研究生基础综合英语词汇题

词汇题 Unit 1

1. this research seems to lend some validity to the theory that

n.有效，合法性; 效力; 正确，正当; 正确性;

The committee is examining the legality and validity of management

decisions on past deals.

委员会当前正在审核公司管理层就以往收购案做出的决策的合法性和有效性。 2. war has been an additional impediment to progress.

n.妨碍，阻止; 口吃，结巴; 障碍物; 法定婚姻的障碍;

High and rising debt burdens are a structural impediment to growth.

过重并且还在不断增加的债务负担是增长中的一个结构性障碍。 

3. anthea was about to play her trump card: without her n.王牌，将牌;

While personality helps, mostashari's trump card is money.

虽然他的个性也帮了不小的忙，但莫斯塔沙瑞最大的王牌还是钱 4. I flunked my second year exams and

v.( flunk的过去式和过去分词 ); （使）（考试、某学科的成绩等）不及格; 评定（某

人）不及格; （因不及格而） 退学;

I almost flunked last semester.

我上学期差点不及格 5. I didnI didn’’t want to lose my composure in front of her.

n.镇静，沉着; 头脑镇定或沉着的状态;

What england would have given for his composure. 英格兰队会对他的镇静奖赏什么。 6. consider office safety to be a priority. 

n.优先，优先权; （时间，序上的）先，前; 优先考虑的事; [数]优先次序;

Introduce a clear top-down stance that defines the priority of social initiatives.

引入清晰完整的社交立场，确定社交举措的优先级别。 7. e senators listened to a parade of local residents giving

v.游行; 展览; 招摇过市; 接受检阅;

n.检阅; 游行; 一系列; 炫耀; Did you ever see such a grand parade?

你曾看过如此壮观的游行吗？ 8. thousands of lives will be at stake if emergency aid

adv.危如累卵，危险;

濒于险境，处于成败关头; Ministers insist they are fully aware that their credibility is at stake.

部长们坚持他们充分意识到他们的信誉攸关大局。 

9. brierleybrierley’’s book has the merit of being both informative and readable

n.价值，优点; [宗教]（行善得到的）功德; 功绩，功勋; 荣誉;

vt.值得，应获得; [宗教]（因行善而）应得（善报）;

vi.值得，应得; [宗教]积德; That remedy comes from economics so the discipline is not without merit.

这个补救措施源自经济学研究，因此不是毫无价值的。 

10. I think there was a conspiracy to keep me out of the committee. n.阴谋; 反叛; 共谋;

Lessin is aiming for a narrow audience, a business model as old as

stock newsletters and conspiracy theorists cranking out pamphlets in their basements.

莱辛将出版物定位在小众人群上，商业模式有些像老套的股票简报和阴谋家在地下室里印制

出来的小册子。 

 Unit 2

11. equally difficult for them to accept criticisms gracefully.

adv.优美地; 优雅地; 雅致地; 温文地;

In conversation, it is evident that she chooses gracefully to evade the

categories imposed upon her by her captors. 谈话中，很显然她选择了优雅地避而不谈那些她的囚禁者们强加给她的主题。 12. Mr. Deng Xiaoping for taking the plunge and initiating

13. where she and her entourage could relax in comfort

14. what is the use of whining about your bad luck?

15. the rising real estate prices thwarted his ambition of owning

16. her eyes brimming with tears and hatred.

17. and gives his expert advice on how to navigate their reaches.

18. deep and growing steadily, relentlessly deeper.

19. of the nature of his illness and its likely prognosis.

20. , in an attempt to bolster their failing self-image.

21. is one whose eaves protrude over the wall. 22. Thus the health officials placed all its crew in quarantine 

Unit 3

23. given the sophistication of modern machines,

24. , john was exonerated from all responsibility for the accident. 25. many youngsters a reasonable surrogate for for ““real lifereal life””,

26. the president extolled the virtues of free enterprise and

27. he enjoyed deriving perverse satisfaction from

28. I endorse everything that has been said from

29. members of the parliament derided the Government the Government’’s response to

30. the poor woman was defrauded of her money 31. he began swinging into the gaggle of giggling photographers

32. businessman was faced with racketeering charges that may

Unit 4

33. beginning to feel that it border on the unconstitutional. 34. , with a hierarchy most powerful at the top and

35. everything which is the spur of theory. of theory.”” 

36. that there was a curse upon anyone who entered the pyramid.

37. as well as being a catalyst for economic development.

38. , almost shiveled, in the huge chair,

39. between the parties remain as potentially irreconcilable as ever. 40. than a trashy song cooked up as a commercial gimmick.

41. the house in exchange for the materials he could salvage.

42. , as though he might run amok,or bite.

43. and cobbled together a book out of it.

44. some sociologists tend to bemoan the loss of Unit 5

45. “you just canyou just can’’t escape the fact that wethat we’’re in a transformational period,re in a transformational period,”” 

46. I think youI think you’’ve just put your finger on the biggest problem

47. The great conundrum of my life is that my public career

48. Flummoxed by the surreality of history and

49. ........societies that the raison d’etre of politics is freedom.

50. graduates in 2006 decreased, which reveals stagnation in economy.

51. Financial incentives are said to exist where

52. in India have the yearning for formal school education.