agreement [??gri:m?nt]
真题 There was less agreement on this issue. 在这个问题上的共识则更少。(2007 年考研一完形)
Air
smile with a triumphant air(带著胜利神情的微笑)Even Tommasini, who had advocated
Gilbert’s appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him.” [2011 Text 1] (甚至在《纽约时报》上发表文章支持任命吉尔伯特的托马西尼,都称其为“一位谦逊的音乐家, 在他身上没有指挥家那种令人望而生畏的神态”。)
alert [?'l?:t]
真题 Consumers passionate about a product may create \ to friends, and a company may leverage \sales to customers registered with its Web site. 热衷某一产品的消费者可能会通过自愿向
朋友宣传该产品的方式,创建 免费(口碑)媒介;公司可以通过发送有关产品和销售信息的电子邮件提醒给在其网站注册的用户,来利用\自有\媒体。( 2011 年考研一阅读 Text 3)
allegation [??li'gei??n]
真题 Such hijacked media are the opposite of earned media: an asset or campaign become hostage to consumers, other stakeholders, or activists who make negative allegations about a
brand or product.这种被劫持媒介是免费(口碑)媒介的对立面:一项资产或一个活动变成
消费者、其他利益相关者或积极分子的人质,这些人对某一品牌或产品发表负面言论。( 2011 年考研一阅读 Text 3)
真题 Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.一听到在研究环境中的一些动物受到残忍的对待的指控,很多人就困惑,是不是有人想故意地伤害动物。( 2003 年考研一阅读 Text 2)
alone [??l?un]
Text 2)
真题 1 But research alone is inadequate.然而,仅仅研究是不够的。(2005 年考研一阅读
真题 2 This alone demonstrates that the television business is not an easy world to survive in.
仅这就足以证明电视行业并不容易生存。(2005 考研一翻译)
真题 3 While we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone,in reality we are continually faced with a question “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that ” 我们或许只通过意识就能维持这种控制的幻觉,但事实上,我们却总是面
临一个问题:我们为什么不能让自己去做这件事情,实现那个目标呢?(2011 年考研一翻译)
anchor
He signed off after nineteen years as CBS news anchor.(在做了 19 年哥伦比亚广播公司新
闻节目主持人后,他辞职不干了。) Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling, smiling. [2006 Text 4](快餐食客们、新闻主播们以及发送短信息者,都在
微笑,微笑,微笑。) answer
The press called her Britain’s answer to Marilyn Monroe.(新闻界称她为英国的玛丽莲·梦
露。) [2013 Text 1] Overdressed is the fashion world’s answer to consumer-activist bestsellers like Michael Pollan?s The Omnivore’s Dilemma. [2013 Text 1] 迈克尔·波伦的《杂
食者的困境》一书是维护消费者权益的畅销书,而《过度时装消费》则相当于时尚界的《杂食者的困境》。