考研英语高频单词及例句汇总

Unit 10

1.We reason together ,challenge, revise, and complete each other’s reasoning and each other’s conception of reason.

我们在一起推理、挑战、修正，并完善彼此的推理和彼此对理性的认知

reason n.①理由，原因; ②理性，理智;

v. ①推论，推理; ②说服，评理; ③讨论，辩论

Eg1: That’s one reason（理由，原因）why the idea of a national list hasn’t gone anywhere,

while drug costs keep rising fast.

这就是为什么当药物价格持续快速上涨的同时，国家组织清单的想法还是一无所获的原因。Eg2: And so it does — and all would be well were reason（理智，理性，理论）the only

judge in the creationism/evolution debate.

确实如此——如果理论是神创论/进化论辩论中唯一的评判标准，一切问题也就迎刃而解了。All would be well （would be虚拟用法）

were reason the only judge in the creationism/evolution debate虚拟条件状语从句（倒装）

Eg3: He reasoned（推理，推论）that because it is easier to formulate certain concepts and not others in a given language, the speakers of that language think along one track and not along another.

他推测，因为人们很容易使用某一特定的语言形成一些明确的概念（而不是其他混淆的），语言的使用者往往是沿着同一条轨道思考问题（而不是其他轨道）。

2. Soccer-mad parents are more likely to conceive in springtime, at the annual peak of soccer mania.

痴迷于足球的父母们在春季更可能怀孕，这一时期也是每年足球狂热的高峰期

conceive v.想象;相信;设想,构思;怀孕;怀有

Eg1: Our immediate future is hard to conceive（设想，构想）.

我们的近期未来是难以想象的。

Eg2: Leonardo da Vinci conceive(设想，构想)the first mechanical apparatus, called a “Helix,”莱昂纳多达芬奇设想了第一台称为“螺旋”的机械装置。

Eg3: I just can't even conceive（想象，设想）of that quantity of money.

那么多钱，我根本无法想象。

Eg4: Can you conceive（想象，构想，设想）of a complete vacuum?

你能想象出一个完全真空的样子吗？

3. We had a notion that he was telling a lie.

我们认为他撒了谎。

have a notion that…认为…

notion n.理念；观念；概念；看法，主张

Eg1: He didn’t have a slightest notion of （没有一点儿概念）what I meant.

他对于我所指的是什么没有一点概念。

Eg2:Online culture thinks highly of the notion（观念，概念）that the information flowing onto the screen comes there by specific request.

网上文化推崇这样一个观念（概念）：即在提出具体的要求之后，信息才会出现在屏幕上。have a good notion of…很懂得

have no notion of…完全不懂，不明白

Eg3: I will examine this notion（观念，概念）below.

我将在下面分析此概念。

，George Osborne,

为了“让生活变得更好”并减少“依赖性”，财政大臣乔治.奥斯本提出了“提前寻找工作”计划。

Chancellor of the Exchequer 财政大臣

chancellor n.总理；大臣；名誉校长；大学校长

Eg1: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the schools chancellor（校长）, Joel I. Klein, have embraced charter schools as a key to their effort to overhaul the city’s school system.

麦克·R·布鲁博格市长和乔尔·I·克莱恩校长都把特许学校看作全市学校体制改革的一个关键点。

Eg2: Mr. Werner Faymann (L), Austrian Federal Chancellor（总理）.

奥地利总理维尔纳·法伊曼

5. Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is compared.

