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大学英语英语专业精读6 重点词汇总结 Lesson 1 How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience --- John Kenneth Galbraith 1. In the presenting the historical solutions, the author is implicit in his criticism. However, he comes out into the open when he deals with the current designs. implicit: adj. [implisit] 1) 不言明的;含蓄的 Her silence gave implicit consent. 她的沉默表示默许。 2) 内含的;固有的[(+in)] It is implicit in our agreement that she will be a partner. 我们的协议中含有她将成为合伙人这一意思。 3) 无疑问的;无保留的;绝对的[B] The crew had implicit faith in the captains judgment. 全体船员都绝对相信船长的判断。 2. Some economists predict that the implementation of the Bush tax cut plan will exacerbate the polarization in American society. implementation: [,?mpl?m?nte??n] n. 1) 履行;完成 2) 成就 exacerbate: v. make (pain, disease, a situation) worse; aggravate 使（疼痛﹑ 疾病﹑ 情形）恶化; 加剧: Scratching exacerbates a skin rash. 皮疹搔後会恶化。 Her mothers interference exacerbated the difficulties in their marriage. 她母亲从中干预使他们的婚姻雪上加霜。 polarization: 极化 to produce a polarization of , multi-polarization 3. Jeremy Bentham, a near contemporary of Adam Smith, came up with the formula that for perhaps fifty years was extraordinarily influential in British and, to some degree, American thought. a near contemporary of: 与…同一时代 extraordinarily (highly) influential: 极具影响力 extraordinarily good overwhelmingly honest 4. In the economic life, as in biological development, the overriding rule was survival of fittest. overriding: adj. 最主要的 It is of overriding importance to finish the project this week. 最重要的是本星期要完成这一项目。 Our overriding concern is the eradication of illiteracy. 我们最关心的事是消除文盲。 predominant优越的，卓越的，有力的 preponderant占优势的，压倒性的 preponderating adj. 主要的，占多数的 paramount极为重要的，至高无上的 Melancholy is the preponderant mood of the poem. 忧郁的感情是该诗的基调。 This matter is of paramount importance. 此事至关重要。= overriding importance The reduction of unemployment should be paramount. 降低失业率应是头等大事。 survival of fittest: 适者生存---Herbert Spencer 5. It declined in po