考研英语阅读常见一词多义
act, appeal, assume, claim, discipline, fair, figure, feature, issue, note
1) Act
n. ①法案, 法令②动作, 举动③节目, (戏剧的) 幕
v. ①行动, 产生...的效果②担当③表演, 表现, 见效
(07-01) this success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one. （名）行为这一成功，连同后来证明的记忆本身不是遗传决定的研究，使得埃里克森得出结论，即记忆过程是一种认知练习，而不是一种本能练习。
(07-04) Regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security.（动）行动
如果公司没有提供适当的信息安全保护措施，那么监管人员就会采取行动。
(06-01) this turned shopping into a public and democratic act. （名）行为
这使得购物成为一种大众的、民主的行为
(96-02) The commercial TV channels — ITV and Channel 4 — were required by the Thatcher Government's Broadcasting Act to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs. （名）法案
商业电视频道——ITV和第四频道——应撒切尔政府广播法案的要求进行商业化，彼此竞争广告业务，降低成本，裁减员工。
2) Appeal
n. ①请求, 呼吁②上诉③吸引力(appealing: 有吸引力的)
v. ①求助, 诉求②控诉
(03-03) Shippers who feel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the federal government's Surface Transportation Board for rate relief, but the process is expensive, time consuming, and will work only in truly extreme cases. （动）上诉
如果客户感到他们被多收费，他们有权上诉到联邦政府的“陆路运输局”以争取价格下调。但这个过程耗财、耗时，并且只有在真正极端特殊的情况下才有作用。
(99-04) NBAC members also indicated that they would appeal to privately funded researchers and clinics not to try to clone humans by body cell nuclear transfer.
（动词）呼吁
NBAC的成员明确表示，他们呼吁由私人提供资金的研究人员和机构不要试图通过人体细胞核转移去克隆人。
3) Assume /Assumption
v/n: ①假定, 设想②采取③呈现④承担
(05-01) Such behavior is regarded as “all too human”, with the underlying assumption that other animals would not be capable of this finely developed sense of grievance. （名）假定，假设
这种行为被看作是“人之长情”，其潜在的假定其他动物不可能具有如此高度发达的不公平意识。
(98-02) What is harder to establish is whether the productivity revolution that businessmen assume they are presiding over is for real. （动）认为
商人们自认为的他们所领导的生产力革命是否确有其事，这一点更加难以确定。
(97-02) As is true of any developed society, in America a complex set of cultural signals, assumptions, and conventions underlies all social interrelationships.
（名）信念，假定
同任何发达国家一样，一系列复杂的文化特征，信念和习俗构成了美国所有社会交往的基础。
4) Claim
v/n: ①索赔②声称③主张
(05-01) If you see an article consistently advertised, it is the surest proof I know that the article does what is claimed for it, and that it represents good value. （动）宣称
如果你看到一种商品不断地打广告，我认为这是最可靠的证明，即此商品一定和其宣传名副其实，一定体现良好的价值。
(05-04) Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness. （动）主张
同样的，对于诗歌来说，非常个性化和富有表现力的创作风格成为了能够表达真实生动含义的唯一形式。
(01-05) A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by
claiming "I wanted to spend more time with my family".（动）主张
一次平调伤了我的自尊心，并阻断了我的事业发展，这促使我放弃自己地位较高的职业，当然，就像面子扫尽的政府部长那样，我也掩饰性地声称“我只想和家人更多的呆在一起”。
(00-05) In an odd way, however, it is the educated who have claimed to have give up on ambition as an ideal. （动）声称
然而，恰恰是那些受过良好教育的人却不可思议地声称他们已经放弃了雄心壮志这一理想。
(99-01) As personal injury claims continue as before, some courts are beginning to side with defendants, especially in cases where a warning label probably wouldn't have changed anything. （名）索赔
尽管个人伤害的索赔一如既往地继续着，但有些法庭已开始站到被告一方，特别是在处理那些有警示语也无法避免伤害的案件时。
(99-05) He has put forward unquestioned claims so consistently that he not only believes them himself, but has convinced industrial and business management that they are true. （名）主张
他所提出的种种主张是如此不容置疑、如此一致，以至于不仅他自己相信了，而且也说服了工商界的管理者相信其正确性。
5) Discipline
n.①纪律②学科
n/v.训练
(96-03) The cruel discipline of the strike and lockout taught the two parties to respect each other's strength and understand the value of fair negotiation. （名）纪律
罢工和封厂的严酷惩罚使双方学会了互相尊重对方的力量，理解公正谈判的价值。
(96-04) With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline, the American boy develops rapidly into the skilled workman. （名）训练
由于有了学校彻底训练过的头脑，美国孩子迅速地成为技术熟练的工人。
6) Fair
adj. ①(肤色)白皙的②(头发)金黄的③干净的④公平的⑤ (天气)晴朗的
n. 展览会, 市集
(07-03) During the past generation, the American middle-class family that once could count on hard work and fair play to keep itself financially secure had been transformed by economic risk and new realties. （形容词）公平的在过去的十几年里，美国那些曾经可以依靠辛勤劳动和公平竞争以维持其收入稳定的中产阶层家庭被经济风险和新现实改变了。
(03-02) For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested in animals — no meat, no fur, no medicines. （名）集市
例如，在近期的一次集市上，一位老奶奶站在动物权利宣传点前散发小册子，规劝人们不要使用动物制品和动物实验制品——肉类，毛皮，药物。
7) Feature
n.①特色,特征②特写③容貌,
v.①是...的特色②特写,突出③放映④起重要作用
(07-02) For the past several years, the Sunday newspap er supplement Parade has featured a column called “Ask Marilyn.” （动）特定，突出
在过去的几年，《星期日报》的增刊《漫步》专门开设了一个名为“询问玛丽琳”的专栏。
(06-04) Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes. （动）特定，突出我们的杂志突出刊登满面春风的名人和美满幸福的家庭。
(04-01) It's an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location, title, and salary, then
E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. （名）特点，特征
它的特点是互动，允许访问者自定求职要求诸如工作地点、职位和薪水，当资料库里出现和个人要求相匹配的工作岗位时它就会通过电子邮件通知求职者。
