熟词僻义(一)

熟词僻义（⼀）
1. allow
【僻义】v.承认
【例句】Warren also allows that capitalist development may, in its early stages, result in increased social inequality.
沃伦也承认资本主义发展初级阶段可能会导致社会不平等现象加剧。

2. address
【僻义】v.（发表）讲话；向……说话；处理
【例句】He is due to address a conf erence on human rights next week.
他下星期将在会上发表关于⼈权的演说。

3. advantage →take advantage of
【僻义】v.欺骗；对……加以利⽤
【例句】Af ter the recent scandal, the Walmart is expected to apologize since the company increased its profits by taking advantage of the customer.
丑闻曝光后，⼈们希望沃尔玛就以增加利润为借⼝欺骗消费者的⾏为道歉。

4. appreciate
【僻义】v.意识到；涨价，增值
【例句】She never really appreciated the depth and bitterness of the Middle East conflict.
她从来没有真正认识到中东冲突的深刻和激烈。

5. approach
【僻义】v.探讨、处理、对待
【例句】The Federal Bank has approached the issue in a practicalway.
联邦银⾏已经⽤实际⼿段解决了这个问题。

6. argument
【僻义】n.论点，论据，理由
【例句】There's a strong argument f or lowering the price.
有充分理由要求降低价格
7. as→not so much...as
【僻义】与其说是A倒不如说是B，意即否定A⽽肯定B
【例句】Science moves f orward, they say, notso much through the insights of great men of genius as because of more ordinary things like improved techniques and tool.
他们认为，与其说科学进步是依赖伟⼤天才的个⼈⻅解，不如说是因为技术与⼯具等更为普通的东⻄。

8. assume
【僻义】v.掌管（权⼒），承担（责任）
【例句】The president of the Swiss Conf ederation is elected f rom the seven to assume special representative f unctionsf or a one-year term.
瑞⼠联邦⾸脑由七州选举⽽来，承担着特殊的代表作⽤，任期⼀年。

9. bottle → bottle up
【僻义】v.控制，抑制
【例句】Be assertive rather than bottle up your anger.
要坚定⾃信，⽽不是把愤怒藏在⼼⾥。

10. check
【僻义】v.控制，防⽌，抑制
【例句】Sex education is also expected to help check the spread of AIDS.
⼈们还希望性教育有助于控制艾滋病的蔓延。

11. claim
【僻义】v.索赔；索取（有权拥有的东⻄）；取得，赢得（记录、奖励）
【例句】Usain Boldt claimed the record in 9.14 seconds...
乌塞恩·博尔特创下了9.14秒的纪录。

12. compound
【僻义】v.使恶化，使复杂，加重（读作/kəm'paʊnd/）
【例句】Additional bloodshed and loss of lif e will only compound the tragedy..
额外的流⾎和牺牲只会加重这场悲剧。

13. compromise
【僻义】v.使（⾃⼰）声誉受损，违背（信念）
【例句】Officials have compromised themselves by co-operating with the emergency committee.
政府官员因与紧急委员会合作⽽使⾃⼰名誉受损
14. contain
【僻义】v.控制，遏制，防⽌……蔓延
【例句】More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant.
上百名消防队员仍在试图控制⼯⼚的⽕势。

15. context
【僻义】n.（想法、事件等的）背景，环境
【例句】We are doing this work in the context of ref orms in the social and cultural spheres.
我们是在对社会和⽂化等领域进⾏改⾰的背景下从事这项⼯作的。

16. couch
【僻义】v.（以某种语⾔⻛格）表达，措辞
【例句】The new government's radical objectives are of ten couched in moderate terms.
新政府常以温和的语⾔表述其激进的⽬标。

17. count
【僻义】n./v.指控，罪状；重要，有价值；
（特指在特定环境中或在特定规则下）将…看作，将…视为
【例句】He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder.
他被⼤陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

