英 v.have a tendency or disposition to do or be something;beinclined
類tendency n.趨勢,趨向;傾向
例 2010.Text 3
Building on the basic truth aboutinterpersonal infl uence,the researchers studied the dynam-ics of socialinfl uence by conducting thou-sands of computer simu lations of popu lations,manipu lating a number of variables relating to people’s ability toinfl uence others and their tendency to beinfl uenced.
英 n.an anticipated outcome thatisintended or that guides your planned actions
例 2014.Text 3
The Nobels were,of course,themselves set up by a very richindividual who had decided what he wanted to do with his own money.Time,rather thanintention,has given them legitimacy.
英 n.a general directionin which something tends to move
類trendy a.時髦的,趕時髦的,追隨時髦的n.時髦人物
例 2013.Text 1
in the last decade or so,advancesin technol- ogy have al lowed mass-market labels such as Zara,H&M,and Uniq lo to react to trends more quickly and anticipate demand more precisely.
The virgin forest withits richness and variety of trees was a real treasure-house which extended from Maine allthe way down to Georgia.
這片擁有數不勝數且種類繁多的原始森林,從緬因州一直延伸至佐治亞州,是一個真正的寶藏。
extension
[Iks'ten?n]
n.延伸,擴展;延期
記 [exten-extend,sion-n.]exten為extend,
sion為名詞形式→n.延伸,擴展;延期
英 n.act of expandingin scope;making more
widely available
例 2012.Text 2
in 2006,the state went a step further,requi-ring that any extension of the plant’slicense be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval.Then,too,the company went along.
Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be sou l-crushingly hard,Senior writes that“the very things thatin the moment dampen our moods can later besources ofintense gratification and delight”.
Neuroscientists,experts who study the nervous system,areincreasingly showing that there’s actual ly a lot that can be done.
研究神經系統的神經學家逐漸證實,實際上有很多方法可以改善現狀。
anxiety
[?η'zaI?ti]
n.焦慮;渴望;掛念;令
人焦慮的事
英 n.a relatively permanent state of anxiety occurringin a variety of mental disorders
例 2005.Text 3
Terrorism,economic uncertainties and general feelings ofinsecurity haveincreased people’s anxiety.Those suffering from persistent night-mares should seek help from a therapist.For the rest of us,the brain hasits ways of working through bad feelings.Sleep—or rather dream—onit and you’llfeel betterin the morning.
On the contrary,constraints onimproving pro-ductivity explain why educationisn’t develo-ping more quickly there thanitis.
恰恰相反,提高生產率的限制解釋了為什么教育不能和預計發展得一樣快。
pretend
[prI'tend]
v.假裝,假托,借口;(在演戲中)裝扮
記 [pre-before,tend-stretch]pre為“提前”,
tend為“延伸”→提前伸出(想好借口)
→v.假裝;裝扮
英 v.make believe with theintent to deceive;behave unnatural ly or affectedly
類unpretentious a.不炫耀的,不招搖的,
不裝腔作勢的
例 2011.Text 1
Even Tommasini,who had advocated Gilbert’s appointmentin the Times,cal ls him“an unpre- tentious musician with no air of the formidable conductor about him.”
英 n.manner of acting or controlling yourself/v.direct the course of;manage or control
類conductivity n.導電性;[物][生理]傳導性
例 2009.Part[C]
On ly gradual ly was the by-product of the institution noted,and on ly more gradual ly stil l was this effect considered as a directive factorin the conduct of theinstitution.
英 n.the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
例 2009.Text 3
A lack of formal education,however,doesn’t constrain the ability of the developing world’s workforce to substantial lyimprove productivi-ty for the foreseeable future.
Not long ago,with the country entering a re-cession and Japan atits pre-bubble peak,The U.S.workforce was derided as poorly educated and one of the primary cause of the poor U.S.economic performance.
英 v.cut down on;make a reductionin;make less complex
類reduction n.減少;縮小;降低
例 2014.Text 2
in fact,al lowing non-lawyers to own sharesin law firms wou ld reduce costs andimprove services to customers,by encouraging law firms to use technology and to employ profes-sional managers to focus onimproving firms’efficiency.
iQ tests ask you to complete verbal and visual analogies,to envision paper afterit has been folded and cut,and to deduce numerical sequences,among other similar tasks.
智商測試會要求參與者完成詞匯和圖形類推、想象折疊并裁剪后的紙張形狀、推斷數列等其他類似的任務。
induce
[In'dju:s]
vt.引誘;[.]感應;[.]
誘導;引起
記 [in-inner,duc-lead,e]前綴in為“往里”,
詞根duc為“引導”,后綴e→往里面引導
→vt.引誘
英 vt.cause to do;cause to actin a specified
manner
類inducement n.引誘,誘餌;刺激;鼓勵
例 2011.Part[B](2)
Fast-food chains shou ld also stop offering“in-ducements”such as toys,cute animals and mobile phone credit tolure young customers,Stephenson said.
英 a.having the quality or power of conducting heat or electricity or sound;exhibiting conductivity
reproduce
['ri:pr?'dju:s]
v.生殖;翻版;繁殖;復制,仿造
記 [re-一再,produce]前綴為“反復”,后面單詞為“生產”→反復生產→vt.復制;繁殖
英 v.make a copy or equivalent of
類reproductive a.生殖的,再生的
例 2008.Text 1
in several of the studies,when stressed-out female rats had their ovaries(the female reproductive organs)removed,their chemical responses became equal to those of the males.
英 n.the usage or vocabu lary thatis character-istic of a specific group of people
例 2005.Text 4Butitis less clear,to take the question of his subtitle,why we shou ld,like,care.As alin-guist,he acknowledges that allvarieties of human language,incl uding non-standard ones like Black English,can be powerfully expres-sive—there exists no language or dialectin the world that cannot convey complexideas.
At the next election none of the big parties seemlikely to endorse this sentiment.
在下一屆選舉中,似乎沒有一個大的黨派會支持這個觀點。
2007.Text 1
If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer playerin 2006’s World Cup tournament,you wou ld mostlikely find a noteworthy quirk:elite soccer players are morelikely to have been bornin the earlier months of the year thanin the later months.
And perhaps faintly,they hint that people shou ld look tointangible qualitieslike charac-ter andintel lect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.
英 v.pick out,select,or choose from a number of alternatives
類selection n.選擇,挑選;選集,精選物
例 2010.Text 3
Marketers have embraced the two-step flow becauseit suggests thatif they can j ust find andinfl uence theinfl uentials,those select people willdo most of the work for them.
英 v.get or gather together;callfor and obtain payment of
類col lective n.集體a.集體的,共同的
例 2012.Text 3
in theidealized version of how scienceis done,facts about the world are waiting to be observed and col lected by objective research-ers who use the scientific method to carry out their work.
This seems a j ustification for neglect of those in need,and a rationalization of exploitation,of the superiority of those at the top and the inferiority of those at the bottom.
英 a.refined and tastefulin appearance or be-havior or style
類elegance n.典雅;高雅
例 2006.Text 1
People are absorbedinto“a cu lture of con-sumption”launched by the 19th century de-partment stores that offered“vast arrays of goodsin an elegant atmosphere.instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite,”these were stores“anyone cou ld en-ter,regardless of class or background.