sway vt.影響、改變…的觀點[行動];

　　His speech failed to sway his colleagues into supporting the plan.他的一番話沒能影響他的同事支持這項計劃。

　　n支配; 統治In medieval times the church held sway over many countries.在中世紀, 教會支配著許多國家。

　　sweat n苦差使[S]This job's quite a sweat; I'm exhausted already. 這件工作是個苦差事;我已經精疲力竭了。

　　n/vi焦急,不安,神經緊張[S] We were all in a sweat over the final exam. 我們都為期末考試焦急不安。

　　We were really sweating as we waited for the results. 我們在等待結果時真的感到非常焦急。

　　vi. 辛苦工作I really sweated over my last essay. 我的確下功夫寫了上次那篇文章。

　　n/vi(物體表面)結水珠,附上水汽A pitcher of ice water sweats on a hot day. 盛著冰水的水罐表面在熱天會結水珠。

　　sweep vi(人)昂首闊步地走She swept magnificently from the hall.她昂首闊步地從大廳里走出來。

　　連綿,延伸[Q][(+round/up/down/to)]The broad driveway sweeps around the lake. 這條寬闊的汽車道環湖伸展。

　　sweet adj快樂的;愉快的it was the sweet life he had always craved.他一直渴求的就是愉快的生活。

　　swim vi眩暈The drink made his head swim.喝的酒使他覺得頭發暈。

　　swing vt (靠不正當手段)完成獲取Can you swing it for me so that I get the job?你能設法為我謀得那份工作嗎?

　　sympathize/-ise n 同感，共鳴 I know you feel angry, and I sympathize. 我知道你感到憤怒，我也有同感。

　　syndrome n(某一事物的)全部特征; 特征群; (具有某種共同性的不同事物的)集合

　　Unemployment, inflation, and low WAGES are all part of the same economic syndrome.

　　失業現象、通貨膨脹以及低工資都是在同一經濟癥候的下的現象.

　　system n秩序,規律[U] There was no system at all in the company.在公司里根本沒有任何秩序可言。

　　身體,全身[the S]Excessive drinking does harm to the system. 過度飲酒對身體有害。.

　　方式,方法[C]I prefer this system of teaching English. 我喜歡這一種英語教授方法。

　　systematic adj有預謀的，蓄意的a systematic attempt to ruin sb's reputation 蓄謀破壞某人的名譽.

　　The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national,racial,political,or ethnic group.

　　種族屠殺有組織地、蓄意地進行的對整個國家、種族、政治或文化群體的滅絕

　　table n. [C]碑匾There is a tablet in memory of those who died. 那兒有一塊碑紀念死去的人。

　　tame adj沉悶的; 乏味的The film has a tame ending.那電影的結局枯燥無味。

　　vt制服;使順從;開墾(土地)

　　One day man will tame nature. 總有一天人類要征服大自然。

　　Harsh punishment in childhood had tamed him and broken his will.童年所受的嚴厲懲罰使他變得順從。

　　Within two years they had tamed this inhospitable landscape. 兩年之內他們已經開墾了這片荒涼的土地。

　　tap vt開發(資源)

　　【真題例句】…they may alter the structure of education, or interfere in order to reduce the wastage of natural

　　resources or tap resources hither to unexploited… 【2000年漢譯英】

　　政府也可以改革教育機構，或者通過干預來減少對自然資源的浪費或者開發迄今未被開發的資源。

　　tape n【體】(賽跑終點的)線帶[the S]The two runners broke the tape together. 兩位賽跑運動員在終點同時撞線。

　　have (或 get) someone/thing taped(英，非正式)完全了解一個人(或東西)

　　It took me a while to learn the rules of the game but I think Ihave got them taped now.

　　我花了一段時間學習比賽規則，我認為我現在已經徹底掌握了。

　　target vt. 把...作為目標(或對象) Two men were targeted by the attackers.有兩個人被襲擊者選為攻擊的目標。

　　規定...的指標The company has targeted a profit for the year. 公司已經規定了今年的利潤指標。

　　taste n愛好,興趣[C][U][(+for/in)];鑒賞力，審美力

　　He found the aggressive competitiveness of the profession was not to his taste.他發現該職業弱肉強食非他所愛好。

　　She has frightful taste in literature.她的文學鑒賞力很糟。

　　vt品 嘗…的味道She had never tasted ice cream before.她以前從來沒有品嘗過冰激凌。

　　體驗The team has not yet tasted victory at home.這個隊還沒有嘗過主場勝利的滋味呢。

　　tax n負擔;壓力[S][(+on/upon)] vt消耗精力; 使勞累

　　The care of six children was a tax on her energies. 照料六個孩子成了她精力上很大的負擔。

　　Reading in a poor light taxes the eyes.在暗淡的光線下看書很累眼睛。

　　team vt He teamed up with the band to produce the disc.他與樂隊協力推出這張唱片。

　　tear vt撕, 扯; (使)分裂This material tears easily.這種料子很容易撕破。

　　使煩惱; 使苦惱The child's misery tore my heart.這小孩的悲慘境遇使我很傷心。

　　飛跑;狂奔[Q]They torn down the road. 他們順著大路奔去。

　　technical adj (指書等)要求有專門知識的, 使用術語的, 專業的;嚴格根據法律(或規則)

　　The book is too technical for me.這本書太專業了,我看不懂。

　　The arrest was a technical violation of the treaty.從嚴格的法律意義來說，逮捕違反了條約。

　　temper vt緩和;調劑Their idealism is tempered with realism.他們的理想主義中因現實主義有所沖淡。

　　term n[pl]條件;條款Their solicitors had agreed terms.他們的律師已達成一致的條款。

　　關系, 友誼I have kept terms with Tom for many years.我和湯姆交朋友已有很多年了。

　　vt.把…稱為, 把…叫做He termed the gas argon.他把這種氣體叫作氬氣。

　　【真題例句】Downshifting -- also known in America as “voluntary simplicity” -- has, ironically, even bred a new area of

　　what might be termed anti-consumerism. 【2001年閱讀Txte5】

　　放慢生活——在美國也稱“返璞歸真”——甚至為所謂的“反消費主義”開辟了新陣地。

　　territory n勢力范圍;管區, 營業地區

　　He seems to regard that end of the office as his territory.他似乎把辦公室那一端視為自己的勢力范圍。

　　As the company's northern sales manager I'm responsible for quite a large territory.

