2007考研英语真题词汇.docx

2007：inhabitant /nhbtnt/ |CET4 TEM4N-COUNT The inhabitants of a place are the people who live there.例：.the inhabitants of Boise. viable /vabl,vab/ adj.a viable idea, plan, or method can work successfully1.viable alternative/proposition/option etc 例 Will a hotel here be financially viable? 2.technical able to continue to live or to develop into a living thingOPP NON-VIABLE例 viable seeds presume /przjum/ |CET6 TEM81.V-T If you presume that something is the case, you think that it is the case, although you are not certain.例：I presume youre here on business. 2.V-T If you say that someone presumes to do something, you mean that they do it even though they have no right to do it.例：Theyre resentful that outsiders presume to meddle in their affairs. 3.V-T If an idea, theory, or plan presumes certain facts, it regards them as true so that they can be used as a basis for further ideas and theories.例：The legal definition of know often presumes mental control. tribute /trbjut/ |CET6 TEM41.N-VAR A tribute is something that you say, do, or make to show your admiration and respect for someone. 例：The song is a tribute to Roy Orbison. 2.N-SING If one thing is a tribute to another, the first thing is the result of the second and shows how good it is. 例：His success has been a tribute to hard work, to professionalism. noteworthy /ntw/ |CET6ADJ A fact or event that is noteworthy is interesting, remarkable, or significant in some way. 例：The most noteworthy feature of the list is that there are no women on it. quirk /kwk/ |TEM81.N-COUNT A quirk is something unusual or interesting that happens by chance. (偶然发生的)例：By a tantalizing quirk of fate, the pair have been drawn to meet in the first round of the championship. 2.N-COUNT A quirk is a habit or aspect of a persons character which is odd or unusual. 例：Brown was always fascinated by the quirks and foibles of people in everyday situations. confer /knf/ |CET6 TEM81.V-RECIP When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer. 例：He conferred with Hill and the others in his office. 2.V-T To confer something such as power or an honour on someone means to give it to them.例：The constitution also confers large powers on Brazils 25 constituent states. conceive /knsiv/ |CET6 TEM41.V-T/V-I If you cannot conceive of something, you cannot imagine it or believe it.例：I just cant even conceive of that quantity of money. 例：We could not conceive that he might soon be dead. 2.V-T/V-I If you conceive something as a particular thing, you consider it to be that thing.例：The ancients conceived the earth as afloat in water. 例：We conceive of the family as being in a constant state of change. 3.V-T If you conceive a plan or idea, you think of it and work out how it can be done. 例：She had conceived the idea of a series of novels, each of which would reveal some aspect of Chinese life. 4.V-T/V-I When a woman conceives a child or conceives, she becomes pregnant. 例：Women, he says, should give up alcohol before they plan to conceive. craze /krez/ |TEM4N-COUNT If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time. 一时的狂热例：.the craze for Mutant Ninja Turtles. 风靡一时的忍者神龟热。hysteria /hstr/ N-UNCOUNT Hysteria among a group of people is a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger, or panic. 歇斯底里例：No one could help getting carried away by the hysteria. 歇斯底里发作起来谁也无法控制自己。cognitive /kntv/ |CET6 TEM8ADJ Cognitive means relating to the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things. 认知的例：As children grow older, their cognitive processes become sharper. intuitive /ntjutv/ |TEM81.ADJ If you have an intuitive idea or feeling about something, you feel that it is true although you have no evidence or proof of it. 直觉的例：A positive pregnancy test soon confirmed her intuitive feelings. 阳性的孕检结果很快证实了她的直觉。2.ADV 凭直觉地例：He seemed to know intuitively that I must be missing my mother. 他似乎凭直觉知道我一定是在思念我的母亲。expert performersadjstartling /sttl/ ADJ Something that is startling is so different, unexpected, or remarkable that people react to it with surprise.例：Sometimes the results may be rather startling. trait /tret/ |CET4 TEM8N-COUNT A trait is a particular characteristic, quality, or tendency that someone or something has. 例：The study found that some alcoholics had clear personality traits showing up early in childhood. nurture /nt/ |CET6 TEM81.V-T If you nurture something such as a young child or a young plant, you care for it while it is growing and developing. 例：Parents want to know the best way to nurture and raise their child to adulthood. 2.V-T If you nurture plans, ideas, or people, you encourage them or help them to develop. 例：She had always nurtured great ambitions for her son. 3.N-UNCOUNT Nurture is care and encouragement that is given to someone while they are growing and developing. 例：The human organism learns partly by nature, partly by nurture. verbal /vbl/ |CET6 TEM41.ADJ You use verbal to indicate that something is expressed in speech rather than in writing or action. 口头的例：They were jostled and subjected to a torrent of verbal abuse. 2.ADV例：Dave drank heavily and became verbally abusive. 3.ADJ You use verbal to indicate that something is connected with words and the use of words. 词语的; 文字的例：The test has scores for verbal skills, mathematical skills, and abstract reasoning skills. 4.ADJ In grammar, verbal means relating to a verb. 动词的例：.a verbal noun. 一个动名词。envision /nvn/ |TEM4V-T If you envision something, you envisage it.