【网络综合 - GRE留学外语考试试题】:
96年10月section 2
1.【中文释义】
由于被研究的猴子习惯了人的存在,所以他们通常会忽略人的观察而我行我素。
【解题分析】
第二个空格后第三个单词and是个小连接,and后的go about their business是“旁若无 人, 我行我素 ”的意思,所以and前应为同样的含义,答案b为disregard human observers, 即为旁若无人之意。
【重点词条】
am.biv.a.lence n 1: simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (as attraction and
repulsion) toward an object, person, or action 2 a: continual fluctuation (as between one thing and its opposite) b: uncertainty as to which approach to follow —— am.biv.a.lent adj —— am.biv.a.lent.ly adv
in.hib.it vb. 1: to prohibit from doing something 2 a: to hold in check: restrain b: to discourage from free or spontaneous activity esp. through the operation of inner psychological impediments or of social controls ~ vi: to cause inhibition syn see forbid —— in.hib.i.tive adj —— in.hib.i.to.ry adj
2.【中文释义】
考虑到她以前表达过的兴趣以及最近演讲中的雄心勃勃的语调,这位议员试图使公众确信她对
第二届连任不感兴趣的企图就徒劳无功。
【解题分析】
Given在句首表原因,此句的因果关系非常的明显。如果given在句尾,则往往表示条件,请参照93年4月section4的2。
【重点词条】
Ambitious 1 a: having or controlled by ambition b: having a desire to achieve a particular goal: aspiring 2: resulting from, characterized by, or showing ambition —— am.bi.tious.ly adv —— am.bi.tious.ness n
Futile 1: serving no useful purpose: completely ineffective 2: occupied with trifles: frivolous —— fu.tile.ly adv —— fu.tile.ness n
syn futile, vain, fruitless mean producing no result. futile may connote completeness of failure or unwisdom of undertaking . vain usu. implies simple failure to achieve a desired result . fruitless comes close to vain but often suggests long and arduous effort or severe disappointment .
Authentic 1 obs: authoritative 2 a: worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact b: conforming to an original so as to reproduce essential features c: made or done the same way as an original <~ Mexican fare> 3: not false or imitation: real, actual 4 a of a church
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