(98-05) The complementary coastlines and certain geological features that seem to span the ocean are reminders of where the two continents were once joined. （名）特点，特征
但互相吻合的海岸线和某些似乎跨越海洋的地质特征会使人想到这两个大陆曾经是连在一起的。
8) Figure
n. ①外形, 轮廓, 体形②图形, 画像③数字④名人, 人物, 身份⑤雕像
vt. ①认为出现, ②考虑, 计算(figure out)
(07-02) It’s not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers. （动）计算
有些问题连一些最杰出的诗人和哲学家都难以回答，但是想象物体和计算数字模式的能力却能使人找出答案，其中原因并不为人所知。
(06-03) Dr. Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative. （名）数字
Worm博士承认这些数字还只是保守数字
(05-04) American no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to command the English language with skill and gift. （名）人物
美国人已不再期待公众人物在演讲或写作中能运用技巧和文采来驾驭英语。
(98-04) As a result, California's growth rate dropped during the 1970s, to 18.5 percent — little more than
two-thirds the 1960s' growth figure and considerably below that of other Western states. （名）数字结果，加利福尼亚的人口增长率在70年代降到了18.5％——略高于60年代增长数字的2/3，但大大低于西部其他各州。
9) Issue
n.①出版, 发行②(报刊等)期、号③问题,事件④(水, 血等的)流出
v.①发行, 流出②发行(钞票等), 发布(命令), 出版(书等)
(07-04) “Setting the proper investment level for security, redundancy, and recovery is a m anagement issue, not a technical one,” he says. （名）问题
他表示“为安全、备份以及恢复确定适当的投资标准是一个管理问题，不是技术问题。”
(06-01) Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething anger in America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. （名）问题
在美国是否存在分裂的问题和高涨的愤怒？答案是肯定的，因为这个国家足够大以至于什么现象都存在。
(99-01) At the same time, the American Law Institute — a group of judges, lawyers, and academics whose recommendations carry substantial weight — issued new guidelines for tort law stating that companies need not warn customers of obvious dangers or bombard them with a lengthy list of possible ones. （动）发行，发布和此同时，美国法学会——该学会由一群举足轻重的法官、律师、学者所组成——发布了新的民事侵害法纲要，宣布公司不必警示顾客那些显而易见的危险，或者给顾客列出一份冗长的可能造成的危险的清单。
(94-02) One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. （动）发行
1.3亿美国人的手中至少持有一张银行发行的信用卡。
10) Note
n. ①笔记②注解, 注释③票据④纸币⑤音符⑥涵义，暗示
v. ①注意到，指出②记录
(07-02) Sternberg notes that traditional test best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge, components also critical to problem solving and life success. （动）注意到，指出Sternberg指出，传统的测试最恰当地评估了分析能力和语言表达能力，但没有测量创造性和实际知识，这些也是解决问题和在生活中取得成功的关键因素。
(00-03) But it is a little upsetting to read in the explanatory notes that a certain line describes a fi ght between a Turkish and a Bulgarian officer on a bridge（名）注解
但是读到一句描写战斗的诗行的注解时，则令人有点生厌，注解中说该诗描写了一名土耳其军官和一名保加利亚军官在一座桥上发生的搏斗
(00-05) There is a heavy note of hypocrisy in this, a case of closing the barn door after the horses have escaped — with the educated themselves riding on them.
（名）涵义，暗示
这其中有着浓厚的虚伪色彩，恰如马跑后再关上马厩的门那样，受过良好教育的人自己正骑在那些马背上。
考研英语阅读常见熟词僻义
address, diet, cause, novel, realize, stop, sound, firm, might, weather, panel, keep, promise, buy, catch, game, slip, tap, ground, lean, anchor, chair, nature, spell, stress, trust, policy
1) Address
熟义：n.地址僻义：v.向...致辞, 演说
(02-01) Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.
根据和你谈话的不同对象，问题也有所不同
2) Diet
熟义：n. 饮食习惯僻义：n. 减肥,瘦身；议会
(00-01) American industry has changed its structure, has gone on a diet, has learnt to be more quick-witted.
美国的工业已经改变了结构，学会了明智
3) Cause
熟义：n./v. 原因，导致僻义：n. 事业，理想，目标
(03-02) One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research.
一个这样的事业现在正在寻求终止生物医学的研究，因为有这样一种理论说，动物享有权利禁止它们被用于实验。
4) Novel
熟义：n. 小说僻义：adj. 新颖的
(00-03) (第60题题干) When a novel literary idea appears, people should try to determine its purposes
当一种新的文学理念出现时，人们应该试着去了解它的意图。
5) Realize
熟义：v. 意识到僻义：v. 实现，发挥
(03-04) Former Colorado governor Richard Lamm has been quoted as saying that the old and infirm "have a duty to die and get out of the way", so that younger, healthier people can realize their potential.
据说，Colorado州前州长Richard Lamm曾经说，老年多病者“有责任死去和让位”，以让更年轻、更健康的人们去发挥他们的潜能。
6) Stop
熟义：n./v. 停止僻义：n. 句号
(00-03) We must pour out a large stream of essential words, unhampered by stops, or qualifying adjectives, or finite verbs.
我们必须大量使用基本词汇，摆脱句号，修饰性形容词及限定动词的羁绊。
7) Sound
熟义n. 声音, 语音, 噪音v. 听起来
僻义adj. 健全的, 合理的, 有效彻底的, 健康的（sound and safe: 安然无恙）
(05-02) If we are ever going to protect the atmosphere, it is crucial that those new plants be environmentally sound.
如果我们准备保护大气，关键要让这些新发电厂对环境无害。
8) Firm
熟义adj. 结实的，稳固的僻义n. 公司，商号
(07-04) Until California recently passed a law, American firms did not have to tell anyone, even the victim, when data went astray.
直到加利福尼亚最近通过了一项法律，美国的公司不必告知任何人信息何时泄露，甚至包括受害人。
(04-02) It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories.
人们早已知道在客户翻阅电话簿时，名叫AAAA的出租汽车公司要比Zodiac出租汽车公司有很大的优越性。
(01-04) This phenomenon has created serious concerns over the role of smaller economic firms, of national businessmen and over the ultimate stability of the world economy.
这个现象造成了人们对小型企业和民族资本的作用以及世界经济的最终稳定的严重忧虑。
9) Might
熟义may的过去式僻义n. 力量，威权(with might and main: 尽全力)
(01-04) The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might.
