1.embrace [ɪm'bres]
vt. 拥抱;信奉,皈依;包含
【解析】em前缀表加强,bra胸,胸贴胸,拥抱
真题例句:Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you avoid getting sick this winter. 信不信由你,一个温暖的拥抱甚至可以帮助你在这个冬天不生病。(2017真题例句)
2.wellbeing[wel 'bi:ɪŋ] n. 幸福;福利;安乐 【解析】well好,being状态,好的心态或处境 真题例句:While seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have a (n) damaging impact on our professional, social, and personal wellbeing.(2014真题例句) 3.legitimacy [lɪ'dʒɪtɪməsɪ] n. 合法;合理;正统 【解析】一般情况下leg词根指“法律” 真题例句:The court cannot maintain its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law when justices behave like politicians. 当大法官的所作所为形同政客时,法院就无法保持其作为法治卫道士的合理性。(2012真题例句) 4. property['prɒpətɪ] n. 性质,性能;财产;所有权 [复数 properties] 【解析】prop做词根讲一般指“财富或财产”,如property law物权法,财产法。proprietor业主,或指拥有财产的人 真题例句:Each spouse retains whatever property he or she brought into the marriage, and jointly-acquired property is divided equally。配偶双方都可持有各自婚前的财产,婚后的共同财产平均分配。(2016真题例句) 5.obscure [əb'skjʊə] adj. 昏暗的,朦胧的;晦涩的,不清楚的vt. 使…模糊不清,掩盖;隐藏;使难理解 【解析】ob否定前缀,scure当做sure,不确定,或模糊不清 真题例句:The legal issues in the case are obscure: whereas the Supreme Court has ruled that states do have some regulatory authority over nuclear power, legal scholars say that Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting test of how far those powers extend. 这一事件中的法律问题含糊不清:最高法院已经裁定,各个州对于核能事宜有一些规管权限,但是,这些权限究竟能扩大到什么地步,法律专家说佛蒙特案件为此提供了可供设为先例的测试。(2012真题例句) 6.nightmare['naɪtmeə] n. 恶梦;梦魇般的经历 【解析】night夜晚,夜里,mare母马,夜里梦到自己变成一匹母马。 真题例句:But most law graduates never get a big-firm job. Many of them instead become the kind of nuisance-lawsuit filer that makes the tort system a costly nightmare.相反,许多人只能接手一些惹人厌烦的诉讼,由此致使美国的司法体系成为收费昂贵的噩梦。(2014真题例句) 7.innovator['ɪnəveɪtə(r)] n. 改革者,创新者 [复数 innovators] 【解析】in里面,nov做词根讲是新的意思,参照Lenovo联想。at在,or指人,在某方面有创新的人,创新者。 真题例句:France,which prides itself as the global innovator of fashion, has decided its Fashion industry has lost an absolute right to define physical beauty for women。法国自诩全球时尚的创新者,已经做了如下论断:其时尚行业失去了对女性形体美进行定义的绝对权力。(2016 真题例句) 8.genius['dʒiːnɪəs] n. 天才,天赋;精神 [ 复数 geniuses;genii ] 【解析】gen基因,i联想成“人”,us我们,天才,有天赋的人,我们都羡慕这个人的基因。 真题例句:They perpetuate the myth of the lone genius.他们使“孤独的天才”这个神话得以长存。(2014真题例句) 9.bias[ˈbaɪəs] n.偏见 adj.有偏见的;有偏的;结果偏倚的; 【解析】bi前缀指“二”,as指“作为”,把什么分成两类区别对待 221真题例句:This is not a free market but a biased one.这并非一个自由市场而是一个有偏见的市场。(2016 真题例句) 10.scatter ['skætə] adj. 分散的;散乱的 【解析】谐音记忆“撕开它” 真题例句:The goals of the prize-givers seem as scattered as the criticism.奖项设立者的目的看起来似乎和批评声一样多样化。(2014真题例句)