
四级考试常考词汇及例句解析.doc
67页英语四级考试高频词汇及例句详解identify i-den-ti-fy vt.认出,鉴定;把…等同于[例句]He must use the sounds of speech to identify thewords spoken, understand the pattern of organization of thewords (sentences), and finally interpret the meaning.(2006年12月完形填空)[译文] 他必须通过说话者的声音来确定其所说的话,理解词(句)的结构,最后解释所说的意思[用法] be identified with 被视为与…等同statement state-ment n.陈述,声明;结算单,报表[例句] The author’s purpose in writing this article is to support the statement made by YorkOnnen.(2005 年 1 月阅读 2,20题选项之一)[译文] 作者写这篇文章的目的是为了支持 York Onnen 的说法。
[用法] statement on/about 关于…声明/ 陈述status sta-tus n.地位,身份;情形,状况[例句] Authorities said the undocumented workers’illegal status made them open toblackmail (讹诈)by terrorists.(2006 年 6 月 阅读 2)[译文] 当局说,无居住许可的工人的身份是不合法的,所以他们很容易受到恐怖分子的讹诈afford af-ford vt.担负得起;提供[例句] Not all advertisers can afford to use it.(2008 年 6 月快速阅读)[译文] 并不是所有的广告商都用得起(经济方面) [用法] afford to do sth.负担得起做某事 aspect as-pect n.方面;(建筑物的)朝向、方向;样子,外表[例句]Tame elephants are different from wild elephants in many aspects, including theirtempers.(2005 年 1 月B 卷词汇 50 题)[译文] 经驯养的大象与野生大象在脾性等许多方面都有不同。
approach ap-proach vt.向 …靠近 n.靠近;途径,方式[例句]What’s the biggest fear of older parents according to New York psychologist JoanGalst? Approaching of death.(2006 年 6 月阅读 3)[译文]纽约心理学家 Joan Galst 认为老年父母最担忧的是什么?是临近死亡assume as-sume vt.假定,假设,臆断;承担,呈现[例句]People assume that office politics involves somemanipulative (工于心计的)behavior.(2004 年 6 月阅读 2)[译文]人们认为办公室政治包括一些工于心计的行为attach at-tach vt.缚,系,贴,附加;使依恋,使喜欢;使附属;认为有(重要性、责任等)[例句]In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementaryand secondary schools.(2005 年 1 月阅读 2)[译文]在大城市,有些幼儿园是某大学的附属幼儿园。
这种大学一般都有附属小学和附属中学[用法]be attached to sb./sth.喜欢某人/ 某物 attach importance to sth.认为… 重要…factor fac-tor n.因素,因子;系数[例句]One factor that can influence consumers is their mood state. (2007 年 12 月完形填空) [译文]影响消费者的一个因素是消费者的心态previous a.先的,前的,以前的[例句]They worked out that people who had quit in the previous decade were much more likelyto be overweight than smokers and people who had never smoked .(2008 年 12 月快速阅读)[译文]他们知道前十年已经戒烟的人比吸烟的人和从不吸烟的人更容易超重[辨析]previous,preceding, prior, precedent, antecedent, forgoing这是一组含有“先前的” 之意的形容词。
previous 先前的,以前的(时间,书的章节以及事件) preceding 在前的,多指书或文章的前部或前页,也可指时间在前的;e.g. in the ~chapter 在上一章; in the ~year, 在上一年prior 较早的,指一个行为先于另一个行为,后接介词 toprecedent多指某一事情先于另一事情发生antecedent “前期的” 多指在历史中一个时期先于另一个时期forgoing 同 preceding 和 priorslash vt.砍;大幅度削减 n.砍,砍痕 ;斜线号[例句]Spending about £100,000 on these and other improvements, he slashed his £90,000fuel and power bill by £60,000. (2007 年 12 月快速阅读)[译文]为这些和其他改进花费约为十万英镑,他将其九万英镑燃料和电力账单削减了六万英镑sour a.酸味的 ;馊的;脾气坏的 v.使变酸; 使变得乖戾( 或暴躁 )[例句]Some people’s breath turns sour every time they goon a job interview. (1998 年 1 月阅读 3)[译文] 每次去面试,一些人就会变得没好气的。
academic a.学术的; 学院的;纯理论的,不切实际的 n.大学教师[例句]It was Page who, at Stanford in 1996, initiated the academic project that eventuallybecame Google’s searchengine. (2007 年 6 月阅读 A)[译文] 佩吉于 1996 年在斯坦福大学发起的学术项目最终成为谷歌搜索引擎 advantage n.优点,优势,好处[例句]A trademark prevents others from using the identical or a similar word, name, or symbolto take advantage of the recognition and popularity of the brand or to create confusion in themarketplace. (2008 年 12 月完形)[译文] 商标阻止他人使用相同或类似的词、名称或符号,来利用得到大众认知且广受欢迎的品牌的知名度或在市场上制造混乱。
community n.社区,社会;团体,界;(动植物的)群落[例句]Large parts of the community may become mired in a seemingly state of poverty andunderachievement (2008 年 12 月阅读 2)[译文] 社会的很大部分可能陷入贫困和成就不好的状态conclude vt.推断出,推论出; 缔结,议定 vi.结束,终了[例句]The report concluded that at a ticket price of $50,000, there could be 500,000passengers flying into space each year. (2006 年 1 月快速阅读 )[译文] 报告的结论是:如果票价为 5 万美元 ,每年可能会有 50 万名乘客太空旅行describe vt. 形容,描写;画出 (图形等)[例句]One should create a solid statement in a dozen or so sentences that describe in detail howthey see their life related to work. (2007 年 6 月快速阅读 )[译文] 一个人应该用十几个左右句子做出坚定的说法,详细描述他们怎样看待与工作相关联的生活。
despite 不管,不顾[例句]Despite their varied designs, navigation computers used in cars... (2002 年 1 月阅读 1)[译文] 尽管是各种不同的设计,用于汽车的导航计算机…construct vt.建造;构思 n.建筑物;构想,观念 [例句]Every morning now she turns on a specially constructed light box for half an hour and sitsin front of it to trick her brain into thinking it’s still enjoying those long summer days.(2005 年 6 月阅读 4)[译文] 现在她每天早上打开一个专门建造的灯箱半小时并且坐在前面,欺骗她的大脑认为自己仍然在享受那悠长的夏季economy n.经济;节约,节省[例句]Watching the U.S. economy soar during the ‘90s, the Germans had decided that they,too, needed to go the hightechnology.[译文] 观察了美国在 90 年代经济增长之后,德国已经决定他们也需要走高科技的路线。
emotion n.情感,感情;激动[例句]By accepting who you are—all your emotions, hopes and dreams, your personality, andyour unique way of being—you’ll project more confidence when networking and talking withpotential employers. (2007 年 6 月快速阅读)[译文] 接受你是谁——所有的感情,希望和梦想,你的个性,和你存在的独特的方式 ——当你在做网络工程和与潜在的雇主交谈时,你会更有信心engine n.引擎,发动机 ;机车[例句]Google’s search engine is so widespread across the world that search became Google, andgoogle became a verb. (2007 年 6 月阅读 A)[译文] 谷歌搜索引擎在世界各地如此广泛以至于搜索就是谷歌,谷歌成为一个动词。