这个浪潮从异常活跃的美国席卷到欧洲，并以不可比拟的威力影响到正在崛起的国家。
10) Weather
熟义：n. 天气僻义：v. 经受风雨，度过难关
(07-03) This “added-worker effect” could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times.
这种"附加工人效应"可以支持失业保险或残疾保险所提供的保障制度，以帮助家庭渡过困难时期。
11) Panel
熟义：n. 仪表板，面板僻义：n. 专家小组
(05-02) The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the White House, to tell us
that the Earth's atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made.
最近的行动是由白宫召集了一批来自国家科学院的专家团，他们告诉我们，地球气候毫无疑问正在变暖，而这个问题主要是人为造成的
(99-04) The panel has not yet reached agreement on a crucial question, however, whether to recommend legislation that would make it a crime for private funding to be used for human cloning.
然而，该小组尚未在一个关键问题上达成一致，即是否建议立法机关把将私人资金用于克隆人的行为视为犯罪。
12) Keep
熟义：v. 保持僻义：n. 生计
(03-01) Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That's where Straitford earns its keep.
当然公开来源的谍报活动的确有它的风险，因为很难区分正确和错误的信息。这正是Straitford公司赚得生计的地方。
13) Promise
熟义：v./n. 承诺僻义：n. 有希望，有前途（promising: (形)有希望的，有前途的）
(04-04) Hofstadter says our country's educational system is in the grips of people who "joyfully and militan tly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise."
Hofstadter说，掌握我们国家教育体系的人“沾沾自喜地、霸气十足地公然宣称敌视才学，迫不及待地认同那些看来在才学方面最无前途的孩子。”
14) buy
熟义：v. 购买僻义：v. 听信，认同
(05-02) Lots of Americans bought that nonsense, and over three decades, some 10 million smokers went to early graves.
许多美国人相信了这些胡言乱语，在三十多年中，差不多有一千万烟民早早的进了坟墓。
15) Catch
熟义：v. 抓住僻义：n. 捕获，捕获量
(06-03) That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes.
这意味着可以捕获更多的海洋生物，所以现在和过去的真正差距可能会比之前在捕获区记录的数据所体现出的更糟糕。
16) Game
熟义：n. 游戏,比赛僻义：n. 猎物
(06-03) The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to extinction.
但大部分的，成长缓慢的动物则成了狩猎的目标，并且很快被狩猎到灭绝。
17) Slip
熟义：v. 滑倒僻义：n. 纸片
(07-03) Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.
如今，一份解雇通知书、一个不利的诊断结果或者配偶的去世都可能在几个月之内将一个家庭从稳定的中产阶层家庭降格成为一个新贫困家庭。
18) Tap
熟义：v. 轻拍，n. 水龙头，栓头僻义：v. 开发
(99-02) In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market.
大约在网上交易的第一年当中，大部分业务活动都是围绕着努力开发消费者市场来进行的。
19) Ground
熟义：n. 地面，僻义：n. 根据，依据(on the ground that…)
(03-03) Railroads justify rate discrimination against captive shippers on the grounds that in the long run it reduces everyone's cost.
铁路公司对“被控”客户进行区别对待的依据是，从长远来看，这样做会降低所有人的成本。
20) Lean
熟义v.倚靠, 倾斜僻义adj.瘦的, 贫乏的, 歉收的
(06-02) They all seem to look alike （though they come from all over）–lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the the atre
消瘦、率直、专注的脸庞，穿着牛仔裤和便鞋，吃着小圆面包，在剧场外的石板上过夜，
(03-01) Friedman relies on a lean staff of 20 in Austin.
Friedman只在奥斯汀市雇用了为数不多的雇员。其中的一些有军事情报工作背景。
21) Anchor
熟义：n. 锚僻义：n. 主持人，主播
(06-04) Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling.
快餐食客、新闻主播、发短信的人，都在笑啊笑啊。
22) Chair
熟义：n. 椅子僻义：v./n. 主持，主席
(03-04) former surgeon general C.Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s.
前卫生局医务主任C.Everett Koop 80来岁还出任了一个互联网公司的总裁。
23) Nature
熟义：n. 自然僻义：n. 天性，本质，本性（human nature 人性）
(99-01) The jury agreed that the nature of the game, not the helmet, was the reason for the athlete's injury.
陪审团也认为造成该运动员受伤的是这项运动本身的危险性，而不是头盔。
24) Spell
熟义：v. 拼写僻义：n. 一段时间
(02-02) Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.
虽然一开始在20世纪60年代和70年代有过一段乐观的时期——那时候仿佛晶体管电路和微处理器的发展将使他们在2010年能够模仿人类大脑的活动——但是最近研究人员已经开始将这个预测延后数十年，甚至数百年。
25) Stress
熟义：n. 压力僻义：v. 强调
(00-04) While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics, Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanical learning over creativity and self-expression.
虽然日本的教育因强调基础知识而经常受到外国人的赞扬，但是它往往强调测试和机械学习，而不重视创造性和自我表现。
26) Trust
熟义：n./v. 信任，信赖僻义：n. 托拉斯（公司形式）
(01-04) Yet it is hard to imagine that the merger of a few oil firms today could re-create the same threats to competition that were feared nearly a century ago in the US, when the Standard Oil trust was broken up.
但是很难想像当今的几个石油公司的合并是否会重新造成约100年前美国标准石油公司对竞争造成的同样的威胁，那时由于人们对该公司的这种担心而导致了它最终的解散。
27) Policy
熟义：n. 政策，方针僻义：n. 保险单
(05-02) With the risks obvious and growing, a prudent people would take out an insurance policy now.
