2016考研英語：熟詞僻義(二)

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考研英語中“熟詞僻義”希望考研的同學(xué)多多注意，這往往是考研英語閱讀中詞匯題的考點(diǎn)，也是細(xì)節(jié)題和推理題的關(guān)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(guān)注，多多學(xué)習(xí)。

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(yàn)，卻使我老掉牙的借口變成了現(xiàn)實(shí)。

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(zhì)疑科學(xué)客觀性的社會學(xué)家、哲學(xué)家和其他學(xué)者的毛病。

3. practice n. 慣例，習(xí)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(xué)教育;歡迎新技術(shù)的勞動大軍;對發(fā)明者進(jìn)行獎勵的做法;尤其是美國人在處理技術(shù)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(xué)校面臨的主要困難一直是學(xué)生人數(shù)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(dǎo)經(jīng)濟(jì)軟著陸”，“觸動經(jīng)濟(jì)剎車”，聽起來像是一門精確的科學(xué)。

7. assume vt. 承擔(dān);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(dān)著特別重要的作用。

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