考研英语2000-2001精读笔记.doc

2000?? ????????????????????????? Passage One L: effortless a.毫不费力的 dreadful a.可怕地????????? dread v./n.畏惧，惧怕 handicap n./vt.障碍 handle vt.处理，应对 driving force? 推动力 glowing a.辉煌的??????????????????????? glow v./n.发光 competitor n.竞争者 industrial n.产业工人? a.工业的；产业的 scale n.规模 economies of scale ??规模经济 skilled a.熟练的 prosperous a.繁荣的?????????????????? prosper vi.???????????? prosperity n. destroy = destruct? vt.摧毁；破坏????????????????????????? destruction n. inevitable a.不可避免的????????????????????? inevitably ad. avoidable a.可以避免的 primacy n.首要；首要地位?????????????????????? primary a. narrow vt.变窄；变小? a.窄的 retreat n./v.后退，退却；撤退 predominance n.主导，支配?????????????? predominate v.????????????? predominant a. at a loss over A????? 面对A不知所措 industry n.工业；企业；行业 electronics n.电子产品；电子学 shrink v.(shrank, shrunk)萎缩；退缩；缩水 vanish v.消失 textile n.纺织品 sweep v.(swept, swept)扫；席卷 machine-tool? n.机床 on the ropes?? 处于危险中 semiconductor n.半导体 casualty n.牺牲品 inquiry n.调查；询问????????????????? inquire v. sensational a.耸人听闻的，轰动性的；感觉的?????????????????????? sensation n. warnings n.警告 overseas a./ad./n. 海外的；海外 look back on A ?回顾A solid a./n.连续的；紧密的；固体的 struggle n./v.挣扎 attribute A to B? ?把A归因于B solely ad.完全，非常 dued a.贬值的 blind pride? 盲目的骄傲 go on a diet? 节食 quick-witted? a.机智的 wit n.才智；理智 dean n.系主任，院长 executive dean? 副主任，副院长 school n.学院，系；学校 think-tank? n.智囊团，智库 domestic a.国内的；家庭的????????????????????? domesticate vt.驯养 impetus n.动力，推动力 give an impetus to sth? ?给sth以推动力 manifest v.表明，表现；证明? a.明显的 withdraw v.撤退；取回 take over? 接管 collapse v./n.崩溃 suicide n.自杀????????????????????? suicidal a. auto = automobile? n.汽车，机动车 intense a.激烈的 pave v.铺路；铺平???????????????????? pavement n.人行道 beyond the dreams of sb??? 超越了sb的梦想，sb做梦都想不到 make painstaking effort to do? 尽力做，努力做 take pains to do? 尽力做，努力做，下苦功做 ? Passage Two L: male n./a.男性；雄性 female n./a.女性；雌性 ratio n.比率 universal n.普遍模式；普遍特征? a.普遍的；宇宙的 mortality n.死亡；大量死亡；死亡数；死亡率 mortal a.死的；终有一死的；致命的 excess n.多余；过多 crucial a.决定性的，关键的；艰难的；十字形的 search for A = look for A?? 寻找A search A