 形近词
instrumentalist n. 乐器演奏家 ? mathematical 【adj.】数学的；精确的；( 具有 ) 数学 ( 头脑 ) 的 ? 形近词 ? mathematics n. 数学；数学运算
mission 【n.】 使命；任务；使团；代表团 形近词
miss, commission, emissions-free, admission, submission, commissioner 形近词
miss v. 错过 ( 机会 )；漏掉；忽略
commission n. 委员会；佣金；犯 ( 罪 )；委任；委任状 v. 委任；使服役；委托制作 emissions-free： 零排放
admission n. 承认；入场费；准许进入；坦白 commissioner n. 理事；委员；行政长官；总裁 Unit 24 C. 单词应用
exhaust [adj]筋疲力尽的 2012 年阅读 Text 4
They worked until exhausted, lived with few protections and died young. forecast [n] 预测 2013 年阅读 Text 3
As so often, the past holds the key to the future: we have now identified enough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situations in which ourdescendants will find themselves. nowhere [adv] 任何地方 2009 年阅读 Text 4
According to the standard history of American philosophy, nowhere else in colonial America was “so much important attached to intellectual pursuits.”
preferable [adj] 更可取的 2007 年翻译
While comment and reaction from lawyers may enhance stories, it is preferable for journalists to rely on their own notions of significance and make their own judgments.
preference [n] 偏爱 2010 年阅读新题型
The first and more important is the consumer’s growing preference for eating out; the consumption of food and drink in places other than homes has risen from about 32 percent of total consumption in 1995 to 35 percent in 2000 and is expected to approach 38 percent by 2005. ? reinforce [v] 加强 ? 2009 年阅读新题型 ? Durkheim proposed that religious beliefs functioned to reinforce
social solidarity.
enforce [v] 强制执行 ( 法律、规定等 ) 2013 年阅读 Text 4
In Arizona v. United States, the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona’s controversial plan to have state and local police enforce federal immigration law. renew [v] 更新 2013 年阅读 Text 1
These labels encourage style-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable—meant to last only a wash or two, although they don’t advertise that—and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks. excessive [adj] 过多的 2014 年阅读 Text 2
There are many reasons for this. 0ne is the excessive costs of a legal education.
excellent [adj] 极好的 2013 年阅读 Text 3 Take a broader look at our species’ place in the universe, and it becomes clear that we have an excellent chance of surviving for tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of years.
excellence [n] 优秀；卓越；杰出 2014 年阅读 Text 4
In 20l0, Leading congressional Democrats and Republicans sent letters to the AAAS asking that it identify actions that could be taken by “federal, state and local governments, universities, foundations, educators, individual benefactors and others” to “maintain national excellence in humanities and social scientific scholarship and education.” frightening [adj] 可怕的 2007 年阅读 Text 3
From the middle-class family perspective, much of this, understandably, looks far less like an opportunity to exercise more financial responsibility, and a good deal more like a frightening acceleration of the wholesale shift of financial risk onto their already overburdened shoulders.
inferiority [n] 自卑感 2010 年翻译
This seems a justification for neglect of those in need, and a rationalization of exploitation, of the superiority of those at the top and the inferiority of those at the bottom. initiative [n] 积极的行动 2012 年阅读 Text 1
In South Africa, an HIV-prevention initiative known as LoveLife recruits young people to promote safe sex among their peers.
mathematical [adj] ( 具有 ) 数学 ( 头脑 ) 的 2014 年翻译
Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life. It might be poetic, philosophical, sensual, or mathematical, but in any case it must, in my view, have something to do with the soul of the human being. miss [v] 错过 2011 年阅读 Text 1
Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point. admission [n] 准许进入 2006 年阅读新题型
In March 1998, a friend of Williams’s got him involuntarily confined to a treatment center for addictions, and wrote to inform the casino of Williams’s gambling problems. The casino included a photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a “cease admissions” letter.
commissioner [n] 委员 2010 年阅读 Text 4
Charlie McCreevy, a European commissioner, warned the IASB that it did “not live in a political vacuum” but “in the real word” and that Europe could yet develop different rules. Unit 25 A. 单词识记
poisonous 【adj.】有毒的；恶意的；毒恶的；会造成危害的 形近词
poisoning n. 中毒；放毒；下毒 同义词
toxic adj. 有毒的；中毒的
primitive 【adj.】 原始的；早期的；简单的；粗糙的 同义词
archaic adj. 古代的 original adj. 原始的
humble adj. 谦逊的；简陋的 形近词
blueprint v. 计划；制成蓝图 n. 蓝图；计划
print n. 印刷业；印花布；印刷字体；印章；印记
v. 印刷；打印；刊载；用印刷体写；在??印花样；印刷；出版；用印刷体写 形近词
printout n. 打印输出；打印出的资料；晒相 printer n. 打印机；印刷工 词组
in print： 已出版；仍可买到
rush 【v.】猛冲；快速前进；赶忙做；匆忙做；仓促地做 【n.】 仓促；急忙；热潮；高峰期 词组
gold rush： 淘金热
rush through： 快速通过；仓促完成 同义词
hustle v. 猛推；猛拉；猛挤；赶紧