《考研英语常考熟词僻义真题语境记忆 beam ①(横)梁,桁条:②(光线的)束,柱;V.①微笑;②发光 【真题例句】 Our magazines feature beaming(.①) celebrities and happy families in perfect homes[2006年阅读4] 【例句精译】我们的杂志突出刊登满面春风的名人和美满幸福的家庭 cement Raiment] n.①水泥;②胶泥,胶接剂:v.①胶合:②巩固,加强 【真题例句】 Egypt' s leadership in the Arab world was cemented (v②) by the Aswan High Dam[198年阅读 【例句精译】埃及在阿拉伯世界的领导地位因阿斯旺大坝而得以巩固 chair ①椅子:②主席(职位);vt.主持,担任 【真题例句】“t' s your dream,” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair(n.②) of psychology at Chicago’ s Medical Center,“fyou don' t like it, change it..”[2005年阅读3] 【例句精译】芝加哥医疗中心心理部主任 Rosalind Cartwright指出“这是你的梦,你不喜欢它,你可以改变它”。 【真题例句】 Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment- although no one had proposed to do so and asked an independent panel of experts chaired (vt )by princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning1999年阅读4] 【例句精译】他宣称反对利用这种非同寻常的畜牧学技术去克隆人,并下令禁止使用联邦资金做这样的实验——尽管还没有人提 出那样的要求—并责令成立一个由普林斯顿大学校长哈罗德·夏皮罗为首的独立专家小组,在90天内拿出有关克隆人的国策建 议,向白宫汇报。 climate [klaimit] ①气候:②风气,社会思潮 【真题例句】 The flight from overcrowdedness affects the migration from snow belt to more bearable climates(①)[1998年阅 【例句精译】逃离人口过度稠密区的做法改变了以前那种离开寒冷地带去气候宜人之地的趋势。 【真题例句】 When the work is well done,a(43: climate)(②) of accident-free operations is established(44: where)time due to injuries is kept at a minimum[1999年完形] 【例句精译】如果此项工作做得好的话,就会形成无事故作业的好风气,因此那儿的因工伤事故所造成的时间损失就会被控制在 低限度。 Leud] ①代码,代号,密码:②法典,法规,规划 【真题例句】 Native American languages are indeed different, so much so in fact that Navajo could be used by the US military as a code(①) during World War ll to send secret messages.2004年翻译] 【例句精译】美洲的土著语言是如此地“与众不同”,甚至美军在第二次世界大战中用土著语言 Navajo发送密码。 【真题例句】(49) But his primary task is not to think about the moral code(②), which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. [2006 F#if1 【例句精译】(49)但是,普通科学家的主要任务并非思考指导其行为的道德规范,正如我们并不指望商人把精力投入到商业行 为的探索一样。 column [kolam] n.①圆柱,柱状物;②列:③(报刊中的)专栏 【真题例句】“ The test of any democratic society," he wrote in a Wall street Journal column(③),“" lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be.”[197年阅读4] 【例句精译】他在《华尔街日报》一篇专栏文章中写道:“对任何一个民主社会的检验标准不在于它能多有效地压制各种情感的 表达,而在于是否给予了人们思考和表达的最广泛的自由,尽管有时这种结果会引起争论和愤怒。” contend [ tend v.①竞争,斗争:②坚决主张,声称,认为 【真题例句】 It is the playgoers, the Rsc contends(②), who bring in much of the town’ s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. [2006 F[i 21 【例句精译】皇家莎士比亚公司(RSC)声称是看戏的人给小镇带来了大部分收入,因为他们整个晚上(有时甚至是四、五个晚 上)都把钱花到旅馆和饭店上 cook n.炊事员,厨师:v.①烹调,煮,烧:②伪造 【真题例句】 f we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook(n①) 第3页《考研英语常考熟词僻义真题语境记忆》 beam [bi:m] n.①（横）梁，桁条；②（光线的）束，柱；v.①微笑；②发光 【真题例句】 Our magazines feature beaming (v.①) celebrities and happy families in perfect homes.[2006 年阅读 4] 【例句精译】 我们的杂志突出刊登满面春风的名人和美满幸福的家庭。 cement [si5ment] n.①水泥；②胶泥，胶接剂；v.