　　作為公司的北方銷售經理, 我負責相當大的一片地區。

　　theatre n [C]場所, 戰區The South Pacific was the theatre for much of the action in the World War II.

　　南太平洋是第二次世界大戰中許多戰斗的戰場。

　　theoretical adj推想的, 假設的It's only a theoretical possibility.這只是一種假設的可能性。

　　theory n[C][+that]意見;推測,揣度My theory is that we'll have a cold winter this year. 依我推斷今年冬天會很冷。

　　thick adj (非正式)愚鈍的，笨的I've got to shout to get it into your thick head.我不得不喊叫以便讓你的笨腦瓜能聽得進去。

　　(非正式)親密無間的，交情厚的She's very thick with the new master.她和新來的男老師關系十分密切。

　　thirsty adj干燥的 The travellers in the desert felt thirsty. 沙漠中的旅行者感到口干舌燥。

　　thorough adj縝密的，周詳的The doctor was very thorough in his examination of the patient.醫生在檢查病人時很周到。

　　though adv (常用于句末)可是，不過，然而

　　【真題例句】In fact, thorough, we are extremely sensitive to smells, even if we do not generally realize it.

　　然而，事實上我們的嗅覺很靈敏，盡管我們通常都沒有意識到這一點。【2000年漢譯英】

　　thread n線狀物;一線,一絲[C] a thread of hope 一線希望

　　線索, 思路There is a consistent thread running through all these policies.所有這些政策中貫穿著一條始終如一的主線。

　　through prep(表示原因)因為, 由于It was through him that I missed my train.就是因為他, 我才誤了火車。

　　adv全程地, 直達地The train goes through to Beijing.這車直達北京。

　　thrust n[U]要點要旨目標Anti-Americanism became the main thrust of their policy.反美主義成了他們政策的主要風向標。

　　thumb vt (在路邊)豎起拇指要求搭車;靠搭便車旅行

　　He couldn't afford the fare; he thumbed his way all over Europe. 他付不起車費,于是他搭便車走遍歐洲。

　　vi翻舊(或翻破、翻臟)(書頁)The books were badly thumbed.那些書因被翻閱過多而弄得很臟。

　　【真題例句】 It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars

　　when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has

　　in life over Zoë Zysman.【2004年閱讀Text2】

　　人們早已知道在客戶翻查電話簿時，名叫AAAA的出租汽車公司要比Zodiac出租汽車公司有很大的優越性。

　　至于在生活方面Adam Abbott較之Zoë Zysman的優越性就不那么為人所知了。

　　tick n. [C]一瞬,片刻I'll be with you in a tick. 我一會兒就跟你來。

　　賒賬,賒欠[U]Could I have these things on tick? 你能不能賒帳賣給我這些東西?

　　vi工作,起作用What makes the computer tick? 計算機的工作原理是什么?

　　vt(尤指時間在焦急等待中)過去;結束The minutes were ticking away till the actor's appearance.

　　時間一點一滴地過去，然后演員才出場。

　　tick along 進展，進步Her book was ticking along nicely.她的書進展順利。

　　ticket n[C](政黨的)競選綱領，政見(非正式)恰好的事情;所需的東西;交通違規的通知單, 罰款單

　　He stood for office on a strong right-wing, no-nonsense ticket.他以強硬的右翼主張和務實的作風主政。

　　A wet spring would be just the ticket for the garden.濕潤的春天對這個花園正合適。

　　The driver got a ticket for speeding.司機超速行駛, 接到違章罰單。

　　vt對...開出交通違規罰單(或傳票)[(+for)]The driver was ticketed for parking in front of a fire hydrant.

　　那個司機因把車停在消防栓前而接到交通違規罰單。

　　tide vi克服; 渡過(over )He sold his furniture to tide over his illness.他賣掉家具以度過病期的難關。

　　tidy adj(數量)相當大的; 可觀的That must have cost you a tidy sum.那必定讓你花了一大筆的錢。

　　tie vt限制，局限She didn't want to be like her mother, tied to a feckless man.

　　她可不想像她母親，受制于一個不負責任的男人。

　　與...打成平局; 勢均力敵We tied our opposing team.我們與對方(球)隊打成平局。

　　vi打成平手[(+with/for)]The home team and the visitors tied. 主隊和客隊賽成平局。

　　tight adj(船、建筑或物體)密封的，不漏的，透不過的a light-tight container.不透光的容器。

　　比賽，競賽)比分十分接近的，勝負難定的He won in a tight finish.他在勢均力敵的較量中勉強勝出。

　　(錢)拮據的 Some banks tightened up on their credits. 有幾家銀行在信貸方面緊縮起來了。

　　(時間)緊的Time is going to be tight, so you'd better hurry.時間很緊的，最好抓緊一點。

　　利薄的a tight bargain一筆利薄的交易

　　tin vt.把...裝罐I bought some tinned fruit and tinned meat for the camping trip. 我買了一些裝罐水果和肉類帶去露營。

　　tissue n (編造的)一連串,一整套[C][(+of)]

