LEVEL 2

List 1

0483 studio [?stju?d???]

n. 工作室；（廣播、電視的）錄音室，演播室

例 In search of a meaningful life, Leah gave up what she had and set up her own yoga studios.為了追求有意義的人生，莉亞放棄了原本擁有的，開了自己的瑜伽館。

0484 permit [p??m?t]/[p??m?t]/[?p??m?t]

v. 允許，準許

n. 許可證

例 The woman permits her children to use the screen for at most half an hour a day. 這位女士只允許她的孩子一天最多看半個小時電視。

0485 diplomatic [?d?pl??m?t?k]

adj. 外交的

例 Some countries will always be bigger diplomatic players than others. But as a union, Europe cannot duck the question of its place in the world. 雖然總有些國家在外交上一直比其他國家更強大，但作為一個聯(lián)盟，歐洲不能回避其世界地位這個問題。

0486 diplomat [?d?pl?m?t]

n. 外交官

例 Her guests are usually government o?cials, diplomats, lawyers and other newspaper people.她的客戶通常是政府官員、外交官、律師和其他報社人員。

0487 replace [r??ple?s]

v. 代替

例 One technology replaces another only because the new technology is better. 一項技術取代另一項技術僅僅是因為新技術更好。

0488 replacement [r??ple?sm?nt]

n. 更換；替代品

例 Fertility rates in many European nations and Japan have dropped below the replacement rate, causing concern that shortages of labour and productivity could threaten the quality of life. 許多歐洲國家及日本的生育率已經(jīng)下降到人口置換率以下，這使得人們擔心勞動力短缺和生產(chǎn)力下降會威脅生活質量。

0489 county [?ka?nti]

n. 郡，縣

例 A county in California proposed recently to ban McDonald’s from including toys in its high- calorie “Happy Meals”. 加利福尼亞州的一個郡最近提議，禁止麥當勞在其高熱量的“快樂餐”中包含玩具。

0490 survive [s??va?v]

v. 幸存；生存

例 Millions have migrated to the cities because they could not survive in rural areas. 數(shù)百萬人口因無法在鄉(xiāng)村生存下去而移居城市。

0491 survival [s??va?vl]

n. 生存；幸存

例 The issues of hunger and survival and how to live have become burning issues for the international community. 饑餓、生存以及如何生存這些問題已經(jīng)成為國際社會熱議的焦點。

0492 survivor [s??va?v?]

n. 幸存者

例 Many ?rms will die in the sti? competition, but the survivors will emerge leaner and stronger than before. 很多企業(yè)會在激烈的競爭中被淘汰，但幸存下來的都會變得比以前更加精干、 強大。

0493 relaxation [?ri?l?k?se??n]

n. 放松

例 Do you think what you do for relaxation is an e?ective way to beat stress? 你認為你的放松方式能有效緩解壓力嗎 ?

0494 attract [??tr?kt]

v. 吸引

例 Photographs of the gorilla, looking stricken and inconsolable, attracted crowds to the zoo. 照片上的猩猩看上去備受打擊，傷心欲絕，吸引了很多人去動物園參觀。

0495 attractive [??tr?kt?v]

adj. 有吸引力的

例 This is one of the most attractive majors we have in terms of drawing undergraduates to George Mason. 從吸引本科生到喬治·梅森大學來求學這一方面來講，這是我們最有吸引力的專業(yè)之一。

0496 attraction [??tr?k?n]

n. 1 吸引，愛慕　2 有吸引力的人或事物；吸引力

例 The main attraction of Beijing resides in its enchanting scenery. 北京的最大吸引力在于它迷人的景色。

0497 disappoint [?d?s??p??nt]

v. 使…失望

例 In China, teenagers are still very much children and are expected to do as they are told, get good grades and not disappoint their families. 中國的青少年更多的還是被當成小孩子來對待，大家都希望他們能做到聽話、成績好、不讓父母失望。

0498 ordinary [???d?nri]

adj. 普通的

例 Many think that tipping adds to the burden of ordinary customers. 很多人都認為給小費會給普通消費者增加負擔。

