阅读真题词汇（一）
appointment
n.任命；职位；约定
– His appointment to the Cabinet would please the right-wing.
他被任命为内阁成员会让右翼党派很高兴。
【联想】：disappointment n.失望
incurred
v.招致；引起；遭受
– He incurred a ten-second penalty in the first round.
他在第一轮受到停赛十秒钟的处罚。
talented
adj.天赋高的；有才能的；有才干的
– A talented artist, he was, moreover, a writer of some note.
他是一位有才华的艺术家，同时也是颇有名气的作家。
unpretentious
adj.谦虚的；不夸耀的
– Linda is totally unpretentious about herself.
琳达是一个非常朴实的人。
formidable
adj.可怕的；令人敬畏的；难以对付的
– The two players together make a formidable combination.
这两个队员配对儿，难以对付。
devote
v.投入；献身
– He devoted a good deal of attention to the problem.
他在这个问题上花了相当多的精力。
concertgoer
n.常参加音乐会者
– A concertgoer is someone who goes to concerts regularly.
音乐会观众是指经常去听音乐会的人。
record
n/v.记录；唱片
– There is nothing to stop viewers recording the films on videotape…
没有什么办法可以阻止观众用录像机把电影录下来。
exaggerate
v.夸张；夸大
– I think he exaggerates the parallelism between the two cases.
我认为他夸大了两件事的相似之处。
overestimate
n/v.过高估计
– The importance of these findings cannot be overestimated.
这些发现的重要性是无法充分估量的。
substitute
(1) v.代替
– Butter can be substituted with margarine in this recipe.
做这道菜可以用人造黄油代替黄油。
(2) n.代用品；代替物
– Paul’s father only saw him as a substitute for his dead brother.
保罗的父亲只是把他当作他死去的哥哥来看待。
【联想】：①constitute v.建立；任命 ②institute v.制定；创立 ③subscribe v.预定；同意；签署 ④prescription n.处方；药方
inferior
adj.较差的；次等的；下级的
– Most career women make me feel inferior.
大部分职业女性让我感到自己不如她们。
puzzled
adj.困惑的；迷惑不解的
– Scientists are puzzled as to why the whale had swum to the shore.
科学家们感到不解：为什么这头鲸游到海岸上来。