　　Such scandalous stories are a tissue of lies.此類令人憤慨的故事是一連串的謊言。

　　title n權利,資格;所有權[U][S1][+to-v] The buyer acquires a good title to the goods.買方獲得這些物品無爭議的所有權。

　　toast n. 祝酒;敬酒[C][(+to)] He raised his glass in a toast to his son.他舉起酒杯向兒子祝酒。

　　極受敬慕的人(或事物)He found himself the toast of the baseball world.他發現自己成了棒球界備受推崇的人。

　　vt向…祝酒, 為…干杯Let's all toast the bride and bridegroom.讓我們為新郎新娘干杯。

　　【真題例句】Alain Ducasse restaurant used to be impossible. Not anymore. For that, Greenspan & Co. may still be worth toasting.在曼哈頓開的火爆的阿蘭·杜卡塞飯店吃飯上一桌曾經是不可能的，而現在可以了，這真值得格林斯潘和他的同事們慶祝一下。【2004年閱讀Text3】

　　toilet n梳妝,打扮[S][U] She made a grand toilet as if for a ball.她盛裝打扮好像要去參加舞會似的。

　　tolerance n公差,容限[C][U]It has a tolerance of 0.001 of an inch.允許有0.001英寸的偏差。

　　toll n. 損失;傷亡人數 [S] The toll of dead and injured mounted.死傷人數上升。

　　(付出的)代價遭受的損失破壞The environmental toll of the policy has been high.這政策使環境遭受的破壞很大。

　　tone n色調;光度[C]She used several tones of blue to make the sky look real. 她用數種藍色色調讓天空看起來真實些。

　　風氣,氣氛[the S]The tone of the school is excellent. 這所學校校風極好。

　　torrent n爆發, 迸發; 連續不斷, 狂潮He was answered with a torrent of oaths.他所得到的回報是一連串的咒罵聲。

　　toss vi. 被亂扔;顛簸The ship tossed about on the stormy sea. 船在波濤洶涌的海面上顛簸著。

　　翻滾;翻來覆去[(+about)]He tossed about in his sleep all night. 他整夜翻來覆去睡不著。

　　touch vt涉及, 關系到The new law doesn't touch his case.新法律與他的案子沒關系。

　　n少許,一點[S][(+of)]The young man recited his poems with a touch of pride. 那個青年帶一點驕傲地朗誦他的詩作。

　　tower vi.高聳(above)Skyscrapers tower over the city.摩天大樓高聳在這座城市中。

　　超過; 翱翔He towered above his contemporaries.他超出同輩人之上。

　　trace n絲毫,微量[C]He always spoke with a trace of sarcasm. 他說話總帶著一絲諷刺。

　　vt追溯，追究，查考Bob's book traces his flying career with the RAF.鮑勃的書追溯了他在英國皇家空軍的飛行生涯。

　　發現; 找到They could not trace him.他們找不到他。

　　描繪; 標出He traced our route on the map.他在地圖上標出我們走的路線。

　　vt. & vi.緩慢而困難地書寫He traced the words with a shaking hand.他用顫抖的手費力寫下那些字。

　　trademark n. [C] (人或物的)標記特征Beautiful homes and gardens are trademarks of the south.美麗住房花園是南方的特征。

　　train n. [C]一連串,系列[(+of)] You may be setting in motion a train of events which will cause harm.你可能在促成一系列壞事。

　　下擺,裙裾;后拖物The train of her dress swept the ground as she walked. 走路時，她的裙裾在地上拖曳。

　　translate vt使轉化,使轉變[(+into)];轉移,調動[(+to)]

　　【真題例句】Annas says lawyers can play a key role in insisting that these well-meaning medical initiatives translate into better care. 【2002年閱讀Txte4】

　　安納斯說律師可在要求把醫療界的這些善意的行為轉變成更好的護理行動方面發揮關鍵作用。

　　After the war he was translated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 戰后,他被調到外交部工作。

　　transplant vt (人)移居, 遷移

　　A group of farmers were transplanted to the island by the government.一批農民被政府遷到這個島上居住。

　　transport n激情,狂喜[C]Art can send people into transports of delight.藝術能讓人喜不自勝。

　　vt使心醉;使忘我;使激動[H]She was transported with joy by the good news. 她聽到這好消息欣喜萬分。

　　travel vi 傳播Sound waves will not travel through a vacuum.聲波在真空里不能傳播。

　　飛速行進, 飛馳That motorbike was really travelling.那輛摩托車開得飛快。

　　treasure vt. 珍愛,珍視We treasure our friendship. 我們珍惜我們之間的友誼。

　　tremendous adj (非正式)極好的，給人以極深刻印象的;出色的The crew did a tremendous job.全體人員工作出色。

　　trial n討厭的人[S][(+to)] That child is a trial to his parents.那小孩真讓他父母大傷腦筋。

　　棘手的事His blindness is a great trial to him. 眼睛瞎對他來說是非常麻煩的事。

　　trick n. [C]訣竅, 技巧, 技藝Patience is the trick in doing a job well.耐心是做好工作的訣竅。

　　trifle n少量,少許;少量的錢[S]I have only a trifle of wine left. 我只剩下一點點酒了。

　　vi開玩笑;戲弄It's wrong of you to trifle with the girl's affections. 你不該玩弄那女孩子的感情。

　　vt. 浪費;虛度[(+away)]He trifled away the whole evening. 他浪費了一整個晚上。

　　trim vt(調整負載)使(船,飛機等)平穩The sailors trimmed the boat. 水手們調整負載使船平穩。

　　改變,修改(意見,政策等)Sometimes it is necessary to trim those policies. 有時需要改變原先制定的那些政策。

　　vi(船,飛機等)獲得平衡The boat trims badly. 這船很難保持平穩。

　　持觀望態度;取中間立場That politician is always trimming. 那個政客總是采取騎墻態度。

　　trip n. [C]跌倒,失足;失誤He apologized for the trip of the tongue. 他為失言道了歉。

　　vi. 絆,絆倒[(+over)]He tripped over a brick. 他被一塊磚頭絆倒了。

　　vt使失誤,使犯錯誤[(+up)]A few confusing questions tripped up the suspect.

　　幾個棘手的問題使嫌疑犯泄漏了真情。

　　truck n. [U]商品蔬菜They raise truck on their farm. 他們在自己的農場上種植商品蔬菜。

　　I wouldn't want you to have truck with the family. 我不想讓你和這個家庭交往。

　　trumpet vt鼓吹 The press trumpeted another defeat for the government.報界大肆宣傳政府的又一次失敗。

　　tuck n[U] (英，非正式)食物(尤指小孩在學校當點心的糕點和糖果)a tuck shop.一家小食品店。

　　tuck something away藏起某物;把(人，物)藏在不起眼(或秘密)的地方

　　Savers are turning to unit trusts as the best place to tuck away their money.

