研究生英语2补充阅读词汇释义(2012).doc

补充阅读词汇释义（1-17完整版） Passage 1 1. supplement: n. additional section added to a newspaper （报纸的）增刊 2. query: v.t. to ask sb a question or questions 向某人提出问题 3. analogy: n. partial similarity between two things that are compared 类似; 相似 4. envision: v.t. to imagine; to see in ones mind; to foresee 想象, 预想 5. deduce: v.t. to arrive at (facts, a theory, etc) by reasoning; to infer sth. 用推理的方法获致（实情、理论等）; 演绎; 推断 6. elude: v.t. to escape the memory or understanding of (sb.) （某人）不记得, 不理解 7. encompass: v.t. to include or comprise sth. 包含或包括某事物 8. chronological age: (a persons chronological age is) how old they actually are, rather than how old their mind or body seems 实际年龄 9. correlate: v. to have a mutual relation or connection, esp of affecting or depending on each other 相关或相互关联; （尤指）相互影响或相互依存 10. toil: v.i. to work long or hard 长时间或辛苦工作 11. testify: v. to give evidence; to declare as a witness 作证，证明 Passage 2 1. of all stripes: of all different types 各种各样的 2. weather: v.t. to come safely through (sth.); to survive 平安渡过（危难）; 经历（危难）而存活 3. disruption: n. making it difficult for sth. to continue in the normal way 打乱；扰乱 4. fluctuation: n. a change in a price, amount, level etc（指价格﹑数量﹑比率、费用等）涨落, 波动 5. deductible: n. (taxes) an amount that can be taken away （税）可扣除的数目 6. demographic: n. a statistic characterizing human populations (or segments of human populations broken down by age or sex or income etc.) 人口统计数据 7. attendant: adj. accompanying 伴随的;附带的 8. fallout: n. side effect; any adverse and unwanted secondary effect; the bad results of a situation or an action 负面效应 Passage 3 1. uniformity n. 同样, 一式, 一致, 均匀 similarity of all members of a system 2. discourse n. 演讲, 论述, 论文, 讲道, 谈话, 谈论 verbal expression in speech or writing 3. launch vt./ n. 下水, 汽艇, 发射, 发行, 投放市场 to set going; initiate 4. elegant adj. 文雅的, 端庄的, 雅致的 refined, tasteful, beautiful in manners, form, or style 5. cater to v. 供应伙食；迎合 to provide food; to do sth to please sb 6. elite n. 精华