★constraint
構(gòu)詞con一起+strain+ t加強(qiáng)→拉到一起→限制,約束
vt.限制,約束;克制,抑制, 強(qiáng)制,約束條件,【計(jì)算機(jī)】限制,對(duì)感情的壓抑
鏈接constrain v. 強(qiáng)迫,勉強(qiáng),驅(qū)使,強(qiáng)制
真題連線2009 Text 3
On the contrary, constraints on improving productivity explain why education isn’t developing more quickly there than it is. 相反,對(duì)提高生產(chǎn)力的限制解釋了為何那里的教育發(fā)展的速度并沒(méi)有快于目前的速度。
construct★
構(gòu)詞con共同+struct建立→共同建立→建造
v.1.build建造
2.create by systematically arranging ideas or terms構(gòu)筑
n.1.something formed構(gòu)成物
2.a concept概念
3.a concrete image or idea形象
鏈接construction n.建筑, 建筑物, 解釋, 造句
constructive a.建設(shè)性的
真題連線2009 Text 3
More recently, while examining housing construction, the researchers discovered that illiterate, non-English-speaking Mexican workers in Houston, Texas, consistently met bestpractice labor productivity standards despite the complexity of the building industrys work. 最近,研究人員在調(diào)查房屋建設(shè)時(shí),發(fā)現(xiàn)盡管房地產(chǎn)行業(yè)的工作十分復(fù)雜,在德克薩斯州的休斯敦,那些未受過(guò)什么教育的、母語(yǔ)非英語(yǔ)的墨西哥工人總是能達(dá)到最佳的勞動(dòng)力生產(chǎn)標(biāo)準(zhǔn).
consume★
構(gòu)詞con全部+sum拿,取+ e動(dòng)詞后綴→全部拿光→消費(fèi)
vt.1.to eat or drink up; ingest吃光
2.to expend; use up消耗
3.to purchase for direct use or ownership消費(fèi)
4.to waste; squander 浪費(fèi);揮霍
vi.to be destroyed, expended, or wasted被毀滅、耗盡或浪費(fèi)
鏈接consumerism n.用戶(hù)至上主義
consumption n.消費(fèi), 消費(fèi)量, 肺病
consumer n.消費(fèi)者
真題連線2004 Text 1
With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. 因特網(wǎng)上與求職相關(guān)的網(wǎng)址數(shù)以千計(jì)尋找可能的職業(yè)空缺費(fèi)時(shí)效率又低。
contemporary★
構(gòu)詞con共同+tempor“時(shí)間”或時(shí)間引起的現(xiàn)象+ary形容詞后綴→時(shí)間相同→同代的
a.1.belonging to the same period of time屬于同時(shí)期的
2.of about the same age(大約)同年齡的
3.current; modern當(dāng)前的;現(xiàn)代(派)的
n.【pl】one of the same time or age同齡人
真題連線1999英譯漢
Social science methodologies had to be adapted to a discipline governed by the primacy of historical sources rather than the imperatives of the contemporary world. 社會(huì)科學(xué)研究的方法必須改變以適應(yīng)這樣一條指導(dǎo),即以史料為基礎(chǔ),而不是為當(dāng)代社會(huì)之需。
contempt★
構(gòu)詞con共同+tempt藐視→大家共同看不起→輕視
n.1.scorn.輕蔑
2.open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of藐視
鏈接contemptible a.可鄙的
真題連線1999 Passage 2
But push technology has earned the contempt of many Web users. 但這種“推”銷(xiāo)技術(shù)遭到許多網(wǎng)上用戶(hù)的鄙視。