　　儲蓄者轉求單位信托，視其為最好的存錢處。

　　The police station was tucked away in a square behind the main street.

　　該警局設在這條大街后面的廣場一處不起眼的地方。

　　tuition n. [U] 講授,教學;教誨

　　【真題例句】We are thus led to distinguish, within the broad educational process which we have been so far considering, a more formal kind of education -- that of direct tuition or schooling. In undeveloped social groups,

　　we find very little formal teaching and training.【2009年漢譯英第50題】

　　因此，我們到目前為止一直在思考這種廣泛的教育過程，從而促使我們去區別一個更為正規的教育，也就是說，那種直接教導或學校教育。

　　tumble vi(物價等)暴跌;恍然大悟Stock market prices tumbled after rumors of a rise in interest rates.

　　謠傳利率上升之后,股票市場價格猛跌。

　　Suddenly I tumbled to it.我突然地明白過來。

　　弄亂;弄皺He tumbled bedclothes.他弄皺了床單。

　　tune n協調,一致[U]A person out of tune with his surroundings is unhappy. 一個與環境格格不入的人是不會快樂的。

　　vt使協調,使一致The colors are perfectly tuned to each other. 這些顏色很協調。

　　to the tune of (非正式)達到…之多;共計He was in debt to the tune of forty thousand pounds.他欠了高達四萬英鎊的債。

　　turkey n (戲劇,電影等的)失敗之作[C] The motion picture is a real turkey. 這部電影真糟糕。

　　twist n[C]轉折, 轉變There's an unusual twist to the plot at the end of the book.在這本書的末尾, 情節發生了不尋常的轉折。

　　失常;偏差; 怪癖His answer showed a mental twist.他的回答顯示了心智失常。

　　妙訣, 新花樣She is acquainted with all the twists that make for efficient cooking.她熟知所有高效率烹調的妙訣。

　　vt歪曲; 曲解They always twisted the facts to suit their purpose.為了達到自己的目的, 他們總是歪曲事實。

　　type n[C]典型人物; 典型, 模范, 模樣He is a fine type of the youth.他是青年人的一個典范。

　　某種類型的人I dislike man of that type.我不喜歡那一類型的人。

　　鉛字, 活字[U][C]Wooden types are now used only for posters.木刻活字現僅用于印刷廣告。

　　ultimate adj最大的, 極限程度的n. 最終的事物,終極,結局;極限;頂點[the S][(+in)]

　　The ultimate luxury of the trip was flying in Concorde.這一行程中最大的享受就是乘坐協和式飛機。

　　This car is the ultimate in luxury. 這是最奢華的汽車。

　　umbrella n起保護作用的力量[勢力];由中央機構管理的組織/集團

　　They operated under the umbrella of the police.他們在警方的掩護下采取了行動。

　　:an umbrella group including members of opposition parties包括反對黨成員在內的一個大集團

　　understand vt.聽說, 獲悉; 知道, 認為

　　The President is understood to have secretly left the country.人們獲悉總統已秘密地離開了這個國家。

　　He is understood to be a man of ability.他被認為是一個有能力的人。

　　undo vt使失效; 破壞; 糟蹋; 使破落His pride will undo him some day.他的傲慢總有一天會毀了他。

　　取消,消除;使失敗;使復舊What's done cannot be undone. 覆水難收。

　　uniform adj.全都相同的, 均勻的The earth turns around at a uniform rate.地球以相同的速度旋轉。

　　一律的The windows in the house are all uniform.房子里的窗戶都是一樣的。

　　unload vt【商】使脫手,拋售,傾銷[(+onto/on)]She unloaded her old car onto me. 她將舊汽車賣給我。

　　He had unloaded his depreciating stock on his unsuspecting wife.他將貶值股票像卸包袱那樣轉給毫無覺察的妻子。

　　傾訴，吐露(思想，感情)The meeting had been a chance for her to unload some of her feelings about her son.

　　這次見面為她提供了傾訴對兒子看法的機會。

　　utility n公用事業 [C][P1] It will contribute to the development of unilites.這將促進公共事業的發展。

　　vacation n退出，辭去His marriage was the reason for the vacation of his fellowship.婚姻是他辭去會員資格的理由。

　　[U]搬出，騰出 Immediate vacation of the house is essential.有必要立即搬出這所房子。

　　vacuum n空間; 空虛; 空白His wife's death left a vacuum in his life.他妻子的去世使他的生活變得空虛。

　　vein n氣質;傾向;才干[S][(+of)]He had no comedy vein in his youth. 他年輕時沒有演喜劇的才干。

　　特色,格調[S][(+of)]There is a vein of melancholy in his character. 他的性格有點憂郁。

　　風格方式he closes his article in a somewhat humorous vein.他以多少有點幽默的語氣結束了文章。

　　心情,心境[the S]I am not in the vein for jokes. 我沒有心思開玩笑。

　　ventilate vt發泄(感情); 發表(意見); 公開討論

　　The matter should not be hushed up, but freely ventilated.這事不該掩蓋起來, 而應公開自由討論。

　　very adj 正是的，恰好的

　　【真題例句】he believes that this very difficulty may have had the compensating advantage of forcing him to think long and intently about every sentence, and thus enabling him to detect errors in reasoning and in his own observations.

