考研英语复习4步挖掘真题最大价值

发布时间:2017-05-09 编辑:张莉

  考研英语大纲中明确规定的核心词汇有5500个,在这5500个核心词汇中,有一部分词汇是同学们在初中或者高中就已经学习过的,这部分词汇相对简单,大多数同学都是认识的,我们称之为基础词汇。但是,对于某些基本词汇,同学们基本上只认识其最基本的含义,而在考研英语中,对于这部分单词的考察,并不是仅停留在基本含义的考察层面上,有时还会出现考研英语较为独特的一种考察方式,那就是“熟词生义”,因此,这部分单词对很多同学而言都是既熟悉又陌生的。接下来我们将通过一些真题例句来帮助同学们更好地认识和掌握那些考察熟词生义的词汇。

  1. claim [klem]

  【常见释义】:v. 声称,断言;【生义】:n./v. 索赔;申请,要求;

  【真题例句1】:As personal injury claims continue as before, some courts are beginning to side with defendants, especially in cases where a warning label probably wouldn't have changed anything. 尽管个人伤害的索赔一如既往地继续着,但有些法庭已开始站到被告一方,特别是在处理那些有警示语也无法避免伤害的案件时。(1999-Text1)

  【真题例句2】:The Bilski case involves a claimed patent on a method for hedging risk in the energy market. 前面提到的Bilski案例牵扯到一份已申请的方法专利,即关于能源市场的风险规避方法。(2010-Text2)

  2. run [rʌn]

  【常见释义】:v. 管理,经营;运行;奔跑;【生义】:v. 发表(文章、广告等);

  【真题例句1】:As soon as that report runs, we'll suddenly get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine and we'll hear back from some of them. 一旦这个报道发布,我们将从乌克兰突然新增500个浏览用户,并听到其中一些人的回应。(2003-Text1)

  3. fund [fʌnd]

  【常见释义】:n. 基金;资金;【生义】:v. 投资;资助;

  【真题例句】:NBAC members also indicated that they would appeal to privately funded researchers and clinics not to try to clone humans by body cell nuclear transfer. NBAC的成员明确表示,他们呼吁由私人提供资金的研究人员和机构不要试图通过人体细胞核转移去克隆人。(1999-Text4)

  4. agent ['edʒənt]

  【常见释义】:n. 代理人,代理商;vt.由……代理;a. 代理的;【生义】:n. 因素

  【真题例句】:Since much of the variation is due to genes, one more agent of evolution has gone. 因为大部分差异是由基因引起的,所以进化的又一个因素消失了。(2000-Text2)

  5. anchor ['æŋkɚ]

  【常见释义】:n. 锚,靠山;v. 抛锚,使固定;【生义】:n. 新闻主播;v. 使……位于

  【真题例句1】:Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling, smiling. 快餐食客,新闻主播,收发短信者,都在微笑、微笑、微笑。(2006-Text4)

  【真题例句2】:Hot spots, anchored in the deeper layers of the earth, provide the measuring instruments needed to resolve the question. 位于地球更深层的热点提供了解决该问题的测量仪器。(1998-Text 5)

  6. excel [ɪk'sɛl]

  【常见错误释义】:n. 表格;【正确释义】:v. (at/in)擅长

  【真题例句】:To a certain extent, our ability to excel in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited. 我们擅长去创造神经联系并借此开发智力,这种能力在很大程度上是靠遗传得来的。(2014-完形填空)

  7. game [ɡem]

  【常见释义】:n. 游戏;【生义】:n. 猎物

  【真题例句】:Time was when biologists somewhat overworked the evidence that these creatures preserve the health of game by killing the physically weak, or that they prey only on “worthless” species. 曾几何时,生物学家们滥用这种证据,即这些生物通过猎杀体质虚弱的动物或者只是捕食“毫无价值的物种”,来保持猎物的健康。(2010-翻译)

  以上是几个典型的考察熟词生义的单词,这种熟词生义的考察在考研英语真题中还有很多,同学们在平时要注意多积累,以便能够更快更好地理解文章意思。

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