考研英语单词总汇

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live 【v】居住；生活；生存 【adj】活的；实况直播的

【词组】live off 依靠，依赖

形近词：alive liveliness deliver outlive livelihood

同义词：survive/ survival reside/ residence inhabitant dwell/ dwell on settle/ settlement

The “shareholders” as such had no knowledge of the lives, thoughts or needs of the workmen employed by the company in which he held shares, and his influence on the relations of capital and labor was not good.

这种股东不了解他们所持股的公司里工人们的生活、思想和需求,他们对劳资关系也不会产生积极的影响。

We live a society in which the medicinal and social use of substances (drugs) is pervasive: an aspirin to quiet a headache, some wine to be sociable, coffee to get going in the morning, a cigarette for the nerves.

我们生活在一个物质（药物）在医疗和社交方面使用广泛的社会里：用来缓解头痛的阿斯匹林，用来应酬的酒，早晨用来提神的咖啡，还有定神用的香烟。

Furthermore, humans have the ability to modify the environment in which they live, thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and fancies.

此外，人类具有改变他们生活环境的能力，从而，使其他的生命形态都服从于/类自己独特的想法和想象力。

Devoted concertgoers who reply that recordings are no substitute for live performance are missing the point.

那些忠实的音乐会迷们声称唱片并不能代替现场演出，但是他们却没有抓住问题的关键。

There recordings are cheap, available everywhere, and very often much higher in artistic quality than today’s live performances; moreover, they can be “consumed” at a time and place of the listener’s choosing.

这些唱片价格便宜，哪里都能买到，而且比现在的许多现场音乐会的艺术质量高。进一步讲，听众能自由的选择听唱片的时间和地点。

alive 【adj】活着的

Companies with low accident rates plan their safety programs, work hard to organize them, and continue working to keep them alive and active.

事故发生率低的公司制定自己的安全计划，努力付诸实施，并且不断使之发挥持久效力。

liveliness 【n】活力

Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness.

同样，在诗歌中，高度个性化和富有表现力的创作风格是唯一真正有活力的形式。

The word “talking” (Line 6, paragraph 3) denotes ________. [A] modesty [B] personality [C] liveliness [D] informality “talking”这个单词（第三段第六行）意思是： [A]谦逊 [B]个性 [C]活力 [D]不拘礼节

deliver 【v】给?接生，传送

delivery 【n】分娩；投递；讲话方式

Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it’s the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark.

你可以用轻松的、不做作的方式说一些很随便的、看上去是即兴的话。使听众发笑的往往是你说话的方式，因此要说慢一点，并且记住扬扬眉毛或者做出一种不相信的表情，这些都是会向人们显示你正在说笑话。

To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered ________. [A] in well-worded language [B] as awkwardly as possible [C] in exaggerated statements [D] as casually as possible

想要达到预期的效果，应该______讲幽默的故事。

[A]用精心组织的语言 [B]尽可能的蹩脚 [C]用夸张的表述 [D]尽可能的随意

outlive 【v】比?活得长

The extinction of large prehistoric animals is noted to suggest that ________. [A] large animal were vulnerable to the changing environment [B] small species survived as large animals disappeared [C] large sea animals may face the same threat today [D] slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones 提及大型史前动物的灭绝是为了说明______ [A] 大型动物容易受到环境变化的影响。

[B] 当大型动物消失的时候，小型物种存活了下来。 [C] 大型海洋动物今天面临相同的威胁。

[D] 生长缓慢的鱼要比成长快速的鱼活得长。

Steelworkers, airline employees, and now those in the auto industry are joining millions of families who must worry about interest rates, stock market fluctuation, and the harsh reality that they may outlive their retirement money.

参考译文：钢铁工人，航空雇员以及现在从事汽车行业的人都在加入数百万这样的家庭中，他们不得不为利率，股市波动以及退休金不够养老的残酷现实而担心。

livelihood【n】生计

Rather, we have a certain conception of the American citizen, a character who is incomplete if he cannot competently assess how his livelihood and happiness are affected by things outside of himself. 而是，我们对美国公民有这样一种概念：如果他不能准确地判断自身的生活及幸福如何受外界影响，他就是一个不完善的公民。

live off 依赖?生活

And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come, not to see the plays, but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights. 另一方则是当地的居民，他们很大程度上依赖那些不是来看戏而是来参观安妮·海瑟薇的小屋、莎士比亚出生地以及其他景点的游客而生活。

large 【adj】大的; 广大的 【n】一般，大体上

形近词：enlarge largely

enlarge 【v】扩大；放大；详述

I believe that the most important forces behind the massive M&A wave are the same that underlie the globalization process: falling transportation and communication costs, lower trade and investment barriers and enlarged markets that require enlarged operations capable of meeting customer’s demands.

我认为，推动这次巨大的并购浪潮的最主要的力量，也是推动全球化进程的力量，就是运输与通讯费用的降低，贸易与投资障碍的减少，以及市场的扩大和为满足市场需求的生产的扩大。

largely 【adv】主要地；大部分；大量地

Ten years ago young people were hardworking and saw their jobs as their primary reason for being, butnow Japan has largely fulfilled its economic needs, and young people don’t know where they should go next.

10 年前，日本年轻人工作勤奋，将工作视为他们存在的主要理由，但现在日本的经济需求已经大体上得到了满足，因此年轻人不知道他们下一步何去何从。

at large 一般；大体上

【n】自由；无拘束

The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that ________ the speakers stopped for refreshments.

[A] at large [B] at intervals [C] at ease [D] at random

讲座会开得那么冗长使人精疲力尽，致使发言的人不时停下来喝点饮料。

mark 【v】做标记；指出；标明

【n】痕迹，斑点；记号，符号；（考试等）分数

Specialists in history and economics, have shown two things: that the period from 1650 to 1750 was marked by great poverty, and that industrialization certainly did not worsen and may have actually improved the conditions for the majority of the populace.

历史和经济学专家已指出两件事情：一是1650 至1750 年间以显著的贫困为特征；二是工业革命不但没有加重这种贫困，反而使绝大多数人的生活得到了改善。

America's new plan to buy up toxic assets will not work unless banks mark assets to levels which buyers find attractive.

美国收购不良资产的新计划不会起作用，除非银行把资产表明到买家认为有吸引力的水平。

market 【n】市场，营销，行情 【v】出售

The rough guide to marketing success used to be that you got what you paid for. 过去，市场营销的成功秘诀就是“一分耕耘，一分收获。”

remark【v】评论

Up to 19 witnesses were _____ to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. [A] stated [B] remarked [C] said [D] told

据说多达十九个证人因向报社讲述他们的经历而获得报酬。

The author’s attitude toward Richard Lamm’s remark is one of ________. [A] strong disapproval [B] reserved consent [C] slight contempt

[D] enthusiastic support

参考译文：作者对理查德·拉姆的言论所持的态度是______

[A] 强烈反对。[B] 有保留的赞同。[C] 略有蔑视。[D] 热烈支持。

remarkable【adj】卓越的，非凡的，辉煌的

It is a remarkable record, stretching back over 70 years -- yet the BBC’s future is now in doubt. 延续七十多年，BBC 可谓历程辉煌，然而现在，BBC 的未来却令人疑虑。