consultant
n.①會(huì)診醫(yī)師，顧問醫(yī)生；②顧問
［真題例句］ He dismisses a lot of the work of reengineering consultants (②) as mere rubbish-"the worst sort of ambulancechasing."［1998年閱讀2］
［例句精譯］ 他把許多重組咨詢專家所做的工作視為垃圾-"典型的勞而無獲"。
urge
v.①催促，力勸；②強(qiáng)烈希望；③鼓勵(lì)，促進(jìn)；n.強(qiáng)烈欲望，迫切要求
［真題例句］ For the women of my generation who were urged (v.①) to keep juggling through the 80s, downshifting in the mid 90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life-growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one-as a personal recognition of your limitations.［2001年閱讀5］
［例句精譯］ 對(duì)我們這一代女性來說，整個(gè)80年代我們?cè)黄让β档厣睿?0年代中期的簡化生活與其說是尋求神話般的好生活-自己種有機(jī)蔬菜并試圖與之合一-倒不如說我們都認(rèn)識(shí)到了自身的局限。
［真題例句］ From the beginning of our history, says Hofstadter, our democratic and populist urges (n.) have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism.［2004年閱讀4］
［例句精譯］ 霍夫斯塔特說：自歷史之初，我們的民主和平民主義傾向就使我們摒棄一切和精英主義沾邊的東西。
stump
n.樹樁, 殘余, 煙頭v.掘去樹樁, 砍成樹樁, 絆倒, 難住, 截去
nasty
a.①骯臟的，卑劣的，下流的；②令人厭惡的
［真題例句］ Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty (①).［2002年閱讀2］
［例句精譯］ 從人類最初有了智慧至今，人們一直在設(shè)計(jì)日益巧妙的工具來處理那些危險(xiǎn)的、枯燥的、繁重的或者只是簡單骯臟的工作。
conservative
a.保守的，守舊的；n.保守主義者
［真題例句］ Dr. Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative (a.), one reason for this is that fishing technology has improved.［2006年閱讀3］
［例句精譯］ Worm博士承認(rèn)這些數(shù)據(jù)還是保守的，一個(gè)原因就是捕魚技術(shù)已經(jīng)改進(jìn)了很多。
［真題例句］ 66. The word "demographers" (Line 1, Paragraph 7) most probably means.［1998年閱讀4］
［D］ conservatives (n.) clinging to old patterns of life
［例句精譯］ 66、單詞"demographer"（第七段第一行）最可能的意思是。
［D］ 堅(jiān)持舊生活模式的保守主義者
impact
n./v.①?zèng)_擊，碰撞；②效果，影響
［真題例句］ Proper, scientific study of the impacts (n.②) of dams and of the cost and benefits of controlling water can help to resolve these conflicts.［1998年閱讀1］
［例句精譯］ 對(duì)于水壩的影響、水壩控制水流的成本和收益進(jìn)行恰當(dāng)而科學(xué)的研究能夠有助于解決這些沖突。
