考研词汇
precision
n.精确,精确度
[真题例句] The tests themselves are merely tools, with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions.[1995年翻译]
[例句精译] 这些测试本身只是一种工具,其各种特性是可以在规定的条件下用相当的精度来测定的。
skip
v.跳,蹦,急速改变,跳读,遗漏,跳跃;n.跳跃
inferior
a.①(to)下等的,下级的;②差的,次的;n.下级,晚辈
[真题例句] He will not do so for long, for mercifully the public has the good sense not to buy the inferior (a.②) article more than once.[1995年阅读1]
[例句精译] 他这样做的时间不会长,因为庆幸的是,公众有良好的判断力,他们不会一而再、再而三地去购买劣质商品。
version
n.①型,版本;②译本,译文;③说法,看法;④(某种)形式
[真题例句] And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version (④) of science fiction, they have begun to come close.[2002年阅读2]
[例句精译] 如果科学家们还没有在机械上实现科幻小说的幻想,那么他们也已经很接近这个目标了。
assume
v.①假装;②假定,设想;③采取,承担;④呈现;⑤以为,认为
[真题例句](71) Actually, it isnt, because it assumes (②) that there is an agreed account of human rights, which is something the world does not have.[1997年翻译]
[例句精译] (71)事实并非如此,因为这种问法是以人们对人的权利达成共识为基础的,而这种共同认识并不存在。
[真题例句] (41:Neither) kind of sleep is at all wellunderstood , but REM sleep is (42:assumed) (⑤) to serve some restorative function of the brain.[1995年完形]
[例句精译] 我们对两种形式的睡眠了解都不多,但是人们认为REM睡眠对大脑起着某种康复功能。
facilitate
v.使变得(更)容易,使便利
[真题例句] Technology has facilitated the sharing of information and the storage and delivery of information, thus making more information available to more people.[1995年阅读3]
[例句精译] 技术的发展促进了信息分享、存储和传递,这就使更多的人得到更多的信息。
emerge
v.浮现,出现
[真题例句] Emerging from the 1980 census is the picture of a nation developing more and more regional competition, as population growth in the Northeast and Midwest reaches a near standstill.[1998年阅读4]
[例句精译] 1980年美国人口普查表明:随着东北部和中西部人口增长近乎停止,地区间的竞争越来越激烈了。
来源:《2011考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇》