英语中级口译阅读必须懂的30个词

日期：2010-08-03 | 阅读：

1. project (04-03-2) reach budget deficitswereprojected at hundreds of dollars forever and beyond Notes: no need for translation of project; 2. conjecture (04-03-3) expect much larger than had at first been conjectured 3. catch on with (04-

1. project (04-03-2) reach
　　…budget deficitswereprojected at hundreds of dollars forever and beyond…
　　Notes: no need for translation of “project”;
　　2. conjecture (04-03-3) expect

　　…much larger than had at first been conjectured
　　3. catch on with (04-03-4) popular with
　　…the idea of living in comfortable residential chambers caught on with the affluent upper and upper middle classes…
　　4. sting (04-03-5) scared
　　…stung by the threestraight years of stock market declines, many people have been shifting to lower-risk investments…
　　5. downshift (04-03-6) going bad
　　…my metabolism-never very racy to begin with-down shifted a gear or two once I hit 40…
　　6. overwhelm (04-09-1) surprise
　　…even expecting this, foreigners who visit the United States for the first time are overwhelmed by the vast distances…
　　7. scent (04-09-3) make somewhere smell good
　　… it can scent the area of an average high street shop with the smell of the chocolate,freshly-cut grass…
　　8. gimmick (04-09-6) tool or small tactics
　　…stress has become an all-purpose gimmick to get our attention…
　　9. irony (05-03-2) sarcasm
　　But the irony is that…
　　Eg. …democracy is so much a part of our national identity that it almost seems a birthright. But the irony is that, even as we hope to spread democracy elsewhere, we risk preaching the virtues of a form of government we no longer practice ourselves.
　　10. spur (05-03-3) encouraged/inspired
　　…spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and retard the aging process…
　　11. devolve (05-03-6) shift
　　…Barcelona will continue to press for more power to be devolved to it from Madrid…
　　12. quote (00-09-2)
　　…to quote one medical opinion, “thousands of peopledriftthrough life suffering from the effects of too little sleep;…
　　13. take off (00-09-5)
　　…in Britain, Computertowns have taken off in a big way, and there are now about 40 scattered over the country. …
　　14. aversion (01-03-1) sick and tired of sth.
　　Some children do not like school. So what else is new? But in Japan that familiar aversion has reached alarming proportions.
　　15. cure (01-03-1) solve problems
　　The problems won’t be cured until Japanese society as a whole is cured of its deep-rooted social ills. 16. make up a small fraction of (01-03-5)
　　…ethnicminoritiesonly make up a small fraction of Britain’s population as a whole,…
　　17. upsurge (01-03-5) go up
　　…with the upsurge of xenophobia against asylum-seekers, the fallout is affecting anyone perceived to be foreign or different,…

　　18. ferocity (01-03-5) very violent
　　…recent attack on black people have a ferocity that appalls police and community organizers alike.
　　19. bearing (01-03-6) resemble
　　…whether or not a composition establishes a new principle in the history of music has little bearing on its aesthetic worth….
　　20. envisage (02-03-2) foresee
　　…with the relief road and the volume of traffic envisaged, there is no doubt that…
　　21. succumb to (02-03-3) surrender to
　　…theirforesthabitats have been succumbing to the machete and the match…
　　22. hustle (02-03-5)
　　…Diana and I were delivered to the earth through the luggage shaft in the plane’s belly, hustled through the customs at a trot and thrust into a waiting car,…
　　23. dwell on (02-09-2) elaborate on…
　　…rather than dwell on your own personality characteristics, such as how hardworking or creative you are, you can discuss hard facts,…
　　24. endear (02-09-2) intimate
　　…these types of activities may enable you to have more time andaccessto top executives of the company to whom you may endear yourself.
　　25. prone to (02-09-3)
　　…those people were prone to heart attacks…
　　26. swoon (03-03-3)
　　…this famous store is a real one-off. The toilets are fab, the food hall enough to make you swoon, and if they haven’t got what you want…
　　27. broach (03-03-5)
　　…don’tbroachthe subject when you’re upset or worried, because your emotions will come through and can upset your child…
　　28. pluck (03-09-1) pick
　　…winding through the dense Philippine rainforest, my guide slows to a halt. He leans over and carefully plucks a leaf from a bright green plant.
　　29. mire (03-09-2) drown
　　…it was the American consumer who saved the country from becoming mired in recession last year.
　　30. override (03-09-4) prior to …
　　…money is certainly an effective motivator, but it is not the only reason why we work. These is no doubt that the economic motive can be overridden by other considerations…