【考研词汇学习】_Unit 18（初识词汇应用拓展）.pptVIP

latter: 【adj.】出席；参加；出勤；出席的人数 【pron.】出席；参加；出勤；出席的人数 形近词 late（adj.）( 时间上 ) 接近终了；临近末了；晚；迟 later （adj.）后来的；以后 （adv.）较晚地；以后 isolate （v.）使隔离；使孤立；隔离 同义词 final （adj.） 最后的；最终的 mankind: 【n.】人类 同义词 humankind （n.） 人 humanity（n.） 人类；人性 creature（n.） 生物；动物；人 being（n.）生物；人 近义词 species （n.）物种；种类 span: 【v.】横跨；跨越；包括 【n.】间隔；范围；( 注意力 ) 持续时间 形近词 Hispanic（adj.） 西班牙和葡萄牙的；西班牙及其他说西班牙语国家的；拉美裔美国籍的 Spanish （adj.） 西班牙的；西班牙人的；西班牙语的 supervise: 【v.】 管理；主管；指导；监督 形近词 superstition （n.） 迷信；迷信观念 Unit 18 C. 单词应用 possess [v] 拥有 2008 年翻译 No one, he submits, could have written it without possessing some power of reasoning. preoccupation [n] 专心的事物；关注的事物 2009 年阅读 Text 4 According to many books and articles, New England’s leaders established the basic themes and preoccupations of an unfolding, dominant Puritan tradition in American intellectual life. capture [v] 表现，体现 2007 年阅读 Text 2 Other standardized tests, such as the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE), capture the main aspects of IQ tests. odd [adj]临时的；不固定的 2007年阅读Text 4 Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and airtravelinformation protection is now high on the bosses’ agenda in businesses of every variety. at odds with：与……不一致 2013年阅读 Text 1 This top-down conception of the fashion business couldn’t be more out of date or at odds with the feverish world be described in Overdressed, Elizabeth Cline’s three-year indictment of “fast fashion”. strategy [n] 策略 2010 年阅读 Text 2 Over the past decade, thousands of patents have been granted for what are called business methods. A received one for its “one-click” online payment system. Merrill Lynch got legal protection for an asset allocation strategy. exclusive [adj] 独享的 ; 独有的 2010 年阅读 Text 2 That ruling produced an explosion in business-method