2017-07-25 17:31:27来源:中国教育信息网
适当的了解一下托福词汇的熟词僻意是很有帮助的,下面为考生分享的是托福阅读中常见的熟词僻意,供考生参考。
1. address
熟义:n.地址
僻义:v.向...致辞, 演说
Depending on whom he is addressing, the problems will be different.
根据与他谈话的不同对象,问题也有所不同。
2. diet
熟义:n.饮食习惯
僻义:n.减肥,瘦身;议会
American industry has changed its structure, has gone on a diet, and has
learnt to be more quick-witted.
美国的工业已经改变了结构,进行了瘦身,学会了明智。
3. cause
熟义:n./v.原因,导致
僻义:n.事业,理想,目标
One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory
that animals have rights ruling out their use in research.
一个这样的事业现在正在寻求终止生物医学的研究,因为有这样一种理论说,动物享有权利禁止它们被用于实验。
4. novel
熟义:n.小说
僻义:adj.新颖的
When a novel literary idea appears, people should try to determine its
purposes.
当一种新的文学理念出现时,人们应该试着去了解它的意图。
5. realize
熟义:v.意识到
僻义:v.实现,发挥
Former Colorado governor Richard Lamm has been quoted as saying that the old
and infirm "have a duty to die and get out of the way", so that
younger,healthier people can realize their potential.
据说,Colorado州前州长Richard Lamm曾经说,老年多病者“有责任死去和让位”,以让更年轻、更健康的人们去发挥他们的潜能。
6. stop
熟义:n./v.停止
僻义:n.句号
We must pour out a large stream of essential words, unhampered by stops, or
qualifying adjectives, or finite verbs.
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羁绊。
7. sound
熟义:n. 声音, 语音, 噪音 v. 听起来
僻义:adj.健全的, 合理的, 有效彻底的, 健康的(soundand safe: 安然无恙)
If we are ever going to protect the atmosphere, it is crucial that those new
plants be environmentally sound.
如果我们准备保护大气,关键要让这些新发电厂对环境无害。
8. firm
熟义:adj. 结实的,稳固的
僻义:n. 公司,商号
Until California recently passed a law, American firms did not have to tell
anyone,even the victim, when data went astray.
直到加利福尼亚最近通过了一项法律,美国的公司不必告知任何人信息何时泄露,甚至包括受害人。
9. might
熟义:may的过去式
僻义:n. 力量,威权 (with might and main: 尽全力)
The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the
emerging countries with unsurpassed might.
这个浪潮从异常活跃的美国席卷到欧洲,并以不可比拟的威力影响到正在崛起的国家。
10. weather
熟义:n.天气
僻义:v.经受风雨,度过难关
This “added-worker effect” could support the safety net offered by
unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad
times.
这种"附加工人效应"可以支持失业保险或残疾保险所提供的保障制度,以帮助家庭渡过困难时期。
11. panel
熟义:n.仪表板,面板
僻义:n.专家小组
The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by the
White House, to tell us that the Earth's atmosphere is definitely warming and
that the problem is largely man-made.
最近的行动是由白宫召集了一批来自国家科学院的专家团,他们告诉我们,地球气候毫无疑问正在变暖,而这个问题主要是人为造成的。
12. keep
熟义:v.保持
僻义:n.生计
Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult
to tell good information from bad. That's where Straitford earns its keep.
当然公开来源的谍报活动的确有它的风险,因为很难区分正确与错误的信息。这正是Straitford公司赚得生计的地方。