18. crack →crack down on
【僻义】v.打击，制裁
【例句】Microsof t is pitching itself as the new best f riend of American manuf acturing in a campaign aimed at convincing state and f ederal authorities to crack down on sof tware piracy.
微软公司在⼀场旨在说服美国联邦政府和州政府重拳打击软件盗版的⾏动中把⾃⼰定位成美国制造业的最佳伙伴。

19. cream
【僻义】n.精华，精英
【例句】The Ball was attended by the cream of Hollywood society.
好莱坞的⼤牌影星们出席了那个舞会。

20. cultivate
【僻义】v.结交（朋友），建⽴（友谊）
【例句】He always tried to cultivate f amous people.
他总是尽⼒结交名⼈。

21. desert
【僻义】v.抛弃
【例句】Farmers are deserting their fields and coming here looking f or jobs.
⼩农场主正舍弃他们的⼟地，到这⾥来寻找⼯作。

22. dictate
【僻义】v.发号施令，命令； 决定，⽀配，影响；原则，规则，准则
【例句】He had warned the West against trying to dictate to the China.
他警告⻄⽅国家不要试图对中国发号施令。

23. doctor
【僻义】v.篡改，伪造
【例句】Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everyday perf ormance of his routine duties--- he is not supposed to cook his experiments, manu f acture evidence, or doctor his reports.
他在⽇常⼯作中遭遇了与其他⼈⼀样的道德问题——他不应该伪造实验、制造证据或篡改报告。

24. diet
【僻义】n.减肥，瘦身；议会
【例句】 American industry has changed its structure, has gone on adiet, has learnt to be more quick-witted.
美国的⼯业已经改变了结构，学会了明智
25. cause
【僻义】n.事业，理想，⽬标
【例句】 One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research.
⼀个这样的事业现在正在寻求终⽌⽣物医学的研究，因为有这样⼀种理论说，动物享有权利禁⽌它们被⽤于实验。

26. novel
【僻义】a.新颖的
【例句】 When a novel literary idea appears, people should try to determine its purposes
当⼀种新的⽂学理念出现时，⼈们应该试着去了解它的意图。

27. realize
【僻义】v.实现，发挥
【例句】 Former Colorado governor Richard Lamm has been quoted as saying that the old and infirm"have a duty to die and get out of the way", so that younger, healthier people can realize their potential.
据说，Colorado州前州⻓Richard Lamm曾经说，⽼年多病者“有责任死去好让位”，以让更年轻、更健康的⼈们去发挥他们的潜能。

28. stop
【僻义】n.句号
【例句】We must pour out a large stream of essential words,unhampered by stops, or qualif ying adjectives, or finite verbs.
我们必须⼤量使⽤基本词汇，摆脱句号，修饰性形容词及限定动词的羁绊。

29. sound
【僻义】a.健全的，合理的，有效彻底的，健康的
【例句】If we are ever going to protect the atmosphere, it is crucial that those new plan be environmentally sound.
如果我们准备保护⼤⽓，关键要让这些新发电⼚对环境⽆害。

30. f orge
【僻义】v.形成，建⽴（关系）
【例句】On the other, it links these concepts to everyday realities in a manner which is parallel to the links journalists f orge on a daily basis as they cover and comment on the news.
另⼀⽅⾯，它把这些概念同⽇常⽣活联系起来，其⽅式与新闻记者每天报道 和评论新闻时的做法是⼀样的。

31. might
【僻义】n.⼒量，威权
【例句】The process sweeps f rom hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might.
这个浪潮从异常活跃的美国席卷到欧洲，并以不可⽐拟的威⼒影响到正在崛起的国家。

32. weather
【僻义】v.经受⻛⾬，度过难关
【例句】This"added-worker effect"could support the saf ety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help f amilies weather bad times.
这种“附加⼯⼈效应”可以⽀持失业保险或残疾保险所提供的保障制度，以帮助家庭渡过困难时期。

33. panel
【僻义】n.专家⼩组
【例句】The latest was a panel f rom the National Academy of Sciences,enlisted by the White House, to tell us that the Earth's atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made.
最近的⾏动是由⽩宫召集了⼀批来⾃国家科学院的专家团，他们告诉我们，地球⽓候毫⽆疑问正在变暖，⽽这个问题主要是⼈为造成。

