《考研英语常考熟词僻义真题语境记忆 beam ①(横)梁,桁条:②(光线的)束,柱;V.①微笑;②发光 【真题例句】 Our magazines feature beaming(.①) celebrities and happy families in perfect homes[2006年阅读4] 【例句精译】我们的杂志突出刊登满面春风的名人和美满幸福的家庭 cement Raiment] n.①水泥;②胶泥,胶接剂:v.①胶合:②巩固,加强 【真题例句】 Egypt' s leadership in the Arab world was cemented (v②) by the Aswan High Dam[198年阅读 【例句精译】埃及在阿拉伯世界的领导地位因阿斯旺大坝而得以巩固 chair ①椅子:②主席(职位);vt.主持,担任 【真题例句】“t' s your dream,” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair(n.②) of psychology at Chicago’ s Medical Center,“fyou don' t like it, change it..”[2005年阅读3] 【例句精译】芝加哥医疗中心心理部主任 Rosalind Cartwright指出“这是你的梦,你不喜欢它,你可以改变它”。 【真题例句】 Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment- although no one had proposed to do so and asked an independent panel of experts chaired (vt )by princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning1999年阅读4] 【例句精译】他宣称反对利用这种非同寻常的畜牧学技术去克隆人,并下令禁止使用联邦资金做这样的实验——尽管还没有人提 出那样的要求—并责令成立一个由普林斯顿大学校长哈罗德·夏皮罗为首的独立专家小组,在90天内拿出有关克隆人的国策建 议,向白宫汇报。 climate [klaimit] ①气候:②风气,社会思潮 【真题例句】 The flight from overcrowdedness affects the migration from snow belt to more bearable climates(①)[1998年阅 【例句精译】逃离人口过度稠密区的做法改变了以前那种离开寒冷地带去气候宜人之地的趋势。 【真题例句】 When the work is well done,a(43: climate)(②) of accident-free operations is established(44: where)time due to injuries is kept at a minimum[1999年完形] 【例句精译】如果此项工作做得好的话,就会形成无事故作业的好风气,因此那儿的因工伤事故所造成的时间损失就会被控制在 低限度。 Leud] ①代码,代号,密码:②法典,法规,规划 【真题例句】 Native American languages are indeed different, so much so in fact that Navajo could be used by the US military as a code(①) during World War ll to send secret messages.2004年翻译] 【例句精译】美洲的土著语言是如此地“与众不同”,甚至美军在第二次世界大战中用土著语言 Navajo发送密码。 【真题例句】(49) But his primary task is not to think about the moral code(②), which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. [2006 F#if1 【例句精译】(49)但是,普通科学家的主要任务并非思考指导其行为的道德规范,正如我们并不指望商人把精力投入到商业行 为的探索一样。 column [kolam] n.①圆柱,柱状物;②列:③(报刊中的)专栏 【真题例句】“ The test of any democratic society," he wrote in a Wall street Journal column(③),“" lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be.”[197年阅读4] 【例句精译】他在《华尔街日报》一篇专栏文章中写道:“对任何一个民主社会的检验标准不在于它能多有效地压制各种情感的 表达,而在于是否给予了人们思考和表达的最广泛的自由,尽管有时这种结果会引起争论和愤怒。” contend [ tend v.①竞争,斗争:②坚决主张,声称,认为 【真题例句】 It is the playgoers, the Rsc contends(②), who bring in much of the town’ s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. [2006 F[i 21 【例句精译】皇家莎士比亚公司(RSC)声称是看戏的人给小镇带来了大部分收入,因为他们整个晚上(有时甚至是四、五个晚 上)都把钱花到旅馆和饭店上 cook n.炊事员,厨师:v.①烹调,煮,烧:②伪造 【真题例句】 f we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook(n①) 第3页
