2012真题词汇

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Conclusive

adj确定的;毫无疑问的;不容置疑的 Conclusive evidence shows that something is certainly

true.

Her attorneys claim there is no conclusive evidence that any murders took place...

她的律师声称并无确凿证据表明发生了谋杀。

Research on the matter is far from conclusive.

对这一问题的研究还远远没有定论。

Switch on

打开,开启(电灯等) If you switch on a light or other electrical device, you make it start

working by operating a switch.

She emptied both their mugs and switched on the electric kettle...

她把他们俩的杯子倒空，烧上了电水壶。

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Take a cue from 懂得别人的暗示，按别人的指点行事

Trading Wednesday will likely take a cue from what the President says.

周三的交易很可能将受到总统演讲内容的影响。

Specify

V 明确说明;具体指定 If you specify something, you give information about what is required

or should happen in a certain situation.

He has not specified what action he would like them to take.

他尚未明确说明自己希望他们采取什么样的行动。

Job turnover 人员更替 termination 解雇 land a job 找工作

Persistence

N-毅力；锲而不舍 If you have persistence, you continue to do something even though it is

difficult or other people are against it.

Skill comes only with practice, patience and persistence...

只有不断练习，有耐心有毅力，才能学会一门技艺。

Exclude

V 将„排除在外;不包括 If you exclude someone from a place or activity, you prevent them

from entering it or taking part in it.

The Academy excluded women from its classes... 该学院不招收女学生。

V 拒绝;阻止 If you exclude something that has some connection with what you are doing, you

deliberately do not use it or consider it.

They eat only plant foods, and take care to exclude animal products from other areas of their

lives... 他们只吃素食，在生活的其他方面也注意拒绝使用动物产品。

Vigilant Adj 警惕的;警觉的；警戒的 Someone who is vigilant gives careful attention to a particular

problem or situation and concentrates on noticing any danger or trouble that there might be.

Riotous

(行为或事件)狂欢的，喧闹的，放纵的 You can describe someone's behaviour or an event as

riotous when it is noisy and lively in a rather wild way

Make sense

1. 有道理；有意义；讲得通

This sentence doesn't make any sense.这个句子没有意义。

2. 是明智的, 是合情合理的

It would make sense to leave early.还是早点走好。

3. 表述清楚；易于理解；道理明显

Can you make sense out of what this book says? 你能理解这本书的内容吗?

Prescribe

VERB 开（药、处方） If a doctor prescribes medicine or treatment for you, he or she tells

you what medicine or treatment to have

Be better off

更富裕，更好We are much better off now.我们现在的生活好多了。

后接without，意为“没有„„生活反而更好”

We'd be better off without them as neighbours.

要是没有他们这样的邻居，我们会过得更愉快。

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Sensation

N- (身体上的)感觉，知觉 A sensation is a physical feeling

N- (尤指)触觉;感觉能力;知觉 Sensation is your ability to feel things physically, especially

through your sense of touch.

N-引起轰动的人(或事件、情况) If a person, event, or situation is a sensation, it causes great

excitement or interest.

Sensational

adj (结果、事件、局势)轰动性的，引起哗然的A sensational result, event, or situation is so

remarkable that it causes great excitement and interest.

adj (故事、报道)耸人听闻的，哗众取宠的 You can describe stories or reports as sensational if

you disapprove of them because they present facts in a way that is intended to cause feelings of

shock, anger, or excitement.

Adj 极好的;绝妙的 You can describe something as sensational when you think that it is

extremely good.

Counterparts

N- 职能(或地位)相当的人;对应的事物 Someone's or something's counterpart is another person or thing that has a similar function or position in a different place

countermeasure

对策;对抗手段;反措施 A counter-measure is an action that you take in order to weaken the

effect of another action or a situation, or to make it harmless.

Transition

n 转变;过渡;变革;变迁 Transition is the process in which something changes from one state

to another.

V (从某一状态或活动)转变，过渡(到另一状态或活动) If someone transitions from one state

or activity to another, they move gradually from one to the other

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Surrounding

adj围绕;环绕 If a person or thing is surrounded by something, that thing is situated all

around them

New housing is starting to encroach upon the surrounding fields. 新住宅开始延伸到周围的田地。

Recession

经济衰退；经济不景气 A recession is a period when the economy of a country is doing

badly, for example because industry is producing less and more people are becoming

unemployed.

Household

1.家庭;一家人;同住一幢房子的人 A household is all the people in a family or group who

live together in a house.

2.家;家务 The household is your home and everything that is connected with looking

after it

on the edge边界状态：处于不稳定的状态； 激动； 兴奋：处于高度兴奋状态； 如由危险或冒险引起的.

V.引诱；诱惑；哄骗 To lure someone means to trick them into a particular place or to trick

them into doing something that they should not do