0499 description [d??skr?p?n]

n. 描述

例 For the writing part, we usually need to give a brief description of the chart and then make comments on it. 在寫作部分，我們通常需要簡要描述一個表格，再針對表格發(fā)表評論。

0500 ladder [?l?d?]

n. 梯子

例 Remember that we all climb the ladder of success one step at a time. 記住，我們所有人的成功都是循序漸進的，沒有一蹴而就的。

0501 president [?prez?d?nt]

n. 總統(tǒng)，國家主席；會長，院長

例 The president and some governors have the power to kill a bill by pocketing it. 總統(tǒng)和一些州長有權采取不予簽署的辦法否決一項議案。

0502 presidential [?prez??den?l]

adj. 總統(tǒng)的

例 Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how they’ll change America. 在這個漫長又緊張的選舉過程中，所有人的目光都集中在總統(tǒng)候選人以及他們將如何改變美國上。

0503 purchase [?p??t??s]

v. 購買

n. 購買；購買的東西

例 An international travel insurance policy is usually purchased in your home country before you go abroad. 國際旅行保險通常要在出國前在本國購買。

0504 preschooler [pri??sku?l?]

n. 學齡前兒童

例 To date, no body of research has proved that the iPad will make your preschooler smarter.迄今為止，尚沒有研究能證明iPad可以使學齡前兒童變聰明。

0505 giraffe [d???rɑ?f]

n. 長頸鹿

例 Unlike most of the other grass-eaters in the Sahara, the giraffe doesn’t migrate （leave its homeland） during dry seasons because it gets enough water from the leaves it eats. 與撒哈拉沙漠中大多數(shù)其他食草動物不同，長頸鹿在旱季不必遷徙 （離開家園），因為它可以從吃的葉子中獲得足夠水分。

0506 silver [?s?lv?]

n. 銀

adj. 銀色的

例 Speech is silver, but silence is gold. 表達誠可貴，沉默價更高。

0507 solution [s??lu??n]

n. 解決辦法

例 The government decided the only solution was to bail the state enterprise out. 政府斷定唯一的解決辦法是幫助該國企擺脫困境。

0508 branch [brɑ?nt?]

n. 分支；分校

例 Yale is establishing branch campuses throughout the world. 耶魯大學正在世界各地建立分校。

0509 forth [f??θ]

adv. 向前

例 Some businessmen and their families move back and forth between the U.S. and the home countries. 一些商務人士及其家人在美國和自己的祖國之間把家搬來搬去。

0510 worsen [?w??sn]

v. （使）變得更糟，惡化

例 As the world’s food security falls to pieces, individual countries acting in their own self- interest are actually worsening the troubles of many. 隨著世界糧食安全局面的逐步瓦解，個別國家維護自身利益的行為實際上是在加劇很多國家的困難。

0511 struggle [?str?ɡl]

v. / n. 1 努力，爭取　2 掙扎；艱難地前進

例 Women struggle to say “no” in the workplace for similar reasons, including the desire to be liked by their colleagues. 女性很難在職場中拒絕別人，原因基本相似，這其中就包括她們想受到同事的歡迎。

0512 estimate [?est?m?t]/[?est?me?t]

n. 估計，估算

v. 估計，估算

例 Surveys estimate that 85%of women and 73%of men report feeling better after shedding tears. 調查結果估計，有85%的女性和73%的男性承認哭過之后會感覺好些。

0513 purpose [?p??p?s]

n. 目的

例 Many people say the purpose of the engagement period is to permit enough time to plan the wedding. 很多人認為訂婚期的目的是讓人有足夠的時間籌備婚禮。

0514 rank [r??k]

n. 1 等級；級別　2 顯貴

v. 把…分等級

例 He came from a family of rank. 他來自上層社會的家庭。

0515 instruction [?n?str?k?n]

n. 1 命令　2 指導

例 The so-called instruction may simply be the basic How Tos, which are really not going to help you understand how to build muscle or achieve your ?tness goals. 所謂的指導可能只是簡單的“怎樣做”，這并不能真正幫你弄明白怎樣才能練出肌肉或者達到你的健身目標。

