考研单词:
brace[breis]
v.①使防备,使受锻炼;②支撑;③使(手,足,肩等)绷紧;n.托架,支架
transport[ˈtrænspɔ:t]
v.运输,运送,搬运;n.①运输,运送;②运输系统,运载工具
[真题例句] It was during the same time that the communications revolution (25:speeded) up, beginning with transport (n.②), the railway, and leading (26:on) through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures (27:into) the 20th century world of the motor car and the air plane.[2002年完形]
[例句精译] 与此同时,通讯革命加速发展,从铁路运输开始,发展到电报、电话、无线电和电影,直到20世纪的汽车和飞机。
via[ˈvaiə]
prep.经,通过
[真题例句] He sent it on via the groups online service, Death NET.[1997年阅读1]
[例句精译] 他通过协会的在线服务“死亡之网”将其转发了出去。
crucial[ˈkru:ʃiəl]
a.至关重要的,决定性的
[真题例句] The panel has not yet reached agreement on a crucial question, however, whether to recommend legislation that would make it a crime for private funding to be used for human cloning.[1999年阅读4]
[例句精译] 然而,该小组尚未在一个关键问题上达成一致,即是否建议立法机关将私人资金用于克隆人的行为视为犯罪。
qualify[ˈkwɔliˌfai]
v.①(使)具有资格,证明合格;②限制,限定;③修饰
[真题例句] We must pour out a large stream of essential words, unhampered by stops, or qualifying (③) adjectives, or finite verbs.[2000年阅读3]
[例句精译] 我们必须大量使用基本词汇,摆脱句号、修饰性形容词及限定动词的限制。
rely[riˈlai]
v.①(on)依赖,依靠;②信赖,信任
[真题例句] “I would not rely (①) on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me,” says the author of a jobsearching guide.[2004年阅读1]
[例句精译] 一位职业搜索指南的作者说:“我不会依赖代理在数据库增加的每一项内容里去逐一寻找可能令我感兴趣的东西。”
diminish[diˈminiʃ]
v.缩小,减少,递减
[真题例句] Again, differences between people and the opportunity for natural selection to take advantage of it have diminished.[2000年阅读2]
[例句精译] 人与人之间的差异和利用差异进行自然选择的机会再一次减少。
sustain[səˈstein]
v.①支撑,撑住;②维持,持续,经受,忍耐
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