例：Alana never envisioned her college career ending like this. envisage /nvzd/ |CET6 TEM4V-T If you envisage something, you imagine that it is true, real, or likely to happen. 例：He envisages the possibility of establishing direct diplomatic relations in the future. deduce /ddjus/ |CET6 TEM4V-T If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true. 例：The date of the document can be deduced from references to the Civil War. 该文件的日期可以从其对内战的提及处推算出来。elude /lud/ |TEM81.V-T If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it. 例：Sleep eluded her. 2.V-T If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. 例：He eluded the police for 13 years. 3.V-T If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it. 例：The appropriate word eluded him. 原文：Its not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers.encompass /nkmps/ |CET6+ TEM81.V-T If something encompasses particular things, it includes them. 例：His repertoire encompassed everything from Bach to Schoenberg. 2.V-T To encompass a place means to completely surround or cover it. 例：The map shows the rest of the western region, encompassing nine states. field /fild/ |CET4 TEM4V-T If you say that someone fields a question, you mean that they answer it or deal with it, usually successfully.例：He was later shown on television, fielding questions. query /kwr/ |CET6+ TEM41.N-COUNT A query is a question, especially one that you ask an organization, publication, or expert. 例：If you have any queries about this insurance, please contact our call centre. 2.V-T If you query something, you check it by asking about it because you are not sure if it is correct.例：Its got a number you can call to query your bill. 3.V-T To query means to ask a question.例：Is there something else? Ray queried as Helen stopped speaking. procedure /prsid/ |CET4 TEM4N-VAR A procedure is a way of doing something, especially the usual or correct way. 例：Police insist that Michael did not follow the correct procedure in applying for a visa. pink slip N-COUNT If employees are given their pink slips, they are informed that they are no longer needed to do the job that they have been doing. 解雇通知书例：It was his fourth pink slip in two years. diagnosis /danss/ |CET6 TEM4N-VAR Diagnosis is the discovery and naming of what is wrong with someone who is ill or with something that is not working properly. 诊断例：I need to have a second test to confirm the diagnosis. spouse /spas/ |CET4 TEM4N-COUNT Someones spouse is the person they are married to. 例：You, or your spouse, must be at least 60 to participate. disrupt /dsrpt/ |CET6 TEM4V-T If someone or something disrupts an event, system, or process, they cause difficulties that prevent it from continuing or operating in a normal way. 例：Anti-war protesters disrupted the debate. disruption /dsrpn/ N-VAR When there is disruption of an event, system, or process, t to a minimum. deprive /dprav/ |CET6 TEM4V-T If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it. it is prevented from continuing or operating in a normal way. 例：The plan was designed to ensure disruption to business was kep 例：Theyve been deprived of the fuel necessary to heat their homes. fluctuation /flktue n,flktuen/ n. C,U AC a change in a price, amount, level etc例 Prices are subject to fluctuation. + in例 the fluctuation in interest rates deductible /ddktbl/ |TEM81.ADJ If a payment or expense is deductible, it can be deducted from another sum such as your income, for example, when calculating how much income tax you have to pay. 可扣除的例：Part of the auto-loan interest is deductible as a business expense. 例：.deductible expenses. 2.N-COUNT A deductible is a sum of money which an insured person has to pay toward the cost of an insurance claim. The insurance company pays the rest. 免赔额例：Each time they go to a hospital, they have to pay a deductible of $628. attendant adj.relating to or caused by something【正式】 伴随的，随之而来的，附带的attendant problems/difficulties/dangers etc例 nuclear power, with all its attendant risks + on例 Drugs are one of the issues attendant on running a school. 原文：Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers，with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families future healthcare.Even demographics are working against the middle class family，as the odds of having a weak elderly parentand all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance have jumped eightfold in just one generation.fallout /flat/ 1.N-UNCOUNT Fallout is the radiation that affects a particular place or area after a nuclear explosion has taken place. 例：They were exposed to radioactive fallout during nuclear weapons tests. 2.N-UNCOUNT If you refer to the fallout from something that has happened, you mean the unpleasant consequences that follow it.例：Grundy lost his job in the fallout from the incident. wholesale /hlsel/ |CET6 TEM41.N-UNCOUNT Wholesale is the activity of buying and selling goods in large quantities and therefore at cheaper prices, usually to stores who then sell them to the public. Compare . 例：Warehouse clubs allow members to buy goods at wholesale prices. 2.ADV If something is sold wholesale, it is sold in large quantities and at cheaper prices, usually to stores. 例：The fabrics are sold wholesale to retailers, fashion houses, and other manufacturers. 3.ADJ You use wholesale to describe the destruction, removal, or changing of something when it affects a very large number of things or people. (破坏、迁移或变动) 例：They are only doing what is necessary to prevent wholesale destruction of vegetation. due /dju/ |CET4 TEM41ADJ Due attention or consideration is the proper, reasonable, or deserved amount of it under the circumstances. 