随着风险越来越明显，并且不断增加，一个谨慎的民族现在应准备一份保单了。
考研阅读篇章和选项中常出现的成语及积累
1：It's no use crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收(作无益的后悔是没有用的)
2：More haste, less speed. 欲速则不达
3：Look before you leap. 三思而后行
4：He who laughs last laughs best. 笑到最后才是最美
5：Faith will move mountains. 愚公移山
6：One reaps what one sows. / As you saw, so shall you reap. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆
7：Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧
8：Like father, like son. 有其父必有其子
9：It never rains but it pours. 祸不单行
10：One swallow doesn’t make a summer. 一燕不成夏（可以用来劝告别人，不要对某事过于乐观；不要因为出现一些良好的现象就十分兴奋，要保持谨慎；也不要因为开始的现象好，就以为一定会有一个成功的结局。）11：A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. 二鸟在林不如一鸟在手（到手的才实在）
12：Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩
13：Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌
14：Seeing is believing. 百闻不如一见
15：A slow sparrow should make an early start. 笨鸟先飞
16：No discord, no concord. 不打不成交
17：Everything comes to him who waits. 功夫不负有心人
18：One is never too old to learn./It’s never too late to learn 活到老，学到老
19：let bygones be bygones 既往不咎/过去就让它过去
20：Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在，不怕没柴烧
21：Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人，成事在天
22：One can't make bricks without straw. 巧妇难为无米之炊
23：A thousand-li journey begins with the first step 千里之行始于足下
24：Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成
25：Misfortune may be an actual blessing. 塞翁失马，焉知非福
26：Time and tide wait for no man. 时不我待
27：Talk of the devil and he comes. 说曹操,曹操到
28：Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分
29：There's no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪
30：a new broom sweeps clean. 新官上任三把火
31：Money talks. 有钱能使鬼推磨
32：Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同
33：Unity is strength 团结就是力量
34：A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改，本性难移
35：A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情
36：A miss is as good as a mile. 失之毫厘，差之千里
37：A rolling stone gathers no moss. 滚石不生苔（比喻频繁换工作和跳槽积累不了经验）38：A stitch in time saves nine. 及时行事，事半功倍，一针及时省九针
39：All that glitters is not gold. 发光不一定都是金子
40：Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施
41：Beauty is only skin deep. 人不可貌相
42：Better late than never. 亡羊补牢犹时未晚/聊胜于无
43：Constantly dripping wears away the stone. 滴水穿石
44：Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. 分散风险
45：Every cloud has a silver lining. 天无绝人之路，凡事皆有好的一面
46：Every dog has his day. 三十年河东，三十年河西/风水轮流转
47：God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者
48：Necessity is the mother of invention. 需要为发明之母
49：No pains, no gains. 不劳则无获
50：Nothing venture, nothing gain. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子
51：Now or never. 时不再来
52：Pride goes before a fall. 骄者必败
53：Rome was not built in a day. 罗马不是一天造成的
54：Save for the rainy day. 未雨绸缪
55：Spare the rod, spoil the child. 孩子不打不成器
56：The early bird gets the worm. 早起的鸟儿有虫吃
57：The best fish are near the bottom. 好鱼居水底，好酒沉瓮底
58：Two heads are better than one. 三个臭皮匠胜过诸葛亮
59：Well begun is half done. 好的开始是成功的一半
60：When in Rome do as Romans do. 入乡随俗
核?心词通常含义常考僻义例例句句 authority n.权威，威信n.政府local authorities当地政府 line n.线v.排队people lined the streets?人们在街上排队crash n.撞击，坠毁v.暴暴跌 steep a.陡峭的 a.急剧的the steep increase in airline travel screen n.屏幕，屏?风v.鉴别，筛选Screen Statistics inPapers job screener n.?面试官 sticker n.黏贴物n.价签one big reason is sticker shock sovereign n.君主 a.独?立?自主的once a sovereign nation. community n.社区，团体n.界The astronomy community shed n.棚；分?水岭v.流出to shed tears shed light on照亮 round a.圆形的 rounded a.周到的a more rounded assessment measure v.测量量n.措施The French measures hit v.打，击n.击中v.到达As many people hit middle age rule n.规则v.裁决In a rare unanimous ruling host n.主?人v.主办hosting an event a host of?大量量a host of example sound n.声?音 a.合理理的court’s ruling is legally sound play favorite偏向，偏?心not be allowed to play favorites integrity n.完整n.正直unsettling dearth of integrity across so many of our institution fan n.扇?子v.煽动，激起can fan public perceptions of corruption fuel n.燃料料v.助燃fuel the efficiency mind-set runway n.跑道n.T台employ thin models on runways faintly a.虚弱的勉?强的as faint praise index n.索引n.指数a government-defined index of body mass mass n.群众，?大量量n.质量量 industry n.?工业n.?行行业The fashion industry state n.国家n.状态v.陈述 run v.跑v.运营Yankee nuclear power plant running address n.地址v.处理理，解决to address our urgent housing need country n.国家n.乡村 coach n.教练v.训练coach lawyers on the shifting landscape train n.?火?车v.培训do not need the extra training belt n.带?子n.地带national parks and green belts sense n.感觉v.嗅到Only Ukip,sensing its chance side n.侧?面v.?支持has sided with those pleading b ack n.后背v.?支持reluctance to back it concrete n.混凝?土v.浇灌混凝 ?土，建造The idea that“housing crisis”equals“concreted meadows” favor n.帮助v.喜欢the product they favor spectrum n.光谱n.范围unite left and right of the political spectrum engage v.订婚；使从事v.联和promote maximalengagement cause n.原因n.事业the cause of world peace account n.账?目v.报账，解释account for strange phenomenon substantial a.本质的 a.?大量量的are advantages to avoiding substantial height ditch n.沟渠v.抛弃there’s plenty of incentive to ditch print 第1?页共6?页