34. keep
【僻义】n.⽣计
【例句】Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be
difficult to tell good inf ormation f rom bad. That's where Straitf ord earns its keep.
当然公开来源的谍报活动的确有它的⻛险，因为很难区分正确与错误的信息。

这正是Straitf ord公司赚得⽣计的地⽅。

35. promise
【僻义】n.有希望，有前途 ；(形)有希望的，有前途的)
【例句】Hof stadter says our country'seducational system is in the grips
of people who"joyf ully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect andtheir eagerness to identif y with children who show the least intellectual promise." Hof stadter说，掌握我们国家教育体系的⼈。

沾沾⾃喜地、霸⽓⼗⾜地公然宣称敌视才学，迫不及待地认同那些看来在才学⽅⾯最⽆前途的孩⼦。

36. buy
【僻义】v.听信，认同
【例句】Lots of Americans bought that nonsense, and over three decades,some 10 million smokers went to early graves.
许多美国⼈相信了这些胡⾔乱语，在三⼗多年中，差不多有⼀千万烟⺠早早的进了坟墓。

37. catch
【僻义】n.捕获，捕获量
【例句】That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes.
这意味着可以捕获更多的海洋⽣物，所以现在和过去的真正差距可能会⽐之前在捕获区记录的数据所体现出的更糟糕。

38. game
【僻义】n.猎物
【例句】The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to extinction.
但⼤部分的，成⻓缓慢的动物则成了狩猎的⽬标，并且很快被狩猎到灭绝。

39. slip
【僻义】n.纸⽚
【例句】Now a pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a f amily f rom solidly middle class to newly poor in a f ew months.
如今，⼀份解雇通知书、⼀个不利的诊断结果或者配偶的去世都可能在⼏个⽉之内将⼀个家庭从稳定的中产阶层家庭降格成为⼀个新贫困家庭。

40. tap
【僻义】v.开发
【例句】 In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market.
⼤约在⽹上交易的第⼀年当中，⼤部分业务活动都是围绕着努⼒开发消费者市场来进⾏的。

41. ground
【僻义】n.根据，依据
【例句】 Railroads justif y rate discrimination against captive shippers on the grounds that in thelong run it reduces everyone's cost.
铁路公司对“被控”客户进⾏区别对待的依据是，从⻓远来看，这样做会降低所有⼈的成本。

42. lean
【僻义】a.瘦的，贫乏的，歉收的
【例句】They all seem to look alike(though they come f rom all over)-
learn,pointed,dedicated f aces,wearing jeans and sandals,eating their buns and bedding down f or the night on the flagstones outside the theatre.
消瘦、率直、专注的脸庞，穿着⽜仔裤和便鞋，吃着⼩圆⾯包，在剧场外的⽯板上过夜。

43. anchor
【僻义】n.主持⼈，主播
【例句】 Fast-f ood eaters, news, anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling.快餐⻝客、新闻主播、发短信的⼈，都在笑啊笑啊。

44. chair
【僻义】v./n.主持，主席
【例句】f ormer surgeon general C. Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s.
前卫⽣局医务主任C.Everett Koop 80来岁还出任了⼀个互联⽹公司的总裁。

45. nature
【僻义】n.天性，本质，本性
【例句】The jury agreed that the nature of the game, not the helmet, was the reason f or the athlete's injury.
陪审团也认为造成该运动员受伤的是这项运动本身的危险性，⽽不是头盔。

46. spell
【僻义】n.⼀段时间
【例句】Despite a spell of initial optimism in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that f orecast by decades if not centuries.
虽然⼀开始在20世纪60年代和70年代有过⼀段乐观的时期——那时候仿佛晶体管电路和徹处理器的发展将使他们在2010年能够模仿⼈类⼤脑的活动⼀⼀但是最近研究⼈员已经开始将这个预测延后数⼗年，甚⾄数百年。

