考研英语二阅读真题词汇（十九）
emotional
adj.感情的；情绪的
– Abuse can lead to both psychological and emotional problems.
虐待可造成心理和情绪上的问题。
【联想】：①motion v.示意；打手势 n.运动；动作；提议 ②emotion n.感情 ③mental adj.精神的；情感的
energetic
adj.精力旺盛的；有活力的
– He knew I was energetic and dynamic and would get things done.
他知道我精力充沛、生气勃勃，会把事情办成的。
【联想】：energy n.精力；能源；能量
strategic
adj.战略性的；战略上的
– Strategic alliances are being forged with major European companies.
正与欧洲主要公司设法结成战略同盟。
【联想】：①strategy n.策略；战略（家） ②strategist n.战略家；军事家 ③strategical adj.战略的 ④strategically adv.战略上；战略性地
right-brained
adj.右脑主导的；右脑的；感性的
– Most people are used to right-brained actions.
大多数人都习惯右脑主导的行为。
vocabulary
n.词汇量；词汇表
– Reading will increase your vocabulary.
阅读会增加你的词汇量。
coincidence
n.巧合；一致
– It was simply one of those things, pure coincidence.
这是没办法的事，纯属巧合。
【联想】：①coincide v.同时发生；一致 ②coincident adj.巧合的 ③coincidentally adv.巧合地 ④conform with/to sth 与…相符/一致 ⑤accord with sth 与…相符/一致（formal）
dominate
v.统治；支配；俯瞰
– The countries of Eastern Europe immediately started to dominate.
东欧国家立即开始占据支配地位。
【联想】：①domain n.领域；领地 ②domainat adj.显性的；支配的 ③prodominant adj.主要的；主导的；占有优势的 ④predominate v.占主导地位 ⑤be predominant in 占据
historical
adj.有关历史的；历史学的
– This chapter concerns itself with the historical background.
本章旨在讲述历史背景。
【联想】：①historic adj.有历史意义的 ②historically adv.在历史上 ③historian n.历史学家
incident
n.事件；事变
– The incident didn’t even rate a mention in the press.
这件事在报纸上连提都不值得一提。
athletic
adj.运动的；运动员的；健壮的
– Most athletic activities are about individual effort.
大多数体育项目是靠个人的拼搏。
terminology
adj.术语；专门名词
– The disagreement arose over a different use of terminology.
分歧的缘起在于专门用语使用的不同。
aim to
旨在；目的；打算
– The new management techniques aim to improve performance.
新的管理技术旨在提高效率。
【联想】：①aim at 瞄准；针对；旨在 ②take aim at 瞄准；以…为目标 ③aim for 以…为目标
revive
v.使复苏；重新使用；再生
– The economy is beginning to revive.
经济开始复苏。
【联想】：①return v.返回 ②review v.回顾；复习；审查 ③revise v.校阅；修正；温习
foster
v.培养；助长；抚养
– The club’s aim is to foster better relations within the community.
俱乐部的宗旨是促进团体内部的关系。
loyalty
n.忠诚；忠实
– True marriage requires us to show trust and loyalty.
真正的婚姻有赖于我们表现出信任与忠诚。
【联想】：①loyal adj.效忠的；忠心耿耿的 ②royal adj.国王的；盛大的；华丽的 n.王室成员 ③royalty n.皇室；版税
allegiance
n.忠诚；效忠；忠贞
– People of various party allegiances joined the campaign.
各个不同政党的拥护者都参加了这次活动。
infuse
v.注入；泡制；灌输
– A union would infuse unnecessary conflict into the company’s employee relations.
工会会把不必要的冲突带入公司员工关系当中。
【联想】：confuse v.困惑；迷惑
point out
指出；指明
– She tried in vain to point out to him the unfairness of his actions.
她试图向他指出他的做法不公正，但无济于事。
【联想】：①turn out 结果是；被证明是 ②figure out 理解；弄明白 ③find out 查明；弄清；发现
passion
n.激情；强烈情感
– His passion for her made him blind to everything else.
他钟情于她，达到了不顾一切的地步。
【联想】：passionate adj.热情的；充满热情的
importation
n.进口；进口货；输入品
– Several programmes for importation are under discussion.
一些引进项目正在洽谈之中。
workaholic
n.工作狂
– He was by his own account an ambitious workaholic.
据他自己所言，他是个雄心勃勃的工作狂。
【联想】：①bookaholic n.读书迷 ②shopaholic n.购物狂 ③chocoholic n.巧克力迷
trigger
(1) n.触发（器）；扳机；诱因
– The trigger for the strike was the closure of yet another factory.
触发这次罢工的是另一家工厂的关闭。
(2) v.触发；引起；发动
– Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction.
坚果可以引起严重的过敏反应。
praise
v/n.赞美；赞扬
– We have nothing but praise for the way they handled the investigation.
对于他们处理调查的方式我们唯有赞赏。
prompt
(1) adj.迅速的；准时的
– Please be prompt when attending these meetings.
参加上述会议，请准时出席。
(2) v/n.提示；促使
– The program will prompt you to enter data where required.
这个程序在必要时将提醒你输入数据。
【联想】：promote v.促进
buzzword
n.流行行话；时髦词汇
– Biodiversity was the buzzword of the Rio Earth Summit.
生物多样性是里约热内卢地球峰会上的时髦词儿。
admire
v.钦佩；赞赏
– I admire her determination to get it right.
我赞赏她非把事情弄清楚的决心。
avoid
v.避免；避开
– He made a quick exit to avoid meeting her.
他迅速离去以避免见到她。
【联想】：avoid/escape v.逃脱
nonsense
n.无意义的话；胡说
– Reports that he has resigned are nonsense.
有关他已经辞职的报道是无稽之谈。
fundamental
(1) adj.基本的；基础的；根本的
– There is a fundamental difference between the two points of view.
这两个观点有根本区别。
(2) n.基本原则；基本原理
– He taught me the fundamentals of the job.
他教给了我这工作的基本知识。
mock
(1) v.嘲笑；嘲弄；（模仿）取笑
– He’s always mocking my French accent.
他总是嘲笑我的法国口音。
(2) adj.仿制的；模拟的；虚假的
– The mock boom slid inflation and unemployment over.
虚假的繁荣暗中带来了通货膨胀和失业。
(3) n.模拟考试；模仿；嘲弄
– The mocks are in November.
模拟考试在11月进行。
accept
v.接受；认可；同意
– I accept his theories, but not without certain qualifications.
我接受他的理论，但并非毫无保留。
【联想】：①except v.除 ②receive v.收到 ③conceive v.设想 ④deceive v.欺骗 ⑤perceive v.察觉 ⑥expect v.期待 ⑧expert n.专家
irony
n.讽刺；反语；讽刺之事
– The irony is that when he finally got the job, he discovered he didn’t like it.
讽刺的是，当他最终得到那份工作时，他发现自己并不喜欢它。
make fun of
嘲弄；取笑
– I’d make fun of her dress and imitate her speech.
我会拿她的衣着开玩笑，并模仿她说话。
【联想】：make fun of =play a joke on =play a trick on =make a fool of 取笑
willingly
adv.乐意地；自愿地
– People would willingly pay more for better services.
有好一些的服务，人们是愿意多花钱的。
【联想】：willing adj.乐意的；自愿的
absorb
v.吸收；理解；吸引
– It’s a lot of information to absorb all at once.
要一下子消化这么多资料，真是很难。
