考研英语真题阅读核心词汇解析(打印版).doc

10考研真题词汇
1997 Passage 1
parliamentary /7pB:lE5mentEri/ (议会的,国会的)←parliament+ary。A parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle 。parliament — the longest running farce in the West End 议会——伦敦西区连续演出时间最长的闹剧。
incurably /in5kjuErEbli/ (不可治地)即in+cur+ably,in-否定前缀,cur词根“治疗”,-ably可……地;形容词形式为incurable←in+cur+able。a incurably disease 不治之症。
bulletin /5bulitin/ (布告)可看作bullet+in,“留有弹痕的布告”,如图(偶用PS做的):
euthanasia /7ju:WE5neiziE/ (***)看作eu+than+asia,eu谐音“已有”,than比,asia亚洲,“***在亚洲之外的地方已有了”。euthanasia —①a way of putting old people out of their family's misery ②never having to tell your parents you're sorry ***——①将老人从家庭的痛苦中解脱出来②绝对不必向父母道歉。
domino /5dCminEu/ (多米诺骨牌)用谐音记。
diagnose /5daiE^nEuz/ ()←diag+nose,diag看作dog(元音替换),nose鼻子,“狗鼻子”→闻(联想中医之“望闻问切”)→诊断。
certificate /sE5tifikit/ (证书)即certif(y)+ic+ate,certify证明,-ic形容词后缀,-ate作名词后缀表“物”,于是“具证明性质的东西”→证书。I must discard riches, the certificate of 。
objection /Eb5dVekFEn/ (反对)即ob+ject+ion,ob-前缀“朝向”,ject词根“投掷”,-ion名词后缀,“向别人扔东西”→反对。同根词:reject→re(=back)+ject→扔回去→拒绝;inject→in+ject→向里扔→注入。All poets pretend to write for immortality, but he whole tribe have no objection to present pay and present ,可这些家伙对眼前的稿酬与眼前的赞扬却全无异议。
sink in 被了解;cool off 使冷静。
1997 Passage 2
courteous /5kE:tjEs/ (有礼貌的)即court+eous,court看作单词“宫廷”,-eous形容词后缀,“宫廷的”→有礼貌的。
observation /7EbzE:5veiFEn/ (观察;)←observe观察+ation。God creates by intuition; man creates by inspiration, strengthened by ,人类凭着由观察加强的灵感创造。
deserve /di5zE:v/ (,值得)与desert一起记,“沙漠是应该受到重视的”。It is better to deserve honors and not to have them than to have them and not deserve 。
charitable /5tFAritEbl/ (仁慈的)即charit(y)+able,charity仁慈,-able形容词后缀。A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the ,仁慈是在你跟狗一样饥饿时与狗分享的骨头。charity —①giving someone the washing machine it wasn't worth having mend