47. stress
【僻义】v.强调
【例句】While of ten praised by f oreigners f or its emphasis on the basics, Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanical learning over creativity and self-expression.
虽然⽇本的教育因强调基础知识⽽经常受到外国⼈的赞，但是它往往强调考试和机械学习，⽽不重视创造性和⾃我表现。

48. trust
【僻义】n.托拉斯(公司形式)
【例句】Yet it is hard to imagine that the merger of a f ew oil f rrms today could re-create the same threats to competition that were f eared nearly a century ago in the US, when the Standard Oil trust was broken up.
但是很难想像当今的⼏个⽯油公司的合并是否会重新造成约100年前美国标准⽯油公司对竟争造成的同样的威胁，那时由于⼈们对该公司的这种担⼼⽽导致了它最终的解散。

49. policy
【僻义】n.保险单
【例句】With the risks obvious and growing, a prudent people would take outan insurance policy now.
随着⻛险越来越明显，并且不断增加，⼀个谨慎的⺠族现在应准备⼀份保单了。

50. process
【僻义】n.程序 ,⽅法
【例句】Shippers who f eel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the f ederal government' s Surf ace Transportation Board f or rate relief,but the process is expensive, time-consuming, and will work in truly extreme cases.托运⼈如果觉得被索要⾼价，他们就可以向联邦政府的路⾯运输委员会申诉，以获得价格减免。

但这个程序费钱、费时，⽽且只有在极端情况下才可⾏。

51. economy
【僻义】n.经济体，国家
【例句】Hof stadter says our country'seducational system is in the grips
of people who"joyf ully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect andtheir eagerness to identif y with children who show the least intellectual promise."
富有国家⽣产--美国的GDP（以不变的价格计算），⽐1973年少使⽤50%的⽯油。

52. practice
【僻义】n.惯例；常规；准则
【例句】Indeed, just as theres theconceptof Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), perhaps it is time f or GASP, Generally Accepted Security practices, suggested Eli Noam of New York's Cotumbf a Business School.
纽约哥伦⽐亚商学院的伊利·诺姆建议说，的确，正如有公认的会计准则⼀样，也许现在应该制定公认的安全准则了
53. benefit
【僻义】n.退休⾦，救济⾦，保险费
【例句】Corporations and labor unions have great benefits upon their employees and mermbers as well as upon the general public.
公司和⼯会已经给它们的雇员、会员以及⼴⼤公众提供了许多福利待遇。

54. argue
【僻义】v.认为；主张；论证；说服
【例句】He is not arguing, as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.
不像其他⼤多数⼈，⻨克沃特先⽣并不认为我们说话⽅式不规范就会造成我f⻔的思维混乱。

55. climate
【僻义】n.⻛⽓，社会思潮
【例句】 When the work is well done, aclimate of accident-f ree operations is established where time lost due to injuries is kept at a minimum.
如果此项⼯作做得好的话，就会形成⽆事故作业的好⻛⽓，因此那⼉的因⼯伤事故所造成的时间损失就会被控制在最低限度。

56. academic
【僻义】n.学者，⼤学教师
【例句】Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic and f ormer chief executive of Au Bong Pain, a rapidly growing chain of bakery caf es, says that
much“reengineering” has been crude.
哈佛学者伦纳德.施莱⾟格是⼀家迅速扩张的美味⾯包店的前总裁,他说许多“企业重组”都不成熟。

57. f uel
【僻义】v.提供燃料；⽕上浇油(联想意义)
【例句】 On anther level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assistedsuicide debated has been f ueled in part by the despair of parents f or whom the modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying .
在另⼀⽅，⽗⺟们认为现代医药延⻓了奄奄⼀息的病⼈的身体痛苦。

医药界的⼈也承认这些⽗⺟的绝望这给医助⾃杀的讨论⽕上浇油。

58. odd/odds
【僻义】a.临时的，不固定的
【例句】Lef t, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel, inf ormation protection is now high on the boss’s agenda in businesses of every variety.
信息保护过去⼀直是临时的、低级的信息技术员的⼯作，并且只被诸如银⾏、电信、航空这类拥有⼤量数据的⾏业所关注，⽽现在却⾼⾼列在各⾏业⽼板的⽇程表上。