批评家们还认为商业性基因检测的好坏取决于用来与样本作对比的参考数据库

reference n. 参考；参考书目；

提及，涉及；

证明书（人）；介绍人；关联

Eg1: It is this implicit or explicit reference（关联）to nature that fully justifies the use of word garden, though in a “liberated”sense, to describe these synthetic constructions.正是这种与大自然之间或明或暗的关联使花园这个词––虽然指的是“广义”上的花园––恰如其分的形容了这些人造建筑。

6. As a result, they have lost the parachute they once had in times of financial setback.结果，他们失去了曾经在经济困难时期拥有的保护伞。

parachute n. 降落伞

v. 空投；（使空降；（使）跳伞

7. He entered the room with deliberate steps.

他从容不迫地走进房间。

deliberate adj.故意的，蓄意的；早有计划的；从容的，不慌不忙的；审慎的

v. （尤指作出重大决定前）慎重考虑，仔细思考

Eg1:He told us a deliberate lie.（故意撒谎）

他对我们存心撒谎。

a deliberate lie/insult/act 存心编造的谎言/蓄意的侮辱/故意的行为

Eg2: Deliberate（故意的，刻意的）practice entails more than simply repeating a task.“刻意练习”需要的不仅仅是简单地重复一项工作

8.How do the people you respect and look up to present themselves ?

那些你所尊敬和仰慕的人是怎样展现他们自己的？

present n.礼物；现在

v. 呈现，展现；描述；出示；赠送；提出

adj.出席的；现在的；当面的

Eg1: We learn from the past, experience the present（现在）and hope for success in the future.

我们吸取过去的经验，体验现在，并且展望未来的成功。

Eg2: The most glaring flaw of the social cure as it’s presented（呈现，展现）here is that it doesn’t work very well for very long.

正如它在这里所呈现的，社会治愈最明显的缺陷是它不能长时间地良好运行。

Eg3: No time like the present（现在）.

把握当下（只争朝夕）

9. All around the world, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of any other profession—with the possible exception of journalism.

在全世界，律师所引来的敌意比其他任何职业都多——新闻业可能除外

generate v.造成，导致，引起；产生（能量）；（发）电

Eg1: This hatred was generated（造成，导致，引起）by racial prejudice.

这种仇恨是由种族偏见引起的。

10. At the very least, the court should make itself subject to the code of conduct that applies to the rest of the federal judiciary.

至少，法院应该遵守应用于联邦司法系统其他部门的这一行为准则。

code n.行为准则；规则；代码；代号；密码；法典；法规

Eg1: The Highway Code（法规）has been carried.

公路法规已经被执行。

Eg2: moral code（准则）道德准则

11.Deliberate practice entails more than simply repeating a task.

“刻意练习”需要的不仅仅是简单地重复一项任务。

entail v. 使…必然发生；势必造成；使…成为必需

entail sth (on sb)限定；继承人

Eg1: That will entail（需要）an early start tomorrow morning.

那就需要明天早上很早出发。

Eg2: He would have sold the property long ago had it not been entail（限定，继承）.如果这些财产没有被限定继承，他很早就卖掉了。

12. On May 31 Microsoft set off the row, It said that Internet Explorer 10,the version due to appear with Windows 8,would have DNT as a default.

5月31日，微软率先采取行动，声称即将与Windows 8一起推出的IE 10版本，将会把DNT 作为一个默认装置。

version n.版本；译本，译文；说法

Eg1: This shirt is a cheap version（“版本”引申，同一款）of the one I saw in that shop.这件T恤和我在那家商店看到的一样，都是便宜货。

Eg2: The two newspapers give different versions （说法）of what happened.

两家报纸对于发生的事说法不一。

Unit 9

1.He spent his declining yeas in the country.

他在乡间度过了晚年。

decline n. 下降；（力量、健康、品格、权利、价值等的）衰退；下倾；（人、生命等）的衰退期

vt.辞谢，谢绝（邀请等）

vi.（道路、物体等）下倾；（太阳）落下；（在品格、价值上等）降低；衰落；谢绝

Eg1: He declined（谢绝，婉拒）their invitation.

他谢绝了他们的邀请。

Eg2: Libraries are an investment for the future and they should not be allowed to fall into decline（衰落，衰败）.

图书馆是对未来的一种投资，不应该让图书馆走向衰落。

2.10% of the data was discarded as unreliable.

