来看看吧!还记得多少? 1.Be equipped to 有准备/能力… 2. risk (动词) 使…冒风险(或面临危险);冒…的风险(或危险): If they stayed there, they risked death. 如果待在那儿,就面临死亡。 They knew they risked being arrested. 他们知道自己冒着被捕的危险。 This move risks national failure. 这一行动将使国家面临失败的危险。 =这一举动有可能导致国家失败。 3. A is portrayed as B: A被描述为B (view A as B 认为A是B) 4. inexorable (that cannot be stopped or changed不可阻挡的;无法改变的) = relentless=inevitable 不可避免的 5. limited government 有限政府(这是右派的政治主张,认为政府不能管太多) 6.be down to sb 是某人的责任;由某人负责: (1) It's down to you to check the door. 检查门是否关好是你的事。 (2) be down to sb / sth 由…引起(或造成): She claimed her problems were down to the media. 她声称她的问题是媒体造成的 7.starkly:明显地 8. sth find favor among sb:某事受到某人的认为和支持 9.make exceptions for A 对A有例外 10. sought-after 争相获得的;吃香的;广受欢迎的: 例句:This design is the most sought after. 这一款最为紧俏。 a much sought-after actress 非常走红的女演员 11. victory over… (over是固定搭配)对于…的胜利;= triumph over 12.resourceful 足智多谋 13.a far cry (固定搭配)和...很不同,和...大相径庭;(和from搭配) The type A virus, a far cry from common virus, is under our study. 我们正在研究A型病毒,这是一种和普通病毒完全不同的病毒。 14. Stretch: 常见含义:伸,拉,拽 考研考点: (1).There is no stretch to say that… = There is no exaggeration to say that… (写作句式:毫不夸张的说) (2).stretched:形容词。表示经济困难,常翻译为:捉襟见肘; (3).at the full stretch: 常常做状语,表示:尽最大的财力和物力; 15.A is a tribute B: A体现了B的良好效果或影响的 例句:His recovery is a tribute to the doctors' skill. 他的康复充分显示了各位医生高超的医术。 16. A is long way from B: A还远达不到B 17. A is under the influence of B A受到了B的影响 18.face 注意这个词的用法; 我们面对的压力: pressure facing us (这里要求用ing而不是ed)或者pressure that we are facing; 19. Lip service: 嘴上说说; 20. buckle to pressure 迫于压力 21.mind-blower 让人感到兴奋的事情(正面评价) 22.contrary to expectations, 与预期的相反 23. court (动词)讨好 24. about-face 态度的转变 25. mixed 不清晰(负面词汇) 26.jaws of death 鬼门关 27. along with= and 28. initiative 手段 29. looming 可能的,若隐若现的=possible 30.A could be avoided with B, along with C and D (A 可以通过BC和D来避免;) 31. Hispanic Americans: 拉美裔的美国人; (Hispanic 这个词本意是西班牙语的,但是在关于美国的文章中通常指拉美裔的美国人,就是拉丁美洲人,比如墨西哥人。这个群体也是美国移民的主要群体,当然也是非法移民的主要群体。) 32.social deprivation 社会剥夺(由于地域和人群不同所造成的社会资源分配不公平。) 33. grade inflation 成绩的膨胀 34. legitimate 合理的(这个含义一定记住!),合法的 35. take effect 生效 36.holy grail :圣杯(比喻努力追求之物)(考研450分就是考研界的Holy grail) 37.Possibility; Probability; likelihood 这三个词都是没有方向性的词。 我们认为这件事件不可能。 =我们在讨论这件事情的可能性。 All doctors agree that healing this type of disease is impossible. =All doctors agree that there is no possibility of healing this type of disease. =All doctors have expressed their opinions on the possibility of healing this type of disease. 38.end up sth/ doing sth= end up with sth/ doing sth (以…为结束) 例句:His efforts end up failing. 他的努力以失败告终。 If you go on like this you'll end up in prison. 如果你继续这样,早晚得进监狱。 39. coal plants 燃煤电厂 40. substitute A for B 用A代替B
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