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Unit14单词应用

elite[n]精英

2006年阅读Text1

Insteadofintimateshopscateringto“aknowledgeableelite,”thesewerestores

“anyonecouldenter,regardlessofclassorbackground.”

entrepreneur[n]企业家

2014年阅读Text3

Youcannotbuyclass,astheoldsayinggoes,andtheseupstartentrepreneurscannot

buytheirprizestheprestigeoftheNobels.

colonial[adj]殖民地的；殖义的

2009年阅读text4

AccordingtothestandardhistoryofAmericanphilosophy,nowhereelseincolonial

Americawas“somuchimportanceattachedtointellectualpursuits.”

comply[v]服从；遵守

2013年阅读Text2

Afterall,ithasanadbusinesstoo,whichitsayswillcomplywithDNTrequests,

thoughitisstillworkingouthow.

contested[adj]有异议的

2012年阅读Text1

InArizonav.UnitedStates,themajorityoverturnedthreeofthefourcontested

provisionsofArizona’scontroversialplantohavestateandlocalenforce

federalimmigrationlaw.

inherit[v]经遗传获得(特征、特质等)

2009年阅读Text2

Yetmostancestrytestingonlyconsidersasinglelineage,eithertheYchromosome

inheritedthroughmeninafather’slineormitochondrial,whichispasseddown

onlyfrommothers.

privilege[n]

2013年阅读Text4

TheonlymajorobjectioncamefromJusticeAntoninScalia,whoofferedaneven

morerobustdefenseofstateprivilegesgoingbacktotheAlienandSeditionActs.

description[n]描述；形容

2011年阅读Text1

Asadescriptionofthenextmusicdirectorofanorchestrathathashithertobeenled

bymusicianslikeGustavMahlerandPierreBoulez,thatseemslikelytohavestruckat

leastsomeTimesreadersasfaintpraise.

admission[n]进入

2013年完型

Hestudiedtheresultsof9,323MBAinterviews,conductedby31admissionsofficers.

adoptive[adj]收养的

2011年阅读Text4

Therearealsostoriesaboutnewlyadoptive—andnewlysingle—momSandraB