59. account
【僻义】n.价值，地位，重要性
【例句】Is it true that the American intellectual is rejected and considered of no account in his society?
在美国社会,美国的知识分⼦被排斥,被认为没有地位,这是真的吗？
60. account f or
【僻义】解释，说明；占...⽐例
【例句】 What might account f or this strange phenomenon?
对这⼀奇怪现象该做何解释呢?
As recently as 1995, the top f our railroads accounted f or under 70 percent of the total ton-miles moved by rails.
就在1995年,四家主要铁路公司占有整个铁路运营量的70%不到。

61. business
【僻义】n.企业；⾏业
【例句】With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Web’ s most profitable business.
今年由于有35亿美元输在⽹络赌博重，赌博超过⾊情成为⽹，上最有利可图的⾏业。

62. firm
【僻义】n.公司；商号
【例句】Until Calif ornia recently passed a law,American firms did not have to tell anyone, even the victim, when data went astray.
最近加州通过⼀项法律,在这之前美国公司在数据丢失时不需要通知任何⼈,甚⾄是受害者本⼈。

63. secure
【僻义】v.保护；获得
【例句】The troops secured the area bef ore the civilians were allowed to return.在百姓返回之前军队负责保护这个地区。

Securing a job is your job now.
获得⼀份⼯作就是你当前要做的事情。

64. demonstrate/demonstration
【僻义】n.示威游⾏
【例句】 France' s resumption of nuclear testing in the South Pacific last month triggered political debates and mass demonstrations.
法国上个⽉继续在南太平洋进⾏核试验,引发了多场政治辩论和⼤规模示威游⾏。

65. conduct
【僻义】v./n.进⾏，开展，管理；⾏为，操⾏
【例句】Ericsson grew up in Sweden, and studied nuclear engineering until he realized he would have more opportunity to conduct his own research if he switched to psychology.
Ericsson 在瑞典张⼤，⾸先学习核⼯程，后天他意识到如果转学⼼理学，会获得更多机会开展⾃⼰的研究。

intentionally worked to“lure” him to“engage in conduct against his wil."
故意“引诱”他“作出违背⾃⼰意愿的⾏为”。

66. appeal
【僻义】v.起诉
【例句】Shippers who f eel they are being over-charged have the right to appeal to the f ederal government’S Surf ace T ransportation Board f or rate relief, but the process is expensive, time consuming,and will work only in truly extreme cases.
如果托运商觉得被索要⾼价了，他们有权上诉到联邦政府的“陆路运输局”,要求降低费率,但这个过程既耗财⼜费时，并且只有在极端特殊情况下才有效。

67. aggressive
【僻义】a.⼤胆的,积极的
【例句】Now it is a social policy, the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is the government.
现在这是⼀种社会政策,赌博业最重要的和最积极的⽀持者是美国政府。

68. attach
【僻义】v.附加,附带；把...放在；使⾪属,使依恋
【例句】They (particularly Quebec and Alberta) just want Ottawa to f ork over additional billions with f ew, if any, strings attached.
这些官员(尤其是魁北克省和阿伯塔省)只希望政府当局额外出钱,如有可能,还会附带条件。

Government attached great importance to the internet.
政府⾮常重视互联⽹。

Because a patent remains permanently public af ter it has terminated, the shelves of the library
attached to the patent office contain details of millions of ideas f ree f or anyone to us.
因为专利保护⼀旦中⽌,专利使⽤就对永久对公众开放。

⾪属于专利办公室的图书馆书架.上收藏了数以百万计详细专利资料,并可供给任何⼈使⽤。

69. recover/recovery
【僻义】v./n.恢复
【例句】 Even though its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part timers and temporary workers.
尽管美国的经济持续恢复,但(在世界经济中)它却⽇益成为扮演临时⼯和兼职者⻆⾊的国家。