①胶合；②巩固，加强 【真题例句】 Egypt’s leadership in the Arab world was cemented (v.②) by the Aswan High Dam.[1998 年阅读 1] 【例句精译】 埃及在阿拉伯世界的领导地位因阿斯旺大坝而得以巩固。 chair [tFZE] n.①椅子；②主席（职位）；vt.主持，担任 【真题例句】 “It’s your dream,” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair (n.②) of psychology at Chicago’s Medical Center,“If you don’t like it, change it.”[2005 年阅读 3] 【例句精译】 芝加哥医疗中心心理部主任 Rosalind Cartwright 指出“这是你的梦，你不喜欢它，你可以改变它”。 【真题例句】 Declaring that he was opposed to using this unusual animal husbandry technique to clone humans, he ordered that federal funds not be used for such an experiment — although no one had proposed to do so — and asked an independent panel of experts chaired (vt.) by Princeton President Harold Shapiro to report back to the White House in 90 days with recommendations for a national policy on human cloning.[1999 年阅读 4] 【例句精译】 他宣称反对利用这种非同寻常的畜牧学技术去克隆人，并下令禁止使用联邦资金做这样的实验——尽管还没有人提 出那样的要求——并责令成立一个由普林斯顿大学校长哈罗德•夏皮罗为首的独立专家小组，在 90 天内拿出有关克隆人的国策建 议，向白宫汇报。 climate [5klaimit] n.①气候；②风气，社会思潮 【真题例句】 The flight from overcrowdedness affects the migration from snow belt to more bearable climates (①).[1998 年阅 读 4] 【例句精译】 逃离人口过度稠密区的做法改变了以前那种离开寒冷地带去气候宜人之地的趋势。 【真题例句】 When the work is well done, a (43：climate) (②) of accident-free operations is established (44：where) time lost due to injuries is kept at a minimum.[1999 年完形] 【例句精译】 如果此项工作做得好的话，就会形成无事故作业的好风气，因此那儿的因工伤事故所造成的时间损失就会被控制在 最低限度。 code [kEud] n.①代码，代号，密码；②法典，法规，规划 【真题例句】 Native American languages are indeed different, so much so in fact that Navajo could be used by the US military as a code (①) during World War II to send secret messages.[2004 年翻译] 【例句精译】 美洲的土著语言是如此地“与众不同”，甚至美军在第二次世界大战中用土著语言 Navajo 发送密码。 【真题例句】 (49) But his primary task is not to think about the moral code (②), which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business. [2006 年翻译] 【例句精译】 (49) 但是，普通科学家的主要任务并非思考指导其行为的道德规范，正如我们并不指望商人把精力投入到商业行 为的探索一样。 column [5kClEm] n.①圆柱，柱状物；②列；③（报刊中的）专栏 【真题例句】 “The test of any democratic society,” he wrote in a Wall Street Journal column (③), “lies not in how well it can control expression but in whether it gives freedom of thought and expression the widest possible latitude, however disputable or irritating the results may sometimes be.”[1997 年阅读 4] 【例句精译】 他在《华尔街日报》一篇专栏文章中写道：“对任何一个民主社会的检验标准不在于它能多有效地压制各种情感的 表达，而在于是否给予了人们思考和表达的最广泛的自由，尽管有时这种结果会引起争论和愤怒。” contend [kEn5tend] v.①竞争，斗争；②坚决主张，声称，认为 【真题例句】 It is the playgoers, the RSC contends (②), who bring in much of the town’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.[2006 年阅读 2] 【例句精译】 皇家莎士比亚公司（RSC）声称是看戏的人给小镇带来了大部分收入，因为他们整个晚上（有时甚至是四、五个晚 上）都把钱花到旅馆和饭店上。 cook [kuk] n.炊事员，厨师；v.①烹调，煮，烧；②伪造 【真题例句】 If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make a shopping list, decide which food to cook (n.①) 第 3 页