《考研英语常考熟词僻义真题语境记忆》 beam [bi:m] n.①（横）梁，桁条；②（光线的）束，柱；v.①微笑；②发光 【真题例句】 Our magazines feature beaming (v.①) celebrities and happy families in perfect homes.[2006 年阅读 4] 【例句精译】 我们的杂志突出刊登满面春风的名人和美满幸福的家庭。 cement [si5ment] n.①水泥；②胶泥，胶接剂；v.①胶合；②巩固，加强 【真题例句】 Egypt’s leadership in the Arab world was cemented (v.②) by the Aswan High Dam.[1998 年阅读 1] 【例句精译】 埃及在阿拉伯世界的领导地位因阿斯旺大坝而得以巩固。 chair [tFZE] n.①椅子；②主席（职位）；vt.主持，担任 【真题例句】 “It’s your dream,” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair (n.②) of psychology at Chicago’s Medical Center,“If you don’t like it, change it.”[2005 年阅读 3] 【例句精译】 芝加哥医疗中心心理部主任 Rosalind Cartwright 指出“这是你的梦，你不喜欢它，你可以改变它”。 【真题例句】 Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment — although no one had proposed to do so — and asked an independent panel of experts chaired (vt.) by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning.[1999 年阅读 4] 【例句精译】 他宣称反对利用这种非同寻常的畜牧学技术去克隆人，并下令禁止使用联邦资金做这样的实验——尽管还没有人提 出那样的要求——并责令成立一个由普林斯顿大学校长哈罗德•夏皮罗为首的独立专家小组，在 90 天内拿出有关克隆人的国策建 议，向白宫汇报。 climate [5klaimit] n.①气候；②风气，社会思潮 【真题例句】 The flight from overcrowdedness affects the migration from snow belt to more bearable climates (①).[1998 年阅 读 4] 【例句精译】 逃离人口过度稠密区的做法改变了以前那种离开寒冷地带去气候宜人之地的趋势。 【真题例句】 When the work is well done, a (43：climate) (②) of accident-free operations is established (44：where) time lost due to injuries is kept at a minimum.[1999 年完形] 【例句精译】 如果此项工作做得好的话，就会形成无事故作业的好风气，因此那儿的因工伤事故所造成的时间损失就会被控制在 最低限度。 code [kEud] n.①代码，代号，密码；②法典，法规，规划 【真题例句】 Native American languages are indeed different, so much so in fact that Navajo could be used by the US military as a code (①) during World War II to send secret messages.[2004 年翻译] 【例句精译】 美洲的土著语言是如此地“与众不同”，甚至美军在第二次世界大战中用土著语言 Navajo 发送密码。 【真题例句】 (49) But his primary task is not to think about the moral code (②), which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. [2006 年翻译] 【例句精译】 (49) 但是，普通科学家的主要任务并非思考指导其行为的道德规范，正如我们并不指望商人把精力投入到商业行 为的探索一样。 column [5kClEm] n.①圆柱，柱状物；②列；③（报刊中的）专栏 【真题例句】 “The test of any democratic society,” he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column (③), “lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be.”[1997 年阅读 4] 【例句精译】 他在《华尔街日报》一篇专栏文章中写道：“对任何一个民主社会的检验标准不在于它能多有效地压制各种情感的 表达，而在于是否给予了人们思考和表达的最广泛的自由，尽管有时这种结果会引起争论和愤怒。” contend [kEn5tend] v.①竞争，斗争；②坚决主张，声称，认为 【真题例句】 It is the playgoers, the RSC contends (②), who bring in much of the town’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.[2006 年阅读 2] 【例句精译】 皇家莎士比亚公司（RSC）声称是看戏的人给小镇带来了大部分收入，因为他们整个晚上（有时甚至是四、五个晚 上）都把钱花到旅馆和饭店上。 cook [kuk] n.炊事员，厨师；v.①烹调，煮，烧；②伪造 【真题例句】 If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook (n.①) 第 3 页
