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英語二|熟詞僻義

一、考試大綱對詞彙的要求:

5500(基礎詞1800、生僻詞1000)

核心詞:2600

常考:名、動、形、副,語境擇意,熟詞僻義

二、熟詞僻義

free

adj。 能隨自己意願的; 隨心所欲的; 不受限制的; 不受約束的; 言行自 由的; 自由的(不是囚犯或奴隸)

Students have a free choice of courses in their final year。

學生在最後一學年可以自由選修課程。

v。釋放;使自由;解放;使擺脫;解除(或去除、清除)

It will free us of a whole lot of debt。。。

它會使我們擺脫鉅額債務。

真題是這麼考的:

adj 無…的;擺脫了…的

Some imagine that the coming work-free world will be defined by inequality。

He also urged councils to impose “fast-food-free zones” around schools and hospitals – areas within which takeaways cannot open。

room

living room

客廳,起居室

bedroom

臥室

…jobs in the U。S。 that tend to be “tightly scripted” and “highly standardized” ones that leave no room for “individual initiative or creativity。

沒有給個人的主動性和創造力留下任何空間

credit

n。信用

credit card

信用卡

It can be costly to make up credits after switching too late in the game。

轉專業太晚可能會在彌補學分方面花費巨大

address

n。住址,地址

take some steps to address our urgent housing need

採取措施解決我們緊迫的住房需求

I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room。

弗吉尼亞郊區的一間客廳有一個小型聚會,我正在發言

service 服務

food service餐飲服務

food service sector 餐飲服務業

serve as

Outside directors are supposed to serve as helpful, yet less biased, advisers on a firm’s board。

獨立董事在一個公司中應該充當有幫助的,沒那麼有偏見的顧問

subject

n。科目

v。 臣服,屈服

If the subjects quickly chose a falsely flattering image—— which

must did—— they genuinely believed it was really how the looked。

如果實驗物件很快選擇了一個虛假的討人喜歡的照片——一定是這麼做的——他們真誠地認為這就是他們真實的樣貌。

pose

n。 擺姿勢

…their products to cater to(迎合) the modern needs can pose huge threat to their competitiveness。

他們為了迎合現代人需要所設計的產品會對產品的競爭力造成巨大的威脅。

alien

陌生的; 不熟悉; 外國的; 異域的;

We hail them as Americans in the making, or brand them as aliens to

be kicked out。

我們歡迎他們是新美國人,或把他們貼上被驅逐的外星人的標籤。

secure

v。 保護,獲得

adj。安全的,可靠的

to agree that couples should be financially secure before getting married or having children,

他們認為婚前或者有孩子之前要有經濟保障。