　　【2008年漢譯英第46題】

　　達爾文認為正是因為這個困難，促使他對每一個句子進行長時間和針對性的思考，同時也使得他在觀察和推理中發現錯誤。這也就使他具有了別人所不具備的優勢。

　　僅僅;甚至She shuddered at the very thought of a snake.甚至想到蛇她就驚恐萬狀。

　　完全的,十足的What he said turned out to be the very reverse of the truth. 結果發現他所說的與事實完全相反。

　　adv(用于形容詞最高級或first,last,opposite,own等之前)真正地,極其

　　This is the very best novel I've read lately. 這是我最近讀過的最好的小說。

　　(用于否定句)(不)太...,(不)怎樣...;決(非)That game was not very exciting. 那場比賽并不怎么精彩刺激。

　　vest vt授予,賦予(權力,財產等)[H][(+in/with)] Congress is vested with the power to declare war.國會被賦以宣戰的權利。

　　(權力等)屬于, 歸屬(in)Upon the death of the father, the estate vested in his son.父親死后, 財產歸屬其子。

　　vision n洞察力,眼光[U]He is a man of great vision. 他是位有遠見的人。

　　幻覺,幻影,夢想,幻想,憧憬[C][(+of)]When I was a child, I had visions of being a prince. 小時候,我曾想像自己是個王子。

　　夢一般的事物,美景[S] She is a vision of loveliness with her golden hair. 她長著一頭金發,真是可愛極了

　　vivid adj.鮮艷的Her dress was a vivid colour.她的服裝顏色很鮮艷。

　　強烈的The dark room was momentarily lit up by a vivid flash of lightning. 那黑洞洞的房間頓時被強烈的閃電照亮了。

　　wake vt 使反響;引起反響His echoing cry woke the mountain valley.他呼喊的回聲在山谷里引起了反復回響。

　　walk v輕易地(或不當地)獲得地位(或職位)

　　No one has the right to walk straight into a well-paid job for life.誰也沒有權力輕易地有一份終身的高薪職業。

　　n 職業，活動領域，地位It ‘s a good experience for a writer to know people from all walks of life.

　　能夠了解社會各階層人物對一個作家來說是極佳的體驗。

　　wander vi離開正道 During the storm the ship wandered from its course. 船在風暴中偏離了航道。

　　離題[(+from/off)]He wandered from the subject. 他說離了題。

　　精神恍惚His mind is wandering.他心不在焉。

　　want n/vt缺乏,不足[U][(+of)]He did not get the promotion for want of judgment. 他因缺乏判斷力而未獲提升。

　　He certainly does not want intelligence. 他當然并不傻。

　　vi生活困苦,貧困The opera star wanted in her later years. 那位歌劇明星晚年生活困苦。

　　watch vi等待,留心[(+for)]He watched for his chance to propose to her. 他在等待時機向她求婚。

　　看護,監視They had her watched by detectives. 他們把她置于偵探的監視之下。

　　water n(國家的)海域,領海[P] The ship was in European waters. 船在歐洲水域航行。

　　領域The government are taking US into unknown waters with these changes in the legislation.

　　政府立法上的這些變化不知將把美國引向何方。

　　way n風俗,習慣;風度;作風[C] My years of acclimatization to British ways.我適應英國風俗習慣的歲月。

　　It was not his way to wait passively for things to happen.被動等待事情發生不是他的性格。

　　weapon n[C] (喻)武器(謀取利益或斗爭的工具、手段)

　　Resignation threats had long been a weapon in his armoury.辭職威脅已是他手中長期使用的武器了。

　　weather vi(巖石或其他物質)風化;受侵蝕;經受風雨

　　The ice sheet preserves specimens that would weather away more quickly in other regions.

　　冰層保存了其他地區會很快被侵蝕掉的標本。

　　vt.平安渡過; 挨過The country had weathered a serious crisis.這個國家平安渡過了嚴重的危機。

　　上風面，向風側。 與lee相對The weather side of the yacht.游艇向風的一側。

　　weave vt使迂回行進[O]He weaved his way through the crowd. 他在人群中迂回穿行。

　　web n. [C]錯綜復雜的事物;網絡Who can understand the web of life? 誰能弄懂這錯綜復雜的人生?

　　(喻)(相互關聯因素組成)復雜系統;圈套;羅網

　　He found himself caught up in a web of bureaucracy.他發現自己陷入了官僚機構的羅網。

　　weed n瘦長孱弱的人;軟弱無用的人[C] He is such a weed. 他真是個廢物。

　　vt淘汰, 清除(無用之物)They weeded out useless books from library.他們從圖書室里淘汰無用的書。

　　weigh vt將…與…作權衡(比較兩因素的重要性)They need to weigh benefit against risk.他們有必要權衡利益與風險。

　　weight n價值;重要性;勢力;影響[U]

　　Our boss's opinions seem to carry very little weight at home. 我們老板的意見在家里似乎沒有什么權威。

　　vt加重壓于,壓迫She was weighted down with cares. 她心事重重。

　　偏袒Circumstances are weighted in his favour.情況對他尤其有利。

　　welcome vt欣然接受She didn't welcome the suggestion. 她不接受這項建議。

　　以某種方式對…做出反應 welcome a suggestion coldly 冷淡地對待這一計劃

　　weld vt(喻)使緊密結合，使成整體We were welded into a fighting collective.我們結成一個戰斗集體。

　　well n. [C](大量)來源;源泉An encyclopedia is a well of knowledge. 百科全書是知識的源泉。

　　vi(液體)涌上，冒出Tears were beginning to well in her eyes.眼淚開始涌上她的眼眶。

　　(情感)涌起All the old bitterness began to well up inside her again.過去的苦難又一次在她心中涌起。

　　wet adj下雨的, 多雨的When it is wet, the buses are crowded.下雨天, 公共汽車非常擁擠。

　　懦弱的, 軟弱的Her boyfriend is really wet.她的男朋友非常怯懦。

　　whisper n. [C] 傳聞, 謠言I've heard a whisper that he's going to resign.我聽到了一個傳聞說他準備辭職。