70. immediate
【僻义】a.直接的,最接近的
【例句】But a decision among projects none of which has immediate utility is more difficult.
但是在没有直接效⽤的项⽬中做抉择就难多了。

71. important
【僻义】n.重要性
【例句】 The f ull import may take a while to sink in.
该法案的重要性可能需要⼀段时间才能为⼈们所理解和接受。

72. acknowledge
【僻义】v.致谢
【例句】acknowledge a f avor 答谢所受到的关照
73.counsel
【僻义】v.忠告，劝告
【例句】 Priests are usually unsuccessf ul in counseling troubled couples.
牧师在规劝闹别扭的夫妻上,通常是不成功的。

74. code
【僻义】n.法典，法规，规范
【例句】But his primary task is not to think about the moral code, which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business.
但是，普通科学家的主要任务并⾮思考指导其⾏为的道德规范，正如我们并不指望商⼈把精⼒投⼊到商业⾏为的探索⼀样。

75. parallel
【僻义】a.与...类似
【例句】On the other, it links these concepts to everyday realities in a manner which is parallel to the links journalists f orge on daily basis as they cover and comment on the news.
另⼀⽅⾯，这⼀科学把这些概念结合到⽇常⽣活中，这与新闻记者每天报道和评论新闻时的做法是相似的。

76. thumb
【僻义】v.翻阅
【例句】 It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in lif e over Zoe Zysman.
⼈们早已知道在客户翻查电话簿时,名叫AAAA的出租汽⻋公司要⽐Zodiac出租汽⻋公司有很⼤的优越性。

⾄于在⽣活⽅⾯Adam Abbott较之Zoe Zysman的优越性就不那么为⼈所知了。

77. affiliate
【僻义】n.成员，分⽀机构
【例句】International affiliates account f or a f ast-growing segment of production in economies that open up and welcome f oreign investment.
在那些对外开放并欢迎外资的国家中，国际分公司在⽣产中所占的份额也在快速增⻓。

78. absorb
【僻义】v.忍耐；忍受
【例句】During the same period, f amilies have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement income.
与此同时，家庭成员的退休收⼊也要承担更多⻛险。

79. act
【僻义】n.⾏为；举动
【例句】This success, coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not genetically determined, led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than an intuitive one.
这次实验的成功，加上后来那些表明记 忆⼒不是由遗传决定的实验，使埃⾥克森得出结论：记忆⾏为与其说是⼀种直觉活动，不如说是 ⼀种认知活动。

80. agent
【僻义】n.原动⼒；动因
【例句】 Since much of the variation is due to genes, one more agent; of evolution has gone.
由于⼤部分的变异是由基因引起的，所以⼜⼀个影响进化的因素消失了。

81. air
【僻义】n.⽓质，⻛度
【例句】Even Tommasini, who had advocated Gilbert‟s appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with no air of the f ormidable conductor about him.”
甚⾄在《纽约时报》上发表⽂章 ⽀持任命吉尔伯特的托⻢⻄尼，都称其为“⼀位谦逊的⾳乐家， 在他身上没有指挥家那种 令⼈望⽽⽣畏的神态”。

82. answer
【僻义】n.对应物；相当的⼈
【例句】The press called her Britain‟s answer to Marilyn Monroe.
新闻界称她为英国的玛丽莲·梦露。

83. argue
【僻义】v.坚持，主张
【例句】If railroads charged all customers the same average rate, they argue, shippers who have the option of switching to trucks or other f orms of transportation would do so, leaving remaining customers to shoulder the cost of keeping up the line.
他们认为，如果铁路公司对所有客户平均收费，那些可以选择货 运汽⻋或其他运输⽅式的客户就会另作选择，从⽽使剩下的客户承担铁路的运营费⽤。

84. arm
【僻义】v.提供（设备， 信息等）；配备
【例句】Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand f or their line of work or gather inf ormation on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating f or a raise.
有的⼈⽤它来密切关注对于本⾏业 的市场需求或搜集有关薪⽔的信息以备加薪谈判时胸有成⽵。