0516 instructor [?n?str?kt?]

n. 導師

例 The author looks upon his mother as his most demanding and caring instructor. 該作者把他的母親看作是最嚴格、最關心他的導師。

0517 instruct [?n?str?kt]

v. 1 指示；命令　2 講授

例 The college will need an additional teacher to instruct the boys in cooking. 這所技術學校需要增加一名教員來教授男生烹調技術。

0518 master [?mɑ?st?]

n. 1 主人　2 能手；擅長…者

例 Our country must be master of its own economic destiny. 我們的國家必須掌握自己的經(jīng)濟命運。

0519 anxiety [???za??ti]

n. 焦慮

例 Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one’s life span. 焦慮和抑郁往往會縮短一個人的壽命。

0520 secondary [?sek?ndri]

adj. 1 次要的　2 中學的

例 There is now a range of companies offering commercial programs to grade written test answers, and four states are using some form of the technology in secondary schools. 現(xiàn)在已有幾家公司在提供能給手寫試卷評分的商業(yè)程序，并且已經(jīng)有四個州的中學在使用此類技術。

0521 seed [si?d]

n. 種子

例 Improved agricultural technology, hybrid seeds, scienti?c animal breeding, and so on have vastly increased the amount of output a typical farmer can produce. 農(nóng)業(yè)技術的改善、雜交種子、科學動物養(yǎng)殖等等，都大大增加了一個普通農(nóng)民的產(chǎn)出。

0522 seemingly [?si?m??li]

adv. 似乎

例 The author’s mother taught him a valuable lesson by pointing out lots of flaws in his seemingly perfect essay. 作者的母親給他上了寶貴的一課，她在他看似完美的文章里指出了很多缺點。

0523 responsibility [r??sp?ns??b?l?ti]

n. 責任

例 Nowadays, colleges hold a number of projects that can help students understand their responsibility to the larger community. 如今，大學院校會組織很多活動項目，這些項目能夠幫助學生理解自己的社會責任。

0524 responsible [r??sp?ns?bl]

adj. 負責的；有責任的

例 You are responsible for what you put in your mouth each day, for how you treat yourself and for what you get out of life. 你得為你每天吃進去的食物負責，為你對待自己的方式以及你的生活所得負責。

0525 academic [??k??dem?k]

adj. 學術的

例 Big money is starting to ?ow into the ivory tower, as university administrators wake up to the commercial potential of academic research. 隨著大學管理者開始意識到學術研究的商業(yè)潛力，大量資金開始流入大學這座象牙塔。

0526 academy [??k?d?mi]

n. 研究院

例 Gérard Jones founded a highly successful football coaching academy two years ago when he was 19 and still studying for his degree. 杰拉德·瓊斯在兩年前創(chuàng)建了一個非常成功的足球培訓學院，當時他只有19歲，還在攻讀學位。

0527 regular [?regj?l?]

adj. 1 規(guī)律的　2 定期的

例 Research now shows that regular quizzes, short essays, and other assignments over the course of a term better enhance learning and retention. 研究顯示，在一學期中定期檢測、布置小論文以及其他任務能更好地鞏固學習和記憶。

0528 regularly [?regj?l?li]

adv. 規(guī)律地，經(jīng)常

例 Fast-food firms have to be a thick-skinned bunch. Health experts regularly criticise them severely for selling food that makes people fat. 快餐公司必須“皮糙肉厚”。健康專家經(jīng)常會嚴厲地批判它們，因為它們銷售能使人發(fā)胖的食物。

0529 broadcast [?br??dkɑ?st]

v. 廣播

n. 廣播節(jié)目；電視節(jié)目

例 Her appearance on a talk show was broadcast three times, transmitting her message to over 14 million people. 她在一檔脫口秀節(jié)目上的表演播出了三次，把她的信息傳遞給了超過1400萬人。

0530 flow [fl??]