《考研英语常考熟词僻义真题语境记忆 first, and such planning is an essential for any type of meal to be served. [1996 Fri 1] 【例句精译】假如我们想请朋友吃晚饭,我们就会准备菜谱、写购物单、决定先做哪道菜等,这样的筹划对于举行任何形式的宴 请都是必不可少的 【真题例句】 Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everyday performance of his routine duties-heis not supposed to cook(n 2)his experiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor his reports [2006 iF#i41 【例句精译】像其他人 普通科学家甚至在每天日常的工作中都遭遇到了道义上的问题——一他不应该伪造他的实验、制造 证据或改动他的报告 coverage kAvarid3] ①新闻报导(范围):②保险项目 【真题例句】 With the start of bbc world service television, millions of viewers in asia and america can now watch the Corporation’ s news coverage(①), as well as listen to it.[196年阅读2] 【例句精译】随着BBC(英国广播公司)全世界电视节目的开播,亚洲和美洲的数以百万计的人不仅可以听到它的新闻广播, 而且也能看到它的电视新闻报道了。 crack ①裂纹,缝隙:②破裂声:v.①(使)开裂:②解决:③(get~ing)开始 【真题例句】 As the dome grows, it develops deep fissures(cracks)(n.①; in at least a few cases the continent may break entirely along some of these fissures, so that the hot spot initiates the formation of a new ocean. 1998 Frit 5 【例句精译】随着这个圆顶的增大,板块出现深深的裂缝。至少有几次,大陆可能会沿着其中的一些裂缝完全裂开,因此这个热 点就引发了一个新的海洋的形成 【真题例句】 Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened wind cracked(v.①) rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel1997年阅读5] 【例句精译】因此,才会有人将货币政策的指导作用比作是驾驶一辆带有黑色挡风玻璃、破碎的后视镜及方向盘失灵的破汽车。 【真题例句】 So when the premiers gather in Niagara Falls to assemble their usual complaint list, they should also get cracking (v.③) about something in their jurisdiction that would help their budgets and patients.[2005年新题型] 【例句精译】所以,当官员们聚集在尼亚加拉瀑布城像往常一样不停的抱怨时,他们也应该在自己的权限范围内开始做些有利于 们的预算和病人的事情 craft ①工艺,手艺,技巧;②飞机,飞船;③行业:V.精工制作 【真题例句】 The modern school that hails technology argues that such masters as galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein,and inventors such as Edison attached great importance to, and derived great benefit from, craft(n. )information and technological devices of different kinds that were usable in scientific experiments. 1994 4FHi41 【例句精译】推崇技术的现代学派认为,像伽利略、牛顿、麦克斯韦、爱因斯坦这样的大师以及像爱迪生这样的发明家都非常重 视科学实验中使用的不同技术信息和技术设施,并从中受益颇深。 【真题例句】 The irony of the historian’ s craft(n.③) is that its practitioners always know that their efforts are but contributions to an unending process1999年翻译] 【例句精译】具有讽刺意味的是,在历史学领域,历史学家都知道,他们所做的努力只不过是为一个永无止境的研究过程做一些 贡献罢了 deliver [delive ①交付,递送:②发表,表达,陈述:③释放:④接生 【真题例句】 Most notably, the Pointcast network uses a screen saver to deliver(①) a continually updated stream of news and advertisements to subscribers’ computer monitors[1999年阅读2] 【例句精译】最突出的例子是“定向投影”网络公司,该公司使用一种屏保系统,将大量最新的信息和广告不断地传送到用户的 计算机显示器上。 【真题例句】 nclude a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver(②) in a relaxed and unforced manner[2002年阅读1 【例句精译】(练习幽默)包括一些很随便的、看上去是即兴的话,你可以用轻松的、不做作的方式把它们说出来 digest [digest] 消化:且摘要,文摘 【真题例句】70. This passage appears to be a digest(n,)of [96年阅读5] [A]a book review 【例句精译】70、本文似乎是的摘要。 第4页