85. assume
【僻义】v.呈现；具有（特定的性质、外表或程度）
【例句】 In them we can see biophilia—a yearning f or contact with nonhuman lif e —assuming uncanny representational f orms.
从中，我 们可以看到⼈类亲近⼤⾃然的天性（对接触⾮⼈类⽣命的渴望）呈现出⼀种奇特的表现形式。

86. attack
【僻义】n.抨击；⾮难
【例句】The attacks on ambition are many and come f rom various angles; its public def enders are f ew and unimpressive, where they are not extremely unattractive.
对野⼼的抨击⽐⽐皆是，并且⻆度各不相同；公开为雄⼼辩解的⼈则寥寥⽆⼏，虽然他们不⾄于毫⽆吸引⼒，但却⽆法给⼈留下深刻印象。

87. bar
【僻义】n.法律专业（⼈⼠），法律界
【例句】 Another is to let students sit f or the bar af ter only two years of law school.
另⼀种提议是主张学⽣在法学院学习两年后就进⾏司法考试。

88. bear
【僻义】v.承担；担负
【例句】Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by
f amilies have risen—and newly f ashionable health-savings plans are spreadin
g f rom legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, wit
h much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk f or f amilies‟f uture healthcare.
医疗保健的绝对⽀出和家庭所承担的份额都提⾼了，最近流⾏的健 康储蓄计划正从⽴法机构延伸到沃尔玛员⼯中，该计划增加了医疗保险扣减额，也增加了家 庭未来医疗保健⽅⾯的投资⻛险。

89.bill
【僻义】n.法案
【例句】In a significant tightening of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a draf t bill; that will propose making payments to witnesses illegal and will strictly control the amount of publicity that can be given to a case bef ore a trial begins.
为了⼤⼒加强对报界的法律控制，⼤法官欧⽂勋爵将提交⼀份草案，提出向证⼈付费将被视为⾮法，并且严格控制开庭前对案情的公开程度。

90. board
【僻义】n.委员会；理事会；董事会
【例句】He says medical licensing boards “must make it clear... that painf ul deaths are presumptively ones that are incompetently managed and should result in license suspension.”
他说，⾏医执照颁发委员会“必须明确表明：病⼈痛苦的死亡可以推定为由于医⽣治疗不⼒造成的，应该吊销其⾏医执照。

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91. book
【僻义】v.记载； 把...记录在册
【例句】And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not sell assets f or f ear of booking losses, yet are reluctant to buy all those supposed bargains.
另外，缺少活⼒的市场在⼀定程度上反映银 ⾏系统的瘫痪，为避免账⾯损失，他们不愿意出售资产，也不愿意收购那些所谓的廉价资产.
92. branch
【僻义】n.（知识的）分科；（语⾔的）分系
【例句】 Social science is that branch of intellectual enquiry which seeks to study humans and their endeavors in the same reasoned, orderly, systematic, and dispassioned manner that natural scientists use f or the study of natural phenomena.
社会科学是知识探索的⼀个分⽀，它⼒图像⾃然科学家研究⾃然现象那样，⽤理性、有序、系统和冷静的⽅式去研究⼈类及其活动。

93. canned
【僻义】a.（⾳乐、笑声或掌声）预先录好的
【例句】And hours of watching TV shows with canned laughter only teaches kids to process inf ormation in a passive way.
⻓时间观看带有录制好笑声的电视节⽬只能让孩⼦被动地处理信息。

94. celebrate
【僻义】v.歌颂，赞扬
【例句】In a society that so persistently celebrates procreation, is it any wonder that admitting you regret having children is equivalent to admitting you support kitten-killing? .
在⼀个⼀直歌颂⽣ 育的社会中， 承认后悔⽣育孩⼦就相当于承认⾃⼰⽀持残杀幼猫，这有什么奇怪的吗？
95. check
【僻义】v.阻碍；制⽌
【例句】The police are f ailing to take adequate measures to check the growth in crime.
警⽅未能采 取适当的措施来阻⽌犯罪率上升。