v. / n. 流動

例 There is no question that the United States imports a great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy. 美國無疑是能源進口大國，實際上美國依賴穩(wěn)定的能源流入來維持其經(jīng)濟發(fā)展。

0531 storm [st??m]

n. 暴風雨；和風暴有關的惡劣天氣

例 They say there’ll be a snow-storm tonight, and the cold weather will last quite a few days.據(jù)說今晚會有暴風雪，而且寒冷的天氣會持續(xù)好幾天。

0532 overnight [???v??na?t]

adv. 一夜之間

例 The most stressful thing about blue-collar life is knowing your job could disappear overnight.藍領工人生活中最有壓力的事件莫過于知道自己可能會在一夜之間失業(yè)。

0533 personality [?p??s??n?l?ti]

n. 個性

例 Lydia hopes her book can help us to understand someone’s personality, so we, in turn, can ?gure out how best to communicate with them. 莉迪亞希望她的書可以幫助我們理解別人的個性，然后我們可以借此找到與他們溝通的最佳途徑。

0534 sail [se?l]

n. 帆

v. 航行

例 The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world’s ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century. 蒸汽成本較高，人們對速度的需求不強烈，導致世界絕大多數(shù)的海運貨物一直采用帆船運輸，直到20世紀初。

0535 carbon [?kɑ?b?n]

n. 碳

例 Across the world, forests and the soil beneath them absorb about a quarter of all carbon emissions. 全球范圍內(nèi)，森林與它們腳下的土壤大概能吸收掉碳排放總量的四分之一。

0536 debt [det]

n. 負債情況；債務

例 I am so intense on keeping my job that I can get out of debt quickly. 我這么努力地工作就是為了快點還清債務。

0537 improvement [?m?pru?vm?nt]

n. 改善，提高

例 Various studies have shown that increased spending on education has not led to measurable improvements in learning. 各種各樣的研究結果都顯示，增加教育的經(jīng)濟投入并沒有讓學習成績顯著提高。

0538 outcome [?a?tk?m]

n. 結果

例 “What makes a game game-like is that the player actually cares about the outcome,” Werbach says. 韋巴赫說：“能讓比賽真正像比賽的是球員真正在意結果。”

0539 fault [f??lt]

n. 過失，過錯

例 It’s my fault for not making your new job clearer. 沒把你的新工作解釋清楚是我的過錯。

0540 logic [?l?d??k]

n. 1 邏輯　2 邏輯學

例 Statistics and logic are both challenging subjects. 統(tǒng)計學和邏輯學都是有挑戰(zhàn)性的學科。

0541 violinist [?va???l?n?st]

n. 小提琴手

例 As movie theatres grew in number and importance, a violinist, and perhaps a cellist, would be added to the pianist in certain cases, and in the larger movie theatres small orchestras were formed. 隨著影劇院在數(shù)量與重要性上的不斷增長，在一些場合中，除了鋼琴師外，還會加上小提琴手，或許還有一位大提琴手。在較大的影劇院里還組建了小型的管弦樂隊。

0542 recover [r??k?v?]

v. 恢復

例 Over 10,000 Americans are working with many nations to help the people of Haiti recover and rebuild. 有一萬多美國人正與許多其他國家合作，共同幫助海地人民恢復與重建。

0543 recovery [r??k?v?ri]

n. 復蘇；康復

例 Experts believe that economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate. 專家認為，經(jīng)濟復蘇將會促使離婚率上升。

0544 opportunity [??p??tju?n?ti]

n. 機會

例 Millennials want to save the world, but they sit and wait for that world-changing opportunity to be handed to them. 千禧一代的孩子們想要拯救世界，但他們不去行動，只是坐等改變世界的機遇被遞到他們手上。

0545 background [?b?kgra?nd]

n. 背景

例 Our background and circumstances may have in?uenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. 我們的家庭背景和成長環(huán)境可能影響了我們的現(xiàn)在，但是我們將來成為什么樣的人卻取決于自己。

