assault ★

　　構(gòu)詞as表強(qiáng)調(diào)+sault跳→表強(qiáng)調(diào)跳起來→進(jìn)攻

　　v.to make an assault 猛烈地攻擊，襲擊

　　n.a violent physical or verbal attack 突然而猛烈的攻擊

　　真題連線2000 Passage 4

　　Last year Japan experienced 2125 incidents of school violence, including 929 assaults on teachers. 去年日本發(fā)生了2125起校園暴力事件，其中包括929起襲擊老師事件。

　　assemble★

　　構(gòu)詞as表強(qiáng)調(diào)+semble相類似，一樣→不斷使東西相同→組裝[東西]

　　v.1.to bring or call together into a group or whole:召集

　　2.to fit together the parts or pieces of裝配

　　vi.to gather together; congregate集合

　　真題連線1998 Passage 3

　　Defenders of science have also voiced their concerns at meetings such as “the Flight from Science and Reason,” held in New York City in 1995, and “Science in the age of (Mis)information,” which assembled last June near Buffalo. 科學(xué)的捍衛(wèi)者們也在一些會(huì)議上表示了他們的擔(dān)憂。比如，1995年在紐約舉行的“遠(yuǎn)離科學(xué)和理性”會(huì)議，以及去年6月在布法羅附近召開的“信息(迷信)時(shí)代的科學(xué)”會(huì)議。

　　assert★

　　構(gòu)詞as表強(qiáng)調(diào)+sert加入，插入→強(qiáng)行插入觀點(diǎn)→斷言

　　vt.1.to state or express positively; affirm斷言

　　2. to defend or maintain維護(hù)，堅(jiān)持(自己的權(quán)利)

　　n.1.the act of asserting.武斷的行為

　　2.something declared or stated positively斷言

　　鏈接assertion n.主張, 斷言, 聲明

　　習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)assert oneself堅(jiān)持自己的權(quán)利; 表現(xiàn)自己的權(quán)威

　　真題連線2008英譯漢

　　He asserted, also, that his power to follow a long and purely abstract train of thought was very limited, for which reason he felt certain that he never could have succeeded with mathematics.他此外還斷言，在深入理解冗長(zhǎng)且完全抽象的觀點(diǎn)上，他的能力有限。有鑒于此，他曾確信自己在數(shù)學(xué)方面不會(huì)有成就。

　　assess ★

　　構(gòu)詞as表強(qiáng)調(diào)+sess坐→坐在一旁→評(píng)審→估價(jià)

　　vt.to estimate the value of (property); determine the value; appraise評(píng)估(財(cái)產(chǎn)、收入);征稅;評(píng)價(jià)

　　真題連線2007 Text 2

　　In his article “How Intelligent Is Intelligence Testing?”, Sternberg notes that traditional test best assess analytical and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowledge, components also critical to problem solving and life success.在其名為“智力測(cè)試如何明智?”這篇文章中，斯頓伯格指出，傳統(tǒng)的測(cè)試最恰當(dāng)?shù)卦u(píng)估了分析能力和語(yǔ)言表達(dá)能力，但沒有測(cè)量創(chuàng)造性和實(shí)際知識(shí)，這些也是解決問題、在生活中取得成功的關(guān)鍵因素。

　　asset ★

　　構(gòu)詞as朝向+set充足→走向富�！�有財(cái)產(chǎn)

　　1.valuable or useful quality or useful person有價(jià)值的, 有用的特性, 有用的人

　　2.thing, especially property, owned by a person, company, etc資產(chǎn)

　　真題連線2007 Text 4

　　Surely it should be obvious to the dimmest executive that trust, that most valuable of economic assets, is easily destroyed and hugely expensive to restore - and that few things are more likely to destroy trust than a company letting sensitive personal data get into the wrong hands.當(dāng)然，對(duì)于最懷疑的管理人員來說，顯而易見的應(yīng)該是，誠(chéng)信(最珍貴的經(jīng)濟(jì)財(cái)產(chǎn))被輕易破壞，而要恢復(fù)誠(chéng)信卻代價(jià)高昂，此外，很少有什么比一個(gè)公司聽任敏感的個(gè)人信息落入不妥當(dāng)人之手更可能破壞誠(chéng)信的了。

　　assign★

　　構(gòu)詞as表強(qiáng)調(diào)+sign記號(hào)，信號(hào)→不斷給人信號(hào)→指定

　　vt.to set apart for a particular purpose;select for a duty;appoint派給，分配;選定，指定

　　習(xí)慣用語(yǔ) assignment n.分配，指派;(分派的)任務(wù)

　　真題連線2002英譯漢

　　As the interaction between organism and environment has come to be understood，however，effects once assigned to states of mind，feelings，and traits are beginning to be traced to accessible conditions. 然而，由于人(生物)和環(huán)境之間的相互作用已經(jīng)逐漸被人們所認(rèn)識(shí)，所以現(xiàn)在正開始從已知的環(huán)境去尋找一度認(rèn)為是心態(tài)、情感和性格特征所造成的影響其根源所在。