适当的; 应有的例：After due consideration it was decided to send him away to live with foster parents. 2.ADJ Something that is due, or that is due to someone, is owed to them, either as a debt or because they have a right to it. 应得的例：I was sent a cheque and advised that no further pension was due. sort out 1.PHRASAL VERB If you sort out a group of things, you separate them into different classes, groups, or places, for example so that you can do different things with them. 例：Sort out all your bills, receipts, invoices, and expenses as quickly as possible and keep detailed accounts. 2.PHRASAL VERB If you sort out a problem or the details of something, you do what is necessary to solve the problem or organize the details. 例：India and Nepal have sorted out their trade and security dispute. 3.PHRASAL VERB If you sort yourself out, you organize yourself or calm yourself so that you can act effectively and reasonably. 例：Were in a state of complete chaos here and I need a little time to sort myself out. compliance /kmplans/ |CET6+ TEM4N-UNCOUNT Compliance with something, for example a law, treaty, or agreement, means doing what you are required or expected to do. 例：Inspectors were sent to visit nuclear sites and verify compliance with the treaty. 监察员被派去参观核址并核实条约的遵守情况feeble /fibl/ |CET6 TEM41.ADJ If you describe someone or something as feeble, you mean that they are weak. 例：He told them he was old and feeble and was not able to walk so far. 2.ADV 虚弱地例：His left hand moved feebly at his side. 3.ADJ If you describe something that someone says as feeble, you mean that it is not very good or convincing. 例：This is a particularly feeble argument. 4.ADV 薄弱地例：I said Sorry, very feebly, feeling rather embarrassed. governance /vnns/ 1.N-UNCOUNT The governance of a country is the way in which it is governed. (国家的)统治方式; 管理方式例：.he will meet with officials from several countries to discuss ways to promote good governance. 2.N-UNCOUNT The governance of a company or organization is the way in which it is managed. (公司、组织等的)管理方式例：.a dramatic move away from the traditional view of governance in education. inevitably /nvtbl/ ADV If something will inevitably happen, it is certain to happen and cannot be prevented or avoided.例：Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment. executive 英 gzekjtv; eg- 美 zkjtv adj. 行政的；经营的；执行的，经营管理的n. 总经理；执行委员会；执行者；经理主管人员suite 英 swit 美 sut; swit n. （一套）家具；套房；组曲；（一批）随员，随从Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting and compliance troubles，and improved their feeble corporation governance，a new problem threatens to earn them-especially in America-the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite：data insecurity.diverse /davs/ |CET4 TEM41.ADJ If a group of things is diverse, it is made up of a wide variety of things. 例：The building houses a wide and diverse variety of antiques. 2.ADJ Diverse people or things are very different from each other.例：Albert Jones new style will inevitably put him in touch with a much more diverse and perhaps younger audience. 艾伯特琼斯的新风格无疑将使他接触更多形形色色的、或许更年轻的观众。intricate /ntrkt/ |CET6 TEM41.ADJ You use intricate to describe something that has many small parts or details. 例：.the production of carpets with highly intricate patterns. 2.ADV 例：.intricately carved sculptures. disclose /dsklz/ |CET6 TEM4V-T If you disclose new or secret information, you tell people about it.例：Neither side would disclose details of the transaction. corporate /kprt, -prt/ |CET6 TEM4ADJ Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation.例：.top U.S. corporate executives. 美国公司的高层管理人员。例：.a corporate lawyer. 一名公司律师。overshadow /vd/ |TEM81.V-T If an unpleasant event or feeling overshadows something, it makes it less happy or enjoyable. 例：Fears for the presidents safety could overshadow his peace-making mission. 2.V-T If you are overshadowed by a person or thing, you are less successful, important, or impressive than they are. 使黯然失色例：Hester is overshadowed by her younger and more attractive sister. 3.V-T If one building, tree, or large structure overshadows another, it stands near it, is much taller than it, and casts a shadow over it. 例：She said stations should be in the open, near housing, not overshadowed by trees or walls. setback /stbk/ |CET6 TEM4N-COUNT A setback is an event that delays your progress or reverses some of the progress that you have made.例：The move represents a setback for the Middle East peace process. clique /klik, klk/ N-COUNT If you describe a group of people as a clique, you mean that they spend a lot of time together and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group. 例：He was accepted into the most popular clique on campus. vaunted /vntd/ ADJ If you describe something as vaunted or much vaunted, you mean that people praise it more than it deserves. 被吹嘘的例：Simpsons much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology. deploy /dpl,dpl/ v.1.I,T to organize or move soldiers, military equipment etc so that they are in the right place and ready to be used部署，调度士兵、军事装备等deploy forces/troops/weapons etc例 NATOs decision to deploy cruise missiles 北约要部署巡航导弹的决定2.T formal to use something for a particular purpose, especially ideas, arguments etc【正式】 利用，调动尤指想法、论据等例 a job in which a variety of professional skills will be deployed 要用到多项专业技术的工作endeavour /ndv/ |CET6 TEM4