2010考研英語：歷年真題來源報刊閱讀100篇(37)

　　urge[ə:dʒ]

　　v.①催促，力勸;②強烈希望;③鼓勵，促進(jìn);n.強烈欲望，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] 對我們這一代女性來說，整個80年代我們曾被迫忙碌地生活，90年代中期的簡化生活與其說是尋求神話般的好生活-自己種有機蔬菜并試圖與之合一-倒不如說我們都認(rèn)識到了自身的局限。

　　[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[stʌmp]

　　n.樹樁, 殘余, 煙頭v.掘去樹樁, 砍成樹樁, 絆倒, 難住, 截去

　　nasty[ˈnɑ:sti]

　　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)計日益巧妙的工具來處理那些危險的、枯燥的、繁重的或者只是簡單骯臟的工作。

　　conservative[kənˈsə:vətiv]

　　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] 堅持舊生活模式的保守主義者