2016考研英語：熟詞僻義(二)

考研英語來源：文都教育 2015-10-16　

考研英語中“熟詞僻義”希望考研的同學多多注意，這往往是考研英語閱讀中詞匯題的考點，也是細節(jié)題和推理題的關鍵。下面小編給大家整理了常見的熟詞僻義詞匯，希望能夠引起大家的關注，多多學習。

1. tired 陳腐的，陳舊的

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.(真題 2001, Text 5, Paragraph 2)

奇怪的是，大約兩年半的時間我寫完兩部小說后，我這個被美國人稱為“放慢生活節(jié)奏”的試驗，卻使我老掉牙的借口變成了現(xiàn)實。

2. fault n. 毛病

Gross and Levitt find fault primarily with sociologists, philosophers and other academics who have questioned science’s objectivity. (真題 1998, Text 3, Paragraph 4)

格羅斯和萊維特主要挑那些質疑科學客觀性的社會學家、哲學家和其他學者的毛病。

3. practice n. 慣例，習慣，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. (真題 1996, Text 4, Paragraph 2)

在諸多形成因素中，我想特別指出這個國家優(yōu)異的小學教育;歡迎新技術的勞動大軍;對發(fā)明者進行獎勵的做法;尤其是美國人在處理技術性事物所具有的非語言的空間思維才能。

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, 2003.6, Passage 3, Paragraph 1)

學校面臨的主要困難一直是學生人數的劇增。

5. tell v. 區(qū)別，分辨,識別

Scratchy throats, stuffy noses and body aches all spell misery, but being able to tell if the cause is a cold or flu may make a difference in how long the misery lasts. (CET-4, 2005.1, Passage 1, Paragraph 1)

嗓子疼、鼻子不通和渾身酸痛都會帶來痛苦，但是能夠識別其原因是普通感冒還是流感，對于這種痛苦持續(xù)的時間長短會有著重要的意義。

6. land v. (使)靠岸(登陸、降落)

Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as “steering the economy to a soft landing” or “a touch on the brakes,” makes it sound like a precise science. (真題 1997, Text 5, Paragraph 1)

很多用來描述貨幣政策的詞，如“引導經濟軟著陸”，“觸動經濟剎車”，聽起來像是一門精確的科學。

7. assume vt. 承擔;采取

Our appearance assumes particular significance in the initial phases of interaction that is likely to occur. (CET-6, 1997.1, Passage 3, Paragraph 2)

我們的外表在即將開始的人際交往的最初階段承擔著特別重要的作用。

考研是場艱巨的戰(zhàn)役，詞匯是它的“先鋒兵”，只有攻克詞匯，才能確保考研分數的穩(wěn)固和萬無一失。老師們祝愿考研的學子們再接再厲，勇往直前!