考研英语核心400词

6. transaction 交易

The individuals and organizations can complete online transactions with confidence.

个人和组织能够充满信任地完全在线交易。

7. mentality 心态

It seems clear that such a scheme is an initiative push toward what would eventually be a compulsory of Internet “driver’s license” mentality .

该计划看来明显是一个最初的推断，最终将形成一种英特网强制性“驾驶执照”的心态。

8. skepticism 怀疑

The plan has also been greeted with skepticism by some computer security experts.

该方案也遭到了电脑安全专家的怀疑。

History and news become confused, and one’s impressions tend to be a mixture of skepticism and optimism.

历史和新闻变得令人困惑，人们开始产生一种怀疑与乐观相混合的印象。

9. executive 高级管理者

But Edward Dolman, the chief executive , says: “I’m pretty confident we’re at the bottom.” 但是首席执行官爱德华·多尔曼说道：“我完全相信现在已经是在底部了。”

10. irony 讽刺

This episode crystallizes the irony that, although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations, they rarely talk at home.

该情节体现出一种讽刺，那就是，籍贯美国男性在公共场合比女性说话多，但在家里，他们很少说话。

11. preference 偏爱

The first and more important is the consumer's growing preference for eating out.

首先并且最重要的是消费者不断增长的对外出就餐的偏爱。

12. predominance 优势

Just as inevitably, the retreat from predominance proved painful.

不可避免的事，这种从优势地位退下来的感觉是痛苦的。

13. pattern 图案，模式

The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late 1970s.

政治科学家安德鲁·哈克在上世纪七十年代观察到这一模式。

14. infrastructure 基础设施

Big retailers could profitably apply their scale, existing infrastructure and proven skills in the management of product ranges, logistics, and marketing intelligence.

大型零售商在管理产品类别、物流、以及营销智能化方面，可以应用其规模、已有基础设施和历经考验的技能，这是有利可图的。