考研英语：熟词僻义汇总 1.weigh v. 考虑，权衡 At the same time, the American Law Institute — a group of judges, lawyers, and academics whose recommendations carry substantial weight —issued new guidelines for tort law stating that companies need not warn customers of obvious dangers or bombard them with a lengthy list of possible ones. (真题1999, Text 1, Paragraph 4) 与此同时，美国法学会——该学会由一群法官、律师、学者所组成，他们的建议举足轻重——签署了新的民事侵害法纲要，宣布公司不必警示顾客那些显而易见的危险，或者给顾客列出一份冗长的可能造成的危险的清单。 2. even a. 均匀的;平的 They seemed a priesthood, rather uneven in their merits but uniform in their bearing; they never referred to anything personal. (CET-6, 2003.6, Passage 2, Paragraph 4) 他们看起来像神职人员，尽管道行参差不齐，但举止非常统一;他们从来不谈私事。 3.odd a. 临时的 Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss’s agenda in businesses of every variety. (真题2007, Text 4, Paragraph 1) 迄今为止，信息保护工作一直被留给临时的、低层次的信息技术人员承担，并且只被看成是信息资源丰富产业所关切的一个方面，比如银行业、电信业以及航空旅行业，如今，信息保护则成为各类商业老板议事日程中需要优先考虑的问题。 4.weather v. 抵抗，克服 This “added-worker effect”could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times. (真题2007, Text 3, Paragraph 2) 这种“额外工人效应”可以支持由失业保险或残疾保险提供的安全网，以便帮助家庭渡过难关。
考研英语中的熟词僻义(二) 考研英语中的熟词僻义(二) 考研英语中“熟词僻义”希望考研的同学多多注意,这往往是考研英语阅读中词汇题的考点,也是细节题和推理题的关键。下面文都教育的小编给大家整理了常见的熟词僻义词汇,希望能够引起大家的关注,多多学习。 1. tired 陈腐的,陈旧的 Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting” has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.(真题 2001, Text 5, Paragraph 2) 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。 2. fault n. 毛病 Gross and Levitt find fault primarily with sociologists, philosophers and othe r academics who have questioned science’s objectivity. (真题 1998, Text 3, Paragraph 4) 格罗斯和莱维特主要挑那些质疑科学客观性的社会学家、哲学家和其他学者的毛病。 3. practice n. 惯例,习惯,做法 Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country’s excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological. (真题 1996, Text 4, Paragraph 2) 在诸多形成因素中,我想特别指出这个国家优异的小学教育;欢迎新技术的劳动大军;对发明者进行奖励的做法;尤其是美国人在处理技术性事物所具有的非语言的空间思维才能。 4. principal n. 最重要的,主要的 The principal difficulty faced by the schools has been the tremendous increase in the number of pupils. (CET-6, , Passage 3, Paragraph 1) 学校面临的主要困难一直是学生人数的剧增。 5. tell v. 区别,分辨,识别
热点熟词僻义总结【添加中】 1allow allow承认admit We must allow that he is right on this matter. 2address address vt 处理To deal with: addressed the issue of absenteeism. 处理旷工事宜 3advantage take advantage of 欺骗(deceive)对……加以利用 took advantage of the customer.欺骗消费者 4appreciate appreciate v.意识到(realize) 抬高…价格、涨价 I appreciate that I may be wrong. This land has appreciated in value. 这块土地增值了。 5apprehension apprehension忧虑、担心；逮捕、理解 The student looked around the examination room with apprehension.
那名学生恐惧地观看检查室的四周。 6apprehensive apprehensive理解的不安的,忧虑的(意思和用法等同于afraid) apprehensive for sb.'s safety 担心某人的安全 7approach approach着手To begin to deal with or work on: approached the task with dread. 惶恐地开始着手这项任务 8arch arch adj 调皮的，顽皮的n.弓形 an arch smile调皮的微笑 He tapped the side of his nose in an uncharacteristically arch gesture. 9argument argument 论点，论据 10as 潮?潳洠捵??獡表示与其说是……倒不如说。否定前者肯定后者 1. He is not so much a writer as a reporter. 2. Science moves forward, they say, not so much through the insights of great men of genius as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tool. (摘自真题) It's not so much a hobby as a career (= more like a career than a hobby). 11assume assume 承担，假装，假定，设想，
2018考研英语常考熟词僻义单词（107） 2018考研是场艰巨的战役，对于考研英语词汇是它的先锋兵，只有攻克词汇，才能确保考研分数的稳固和万无一失。小编祝愿考研的学子们再接再厉，勇往直前! sport n [C](狩猎、钓鱼等活动带来的)成就感;愉悦; (旧)娱乐，消遣;乐趣; (古)笑料，笑柄(非正式)(对取笑、失败或类似尴尬情形)态度友好的人;持特定态度的人 I have heard there is good sport to be had in Buttermere.我听说巴特米尔有很多乐子可找。 It was considered great sport to catch him out.抓出他的错误被认为是一大快事。 I do not wish to show myself the sport of a man like Wildeve.我不想成为怀尔德伊夫那种人的笑料。 Angela s a bad sport.安吉拉是个开不起玩笑的人。 vi.嬉戏Lambs sport in the field.小羊在田里嬉戏。 vt. vi.炫耀, 给人看He sports an ivory-handled cane these days.这些天来, 他一直在炫耀一只象牙柄手杖。 玩弄He sported with her affection.他玩弄她的感情。 sporting adj(尤指在竞赛中)公正慷慨的，有君子之风的 it was jolly sporting of you to let me have first go.让我先试，你真是太有君子之风了。spray n小树枝;小花枝a spray of honeysuckle.一小枝忍冬花。 插花She carried a spray of pink roses. 她拿著一簇粉红色的玫瑰花。 spring n[C](向前)跳，跃;(向上)蹦;[U,sing]弹力弹性;有生气的;健康的; 根源,源泉 I sprang out of bed.我从床上跳下来。 They sprang to her defence..他们迅速赶去保护她。 The mattress has lost its spring.这床垫已经没有弹性了。 Walks with a spring in his step.他以富有青春活力的脚步行走。 Her vanity was the spring of her unhappiness. 她的虚荣心是她不幸的起因。 vi涌现，涌出;惊现A terrible storm sprang up.突然来了一场可怕的暴风雨。 vt突然向某人提供(或提出);(使)开动;(使)运转 Our regiment sprang a surprise attack on the enemy position.我团对敌阵地发动1次突击。 He prepared to spring his trap.他准备启动捕捉机。 sprout vi(植物，花，毛)长出Crocuses sprouted up from the grass.藏红花从草丛中长出来。萌生Forms of nationalism sprouted as the system collapsed.随着体制的崩溃出现了种种形态的民族主义。 n幼笛状物bamboo sprout竹笋 年青人; [美俚]后代a sprout who isn t old enough to go to school一个小得还不能上学的娃娃steel vt.使坚强, 使坚定They settled down in the countryside to steel their wills.他们到农村安家落户以锻炼自己的意志。 adj钢铁般的,坚强的They will carry out their plan with steel determination.