0546 victim [?v?kt?m]

n. 受害者

例 In fact, the same person could be both a victim and a witness in a particular theft. 事實上在特定的盜竊案例中，同一個人可以同時作為受害人和目擊者。

0547 depart [d??pɑ?t]

v. 出發(fā)；離開

例 Passengers are able to transit and depart the U.S. with some additional inspections and security evaluations. 旅客在通過一些附加檢查和安全評估后能夠過境和離開美國。

0548 shadow [???d??]

n. 陰影，影子；背光處

例 Leanna had to live in the shadow of her twin sister, who had already become a famous dancer.麗安娜不得不活在她雙胞胎姐姐的陰影下，那時候姐姐已經(jīng)是一名著名舞蹈演員了。

0549 judge [d??d?]

v. 判斷，評判

n. 評審；法官

例 While graduates from top universities are still likely to get a good job no matter what their major is, graduates from less-famous schools are going to be judged on what they know. 頂尖大學的畢業(yè)生仍然能找到好工作，不論是什么專業(yè)；而非名牌院校畢業(yè)的學生則會被評判學識，擇優(yōu)錄取。

0550 judgment [?d??d?m?nt]

n. 1 判斷力　2 意見

例 Your decision re?ects well upon your judgment. 你的決定說明你的判斷很正確。

0551 disadvantage [?d?s?d?vɑ?nt?d?]

n. 劣勢

例 Once unemployed, older workers are at a disadvantage in job-hunting because employers tend to hire younger workers. 一旦失業(yè)，年紀稍大一點的人們在找工作時就會處于劣勢，因為雇主們通常更愿意雇用年輕一點的工人。

0552 patience [?pe??ns]

n. 耐心

例 It takes great physical endurance and patience to run a marathon. 跑馬拉松需要強大的體能和耐力。

0553 indirect [??nd??rekt]

adj. 間接的

例 To compensate for the economy’s weakness, Turkey provides direct and indirect aid to tourism, education, industry, etc. 為彌補經(jīng)濟的弱點，土耳其政府向旅游業(yè)、教育業(yè)和工業(yè)提供很多直接和間接的幫助。

0554 remind [r??ma?nd]

v. 提醒

例 Your words remind me of this saying “honey is sweet but the bee stings”. 你的話讓我想起一句諺語——蜂蜜是甜的，但蜜蜂會蜇人。

0555 reminder [r??ma?nd?]

n. 喚起記憶的事物

例 The drop in stock prices serves as a reminder that investing is a form of gambling. 股票價格的下跌提醒人們，投資是一種賭博。

0556 conference [?k?nfr?ns]

n. 會議，大會

例 Representatives from over 100 countries attended the International Peace Conference in Geneva. 來自一百多個國家的代表出席了在日內(nèi)瓦舉行的國際和平大會。

0557 chapter [?t??pt?]

n. 篇章，章節(jié)

例 They don’t have time to read a chapter three or four times. 他們沒有時間把一個章節(jié)讀三四遍。

0558 aboard [??b??d]

adv. 在 （船、飛機等） 上

例 The Deans had not chosen to be aboard the Titanic, but because of a coal strike they were transferred to the ship and boarded it as third-class passengers at Southampton. 迪安一家原本沒有選擇乘坐泰坦尼克號，但是因為一次煤礦罷工，他們被轉移到了船上，在南安普頓作為三等乘客上了船。

0559 beneficial [?ben??f??l]

adj. 有益的

例 Cycling is highly beneficial to health and the environment. 騎自行車出行對于健康和環(huán)境都大有裨益。

0560 rely [r??la?]

v. 依賴

例 There are many young adults today who are relying on credit cards to make ends meet. 如今有很多年輕人依賴信用卡才能維持生計。

0561 reliable [r??la??bl]

adj. 1 可靠的　2 真實可信的

例 I have been convinced that the print media are more accurate and more reliable than television. 我一直認為印刷媒體比電視傳播更準確、更可靠。

0562 heal [hi?l]

v. 治愈，痊愈

例 Ankle injuries heal quickly if you stop regular activities for a while. 腳踝受傷很快就會痊愈，只要你暫時停止常規(guī)活動一段時間。

