1. authority[ɔː'θɒrɪtɪ]
n.权威;权力;当局
【注】federal immigration law联邦移民法,overturn推翻,overstep越权。
真题例句:Three provisions of Arizona’s plan were overturned because they overstepped the authority of federal immigration law.亚利桑那州的计划中三项条款被推翻,这是因为它们越权干涉了联邦移民法的权威。(2013阅读理解)
2. library[ˈlaɪbrərɪ]
n.图书馆,藏书室;文库
【注】小作文高频词。
真题例句:This notice is to introduce briefly the library to all of you.此通知旨在为你们简要介绍图书馆的相关信息。(2016 考研写作)
3. birthright['bɜːθraɪt]
n.与生俱来的权利;长子继承权
真题例句:Mental health is our birthright. 健康的心理是我们与生俱来的权利。(2016翻译)
4. health[helθ]
n.健康;卫生;保健;兴旺
【注】mental health心理健康
真题例句:As you will come to see, knowing that mental health is always available and knowing to trust it allow us to slow down to the moment and live life happily.你终会明白,懂得心理健康无时不在并懂得信赖它,这能让我们慢下来活在每一刻,快乐地生活着。(2016翻译)
5. involvement [ɪn'vɒlvm(ə)nt]
n. 牵连;包含;混乱;财政困难
【解析】in表“里面”,volve表“卷入,包含”
真题例句:The guild-like ownership structure is considered "restrictive" partly because it bans outsiders’ involvement in the profession.类似行会性质的所有制结构被认为是“具限制性的”其中一部分原因是因为它禁止外行人涉足法律行业。(2014阅读理解)
6. hurdle['hɜːd(ə)l]
n. 障碍;栏;跳栏
【注】manufacturer制造商,economic downturn经济低迷,Great Depression大萧条。
真题例句:But to win over these young workers, manufacturers have to clear another major hurdle: parents, who lived through the worst US economic downturn since the Great Depression, telling them to avoid the factory.但是为了争取到这些年轻的工人,制造商必须清除另一个主要障碍:家长。家长们经历过大萧条之后最糟糕的美国经济低迷态势,他们会告诉孩子们要远离工厂。(2017真题例句)
【知识拓展】大萧条(Great Depression),是指1929年至1933年之间发源于美国,并后来波及许多资本主义国家的经济危机。
7. abundance [ə'bʌndəns]
n. 充裕,丰富
【扩展】an abundance of大量,许多
【注】写作词汇
真题例句:I have collected such an abundance of books.我已经收藏了如此多的图书了。(2017年真题例句)
8. redefine['ri:di'fain]
vt. 对…再加以解说;再给…下定义
【注】阅读选项词。
【解析】re表“反复”,de表“向下”,fin表“范围”。
真题例句:According to the first paragraph, what would happen in France?Physical beauty would be redefined根据第一段,法国将发生什么事?形体美将被重新定义。(2016 阅读理解)
9. probe [prəʊb]
n. 探针;调查vi. 调查;探究
【注】考研选项词。
真题例句:In the author’s view, Rosenberg’s book fails to adequately probe social and biological factors. 在作者看来罗森博格的书没能充分地探究社会和生物学因素。(2012阅读)
10. liberal[ˈlibərəl]
n.自由主义者;宽容大度的人;(旧时)英国自由党成员
真题例句:Justice Anthony Kennedy, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and the Court’s liberals, ruled that the state flew too close to the federal sun.大法官安东尼·肯尼迪,加上首席大法官约翰·罗伯茨和法院的自由派,裁定该州此举有越俎代庖之嫌,侵犯了联邦政府的权利范围。(2013 阅读理解)