单词熟义生义accomplished a.已完成的，实现的 a.熟练精通的 account n.账户n.报告，陈述acknowledge v.（不情愿地）承认v.致谢 answer v.回答v.负责answer for approach v.靠近，接近 v.开始，着手（工作，任务） approach their work artificial a.人工的，人造的 a.不自然的，不真实的 assume a.假定，臆测v.采取，担任 （assume many roles担任许多角色） attribute v.把……归于（to） v.认为是……所为 n.品质，属性，特征balance n.平衡n.差额，余款，结余beam n.横梁，光束v.发光，微笑 bearing n.忍耐n.收获，成果 betray v.背叛，出卖v.流露，暴露 bond n.联结，结合物n.公债，债券，契约breakdown n.破裂n.分类，（精神等）衰竭
chart n.&v.（制）图表v.详细计划 code n.代码，代号n.法典，法规coherent a.黏着的 a.（讨论中）一致的column n.圆柱，柱状物n.（报刊中的）专栏condition n.情况v.被……制约consideration n.考虑n.考虑因素 cover v.覆盖v.给….保险；采访discount v.打折v.漠视，对…不全信distinct a.不同的 a.清楚的，明白的establish v.建立…机构v.确认，证实establishment n.建立n.机构 evolution n.进化n.缓慢进步 exploit v.开发，剥削n.功劳，功绩fellowship n.伙伴，友谊n.奖学金 figure n.数字，图形，图表，体 态，相貌v.出现（in）；推断（on） （to figure in history在历史上留名 They figured on your arriving.他们预料你会来。）
近15年考研英语熟词偏义词汇汇总 考研英语词汇中，有这样一类词，虽然很眼熟，但是在句子中的意思却不是自己熟悉的，这类词汇被成为“熟词偏义”。通常情况下，这类词汇是很让人头疼的，那么在2010年考研英语复习中，考研教育网辅导专家建议广大考生可以把这类词单独拿出来，熟练记忆其不常见的用法。 embrace 包括；接受，信奉；拥抱 preferred 有优先权的 exceptional 特殊的；例外的 prejudice 损害；偏见 dormant 暂停活动的；潜在的；睡着的 serve有作用 act法案；(戏剧的)一幕 govern适用于，管理term条款，术语；学期 personality人物，名人；个性，人格 fine细微的 secure获得，得到；a。安全的 rather恰恰相反；相当 knowledge知道；知识 aggressive有进取心的，大胆的；侵犯的 reasoning推理 interpret解释，口译
assume假设，承担，采用 mental心理的，精神的，智力的 account描述；叙述 coverage新闻报道，覆盖 launch发起，开展，发射 grant授予，同意，准予 line思路 engage 雇用，使参与 dictate 命令，口授，听写 render 使得；给予；翻译 discipline 训练，学科；纪律 acute 敏锐的；(病)急性的 fair 集市，交易会，博览会 virtually 几乎，实际上 authority 当局 import 意义，重要性，含义；进口，输入 implication 含义，暗示 passage 通过；段落 otherwise 在其他方面，否则
考研英语词汇——熟词僻义 1 allow allow 承认admit We must allow that he is right on this matter 2 address address vt 处理To deal with: addressed the issue of absenteeism. 处理旷工事宜 3 advantage take advantage of 欺骗(deceive) 对……加以利用 took advantage of the customer. 欺骗消费者 4 appreciate appreciate v.意识到(realize) 抬高…价格、涨价 I appreciate that I maybe worng. This land has appreciated in value. 这块土地增值了。 5 apprehension apprehension 忧虑、担心；逮捕、理解 The student looked around the examination room with apprehension. 那名学生恐惧地观看检查室的四周。 6 apprehensive pprehensive 理解的不安的,忧虑的(意思和用法等同于afraid) apprehensive for sb.'s safety 担心某人的安全 7 approach approach 着手To begin to deal with or work on: approached the task with dread. 惶恐地开始着手这项任务
arch adj 调皮的，顽皮的n.弓形 an arch smile 调皮的微笑 He tapped the side of his nose in an uncharacteristically arch gesture. 9 argument argument 论点，论据 10 as not so much...as"表示"与其说是……倒不如说"。否定前者肯定后者 1. He is not so much a writer as a reporter. 2. Science moves forward, they say, not so much through the insights of great men of genius as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tool.(摘自真题) It's not so much a hobby as a career (= more like a career than a hobby). 11 assume assume 承担，假装，假定，设想， assume an obligation 承担义务 12 balance balance sheet 资产负债表 13 balance balance 余额 Something that is left over; a remainder. 余额：剩下的某物；余数 14 bottle bottle up 装入瓶中控制(抑制)To hold in; restrain: bottled up my emotions. 15 cater cater 食物，投合(cater for) catering 公共饮食catering industry 公共饮食业 Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 16 check check 控制阻碍The condition of being stopped or held back; restraint: kept my temper in check; holding agricultural pests in check with sprays. 克制我的脾气；用喷雾剂灭农业害虫
考研英语历年真题熟词僻义词汇总结 如果说核心词汇是重点的话，那么熟词僻义，即常见词的非常见意义就是难点。不少同学对于熟词僻义的掌握较差，一个重要原因是不能理解各个词义之间的关系，如本义与引申义之间的关系。一般而言，本义是词的常见义，引申义是词的非常见义。例如，embrace的本义是“拥抱”（=em进入+brace手臂），引申义是“包括，接受”。由“拥抱”的动作可以联想“包括”之义，因为“拥抱”就是将对方“包括”在手臂之内。由“拥抱”的象征意义也可以联想“接受”之义，因为“拥抱”对方，除少数情况外（如被迫与人拥抱），都表示“接受”对方。请看下列例子以巩固对embrace的常见义与非常见义的理解： 1.The two embraced， holding each other tightly.（拥抱） 2.His career embraced many activities——composing， playing and acting.（包括） 3.Much of the population embraced the scientific idea.（接受） 2007考研英语阅读部分的第二篇文章考到embrace的一个近义词，encompass（包括）。知道为何encompass这个词的意思是“包括”吗？