　　蛛絲馬跡;暗示He didn't show even a whisper of interest.他一點也沒流露出感興趣的樣子。

　　whistle n得不到，空指望，徒然希望You can go home and whistle for your wages.你可以回家了，別指望拿到工錢。

　　will n. 意志,毅力;自制力[C][U]Where there is a will,there is a way.有志者事竟成。

　　wind n呼吸[U]Climbing these stairs takes all the wind out of him.爬樓梯使他氣喘吁吁。

　　氣味;風聞,傳說[U]We got wind that his firm was going bankrupt. 我們得到風聲說他的公司快破產了。

　　vt給(鐘等)上發條He wound up the clock every Saturday night.他每個星期六晚上給鐘上發條。

　　使迂回而行,彎彎曲曲地通過The stream wound its way through the village. 小溪彎彎曲曲地流過村莊。

　　繞,纏繞,卷繞[O]She asked me to wind the wool for her. 她叫我幫她繞毛線。

　　wing n. [C]派系,宗派The party split into the left and right wings soon after it was founded. 該黨成立不久就分裂成左右2派。

　　vt插上翅膀, 裝翼 Ambition winged his spirit.雄心壯志使他意氣風發。

　　飛過The airplanes winged their way to the south.飛機飛向南方。

　　使加速Fear winged his steps.恐懼使他加速步伐。

　　弄傷(翼或手臂)The bullet winged the bird子彈傷了鳥翼。

　　wipe vt徹底去除(或消滅)(某物)Things have happened to wipe the smile off Kate's face.事情發生了，凱特笑容頓失。

　　wisdom n看法;(古人的)名言,教訓[U][C]James voiced the conventional wisdom about it. 詹姆士說了對此事的一般看法。

　　wooden adj呆板的;笨拙的;手腳不靈的She is one of the most wooden actresses of all time.她一直是個最呆板的女演員之一。

　　work n成果,產品;工藝品,針線活[U] The villagers sell their work to tourists.村民們把他們的手工藝品賣給旅游者。

　　workshop n.[C]專題討論會, 講習班He'll chair a weekend workshop on politics.他將主持一次周末政治研討會。

　　vt(在上演前)研討(戲劇)The play was workshopped briefly at the Shaw Festival.

　　在肖戲劇節上，這部戲劇被簡單地研討了一番。

　　worship n. [U]禮拜,禮拜儀式We attended worship this morning. 今晨我們去做禮拜了。

　　vi.做禮拜Don't talk while you are worshipping.你們做禮拜時別講話。

　　yawn vi張開, 裂開A great gap yawned between the rocks.在巖石間有個大裂縫。

　　乏味或枯燥的事物[S]The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.那會議自始至終十分無聊。

　　yield vt讓位于;被取代The cinema has largely yielded to the home video. 電影業在很大程度上已讓位給家庭錄像電影。

　　被迫放棄He was forced to yield the castle. 他被迫放棄城堡。

　　透露;揭開The universe is slowly yielding up its secrets to scientists. 宇宙慢慢地向科學家展現了自己的秘密。

　　(金融或商業交易等)產生(回報);生息Such investments yield direct cash returns.這類投資會帶來直接的現金回報。

　　新東方考研熟詞僻義核心詞匯總結

　　1 academic a.①學校的，學院的;②學術的;n.學者，大學教師

　　【真題例句】 If the preoccupation of schools with academic (a.①) work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values.[1995年閱讀4] 【例句精譯】 如果學校對學業的強調減少一些，也許就有更多的時間教孩子更重要的價值觀念。

　　【真題例句】 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年閱讀4]

　　例句精譯】 麥克沃特先生的學術專長在于語言史和語言變化，舉例來說，他認為“whom”一詞的逐漸消失是很自然的，并不比舊式英語中詞格的消失更讓人惋惜。

　　【真題例句】 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年閱讀2]

　　【例句精譯】 哈佛學者倫納德·施萊辛格是一家迅速擴張的美ζ面包店的前總裁，他說，許多“企業重組”都不成熟。

　　2 accommodate

　　①留宿，收容;②供應，供給;③使適應;使符合

　　【真題例句】 And they also need to give serious (21：thought) to how they can be best (22：accommodate) (③) such changes.[2003年完形]

　　【例句精譯】 他們也應該認真考慮青少年是如何適應這些變化的。

　　3.acknowledge v.①承認，認為;②致謝;③確認

　　【真題例句】 Dr. Worm acknowledges (①) that these figures are conservative, one reason for this is that fishing technology has improved.[2006年閱讀3]

　　【例句精譯】 Worm博士承認這些數據還是保守的，一個原因就是捕漁技術已經改進了很多。

　　4.act v.①行動，做事;②(on)起作用;③表演;④(for)代表，代替;n.①行為，動作;②(一)幕;③法令，條例

　　【真題例句】 Governments throughout the world act (v.②) on the assumption that the welfare of their people depends largely on the economic strength and wealth of the community.[2000年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 世界各國的政府都基于一種觀點行政，即人民的福利在很大程度上取決于本國的經濟實力和國家的財富。

　　【真題例句】 The paid manager acting (v.④) for the company was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of the workmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away.[1996年閱讀3] 【例句精譯】 代表公司進行管理的領薪經理們與工人和工人的需求形成更加直接的關系，但甚至他們也很少像正在被淘汰的舊式家族企業的家長制中的雇主那樣熟悉和了解工人的情況。

　　【真題例句】 Some , however , are less reasonable processes of different growth in which preconception of the form scientific theory ought to take, by persons in authority, act (n.①) to alter the growth pattern of different areas.[1996年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 然而，不同的發展過程中，有些不怎?合理——在這些發展過程中，一些權威人士對科學研究應該采取的方式有偏見，從而改變了不同科學領域的發展模式。

　　【真題例句】 The commercial TV channels — ITV and Channel 4 — were required by the Thatcher Government’s Broadcasting Act (n.③) to become more commercial, competing with each other for advertisers, and cutting costs and jobs.[1996年閱讀2]

　　【例句精譯】 按撒切爾政府廣播法的要求，商業電視頻道——第一和第四頻道——正在進行商業化，彼此競爭廣告業務，降低成本，裁減員工。

　　5.address n.地址，通訊處，致詞;v.①致函，寫姓名地址;②向……講話;③處理

　　【真題例句】 Depending on whom you are addressing (v.②), the problems will be different.[2002年閱讀1] 【例句精譯】 針對不同的聽眾，要談的問題也應該不同。

