考研英语大纲词汇5500,要全部熟练掌握不是那么容易,尤其对于背单词尤为头疼的考生,在背单词时最好能够把握一些重点和常考词汇,主次分明,更加有效率。下面新东方在线分享历年真题中涉及的词汇,配以真题例句,帮助考生更好的来学习。下面是2006年真题词汇讲解,大家看看。
1.copy[vi.(成功地)应对,对付口,indeed (ad.当然,确实)
[真题例句]Indeed, homelessness has reached such proportions that local government can't possibly cope.无家可归者在美国人口中所占比例越来越大。实际上,无家可归者所占的比例如此之大,以至于地方政府已经无法应对了。【考研,2006,完形】
2.raise ( vt.增加,提高),toward (prep.向,朝)
[真题例句]To help homeless people toward independence, the federal government must support job training programs,raise the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing.为了帮助无家可归者走向独立,联邦政府必须支持就业培训项口、提高最低工资标准和资助建设更多的低价住房。【考研,2006,完形】
3. range[vi.(价格、水平等)处于某个范围之内]
[真题例句〕Estimates range anywhere from 600 000 to 3 million.估计是在60万到300万之间。【考研,2006,完形】
4.increase(v.增加,提高)
[真题例句]Although the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is increasing.尽管人们估计的数字可能各不相同,分析家们对另外一个问题的意见却是一致的:无家可归者的人数正在增长。【考研,2006,完形】
5.predict (vt.预言,预测)
[真题例句〕one of the federal government's studies predicts that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.联邦政府的一项研究预测,在现在这个十年结束之前,无家可归者的人数将接近1900万。【考研,2006,完形】
6. assist(v.帮助,协助)
[真题例句]Finding ways to assist this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult.想办法帮助这些越来越多的无家可归者变得越来越困难。【考研,2006,完形】
7.shelter(n.栖身之地),wander(v.闲逛,漫步)
[真题例句]Even when homeless individuals manage to find a shelter that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night,a good number still spend the bulk of each day wandering the street.即使无家可归者设法找到了能提供一日三餐和晚上睡觉的地方,还是会有很多人每天大部分时间流落街头。【考研,2006,完形】
8. survival(n.生存,幸存),turn around[(使业务、部门等)好转]
[真题例句〕Many others, while not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday survival skills needed to turn their lives around.还有许多人虽然不酗酒吸毒,精神也正常,但缺乏改善自己生活状况的日常生存技能。【考研,2006,完形】
9. comprehensive (a.全面的,彻底的)
[真题例句]Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are comprehensive programs that address the many needs of the homeless.《波士顿环球日报》记者克里斯·雷迪认为只有通过全面规划来解决这些无家可归者的各种需求,这种局面 才有可能得到改善。【考研,2006,完形】
10.put(v.说,表达),coordination(n.协调,配合)
[真题例句〕As Edward Zlotkowski, director of community service at Bentley College inMassachusetts,puts it,“There has to be coordination of programs. What's needed is a package deal.”用马萨诸塞州本特里学院社区服务部主任爱德华·兹罗特克沃斯基的话来说就是:“各种规划必须协调运作,我们需要的是一整套计划。”【考研,2006,完形】
11. homogenize (vt.使均匀,使同一)
[真题例句〕In spite of "endless talk of difference," American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people.尽管人们对于美国社会的差异性存在无止境的争议,美国社会仍然是一部神奇的同化人的机器。【考研,2006,阅读】
12. bummer (n.令人失望的情形)
[真题例句〕Given all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer too.鉴于此,人们也就不需要用艺术再来表现痛苦了。【考研,2006,阅读】
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