2008考研英语真题词汇.docx

previous /?pri?v??s/ |CET4 TEM41.ADJ A previous event or thing is one that happened or existed before the one that you are talking about.例：She has a teenage daughter from a previous marriage. 2.ADJ You refer to the period of time or the thing immediately before the one that you are talking about as the previous one. 例：It was a surprisingly dry day after the rain of the previous week. infect /?nfekt,?nˋf?kt/ v. [T ]1.to give someone a disease传染[例] People with the virus may feel perfectly well, but they can still infect others. 带有这种病毒的人可能毫无症状，却仍可能传染他人。[+ with][例] the number of people infected with HIV 艾滋病病毒感染者的数目2.[usually passive,一般用被动态] to make something contain something harmful that gives people a disease污染〔使致病〕[+ with][例] Eggs known to be infected with salmonella were allowed to go on sale. 已知带有沙门氏菌的鸡蛋被允许销售。3.if a feeling or interest that you have infects other people, it makes them begin to feel the same way or have the same interest〔某种感情或兴趣〕感染，影响〔他人〕[例] Lucy’s enthusiasm soon infected the rest of the class. 露西的热情很快就感染了班里的其他人。4.if a virus infects your computer or disk, it changes or destroys the information in or on it〔计算机病毒〕使感染controversy /?k?ntr??v??s?/ |CET4 TEM4N-VAR Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval. 例：The proposed cuts have caused considerable controversy. controvert /?k?ntr??v??t, ?k?ntr??v??t/ vt.1.辩驳，反驳；驳斥；否定：The statement of the last witness controverted the evidence of the first two.最后一个见证人的陈述反驳了前两个人的证词2.争论，辩论；讨论：This is a question much controverted between the old and the young.这是一个在老年人与年轻人之间争论不休的问题。tremble /?tr?mb?l/ |CET4 TEM41.V-I If you tremble, you shake slightly because you are frightened or cold. 颤抖例：His mouth became dry, his eyes widened, and he began to tremble all over. 他嘴巴干涩，眼睛睁大，而且开始全身发抖。例：Lisa was white and trembling with anger. 莉萨气得脸色发白，身体颤抖。2.N-SING Tremble is also a noun. 颤抖例：I will never forget the look on the patients face, the tremble in his