22考研英语词汇背诵100天【第三十五天】

n. 遗迹，遗物；废墟；纪念物

真题例句：Beijing, as the capital city, boasts many historical relics, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, Summer Palace and other tourist attractions.北京作为我国的首都，让人引以为傲的是其诸多历史遗迹，例如长城、紫禁城、颐和园等其他旅游景点。(2017年写作例句)

2. executive[ɪg'zekjʊtɪv; eg-] 

adj. 行政的；经营的n. 总经理；执行委员会；执行者

真题例句：In today’s world, it has become normal that well-paid executives should not be accountable for what happens in the organisations that they run.在当今世界，拿着高薪的总裁们管理着公司，却不必为公司里所发生的事情负责。(2015 阅读理解)

3. impoverish [ɪmˈpɑvərɪʃt] 

v.使贫穷；使贫瘠或恶化；

真题例句：A few wealthy people will own all the capital, and the masses will struggle in an impoverished wasteland.少数富人将占有全部资金，而大众将会在一片贫瘠的荒地中挣扎。(2017年真题例句)

4. embarrassment[ɪm'bærəsmənt; em-]

n. 窘迫，难堪；使人为难的人或事物；拮据

真题例句：According to the first two Paragraphs, King Juan Carlos of Spain ended his reign in embarrassment.根据文章开头两段可知西班牙国王胡安·卡洛斯尴尬地结束了他的统治。(2015阅读理解)

5. guilty['gɪltɪ]

adj. 有罪的；内疚的

真题例句：As the hacking trial concludes—finding guilty one ex-editor of the News of the World, Andy Coulson, for conspiring to hack phones, and finding his predecessor, Rebekah Brooks, innocent of the same charge—the wider issue of dearth of integrity still stands.在非法窃听案下降帷幕之际——前《世界新闻报》编辑安迪·库尔森因为阴谋窃听电话，被判有罪；而他的前任，丽贝卡·布鲁克斯受到相同的指控，却被判无罪——范围更广的诚信匮乏问题仍然存在。(2015 阅读理解)

6. retrospection [rɛtrə'spɛkʃən]

n. 回顾；反省；追忆

真题例句：Official retrospections continue as to why London 2012 failed to "inspire a generation." The success of Parkrun offers answers.官方继续反省2012年伦敦奥公园跑步活动的成功做出了很好的解释。(2017年真题例句)

7. identified[aɪ'dentɪfaɪd]

adj.被识别的；经鉴定的；被认同者v.鉴定（identify的过去分词）；辨认

真题例句：The London agents Stirling Ackroyd recently identified enough sites for half a million houses in the London area alone, with no intrusion on green belt.伦敦的测量经纪公司斯特灵·克罗伊德最近仅在伦敦地区就标出足可建设50万所房子而不侵占绿化带的区域。(2016 阅读理解)

8. volume ['vɒljuːm] 

n. 量；体积；卷；音量；大量；册

真题例句：Beethoven’s habit of increasing the volume with an intense crescendo and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used bycomposers before him.贝多芬惯以超凡的力度加大音响，随后突然进入一个意想不到的柔和乐段。这种手法在前人的作品中极为罕见。(2014 新题型)

n. 学术期刊；日记；日记账

【注】set an example for为…做榜样

真题例句：Giovanni Parmigiani believes that the establishment of the SBoRE mayset an example for other journals.乔瓦尼·帕玛强尼认为SRoRE的成立也许会为其他杂志树立榜样。(2015 阅读理解)

10. counterbalance ['kaʊntə,bæl(ə)ns]

n. 平衡力；自动抵销vt. 使平衡；抵消

【解析】counter做前缀表“对立”

真题例句：Ideally, different kinds of reading inform each other, and act as useful reference points for and counterbalances to one another.理想情况下，不同的阅读行为可以起到相互启发、相互参考、相互平衡的作用。(2015 新题型)