encompass=en（进入）+compass（罗盘），意思是（如罗盘般）“包括”。 discipline（纪律；学科）这个词的非常见义也可以通过上述方法联想记忆。“纪律”是discipline的常见义，是不可数名词：“学科”是discipline的非常见义，是可数名词。可以这样联想：现代学科的掌握都需要严格的训练，严格的训练不是正包含“纪律”吗？如论文的格式、引用他人观点的方法等都属于学术训练的“纪律”一类。 这里的熟词僻义是按年总结的，不按字母顺序。有时间一定要过两遍，以增强对常见词的一词多义的掌握，也增强阅读与英译汉两部分的应对能力。 今天的结束语是：Familiarity breeds contempt（熟生蔑；亲近生轻侮）。不过，对于常见词可不要“熟生蔑”，否则吃大亏！ 熟词僻义（1994-2000） embrace包括；接受，信奉；拥抱preferred有优先权的exceptional特殊的；例外的prejudice损害；偏见dormant暂停活动的；潜在的；睡着的serve有作用act法案；（戏剧的）一幕govern适用于，管理term条款，术语；学期personality人物，名人；个性，人格fine细微的secure获得，得到；a.安全的rather恰恰相反；相当knowledge知道；知识aggressive有进取心的，大胆的；侵犯的reasoning推理interpret解释，口译assume 假设，承担，采用mental心理的，精神的，智力的account描述；叙述coverage新闻报道，覆盖launch发起，开展，发射grant授予，同意，准予line思路engage雇用，使参与dictate 命令，口授，听写render使得；给予；翻译discipline训练，学科；纪律acute敏锐的；（病）急性的fair集市，交易会，博览会virtually几乎，实际上authority当局import 意义，重要性，含义；进口，输入implication含义，暗示passage通过；段落otherwise
2012年考研英语大纲5500词汇熟词僻义经典总结（完整版） abide vi.逗留, 居住They abide in a remote village.他们居住在一个偏远的村子里。 vt.容忍, 忍受屈从How can you abide such a person?你怎么能屈从于这样的人? about prep.转到相反的方向About turn 口令：向后转！ 【真题例句】Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face because it was the federal circuit itself that introduced such patents with is 1998 decision in the so-called state Street Bank case, approving a patent on a way of pooling mutual-fund assets. 【2010年阅读Txte2】 对商业方法专利权的限制表明了法庭的态度发生了重大的转变，因为正是联邦巡回法院在1998年被称为 “州街银行案”的决议中引入了这类专利，当时法院对一种共同的投资基金资产的管理方法授予了专利。 abrupt adj指语言上不连贯的an abrupt style of writing不连贯的写作风格；（指斜坡）陡峭的； absence n缺少,缺乏[U][(+of)]；缺席的时间；外出期；不注意，心不在焉 The absence of color in that drawing makes it dull. 那幅画因没有着色而显得晦暗。 He repeated absences from school.屡次缺课。 【真题例句】There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference”characteristic of popular culture. 【2006年Text1】在美国，大众文化的特点就是“在服饰和谈吐方面大众化的一致性、漫不经心和不拘礼节。” absolute adj有无限权力的专制的An absolute ruler can do just as he please. 一个专制的统治者可以为所欲为。 非相对的There's no absolute standard for it. 它没有绝对的标准。 独立的；绝对的We now have the absolute proof of his guilt. 我们现在有他犯罪的确凿证据。 absorb vt并入，使合并；减少（冲击、困难等的影响） The surrounding villages have been absorbed by/into the growing city.周围的村庄已经合并到了日益扩大的城市。 Buffer absorbed most of the shock.减速器大大减少了震动。 academic n. [C]学术的学者 【真题例句】If the preoccupation of schools with academic work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values.【1995 年Text4】 如果学校对学业的强调减少一些，也许就有更多的时间教孩子更重要的价值观念。 【真题例句】Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic and former chief executive of Au Bong Pain, a rapidly growing chain of bakery cafes, says that much “reengineering”has been crude.【1998年阅读text2】 哈佛学者伦纳德?施莱辛格是一家迅速扩张的美味面包店的前总裁，他说，许多“企业重组”都不成熟。
考研英语词汇中，有这样一类词，虽然很眼熟，但是在句子中的意思却不是自己熟悉的，这类词汇被成为“熟词偏义”。通常情况下，这类词汇是很让人头疼的，那么在2010年考研英语复习中，考研教育网辅导专家建议广大考生可以把这类词单独拿出来，熟练记忆其不常见的用法。 embrace 包括；接受，信奉；拥抱 preferred 有优先权的 exceptional 特殊的；例外的 prejudice 损害；偏见 dormant 暂停活动的；潜在的；睡着的 serve 有作用 act 法案；(戏剧的)一幕 govern 适用于，管理term条款，术语；学期 personality 人物，名人；个性，人格 fine 细微的 secure 获得，得到；a。安全的 rather 恰恰相反；相当 knowledge 知道；知识 aggressive 有进取心的，大胆的；侵犯的 reasoning 推理 interpret 解释，口译 assume 假设，承担，采用 mental 心理的，精神的，智力的 account 描述；叙述 coverage 新闻报道，覆盖 launch 发起，开展，发射 grant 授予，同意，准予 line 思路 engage 雇用，使参与 dictate 命令，口授，听写 render 使得；给予；翻译 discipline 训练，学科；纪律 acute 敏锐的；(病)急性的 fair 集市，交易会，博览会 virtually 几乎，实际上 authority 当局 import 意义，重要性，含义；进口，输入 implication 含义，暗示
passage 通过；段落 otherwise 在其他方面，否则 diversion 消遣，转移 harsh 严酷的，严厉的；难听的 frontier 前沿，新领域；边境 settlement 定居地，解决 convention 习俗；大会，会议；公约 abuse 滥用；虐待；谩骂 perceptual 感知的，知觉的 perception 感知，察觉；理解 radically 根本地，极端地，激进地 group 分组，分类 late 已故的；迟的，晚的 close 完成 ground 理由，根据 latitude (言语、行动等的)回旋余地，自由；纬度 conduct 指挥，管理；行为favorable 有利的，顺利的，赞许的 bid 企图，努力 contention 争夺，竞争；争吵；争辩，论点 establish 确定；建立，确立conclusive 有说服力的，确定性的；决定性的 fashion 方式；流行式样 blunt 直率的；钝的trial审判；试验 dramatize 使引人注目，使戏剧化，生动地表达 plague 令人烦恼的事；瘟疫，灾害discern 区别，识别；理解 span 横跨，跨越；持续，包括；n。一段时间；跨度 population (某地或某类)物品的总数，种群；人口 slip 滑倒；n。疏忽，小错 liability 责任，义务；债务[复数] claim 索赔；声称，主张 tap 开发，利用 betray 背叛，出卖；暴露 highlight 强调，突出 acquisition 获得，学会 panel 专门小组 appeal to 呼吁；吸引；上诉 impose 强加，征(税) entrance 进入，入口(动词enter)
