考研词汇
academic
a.①学校的,学院的;②学术的;n.学者,大学教师
[真题例句] If the preoccupation of schools with academic (a.①) work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values.[1995年阅读4]
[例句精译] 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] Mr. McWhorters academic (a.②) speciality is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the caseendings of Old English.[2005年阅读4]
[例句精译] 麦克沃特先生的学术专长在于语言史和语言变化,举例来说,他认为“whom”一词的逐渐消失是很自然的,并不比旧式英语中词格的消失更让人惋惜。
[真题例句] Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic (n.) 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2]
[例句精译] 哈佛学者、快速增长的面包连锁店Au Bon Pain的前任总裁莱昂纳多·施莱辛格说,许多“重组”是粗糙的。
premise
n.前提,房屋及地基;v.提论,预述
consistent
a.(with)前后一致的,始终如一的
[真题例句] Cosmology, geology, and biology have provided a consistent, unified, and constantly improving account of what happened.[1996年阅读5]
[例句精译] 对于所发生的一切,宇宙学、地质学、生物学已经提供了一贯的、统一的并且是在不断完善的解释。
stir
n.轰动;v.①搅动;②打动,激起
[真题例句] The words used by the speaker may (44:stir (v.②) up) unfavorable reactions in the listener (45:which) interfere with his comprehension; hence, the transmission reception system breaks down.[1994年完形]
[例句精译] 说话的人所采用的言语可能激起了听者不愉快的反应,这种反应阻止了他的进一步理解;因此,传输接收系统就终止了。
vocal
a.声音的,有声的,歌唱的;n.元音,声乐作品
masculine
a.男性的,男子气概的;n.男子,男孩
productive
a.生产(性)的,能产的,多产的
[真题例句] The important factor in a privateenterprise economy is that individuals are allowed to own productive resources (private property), and they are permitted to hire labor, gain control over natural resources, and produce goods and services for sale at a profit.[1994年阅读1]
[例句精译] 私有企业经济的一个重要因素是允许个人拥有生产资料(私有财产),允许他们雇用劳动力,控制自然资源,通过生产产品、提供服务来获取利润。
disorder
n.①混乱,杂乱;②骚乱;③失调,疾病
[真题例句] (75) And home appliances will also become so smart that controlling and operating them will result in the breakout of a new psychological disorder(①)kitchen rage.[2001年翻译]
[例句精译] (75)家用电器将会变得如此智能化,以致控制和使用它们会引发一种新的心理疾病——厨房狂躁症。
[真题例句] And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders (③).[2006年完形]
[例句精译] 并且,相当多的无家可归者患有严重的精神病。