11Attach v.①(to)縛上,系上,貼上;②使依附,使隸屬,使依戀;③附加,附帶;④把~放在
【真題例句】 A survey of news stories in 1996 reveals that the anti-science tag has been attached (①) to many other groups as well, from authorities who advocated the elimination of the last remaining stocks of smallpox virus to Republicans who advocated decreased funding for basic research.[1998年閱讀3]
【例句精譯】 1996年對新聞報道的調(diào)查表明,反科學(xué)的標(biāo)簽也貼在了許多其他群體身上,這些人包括從提倡消滅所有現(xiàn)存的天花病毒的官方人士到倡議削減基礎(chǔ)研究基金的共和黨人。
【真題例句】 They (particularly Quebec and Alberta) just want Ottawa to fork over additional billions with few, if any, strings attached (③).[2005年新題型]
【例句精譯】 這些官員(尤其是魁北克省和阿伯塔省)只希望政府*額外出錢, 如有可能,還會附帶條件。 【真題例句】 The modern school that hails technology argues that such masters as Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and inventors such as Edison attached (④) great importance to, and derived great benefit from, craft information and technological devices of different kinds that were usable in scientific experiments.[1994年翻譯]
【例句精譯】 推崇技術(shù)的現(xiàn)代學(xué)派認為,像伽利略、牛頓、麥克斯Τ、愛因斯坦這樣的大師以及像愛迪生這樣的發(fā)明家都非常重視科學(xué)實驗中使用的不同技術(shù)信息和技術(shù)設(shè)施,并從中受益頗深。
12contend v.①競爭,斗爭;②堅決主張,聲稱,認為
【真題例句】 It is the playgoers, the RSC contends (②), who bring in much of the town’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.[2006年閱讀2]
【例句精譯】 皇家莎士比亞公司(RSC)聲稱是看戲的人給小鎮(zhèn)帶來了大部分收入,因為他們整個晚上(有時甚至是四、五個晚上)都把錢花到旅館和飯店上。
13Cook n.炊事員,廚師;v.①烹調(diào),煮,燒;②α造
【真題例句】 If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook (n.①)
14beam ①(橫)梁,桁條;②(光線的)束,柱;v.①微笑;②發(fā)光
【真題例句】 Our magazines feature beaming (v.①) celebrities and happy families in perfect homes.[2006年閱讀4]
【例句精譯】 我們的雜志突出刊登滿面春風(fēng)的名人和美滿幸福的家庭。
15cement n.①水泥;②膠泥,膠接劑;v.①膠合;②鞏固,加強
【真題例句】 Egypt’s leadership in the Arab world was cemented (v.②) by the Aswan High Dam.[1998年閱讀1]
【例句精譯】 埃及在阿拉伯世界的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)地λ因阿斯旺大壩而得以鞏固。
16Chair n.①椅子;②主席(職λ);vt.主持,擔(dān)任
【真題例句】 “It’s your dream,” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair (n.②) of psychology at Chicago’s Medical Center,“If you don’t like it, change it.”[2005年閱讀3]
【例句精譯】 芝加哥醫(yī)療中心心理部主任Rosalind Cartwright指出“這是你的夢,你不喜歡它,你可以改變它”。
【真題例句】 Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment — although no one had proposed to do so — and asked an independent panel of experts chaired (vt.) by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning.[1999年閱讀4]
【例句精譯】 他宣稱反對利用這種非同尋常的畜牧學(xué)技術(shù)去克?人,并下令禁止使用聯(lián)邦資金做這樣的實驗——盡管還?有人提出那樣的要求——并責(zé)令成立一個由普林斯頓大學(xué)校長哈羅德?夏皮羅為首的獨立專家小組,在90天內(nèi)拿出有關(guān)克?人的國策建議,向白宮匯報。
17climate n.①氣候;②風(fēng)氣,社會思潮
【真題例句】 The flight from overcrowdedness affects the migration from snow belt to more bearable climates (①).[1998年閱讀4] 【例句精譯】 逃離人口過度稠密區(qū)的做法改變了以前那種離開寒冷地帶去氣候宜人之地的趨勢。
【真題例句】 When the work is well done, a (43:climate) (②) of accident-free operations is established (44:where) time lost due to injuries is kept at a minimum.[1999年完形]
【例句精譯】 如果此項工作做得好的話,就會形成無事故作業(yè)的好風(fēng)氣,因此那兒的因工傷事故所造成的時間損失就會被控制在最低限度。
18Code n.①代碼,代號,密碼;②法典,法規(guī),規(guī)劃
【真題例句】 Native American languages are indeed different, so much so in fact that Navajo could be used by the US military as a code (①) during World War II to send secret messages.[2004年翻譯]
【例句精譯】 美洲的土著語言是如此地“與眾不同”,甚至美軍在第二次世界大戰(zhàn)中用土著語言Navajo發(fā)送密碼。
【真題例句】 (49) But his primary task is not to think about the moral code (②), which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. [2006年翻譯]
【例句精譯】 (49) 但是,普通科學(xué)家的主要任務(wù)并非思考指導(dǎo)其行為的道德規(guī)范,正如我們并不指望商人把精力投入到商業(yè)行為的探索一樣。
19column n.①圓柱,柱狀物;②列;③(報刊中的)專欄
【真題例句】 “The test of any democratic society,” he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column (③), “l(fā)ies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be.”[1997年閱讀4]
【例句精譯】 他在《華爾街日報》一篇專欄文章中寫道:“對任何一個民主社會的檢驗標(biāo)準(zhǔn)不在于它能多有效地壓制各種情感的表達,而在于是否給予了人們思考和表達的最廣泛的自由,盡管有時這種結(jié)果會引起爭論和憤怒?!? 【真題例句】 Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everyday performance of his routine duties--- he is not supposed to cook (n.②) his experiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor his reports. [2006年翻譯]
【例句精譯】 像其他人類一樣,普通科學(xué)家甚至在?天日常的工作中都遭遇到了道義上的問題——他不應(yīng)該α造他的實驗、制造證據(jù)或改動他的報告。
20 Coverage n.①新聞報導(dǎo)(范Χ);②保險項目
【真題例句】 With the start of BBC World Service Television, millions of viewers in Asia and America can now watch the Corporation’s news coverage (①), as well as listen to it.[1996年閱讀2]
【例句精譯】 隨著BBC(英國廣播公司)全世界電視節(jié)目的開播,亞洲和美洲的數(shù)以百萬計的人不僅可以聽到它的新聞廣播,而且也能看到它的電視新聞報道了。