0563 palm [pɑ?m]

n. 手掌

例 I’ll never buy a product because of how ergonomically the bottle ?ts into the palm of my hand. 我絕不會因為瓶子符合人體工程學貼合掌心這樣的理由去購買一件商品。

0564 escape [??ske?p]

v. / n. 逃脫，逃避

例 Teenagers love computer games because they help users to escape reality. 青少年熱愛電腦游戲，因為游戲能幫助他們逃避現(xiàn)實。

0565 evidence [?ev?d?ns]

n. 證據(jù)

例 Physical activity does the body good, and there’s growing evidence that it helps the brain too.體育鍛煉對身體有好處，并且有越來越多的證據(jù)表明它對大腦也有好處。

0566 billboard [?b?lb??d]

n. 廣告牌

例 As the number of eyeballs glued to tiny screens multiplies, so too does the mobile phone’s value as a pocket billboard. 隨著長時間使用小、微屏幕人數(shù)的大幅增長，手機作為袖珍廣告牌的價值也與日俱增。

0567 exist [?g?z?st]

v. 存在

例 Given the sheer number of stars that exist it’s a mathematical certainty that there is life on other planets. 鑒于有大量星球存在，從數(shù)學的理論上來說，也肯定會有其他行星上面存在生命。

0568 existence [?g?z?st?ns]

n. 存在

例 All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence. 當與自身努力生存相沖突時，大國之間的所有條約就不再具有約束力。

0569 advertise [??dv?ta?z]

v. （為…）做廣告；公布，征聘

例 It is forbidden to advertise alcohol or cigarettes at sporting events. 禁止在體育賽事上做煙酒廣告。

0570 advertiser [??dv?ta?z?]

n. 廣告商

例 Newspapers provide a way for advertisers to communicate a longer, more detailed message to their audience than they can through television. 與電視相比，報紙這種途徑能讓廣告商向其受眾傳達更長、更詳細的信息。

0571 advertisement [?d?v??t?sm?nt]

n. 廣告，啟事

例 They put an advertisement in the Morning News, o?ering a high salary for the right person.他們在《新聞晨報》上刊登了一則啟事，出高薪聘請合適的人選。

0572 physically [?f?z?kli]

adv. 身體上

例 Shopping requires that you physically move from one place to another, be able to handle money, make decisions, etc. 購物需要你有足夠的體力到處跑，有能力處理金錢和做出決定，等等。

0573 congratulate [k?n?gr?t??le?t]

v. 1 祝賀　2 （為成就）感到高興

例 Why does the author congratulate his male readers at the beginning of the passage? 為什么作者在段落的開頭祝賀他的男性讀者們？

0574 update [?p?de?t]/[??pde?t]

v. 更新

n. 新進展

例 The report provides a brief update on the progress of the project. 這份報告對項目的最新進展做了簡要匯報。

0575 diet [?da??t]

v. 節(jié)食

n. 日常飲食

例 Proactive people tend to focus their attention on things over which they have some degree of in?uence, such as their job, their diet, and exercise. 積極主動的人傾向于將他們的注意力放在他們可以影響的事情上，比如他們的工作、他們的飲食和鍛煉。

0576 dietary [?da??tri]

adj. 飲食的

n. 規(guī)定的食物

例 The doctor enforced a strict dietary regimen. 那名醫(yī)生嚴格執(zhí)行一套飲食養(yǎng)生制度。

0577 billion [?b?lj?n]

n. 十億

例 The world’s population is estimated to grow from six to nine billion by 2050. 預計到2050年，世界人口將從60億增長到90億。

0578 apology [??p?l?d?i]

n. 道歉

例 You can use your apology to show you understand the e?ect of your actions. 你可以通過道歉來表明你明白自己的行為給別人帶來了影響。

0579 grateful [?ɡre?tf?l]

adj. 感激的，感恩的

例 Grateful people do not deny or ignore the negative aspects of life. 感恩的人并不會否認或者忽略生活的消極方面。