赵丽老师考研词汇总结
secure ♦♓◆☜(安全的v.获得;防卫)即se+cure,se-前缀“离”(参separate,2001年Passage 1),cure=care,“不需要照料的”→已经“获得”“防卫”的→安全的。Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.言论自由只有在政府认为自己安全时才能存在。He that publishes a book runs a very great hazard, since nothing can be more impossible than to compose one that may secure the approbation of every reader.出版一本书的人冒着极大的危险,因为创作一部可能受到所有读者欢迎的作品是最不可能的事。That government is not best which best secures more life and property — there is a more valuable thing — manhood.最完善地保护更多的生命财产的政治不是最好的政治——还有更重要的东西——人的地位。
illustration ♓●☜♦♦❒♏♓☞☜⏹(例证;图解)看作ill+ust+rat+ion,ill生病的,ust=est形容词最高级,rat老鼠,-ion名词后缀,用病入膏肓的老鼠作“图解”。如图:
What is character but the determination of incident? What is incident but the illustration of character?除了事件的规定,人物还是什么?除了人物的说明,事件还是什么?
imaginary ♓❍✌♎✞♓⏹☜❒♓(想象的;虚构的)←imagin(e)想象+ary形容词后缀。We do not content ourselves with the life we have in ourselves and in our own being; we desire to live an imaginary life in the mind of others, and for this purpose we endeavour to shine.我们不满足于为我们自身、为自己的存在而拥有的人生,我们想过一种存在于别人心目中的虚构的生活,为了这个目的而极力出人头地
1996 Passage 2
重点词汇:
coverage ✈☜❒♓♎✞(覆盖范围;新闻报导)←cover+age名词后缀。
stretch ♦♦❒♏♦☞(一段时间或路程v.n.伸展)与sketch(v.速写;略图;梗概)一起记。Babies do not want to hear about babies, they like to be told of giants and castles, and that which can
stretch and stimulate their little minds.幼童不愿听关于幼童的故事,他们喜欢给他们讲巨人和
城堡,那可以扩张和刺激他们小小的心灵。
slogan ♦●☜◆♈☜⏹(标语,口号)看作s+log+an,s形的圆木(log)上刻着一条(an)标语(slogan)。
My slogan is "Four hours for work, four hours for study, eight hours for sleep, and eight hours
for play."我的口号是“四小时工作,四小时学习,八小时睡眠,八小时游戏”。
1996 Passage 3
重点词汇:
bureaucracy ♌◆☜❒❒☜♦♓(官僚主义;官僚机构;官僚)即bureau+cracy,bureau(署,局,司,处),cracy词根“统治”;参democracy,2000年Passage 5。Bureaucracy is a giant
mechanism operated by pygmies.官僚政治是一种由侏儒操纵的庞大机构。bureaucracy —①a
continuing congregation of people who must act more or less as one ②the only form of human
organization that can manage to pass a hot potato through a small crack ③the art of making the
possible impossible 官僚主义——①一群人不断聚集在一起,因为他们多少必须像一个人那
样行事②唯一一种能够通过小裂缝传递土豆的人类组织形式③变可能为不可能的艺术。spoil ♦☐♓●(v.损害;溺爱)看作sp+oil,sp即缩写“专家”,oil石油,“专家溺爱石油”。We drink one another's healthes and spoil our own.我们为彼此的健康干杯而损害自身的健康。When you
"spoil" a child you are practically saying, "I know you aren't capable of being civilized and
considerate and contributing and I won't expect it of you."“宠”孩子的时候,你实际上是在说:
“我知道要你有教养、为人着想和奉献都是做不到的,我也不指望你做到。”
collectivism ☜●♏♦♓♓☜❍(集体主义)←collect+iv(e)后缀+ism后缀表“主义”。
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