《考研英语常考熟词僻义真题语境记忆》 first, and such planning is an essential for any type of meal to be served.[1996 年阅读 1] 【例句精译】 假如我们想请朋友吃晚饭，我们就会准备菜谱、写购物单、决定先做哪道菜等，这样的筹划对于举行任何形式的宴 请都是必不可少的。 【真题例句】 Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everyday performance of his routine duties--- he is not supposed to cook (n.②) his experiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor his reports. [2006 年翻译] 【例句精译】 像其他人类一样，普通科学家甚至在每天日常的工作中都遭遇到了道义上的问题——他不应该伪造他的实验、制造 证据或改动他的报告。 coverage [5kQvEridV] n.①新闻报导（范围）；②保险项目 【真题例句】 With the start of BBC World Service Television, millions of viewers in Asia and America can now watch the Corporation’s news coverage (①), as well as listen to it.[1996 年阅读 2] 【例句精译】 随着 BBC（英国广播公司）全世界电视节目的开播，亚洲和美洲的数以百万计的人不仅可以听到它的新闻广播， 而且也能看到它的电视新闻报道了。 crack [krAk] n.①裂纹，缝隙；②破裂声；v.①（使）开裂；②解决；③（get ～ing）开始 【真题例句】 As the dome grows, it develops deep fissures (cracks) (n.①); in at least a few cases the continent may break entirely along some of these fissures, so that the hot spot initiates the formation of a new ocean.[1998 年阅读 5] 【例句精译】 随着这个圆顶的增大，板块出现深深的裂缝。至少有几次，大陆可能会沿着其中的一些裂缝完全裂开，因此这个热 点就引发了一个新的海洋的形成。 【真题例句】 Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked (v.①) rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel.[1997 年阅读 5] 【例句精译】 因此，才会有人将货币政策的指导作用比作是驾驶一辆带有黑色挡风玻璃、破碎的后视镜及方向盘失灵的破汽车。 【真题例句】 So when the premiers gather in Niagara Falls to assemble their usual complaint list, they should also get cracking (v.③) about something in their jurisdiction that would help their budgets and patients.[2005 年新题型] 【例句精译】 所以，当官员们聚集在尼亚加拉瀑布城像往常一样不停的抱怨时，他们也应该在自己的权限范围内开始做些有利于 他们的预算和病人的事情。 craft [krB:ft] n.①工艺，手艺，技巧；②飞机，飞船；③行业；v.精工制作 【真题例句】 The modern school that hails technology argues that such masters as Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and inventors such as Edison attached great importance to, and derived great benefit from, craft (n.①) information and technological devices of different kinds that were usable in scientific experiments.[1994 年翻译] 【例句精译】 推崇技术的现代学派认为，像伽利略、牛顿、麦克斯韦、爱因斯坦这样的大师以及像爱迪生这样的发明家都非常重 视科学实验中使用的不同技术信息和技术设施，并从中受益颇深。 【真题例句】 The irony of the historian’ s craft (n.③) is that its practitioners always know that their efforts are but contributions to an unending process .[1999 年翻译] 【例句精译】 具有讽刺意味的是，在历史学领域，历史学家都知道，他们所做的努力只不过是为一个永无止境的研究过程做一些 贡献罢了。 deliver [di5livE] v.①交付，递送；②发表，表达，陈述；③释放；④接生 【真题例句】 Most notably, the Pointcast Network uses a screen saver to deliver (①) a continually updated stream of news and advertisements to subscribers’ computer monitors.[1999 年阅读 2] 【例句精译】 最突出的例子是“定向投影”网络公司，该公司使用一种屏保系统，将大量最新的信息和广告不断地传送到用户的 计算机显示器上。 【真题例句】 Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver (②) in a relaxed and unforced manner.[2002 年阅读 1] 【例句精译】 （练习幽默）包括一些很随便的、看上去是即兴的话，你可以用轻松的、不做作的方式把它们说出来。 digest [di5dVest] v.消化；n.摘要，文摘 【真题例句】 70. This passage appears to be a digest (n.) of _____.[1996 年阅读 5] [A] a book review 【例句精译】 70、本文似乎是_____的摘要。 第 4 页