96. clash
【僻义】n.冲突；争论
【例句】The astonishing distrust of the news media isn't rooted in inaccuracy or poor reportorial skills but in the daily clash; of world views between reporters and their readers.
对新闻媒体出奇的不信任并不是源于报道失实或报道⽔平⽋佳，⽽是源于记者和读者每天都发⽣着的世 界观的冲突。

97. cloak
【僻义】v.隐藏，覆盖，掩饰
【例句】Rather than cloaking his exit in the usual vague excuses, he came right out and said he was leaving “to pursue my goal of running a company.”
他没有⽤⼀些常⻅的模棱两可的借⼝掩饰⾃⼰的离开， 反⽽坦⾔离职是为了 “追求⾃⼰经营⼀家公司的⽬标”。

98. cloud
【僻义】v.毁坏，威胁
【例句】A turbulent business environment also has senior managers cautious of letting vague pronouncements cloud their reputations.
同时， 动荡的商业环境也使得⾼级经理⼈格外⼩⼼，避免让模糊不清的表态给⾃⼰的名誉蒙上阴影。

99. code
【僻义】n.⾏为准则；⾏为规范
【例句】The prof ession is taking steps to require young doctors to train in hospices, to test knowledge of aggressive pain management therapies, to develop a Medicare
billing code f or hospital-based care, and to develop new standards f or assessing and treating pain at the end of lif e.
医学界正采取措施让年轻的医⽣在晚期病⼈疗养所接受培训，检验各种 ⼤胆的镇痛疗法⽅⾯的知识，为医院所提供的临终关怀制定医疗收费标准，同时也为评估和 处理病⼈弥
留之际的病痛建⽴新的标准。

100. comb
【僻义】v.细查，搜查
【例句】In the late 1800s British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans combed antique dealers‟ stores in Athens, Greece.
世纪末期，英国考古学家亚瑟·埃⽂斯爵⼠ 逐⼀搜寻了希腊雅典的古玩店。

101. community
【僻义】n.团体； 界
【例句】On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been f ueled in part by the despair of patients f or whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.
另⼀⽅⾯，许多医学界的⼈承认，协助病⼈⾃杀的争论之所以升温，部分原因是病⼈的绝望情绪。

对他们来说，现代医学只是延⻓了他们弥留之际⾁体上的苦痛。

102. conceive
【僻义】v.怀孕；受孕
【例句】Soccer-mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime, at the annual peak of soccer mania.
酷爱⾜球运动的⽗⺟更有可能在春季怀孕，因为那是⼀年中⾜球狂热的巅峰季节。

103. constitutes
【僻义】v.是；被算作
【例句】A comparison of British geological publications over the last century and a half reveals not simply an increasing emphasis on the primacy of research, but also a changing definition of what constitutes an acceptable research paper. 只要⽐较⼀下过去的⼀个半世纪⾥的英国地质学刊物就会发现，不仅仅是研究的⾸要地位越来越受到强调，⽽且学术⽂章的发表标准也在发⽣改变。

104. cover
【僻义】v.(新闻记者）报道
【例句】In those f ar-off days, it was taken f or granted that the critics of major papers would write in detail and at length about the events they covered.
在那段遥远的岁⽉⾥，⼈们认为各⼤报纸的评论家应当对他们所报道的事件予以详尽全⾯的描述。

105. craf t
【僻义】v.精⼼制作
【例句】To encourage innovation and competition, the report calls f or increased investment in research, the craf ting of coherent curricula that improve students‟ ability to solve problems and communicate effectively in the 21st century, increased f unding f or teachers and the encouragement of scholars to bring their learning to bear on the great challenges of the day.
为了激励创新和竞争，该报告呼吁增加科研投⼊，精⼼设计条理清晰的课程，以提⾼学⽣在 21 世纪解决问题的能⼒和有效沟通的能⼒，呼吁增加对教师的投⼊，⿎励学者应⽤他们的研究来应对如今 的巨⼤挑战。

106. critical
【僻义】adj 重要的；紧要的；关键性的。