　　6.aggressive a.①侵略的，好斗的;②大膽的，積極的

　　【真題例句】 Now it is a social policy, the most important and aggressive (②) promoter of gambling in America is the government.[2006年新題型]

　　【例句精譯】 現在這是一種社會政策，賭博業最重要的和最激進的支持者是美國政府。

　　7 anchor n.①ê;②新聞節目主持人;v.拋ê，停泊

　　【真題例句】 Fast-food eaters, news anchors (n.②), text messengers, all smiling, smiling.[2006年閱讀4]

　　【例句精譯】 快餐食客、新聞主播、發短信的人，都在微笑、微笑。

　　【真題例句】 Hot spots, anchored (v.) in the deeper layers of the earth, provide the measuring instruments needed to resolve the question.[1998年閱讀5]

　　【例句精譯】 λ于地殼深處的熱點提供了解決該問題的測量依據。

　　8 Appreciate v.①感謝，感激;②正確評價，欣賞，賞識

　　【真題例句】 66. The change in Japanese Life-style is revealed in the fact that_____.[2000年閱讀4]

　　【真題例句】 Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are (17：comprehensive) programs that address (v.③) the many needs of the homeless.[2006年完形]

　　【例句精譯】 《波士頓環球日報》記者克里斯?雷迪認為只有通過全面規劃來解決這些無家可歸者的各種需求，這種局面才有可能得到改善。

　　[D] the Japanese appreciate (②) their present life

　　【例句精譯】 66、_____事實顯示：日本人的生活方式發生了改變。 [D] 日本人欣賞現有的生活

　　9apprehensive a.①有理解力的;②憂慮的，擔心的

　　【真題例句】 52. What is many captive shippers’ attitude towards the consolidation in the rail industry?[2003年閱讀3] [D] Apprehensive (②).

　　【例句精譯】 52、許多受控制的托運人對鐵·部門的合并是什?態度? [D] 擔心，害怕

　　10 Argue v.①爭論，辯論;②認為，主張，論證;③說服

　　【真題例句】 The point is this: without agreement on the rights of people, arguing (①) about the rights of animals is fruitless.[1997年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 關鍵問題是：如果對人的權利?有共同認識，那?討論動物的權利就是毫無結果的。

　　【真題例句】 He is not arguing (②), as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.[2005年閱讀4]

　　【例句精譯】 不像其他大多數人，麥克沃特先生并不認為我們說話方式不規范就不能使我們直接思考。

　　11Attach v.①(to)縛上，系上，貼上;②使依附，使隸屬，使依戀;③附加，附帶;④把～放在

　　【真題例句】 A survey of news stories in 1996 reveals that the anti-science tag has been attached (①) to many other groups as well, from authorities who advocated the elimination of the last remaining stocks of smallpox virus to Republicans who advocated decreased funding for basic research.[1998年閱讀3]

　　【例句精譯】 1996年對新聞報道的調查表明，反科學的標簽也貼在了許多其他群體身上，這些人包括從提倡消滅所有現存的天花病毒的官方人士到倡議削減基礎研究基金的共和黨人。

　　【真題例句】 They (particularly Quebec and Alberta) just want Ottawa to fork over additional billions with few, if any, strings attached (③).[2005年新題型]

　　【例句精譯】 這些官員(尤其是魁北克省和阿伯塔省)只希望政府當局額外出錢， 如有可能，還會附帶條件。 【真題例句】 The modern school that hails technology argues that such masters as Galileo, Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and inventors such as Edison attached (④) great importance to, and derived great benefit from, craft information and technological devices of different kinds that were usable in scientific experiments.[1994年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 推崇技術的現代學派認為，像伽利略、牛頓、麥克斯Τ、愛因斯坦這樣的大師以及像愛迪生這樣的發明家都非常重視科學實驗中使用的不同技術信息和技術設施，并從中受益頗深。

　　12contend v.①競爭，斗爭;②堅決主張，聲稱，認為

　　【真題例句】 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年閱讀2]

　　【例句精譯】 皇家莎士比亞公司(RSC)聲稱是看戲的人給小鎮帶來了大部分收入，因為他們整個晚上(有時甚至是四、五個晚上)都把錢花到旅館和飯店上。

　　13Cook n.炊事員，廚師;v.①烹調，煮，燒;②α造

　　【真題例句】 If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook (n.①)

　　14beam ①(橫)梁，桁條;②(光線的)束，柱;v.①微笑;②發光

　　【真題例句】 Our magazines feature beaming (v.①) celebrities and happy families in perfect homes.[2006年閱讀4]

　　【例句精譯】 我們的雜志突出刊登滿面春風的名人和美滿幸福的家庭。

　　15cement n.①水泥;②膠泥，膠接劑;v.①膠合;②鞏固，加強

　　【真題例句】 Egypt’s leadership in the Arab world was cemented (v.②) by the Aswan High Dam.[1998年閱讀1]

　　【例句精譯】 埃及在阿拉伯世界的領導地λ因阿斯旺大壩而得以鞏固。

　　16Chair n.①椅子;②主席(職λ);vt.主持，擔任

　　【真題例句】 “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年閱讀3]

　　【例句精譯】 芝加哥醫療中心心理部主任Rosalind Cartwright指出“這是你的夢，你不喜歡它，你可以改變它”。

　　【真題例句】 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年閱讀4]

　　【例句精譯】 他宣稱反對利用這種非同尋常的畜牧學技術去克?人，并下令禁止使用聯邦資金做這樣的實驗——盡管還?有人提出那樣的要求——并責令成立一個由普林斯頓大學校長哈羅德?夏皮羅為首的獨立專家小組，在90天內拿出有關克?人的國策建議，向白宮匯報。

