2016考研英语：熟词僻义(二)

考研英语来源：文都教育 2015-10-16　

考研英语中“熟词僻义”希望考研的同学多多注意，这往往是考研英语阅读中词汇题的考点，也是细节题和推理题的关键。下面小编给大家整理了常见的熟词僻义词汇，希望能够引起大家的关注，多多学习。

1. tired 陈腐的，陈旧的

Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term “downshifting” has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality.(真题 2001, Text 5, Paragraph 2)

奇怪的是，大约两年半的时间我写完两部小说后，我这个被美国人称为“放慢生活节奏”的试验，却使我老掉牙的借口变成了现实。

2. fault n. 毛病

Gross and Levitt find fault primarily with sociologists, philosophers and other academics who have questioned science’s objectivity. (真题 1998, Text 3, Paragraph 4)

格罗斯和莱维特主要挑那些质疑科学客观性的社会学家、哲学家和其他学者的毛病。

3. practice n. 惯例，习惯，做法

Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country’s excellent elementary schools; a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological. (真题 1996, Text 4, Paragraph 2)

在诸多形成因素中，我想特别指出这个国家优异的小学教育;欢迎新技术的劳动大军;对发明者进行奖励的做法;尤其是美国人在处理技术性事物所具有的非语言的空间思维才能。

4. principal n. 最重要的，主要的

The principal difficulty faced by the schools has been the tremendous increase in the number of pupils. (CET-6, 2003.6, Passage 3, Paragraph 1)

学校面临的主要困难一直是学生人数的剧增。

5. tell v. 区别，分辨,识别

Scratchy throats, stuffy noses and body aches all spell misery, but being able to tell if the cause is a cold or flu may make a difference in how long the misery lasts. (CET-4, 2005.1, Passage 1, Paragraph 1)

嗓子疼、鼻子不通和浑身酸痛都会带来痛苦，但是能够识别其原因是普通感冒还是流感，对于这种痛苦持续的时间长短会有着重要的意义。

6. land v. (使)靠岸(登陆、降落)

Much of the language used to describe monetary policy, such as “steering the economy to a soft landing” or “a touch on the brakes,” makes it sound like a precise science. (真题 1997, Text 5, Paragraph 1)

很多用来描述货币政策的词，如“引导经济软着陆”，“触动经济刹车”，听起来像是一门精确的科学。

7. assume vt. 承担;采取

Our appearance assumes particular significance in the initial phases of interaction that is likely to occur. (CET-6, 1997.1, Passage 3, Paragraph 2)

我们的外表在即将开始的人际交往的最初阶段承担着特别重要的作用。

考研是场艰巨的战役，词汇是它的“先锋兵”，只有攻克词汇，才能确保考研分数的稳固和万无一失。老师们祝愿考研的学子们再接再厉，勇往直前!