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2020 考研英语:熟词僻义
熟词僻义第一篇
1 academic a.①学校的,学院的;②学术的;n.学者,大学教师
【真题例句】 If the preoccupation of schools with academic (a.①) work was lessened,
more time might be spent teaching children surer values.[1995 年阅读 4] 【例句精译】 如
果学校对学业的强调减少一些,也许就有更多的时间教孩子更重要的价值观念。
【真题例句】 Mr. McWhorter’s academic (a.②) speciality is language history and change,
and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example, to be natural and no more
regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.[2005 年阅读 4]
例句精译】 麦克沃特先生的学术专长在于语言史和语言变化,举例来说,他认为
“whom”一词的逐渐消失是很自然的,并不比旧式英语中词格的消失更让人惋惜。
【真题例句】 Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic (n.) and former chief executive
of Au Bong Pain, a rapidly growing chain of bakery cafes, says that much “reengineering”
has been crude.[1998 年阅读 2]
【例句精译】 哈佛学者伦纳德·施莱辛格是一家迅速扩张的美ζ面包店的前总裁,
他说,许多“企业重组”都不成熟。
2 accommodate
①留宿,收容;②供应,供给;③使适应;使符合
【真题例句】 And they also need to give serious (21:thought) to how they can be best
(22:accommodate) (③) such changes.[2003 年完形]
【例句精译】 他们也应该认真考虑青少年是如何适应这些变化的。
3.acknowledge v.①承认,认为;②致谢;③确认
【真题例句】 Dr. Worm acknowledges (①) that these figures are conservative, one
reason for this is that fishing technology has improved.[2006 年阅读 3]
【例句精译】 Worm 博士承认这些数据还是保守的,一个原因就是捕渔技术已经改
进了很多。
4.act v.①行动,做事;②(on)起作用;③表演;④(for)代表,代替;n.①行为,动作;②(一)
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