考研10年真题词汇(打印版)

10年真题词汇

1997 Passage 1

parliamentary （议会的，国会的）←parliament+ary。A parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.议会无非是多少有些懒散的人们的一个大聚会。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 （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 （布告）可看作bullet+in，“留有弹痕的布告”，如图（偶用PS做的）：

euthanasia （安乐死）看作eu+than+asia，eu谐音“已有”，than比，asia亚洲，“安乐死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 安乐死——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 （多米诺骨牌）用谐音记。

diagnose （v.诊断）←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 （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 slavery.我必须抛弃财富这张奴隶证书。objection？（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 praise.所有诗人都自称是为不巧的名声而写作，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 （有礼ò的）即court+eous，court看作单词“宫廷”，-eous形容词后缀，“宫廷的”→有礼ò的。observation （观察；pl.观察后的言论）←observe观察+ation。God creates by intuition; man creates by inspiration, strengthened by observation.上帝凭着直觉创造，人类凭着由观察加强的灵感创造。

deserve （v.应受，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 them.理应拥有荣誉而不拥有它们胜过拥有荣誉而不应拥有它们。charitable？（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 dog.给狗一根骨头算不上仁慈，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 mended ②the only thing that can persuade us to get rid of old clothes and shoes 慈善——①将已经不值得修理的洗衣机送给别人②Ψ一能够说服我们清除破旧衣鞋的理由。

assumption？（假定；承担；呈现）是assume的名词形式；参consumption，2002年Text 3。assumption —the mother of screw-up 臆断——把事情弄糟的根源。

interrelationship （相互关系）即inter+relation+ship，inter-相互，relation关系，-ship抽象名词后缀。encounter （v.n.遭遇）即en+counter，en-使，counter对面，“使面对面”→遭遇。If we encountered a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he read.若遇到才智非凡的人，就应该问他读的是哪些书。individual （个别的；个体）即in+divid+ual，in-否定前缀，divid词根“分”，-ual后缀，“不可再分的”→个别的。同根词：divide（v.分配；除）；subdivide→sub在下+divide→“在下面分”→再分。The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.归根结底，国家的价值就是组成它的个人的价值。In science, the total absorption of the individual event in the generalization is the goal; on the other hand, the humanities are concerned rather with providing for the special meaning of the individual event within an