chest n. 1) 箱，函，柜，匣2) 银箱；金库，公款，资金 close adj. 闷气的，闷热的 complex n. 络合物，复合物，综合体 concern n. 商行，公司；财团；康采恩；事业，业务 consume vi. 枯萎；憔悴The flowers consumed away. 花枯萎了。be consumed [away] with (envy, fever, ambition, grief) count n. 起诉理由，罪状。 critical adj. 危急的;决定性的，重大的 coat v. 涂上一层(例如油漆) cure v. (鱼等用腌、熏、晒、烤等的)加工保藏(法)。 cut vt. 生，长，出(牙齿) date n. 海枣 deal n. (松等的)木板；木材，木料; adj. 松木的 dear adj. 昂贵的，高价的 default n.&v. 不履行；违约；拖欠 dock n. 草本植物vt. 剥夺，扣去…的应得工资 down n. 〔美国〕沙丘; (蒲公英等的)冠毛; 鸭绒，绒毛；(鸟的)绒羽；柔毛。汗毛，软毛，毳毛 draw vt. 提取(钱款); 使打成平局 drill vt. (用钢钻)钻(孔)；在…上(用钢钻)钻孔 drive n. 冲力，动力；干劲；努力；魄力；精力 eat vt. 蛀；腐蚀；消磨 exploit n. 功绩，功劳，勋绩 factor n. 因子，因数; 倍；乘数；商 fair n. 〔英国〕定期集市，庙会。商品展览会，展销会，商品交易会 fashion vt. 形成，铸成，造，作(into; to) felt n. 毛毡；毛布；毡制品；油毛毡。 figure n. 人影，人形；人物 functional adj. 从使用的观点设计[构成]的 give n. 弹性 hide n. 兽皮 hit vt. 偶然碰见，遭遇 hold n. （货船）船舱 humor n. (眼球的)玻璃状液体；(旧时生理学所说动物的)体液；(植物的)汁液。 import n. 意义，含义 inviting adj. 引人注目的，吸引人的 involved adj. 复杂的，难缠的 issue n.&v. 流出，(血、水等的)涌出; 【法律】子孙，子女 jarvi 1.给人烦躁[痛苦]的感觉，刺激(on) (发出刺耳声地)撞击(on upon against)。3.震动，震荡(不和谐地)反响，回荡。 4.(意见、行动等)不一致，冲突，激烈争吵(with)。jar on sb. 给某人不快之感。 late adj. 已去世的，已故的 lay adj. 1.一般信徒的，俗人的，凡俗的(opp. clerical)。2.无经验的，外行(人)的(opp. professional)。 lead n. 铅 leave n. 1.许可，同意。2.告假，休假；假期 letter n. 出租人; letters 证书，许可证 lot n. 土地 make n. 构造 measure n. 准绳；韵律a measure of = is determined by; …的体现：meet n. 比赛 minute adj. 微小的，细小的 novel adj. 新的，新颖的；新奇的，珍奇的，异常的 observe vi.陈述意见，评述，简评(on; upon) strange to observe 讲起来虽奇怪。
考研英语阅读常见一词多义 1.Act n.①法案, 法令②动作, 举动③节目, (戏剧的) 幕 v.①行动, 产生...的效果②担当③表演, 表现, 见效 This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act[n.行为] of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one. 这一成功，连同后来证明的记忆本身不是遗传决定的研究，使得埃里克森得出结论，即 记忆过程是一种认知练习，而不是一种本能练习。 (07-01) Regulators will act[v.行动] if firms fail to provide adequate data security. 如果公司没有提供适当的信息安全保护措施，那么监管人员就会采取行动。 (07-04) The commercial TV channels —ITV and Channel 4 —were required by the Thatcher Government's Broadcasting Act[n.法案] to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs. 商业电视频道——ITV和第四频道——应撒切尔政府广播法案的要求进行商业化，彼此 竞争广告业务，降低成本，裁减员工。 (96-02) 2.Appeal n. ①请求, 呼吁②上诉③吸引力(appealing: 有吸引力的) v. ①求助, 诉求②控诉 Shippers who feel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal[v.上诉] to the federal government's Surface Transportation Board for rate relief, but the process is expensive, time consuming, and will work only in truly extreme cases. 如果客户感到他们被多收费，他们有权上诉到联邦政府的“陆路运输局”以争取价格下 调。但这个过程耗财、耗时，并且只有在真正极端特殊的情况下才有作用。 (03-03) NBAC members also indicated that they would appeal[v.呼吁]to privately funded researchers and clinics not to try to clone humans by body cell nuclear transfer. NBAC的成员明确表示，他们呼吁由私人提供资金的研究人员和机构不要试图通过人 体 细 胞 核 转 移 去 克 隆 人 (
2019考研英语：真题中常见熟词僻义大盘点（8） 71Review v.回顾，复习;n.①回顾，复习;②评论 【真题例句】Practice (or review) (n.①) tends to build and maintain memory for a task or for any learned material.[1995年阅读 72Rocket n.火箭;v.剧增 【真题例句】 The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed (v.) and ticket prices have stayed low.[2006年阅读2] 【例句精译】原因当然是虽然成本急剧上升，但票价仍维持在低水平。 73School n.①学校;②(大学里的)学院，系;③学派，流派 【真题例句】 It should be observed, of course, that no school (①), vocational o r not, is helped by a confusion over its purpose.[1999年阅读3] 【例句精译】当然应该看到的是，不管是职业学校、还是普通学校，混淆计算机教学的目的，都不会受益。 【真题例句】 And William Sahlman of the Harvard Business School (②) believes that people will look back on this period as “a golden age of business m anagement in the United States.”[2000年阅读1] 【例句精译】哈佛商学院的威廉?萨尔曼相信人们将来回顾这个 时期时，会把它视为“美国企业管理的黄金时代”。 【真题例句】According to the new school (③) of scientists, technology is an overlooked force in expanding the horizons of scientific knowledge.[1994年翻译]