1. expense [ɪk'spɛns]
n. 损失，代价；消费；开支
真题例句：While climate is a key element, Moritz says, it shouldn’t come at the expense of the rest of the equation.莫里茨说，虽然气候是一个关键因素，但也不应该以其他部分为代价。(2017年真题例句) 【词汇辨析】 expense, payment, cost的区别 expense 主要是“花费”、“开支”之意，如current expenses“日常开支”，selling expenses“销售费用”，travelling expenses“旅费”等。 cost其本义为“成本”、“原价”，常常用来表示对已取得的货物或劳务所支付的费用。 payment主要指付款，给钱。 2. millennium [mɪˈlɛnɪəm] n. 千年期，千禧年；一千年 真题例句：Not only did they develop such a device but by the turn of the millennium they had also managed to embed it in a worldwide system accessed by billions of people every day.他们不只是发明了这个设备，还在世纪之交，成功将其植入一个覆盖全球、每天可有数以亿计用户访问的系统。（2012新题型） 3. accusation[ækjʊ'zeɪʃ(ə)n] n.控告，指控；谴责 真题例句：The word “indictment” (Line 3, Para.2) is closest in meaning to accusation.单词“indictment”意思最相近的是谴责、控诉。(2013 阅读理解) 4. idiom ['ɪdɪəm] n. 成语，习语；土话 真题例句：If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at their meaning, using clues presented in the contest.如果你不熟悉单词或习语，你会借助上下文的线索去猜测意思。(2015 新题型) 【词汇辨析】 idiom, slang区别 idiom，习语，相当于汉语的成语，也就是一些固定搭配。比如 shut up! 闭嘴！ slang俚语，也就是一些非通用语言，只有一些特定人群或某一地区的人群使用，相当于汉语的“土话”。例如，军队上的人说收到，明白时时，用roger一词。 'spring chicken'就是我们一般所说的“童子鸡”，是指不再年轻。 5. discernible[dɪ'sɜ:nəbəl] adj.可识别的；可辨别的 真题例句：The gardens of the homeless which are in effect homeless gardens introduce from into an urban environment where it either didn’t exist or was not discernible as such.这种无家可归者的花园实质上是无定所的花园，它们把“形式”引入城市环境，而城市环境中原本要么没有这种“形式”，要么并没把它当成“形式”看待。(2013 翻译) 6. applicant [ˈæplɪkənt] n.申请人，求职人; 请求者; 真题例句：The interviewers had rated applicants on a scale of one to five.面试官按照1到5的级别给申请者评分。(2013 完形填空) 7. download [daʊn'ləʊd] vt. 下载 【注】此处为“被动消费”的意思。 真题例句：This is because the networked computer has sparked a secret war between downloading and uploading—between passive consumption and active creation—whose outcome will shape our collective future in ways we can only begin to imagine.因为联网电脑已经触发了一场“隐秘的”战争：一场“下载”与“上传”（即“被动消费”和“积极创造”）之间的较量，这场战争的结果将以我们无法想象的力度决定我们所有人的未来。（2012新题型） 8. ancestral [æn'sɛstrəl] adj. 祖先的；祖传的 真题例句：Perhaps that is why we explore the starry skies, as if answering a primal calling to know ourselves and our true ancestral homes. 可能那就是为什么我们要探索星光灿烂的天空的原因，犹如回应一种原始的呼唤，去了解我们自身和我们真正的故乡。(2017年真题例句) 9. subscription[səbˈskrɪpʃn] n.（报刊等的）订阅费；捐款；（俱乐部的）会员费；捐助 [复数 subscriptions] 真题例句：Getting the print edition seven days a week costs $500 a year—more than twice as much as a digital-only subscription.每周七天订阅纸质版，一年的花费接近500美元——这几乎是订阅网络版报纸费用的两倍多。(2016 阅读理解) 10. major['meɪdʒə] adj. 主要的；重要的；主修的 n.主修科目 真题例句：Which of the following adds to the costs of legal education in most American states? Pursuing a bachelor’s degree in another major.在美国大多数州中，以下哪项增加了法律教育的成本？攻读另一专业的学士学位。(2014阅读理解)