　　17climate n.①氣候;②風氣，社會思潮

　　【真題例句】 The flight from overcrowdedness affects the migration from snow belt to more bearable climates (①).[1998年閱讀4] 【例句精譯】 逃離人口過度稠密區的做法改變了以前那種離開寒冷地帶去氣候宜人之地的趨勢。

　　【真題例句】 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]

　　【例句精譯】 如果此項工作做得好的話，就會形成無事故作業的好風氣，因此那兒的因工傷事故所造成的時間損失就會被控制在最低限度。

　　18Code n.①代碼，代號，密碼;②法典，法規，規劃

　　【真題例句】 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年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 美洲的土著語言是如此地“與眾不同”，甚至美軍在第二次世界大戰中用土著語言Navajo發送密碼。

　　【真題例句】 (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年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 (49) 但是，普通科學家的主要任務并非思考指導其行為的道德規范，正如我們并不指望商人把精力投入到商業行為的探索一樣。

　　19column n.①圓柱，柱狀物;②列;③(報刊中的)專欄

　　【真題例句】 “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年閱讀4]

　　【例句精譯】 他在《華爾街日報》一篇專欄文章中寫道：“對任何一個民主社會的檢驗標準不在于它能多有效地壓制各種情感的表達，而在于是否給予了人們思考和表達的最廣泛的自由，盡管有時這種結果會引起爭論和憤怒。”

　　【真題例句】 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年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 像其他人類一樣，普通科學家甚至在?天日常的工作中都遭遇到了道義上的問題——他不應該α造他的實驗、制造證據或改動他的報告。

　　20 Coverage n.①新聞報導(范Χ);②保險項目

　　【真題例句】 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年閱讀2]

　　【例句精譯】 隨著BBC(英國廣播公司)全世界電視節目的開播，亞洲和美洲的數以百萬計的人不僅可以聽到它的新聞廣播，而且也能看到它的電視新聞報道了。

　　21Crack n.①裂紋，縫隙;②破裂聲;v.①(使)開裂;②解決;③(get ～ing)開始

　　【真題例句】 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年閱讀5]

　　【例句精譯】 隨著這個圓頂的增大，板塊出現深深的裂縫。至少有幾次，大?可能會沿著其中的一些裂縫完全裂開，因此這個熱點就引發了一個新的海洋的形成。

　　【真題例句】 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年閱讀5]

　　【例句精譯】 因此，才會有人將貨幣政策的指導作用比作是駕駛一輛帶有黑色擋風玻璃、破碎的后視鏡及方向盤失靈的破汽車。

　　【真題例句】 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年新題型]

　　【例句精譯】 所以，當官員們聚集在尼亞加拉瀑布城像往常一樣不停的抱怨時，他們也應該在自己的權限范Χ內開始做些有利于他們的預算和病人的事情。

　　22craft n.①工藝，手藝，技巧;②飛機，飛船;③行業;v.精工制作

　　【真題例句】 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年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 推崇技術的現代學派認為，像伽利略、牛頓、麥克斯Τ、愛因斯坦這樣的大師以及像愛迪生這樣的發明家都非常重視科學實驗中使用的不同技術信息和技術設施，并從中受益頗深。

　　【真題例句】 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年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 具有諷刺意ζ的是，在歷史學領域，歷史學家都知道，他們所做的努力只不過是為一個永無止境的研究過程做一些貢獻罷了。

　　23deliver v.①交付，遞送;②發表，表達，陳述;③釋放;④接生

　　【真題例句】 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年閱讀2]

　　【例句精譯】 最突出的例子是“定向投影”網絡公司，該公司使用一種屏保系統，將大量最新的信息和廣告不斷地傳送到用戶的計算機顯示器上。

　　【真題例句】 Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver (②) in a relaxed and unforced manner.[2002年閱讀1]

　　【例句精譯】 (練習幽默)包括一些很隨便的、看上去是即興的話，你可以用輕松的、不做作的方式把它們說出來。

　　24digest v.消化;n.摘要，文摘

　　【真題例句】 70. This passage appears to be a digest (n.) of _____.[1996年閱讀5]

　　[A] a book review

　　【例句精譯】 70、本文似乎是_____的摘要。 [A] 一個書評

　　25discipline n.①紀律;②學科;③訓練，訓導;④懲罰，處罰;vt.①訓練，訓導;②懲罰，約束

　　【真題例句】 (72) Interest in historical methods has arisen less through external challenge to the validity of history as an intellectual discipline (n.②) and more from internal quarrels among historians themselves.[1999年翻譯]

　　【例句精譯】 (72) 人們之所以關注歷史研究的方法論，主要是因為史學界內部意見不一，其次是因為外界并不認為歷史是一門學問。

　　【真題例句】 As a member of a British commission visiting here in 1853 reported, “With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline (n.③), the American boy develops rapidly into the skilled workman.”[1996年閱讀4] 【例句精譯】 正如1853年訪美的一個英國訪問團成員所報道的那樣，“由于有了學校徹底訓練過的頭腦，美國孩子迅速地成為技術熟練的工人。”

　　【真題例句】 The cruel discipline (n.④) of the strike and lockout taught the two parties to respect each other’s strength and understand the value of fair negotiation.[1996年閱讀3]

　　【例句精譯】 罷工和封廠的無情懲罰使雙方學會了互相尊重對方的力量，理解公正談判的價值。

　　26dismiss v.①免職，解雇，開除，解散;②.不理會，不考慮

　　【真題例句】 He dismisses (②) a lot of the work of reengineering consultants as mere rubbish —“the worst sort of ambulance-chasing.”[1998年閱讀2]

　　【例句精譯】 他對重組顧問們所作的大量工作不屑一顧，然為那些完全是垃圾——“典型的勞而無獲”。

　　27dock n.船塢，碼頭;v.入塢，停靠碼頭

　　【真題例句】 He sometimes played two slot machines at a time, all night, until the boat docked at 5 a.m , then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9 a.m.[2006年新題型]

　　【例句精譯】 有時他一次玩兩個機器，整夜的玩，直到早上5點關門，然后娛樂場早上9點開門時再回去。

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