考研英语二阅读真题词汇（二十七）
simplify
v.简化
– The application forms have now been simplified.
申请表格现已简化了。
【联想】：①simple adj.简单的 ②simply adv.仅仅；简单地 ③simplification n.简单化
routine
(1) n.常规；例行公事
– Make exercise a part of your daily routine.
让锻炼成为你日常生活的一部分。
(2) adj.常规的；例行公事的
– The fault was discovered during a routine check.
这个错误是在一次常规检查中发现的。
【联想】：route n.路线；途径
absorb
v.吸收；理解；使全神贯注
– 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。
suck in
吸收；卷入
– It’s good to suck in such clean fresh air for a change.
换个环境，吸点清新空气，真是好极了。
【联想】：①soak up 吸收；吸取 + sth ②take in 吸收；领会；接受 + sth
engagement
n.约定；交战；（与…的）密切关系
– Her views are based on years of engagement with the problems of the inner city.
她的观点是以多年对市内中心区问题的了解为基础的。
appetite
n.胃口；嗜好；爱好
– The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.
你看了这本书就会更想多读她的著作。
verbal
adj.口头的；语言的；用词的
– They had made a verbal agreement to sell.
他们达成了口头售货协定。
interaction with
与…交流互动；与…相互作用
– The following excerpt is illustrative of her interaction with students.
接下来的节选部分可以说明她与学生的互动情况。
blank
adj/n.空白的/空白处
– Write on one side of the paper and leave the other side blank.
写在纸的一面，把另一面空出来。
insensitive
adj.漠不关心的；懵然不知的
– She’s completely insensitive to my feelings.
她全然不顾我的感情。
【联想】：sensitive adj.敏感的
mood
n.心情；情绪；气氛
– He is in a much better mood than usual.
他的情绪比平时好多了。
infant
(1) n.婴儿；幼儿
– You’ve been my best friend ever since we started in the infants.
自从我们上幼儿园起，你就是我最好的朋友。
(2) adj.婴儿的；幼儿的；初期的
– The infant company was based in Germany.
这家新公司总部在德国。
are wired to
本能的去
– Ask why our brains are wired to be curious.
我们的大脑对好奇总是精力充沛的。
disconcerting
(1) adj.令人不安的；令人慌张的；令人窘迫的
– The reception desk is not at street level, which is a little disconcerting.
接待处不在临街的这层，这多少让人有点想不通。
(2) v.使慌张；使窘迫；使不安
– It doesn’t feel disconcerting, but you feel distant.
这不会使你觉得不安，只是让你有距离感。
【联想】：①concert n.和谐；音乐会 ②disconcert v.破坏；使不安 ③consent n/v.同意 ④concentrate v.专注于 ⑤connect v.连接 ⑥cooperative v.协作；合作社
exposure
n.暴露；显露；揭露
– Her new movie has had a lot of exposure in the media.
她的新片媒体有很多报道。
wild
adj.野生的；荒芜的；猛烈的
– This region is the home of many species of wild flower.
这个地区有很多种类的野花。
fantasy
n.幻想；奇幻
– Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish.
有时候现实和幻想很难区分。
constant
(1) adj.恒定的；不变的；持续的
– The average speed of the winds remained constant.
平均风速保持稳定。
(2) n.常数；常量
– In the world of fashion it sometimes seems that the only constant is ceaseless change.
在时装界，有时似乎唯一永恒不变的东西就是不断的变化。
screen
(1) n.屏幕；屏风；掩蔽物
– They put a screen in front of me so I couldn’t see what was going on.
他们在我面前竖了一面屏风，所以我看不到发生了什么事情。
(2) v.筛查；掩蔽；放映
– Most of the road behind the hotel was screened by a block of flats.
宾馆后面的那条路大部分被一片公寓楼遮住了。
【联想】：①screener n.招聘者 ②screen out 筛选出
oppressive
adj.压迫的；沉重的；难以忍受的
– The new laws will be just as oppressive as those they replace.
新法律只会与原来的法律一样苛严。
【联想】：①depress v.压制；压抑 ②express v.表达；表示 ③impress v.使留下印象 ④oppress v.压迫；使烦恼 ⑤repress v.抑制；镇压 ⑥suppress v.镇压；压制
ideology
n.意识形态；思想体系
– Such an approach accords with the principles of socialist ideology.
这种方法与社会主义意识形态的原则相符。
