1. There is, as Robert Rubin, the treasury secretary, says, a “disjunction” between the mass of business anecdote that points to a leap in productivity and the picture reflected by the statistics. (NETEM 1998, Text 2, Paragraph 2)
正如財(cái)政部長羅伯特•魯賓所說,在大量的生產(chǎn)力發(fā)生了飛躍的商業(yè)傳奇與統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字所反映的情景之間存在著一種“脫節(jié)”。
2. The city is an important railroad junction and industrial and convention center. (NETEM 1999, Structure and Vocabulary, 第34題, 正確答案:C)
[A] conjunction [B] network [C] junction [D] link
這座城市是一個重要的鐵路樞紐,同時也是一個工業(yè)和會議中心。
subject [5sQbdVikt] n. 1.主題, 對象 2.主語3.科目
a. 1.受…支配的 2.易遭…的
vt. 1.使服從 2.使遭受
eject [I5dVekt] vt. 1.噴射 2.驅(qū)逐
inject [in5dVekt] vt. 1.(廣義)注入 2.(狹義)注射
object [5CbdVikt] n. 1.物體 2.目標(biāo)3.對象 vi. 反對
objection [Eb5dVekFEn] n. 反對
objective [Eb5dVektiv] a. 客觀的
project [5prCdVekt] v. 1.設(shè)計(jì),規(guī)劃 2.投射,放映3.伸出
n. 1.計(jì)劃,方案 2.工程,項(xiàng)目
projector [prE5dVektE] n. 放映機(jī),投影儀,幻燈機(jī)
reject [ri5dVekt] vt. 1.拒絕,抵制,駁回 2.退掉
reject的近義詞:
refuse [ri5fju:z] v. 拒絕,謝絕 n. 廢物,垃圾
refusal [ri5fju:zEl] n. 拒絕
decline [di5klain] v. 1.拒絕,謝絕 2.下傾,傾斜3.衰落,衰弱
n. 1.衰落 2.下降
1. New forms of thought as well as new subjects for thought must arise in the future as they have in the past, giving rise to new standards of elegance. (NETEM 1996, Translation, 第75題)
同過去一樣,將來必然會出現(xiàn)的新的思維方式和新的思維對象,給完美以新的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
2. The Corporation will survive as a publicly-funded broadcasting organisation, at least for the time being, but its role, its size and its programmes are now the subject of a nation-wide debate in Britain. (NETEM 1996, Text 2, Paragraph 3)
該公司將作為政府基金資助的廣播機(jī)構(gòu)而幸存,至少目前是這樣,但它的作用、規(guī)模以及它的節(jié)目成為現(xiàn)階段整個英國爭論的話題。
3. By splitting up the subject matter into smaller units, one man could continue to handle the information and use it as the basis for further research. (NETEM 2001, Text 1, Paragraph 1)
通過把主體學(xué)科劃分成更小的部分,人們可以繼續(xù)運(yùn)用信息,并用它作為進(jìn)一步研究的基礎(chǔ)。
4. Politicians are not subject to the labeling of antiscience. (NETEM 1998, Text 3, 第61題B選項(xiàng)) 政治家不會被貼上反科學(xué)的標(biāo)簽。
5. Anyone who keeps careful score knows that the information available is always incomplete and that the predictions are always subject to error. (NETEM 1995, Translation, Paragraph 2)
任何仔細(xì)記分的人都知道:可利用的信息總是不完整,所做的預(yù)測也總?cè)菀壮鲥e。
6. Furthermore, humans have the ability to modify the environment in which they live, thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and fancies. (NETEM 2003, Translation, 第61題)
而且,人類還有能力改變自己的生存環(huán)境,從而讓所有其它形態(tài)的生命服從人類自己獨(dú)特的想法和想象。
reason [5ri:zn] n. 1.理由,原因 2.理性,理智
vt. 1.推理,推論 2.說服3.討論,辯論
reasonable [5ri:znEbl] a. 1.通情達(dá)理的 2.適度的,合理的
sane [sein] a. 健全的,明智的
insane [in5sein] a. 患精神病的,精神病患者的,極愚蠢的
cause [kC:z] vi. 引起,導(dǎo)致 n. 1.原因,理由 2.事業(yè),奮斗目標(biāo)
because [bi5kCz] conj. 因?yàn)?/P>
ground [^raJnd] n. 1.根據(jù),理由 2.場所3.土地,地面
sound [saund] n. 聲音 v. 1.發(fā)聲 2.聽起來
a. 1.健全的,完好的 2.正當(dāng)?shù)?.徹底的
pound [paund] v. (連續(xù))猛擊,搗碎
n. 1.(重量單位)磅 2.(貨幣單位)英鎊
bounce [bauns] vi. 跳起,彈起 n. 跳起,反彈
bound [baund] v. 1.跳 2.限制
n. 1.跳,跳躍 2. (pl.)邊界
a. 1.必定的 2.開往……的
3.(法律上,道德上)理應(yīng)
boundary [5baundEri] n. 邊界,邊界線
abound [E5baund] vi. 豐富;多,充滿
例: This river abounds with fish. 這條河里魚很多。
bond [bCnd] n. 1.聯(lián)絡(luò),聯(lián)系 2.債券
bandage [5bAndidV] vt. 包扎 n. 繃帶
band [bAnd] vt. 縛,捆綁
n. 1. 樂隊(duì) 2.一群3.帶子4.波段
band的近義詞:
tape [teip] n. 1.帶子 2.錄音機(jī)
vt. 1.用帶子捆扎 2.把…錄下來
The innovator will search for alternate courses, which may prove easier in the long run and are bound to be more interesting and challenging even if they lead to dead ends. (NETEM 1994, Passage 5, Paragraph 4)
創(chuàng)新者則會探尋另外不同的道路,而這樣的道路將會最終被證實(shí)更簡單、也一定更有趣、更富挑戰(zhàn)性,即使它們通向絕境。
toe [tEu] n. 腳趾 v. 用腳尖走
tie [tai] n. 1.領(lǐng)帶 2.紐帶,關(guān)系
v. 1.捆,系 2.打結(jié)
untie [5Qn5tai] vt. 解開,解放
tide [taid] n. 1.潮 2.潮流
tile [tail] n. 瓦片, 瓷磚
tube [5tju:b] n. 管, 管子 [英] 地鐵;[美] 電子管, 顯象管
tune [tju:n] n. 1.曲調(diào), 調(diào)子 2.和諧, 合調(diào)
vt. 調(diào)音, 收聽
tyre [5taiE] n. 輪胎 vt. 裝輪胎于
tire [5taiE] n. 1.疲勞, 勞累 2.輪胎, 頭飾
v. (使) 疲倦,(使) 厭煩