administration★
構(gòu)詞ad+minister(mini小+ster→小人→古代大臣稱自己是“小人”→部長,大臣)+ation名詞后綴→做部長→管理
n.1.management經(jīng)營
2.the activity of a sovereign state in the exercise of its powers or duties.行政
習(xí)慣用語under sb.’s administration在某人的管理下; during the administration of sb.在某人的任期內(nèi)
真題連線2005 Text 2
If the administration won’t take the legislative initiative, Congress should help to begin fashioning conservation measures . 如果政府不爭取立法上的主動(dòng)權(quán),國會(huì)就應(yīng)該幫助政府開始采取保護(hù)措施。
admire★
構(gòu)詞ad表強(qiáng)調(diào)+mire驚奇,看→表強(qiáng)調(diào)讓人驚喜→羨慕
v.1.to regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval 以愉快、驚奇及贊同的心情看待
2.to enjoy喜歡,想要喜歡(某物)
真題連線2004 Text4
Intellect, according to Hofstadter, is different from native intelligence, a quality we reluctantly admire. 按照霍夫斯塔特的觀點(diǎn),才學(xué)不同于天生的智力,它是一種我們不太情愿去贊賞的品質(zhì)。
admit★
構(gòu)詞ad表強(qiáng)調(diào)+mit送,放出→送來→許可進(jìn)入
vt.1.to permit to enter允許進(jìn)入
2.to permit to exercise the rights, 許可,準(zhǔn)許允許行使…的權(quán)利
3.to grant to be real, valid, or true確認(rèn)承認(rèn)是真實(shí)的,有事實(shí)根據(jù)的
vi.1.to afford possibility提供可能性
2.to allow entrance允許進(jìn)入;通往
真題連線2000 Passage 3
With regard to Futurist poetry, however, the case is rather difficult, for whatever Futurist poetry may be - even admitting that the theory on which it is based may be right—it can hardly be classed as Literature. 然而,就未來派詩歌而言,情況卻相當(dāng)不同,因?yàn)闊o論未來派詩歌為何物——即使承認(rèn)其理論根據(jù)可能正確,也很難稱之為文學(xué)。
adopt★
構(gòu)詞ad增加+opt選擇→通過選擇增加→采納
v.1.take sb into one’s family 收養(yǎng)某人
2.take over采納
3.choose sb as a candidate or representative 挑選某人作候選人或代表
鏈接adoptivea.過繼的; 采納的
真題連線2009 Text 2
Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put up for adoption.在這些測試當(dāng)中,最受歡迎的是父子關(guān)系及親屬關(guān)系測試——被收養(yǎng)的孩子可以用它來找到與自己有血緣關(guān)系的親屬,家庭也可以用此來查找供收養(yǎng)的小孩子的親屬關(guān)系。
advocate★
構(gòu)詞ad增強(qiáng)+voc叫喊,聲音+ate動(dòng)詞后綴→增強(qiáng)聲音→擁護(hù)
v.speak publicly in favour of(sth); recommend; support 擁護(hù); 提倡; 支持
n.擁護(hù)者, 鼓吹者, 提倡者
真題連線2003 Text 2
Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. 科學(xué)家應(yīng)該對動(dòng)物權(quán)利鼓吹者做出強(qiáng)有力的回應(yīng),因?yàn)樗麄兊难哉摶煜斯姷囊暵牐瑥亩{到衛(wèi)生知識(shí)和衛(wèi)生服務(wù)的進(jìn)步。
affect★
構(gòu)詞af表強(qiáng)調(diào)+fect做,制作→使人做→影響
v.1.have an influence on; produce an effect on 影響
2.cause (sb) to have feelings of sadness or sympathy; touch 使人有悲傷或同情的感覺; 感動(dòng)
鏈接affecting a.動(dòng)人的; 感人的
affection n.愛,愛慕之情
真題連線2001 Passage 1
Specialisation was only one of a series of related developments in science affecting the process of communication. 專業(yè)化僅是科學(xué)領(lǐng)域內(nèi)一系列影響交流過程的有關(guān)現(xiàn)象之一。
afford▲
構(gòu)詞af表強(qiáng)調(diào)+ford拿出→表強(qiáng)調(diào)拿出→買得起
v.have enough money, time, space, etc for (a specified purpose)為某目的有足夠的錢、時(shí)間等;負(fù)擔(dān)得起
真題連線1999英譯漢
While history once revered its affinity to literature and philosophy,the emerging social sciences seemed to afford greater opportunities for asking new questions and providing rewarding approaches to an understanding of the past. 盡管歷史學(xué)曾經(jīng)崇尚它與文學(xué)和哲學(xué)的相似性,但新興的社會(huì)科學(xué)似乎為人們提出新問題和提供了解過去的有效途徑開辟了更為廣闊的天地。