黑暗版阅读真题解析1998Text5

作者: 来源:沪江考研 时间:2008-01-01 22:54

重点词汇:

interior /in5tiEriE/ (内部的;内部)←inter+ior,inter"在里面",-ior后缀。Laughter, n. - An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises.笑,名词--一种体内痉挛,造成面容的变形并伴有说不出话的阵阵难听的声音。

milestone /5mailstEun/ (里程碑)←mile+stone。The invention of the wheel was a milestone in the history of the world.发明轮子是世界历史上的重大事件。

reminder /ri5maindE/ (n.暗示)←remind提醒+er。The music at a marriage procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers marching to battle.结婚行列行进时的音乐总是使我想起士兵们投入战斗的音乐。

construct /kEn5strQkt/ (v.建设,构造)即con+struct,con-"一起",struct词根"建造";同义同根词:structure(v.n.构造)←struct+ure后缀。Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct.拆卸是那些不会建造的人的行为。

readily /5redili/ (容易地;乐意地)即ready的副词形式,已经准备好的事情做起来当然是"容易地",于是做事的人当然是非常"乐意地"。Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self; for what we wish, that we readily believe.再没有比欺骗自己更容易的事了,因为对于希望的事,我们总是乐于相信。

opposite /5CpEzit/ (对立的;对立面)即op+pos+ite,op-"反"(ob-在p前变形为op-),pos词根"放",-ite后缀,"反过来放"→对立的。Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, not less wise, to balance it.几乎所有的格言都有意思相反的一句,其智慧并不逊色,以便使之平衡。The opposite of love is indifference.爱的对立物是冷漠。

instrument /5instrumEnt/ (工具,仪器,乐器)即instru(ct)+ment,instruct指导,-ment后缀,"能帮人们做事的东西"→仪器。Circumstances are the rulers of the weak, instruments of the wise.弱者受制于环境,智者利用环境。

significance /si^5nifikEns/ (意义;重要性)即signify(y变形为i)表示+cance名词后缀,"表示出来的东西"→意义。形容词形式为significant,见2002年Text 3。The whole significance of life lies in the unremitting efforts to explore the unknown and increase knowledge.生活的全部意义在于不懈努力探索未知事物与增加知识。It is undesirable to try to damage the significance of all life simply for love.仅仅由于爱情就试图抹杀全部生活的意义是不可取的。

confine /kEn5fain/ (v.限制)即con+fine,con-"一起",fine词根"界限",于是"全部有界限"→限制。参define(2002年Text 4);finite(2000年Passage 3)等。The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.世界的全部前进动力都归功于对现状不满的人们,感到愉快的人必然把自己限制在旧框架之内。

reference /5refrEns/ (涉及;参考)←refer参考+ence。We live in reference to past experience and not to future events, however inevitable.我们参照过去的经验而非未来的事件生活,不管那些事件如何必然发生。

propel /prE5pel/ (v.推动,驱使)即pro+pel,pro-向前,pel词根"推"。同根词:compel(v.强迫)←com+pel;repel(v.击退;抵制)←re(=back)+pel。

fissure /5fiFE/ (v.裂开n.裂隙)看作f+is+sure,"裂开"的东西上面有"缝"(f)是(is)肯定(sure)的。

formation /fC:5meiFEn/ (构成)←form构成+ation名词后缀。The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.自我并非现成之物,而是通过行为的选择不断形成的。

mutability /7mju:tE5biliti/ (易变性)即mut+ability,mut词根"交换",-ability名词后缀表性质,"具有交换的性质"→易变性。参commute,2000年Passage 4。mutability of human affairs 人世沧桑。

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