10%的数据因为不可靠而被丢弃了。

discard n.被抛弃的人（物）；（纸牌游戏中）垫出的牌

v. 丢弃，抛弃；（垫）牌；打出（无用的牌）

Eg1: He had discarded（引申：脱掉）his jacket because of the heat.

因为太热了他脱掉了夹克。

Eg2: She could now discarded （引申：打消）all thought of promotion.

现在她可以打消晋升的念头了。

Eg3: You’ve got to discard（打出（牌））before you can pick up another card.

你得先打出一张牌，才能拿另一张牌。

Eg4: The room was littered with discarded（丢弃，抛弃）newspaper.

房间里到处是乱扔的报纸。

3. In 1992, when Time Warner was under fire for releasing Ice T’s violent rap song Kop Killer, Levin described rap song as an lawful expression of street culture, which deserves an outlet.

1992年，当Time Warner公司因发行冰特乐队狂暴的说唱歌曲《警察杀手》而受到强烈抨击时，列文将说唱歌曲描述成街头文化的一种合法表达方式，说它应该有一种自己的发泄途径。

outlet n. 出，出口；表现机会；（情感的）发泄途径，排遣；

专营店，经销店，折扣品经销店

Eg1: She need to find an outlet（出路，表现机会）for her many talents and interests.

她的多才多艺、兴趣广泛需要找个施展的机会。（她需要为自己这么多的才能和兴趣找到一个表现机会。）

Eg2: The business has 34 retail outlets（专营店，经销店）in this state alone.

这家商号仅在本州就拥有34家零售店。

Eg3: They found some new outlets（出路）for their products.

他们为自己的产品找到了一些新的出路。

Eg4: Children need an outlet （出口，发泄口）for their energy.

孩子们的精力需要发泄出来。

4.I think these interesting old customs should be preserved.

我认为这些有趣的旧习俗应该被保存下去。

preserve v. 保存，保留；保护；维护，维持…的原状；保养；贮存；保鲜；腌制n. （某人或群体活动、工作等的）专门领域，专属工作；独占的事物；保护区，禁猎地；蜜饯；果酱

Eg1: It’s the duty of police to preserve（维护）the public order.

维护公共秩序是警察的责任。

Eg2: We need to preserve（保护）the forest.

我们需要去保护这片森林。

Eg3: No hunting is allowed in the preserve（保护区，禁猎地）.

禁猎区不允许打猎。

Eg3: Here is some fruit preserve（蜜饯，果酱）.

这有一些水果蜜饯。

引申

1.Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening.

三个星期后，他收到了第一份职位空缺通知。

opening n.口子，孔；开始，开端；（职位）空缺；机会，机遇；开幕式

v. 开始的；开幕的

Eg1: There is an opening（口子，孔，洞）in the hedge.

这篱笆上有个洞。

Eg2: His opening（开始，开端）remarks are applauded by audience.

他的开场白受到观众的鼓掌欢迎。

Eg3: We don’t have any opening（（职位）空缺）now, but we will call you if something comes up.

我们现在没有职位空缺，一旦有的话我们会给你打电话。

Eg4: Her capabilities were always there, all she needed was an opening（机会，机遇）to show them.

她一直都很有能力，她需要的只是一次展示才华的机会。

2. preserve、conserve、reserve三者之间的联系与区别

联系：三者都有“保存，保留之意”。

①preserve 指使不受破坏，能长久保存下去

We must endeavor to preserve（保护）the best of our moral values for our children and grandchildren.

为了我们的孩子和子孙后代，我们必须努力去保护好最好的道德价值观念。

②conserve 强调对有价值的东西珍惜，合理使用，常用于保护资源和野生动植物

There is an urgent need to educate people to conserve（珍惜，保护）every drop of water, since our water resources is very limited.

目前迫切需要教育人们珍惜每一滴水，因为我们的水资源十分有限。

③reserve 指事先预留下来以备后用

Every month a fixed amount of money should be reserved（保存，保留）so that we can fall back on it in case of emergency.

每月要留出一定金额的钱，以便于出现紧急情况时，我们能依靠这笔钱。