2010考研英語：歷年真題來源報(bào)刊閱讀100篇(40)

　　spill[spil]

　　v.溢出，濺出;n.摔下，跌下

　　[真題例句] 54. What the author tries to suggest may best be interpreted as_______.[1998年閱讀1]

　　[A] It's no use crying over spilt (v.) milk

　　[例句精譯] 54. 作者試圖提醒的意思可以最恰當(dāng)?shù)亟忉尀椋篲___。

　　[A] "覆水難收"

　　modify[ˈmɔdifai]

　　v.更改，修改，修飾

　　[真題例句] In response, schools are modifying their programs, adapting instruction to children who are exceptional, to those who cannot profit substantially from regular programs.[1994年閱讀3]

　　[例句精譯] 作為回應(yīng)，學(xué)校也在調(diào)整課程安排，使授課能夠適應(yīng)特殊兒童，適應(yīng)那些不能從常規(guī)課程中真正獲益的兒童的需要。

　　routine[ru:ˈti:n]

　　n.例行公事，常規(guī);a.常規(guī)的，例行的

　　[真題例句] You can make a mental blueprint of a desire as you would make a blueprint of a house, and each of us is continually making these blueprints in the general routine (n.) of everyday living.[1996年閱讀1]

　　[例句精譯] 你可以在頭腦里勾畫出一幅欲望的藍(lán)圖，就像你可以設(shè)計(jì)房屋的藍(lán)圖一樣，而我們每個(gè)人在日常生活中都在不停地畫著這樣的藍(lán)圖。

　　[真題例句] Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everyday performance of his routine (a.) duties-he is not supposed to cook his experiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor his reports. [2006年翻譯]

　　[例句精譯] 像其他人類一樣，普通科學(xué)家甚至在每天日常的工作中都遭遇到了道義上的問題--他不應(yīng)該偽造實(shí)驗(yàn)、制造證據(jù)或改動(dòng)他的報(bào)告。

　　infestation[infes'teiʃən]

　　n.(害蟲, 盜賊等)群襲, 出沒, 橫行

　　背景常識介紹：

　　基因工程是生物工程的一個(gè)重要分支，它與細(xì)胞工程、酶工程、蛋白質(zhì)工程和微生物工程共同組成了生物工程。