2010考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读:器官移植：你的还是我的?

flourish  v.繁荣，茂盛，兴旺

[真题例句] It’s theory to which many economists subscribe, but in practice it often leaves railroads in the position of determining which companies will flourish and which will fail.[2003年阅读3]
[例句精译] 这种理论得到了多数经济学家的认同，但在实际操作中，它使铁路公司获得了一个决定谁败谁荣的权利。
　　
transaction  n.①办理，处理;②交易，事务;③[pl.]会报，学报
　　
[真题例句] Conrails net railway operating income in 1996 was just $427 million, less than half of the carrying costs of the transaction (②).[2003年阅读3]
[例句精译] 联合铁路公司1996年铁路运营纯收入为4.27亿美元，这还不足这宗交易运作成本的一半。
　　
recipient a.容易接受的，感受性强的;n.①容纳者，容器;②接受者

[真题例句] This kind of support, like all government support, requires decisions about the appropriate recipients (n.②) of funds.[1996年翻译] 
[例句精译] 这种资助就像所有的政府资助一样，需要决定资金的合适的接受对象。
　
voluntary  a.自愿的，志愿的
　　
[真题例句] Downshifting—also known in America as “voluntary simplicity”—has, ironically, even bred a new area of what might be termed anti-consumerism.

[2001年阅读5]
[例句精译] 具有讽刺意味的是，“放慢生活节奏”——在美国也称“自愿简单化”——甚至孕育了一个崭新的、可称之为反消费主义的生活方式。
　　
bound    v./n. 跳(跃);a.①被束缚的，理应……的，必定的，一定的;②准备(或正在)到……去的，开往……的;③(be bound up with) 与……有密切关系

[真题例句] The innovator will search for alternate courses, which may prove easier in the long run and are bound (a.①) to be more interesting and challenging even if they lead to dead ends.[1994年阅读5]
[例句精译] 创新者则会探寻另外不同的道路，而这样的道路将会最终被证实更简单、也一定更有趣、更富挑战性，即使它们通向绝境。
[真题例句] (72) Furthermore, it is obvious that the strength of a country’s economy is directly bound (a.③) up with the efficiency of its agriculture and industry, and that this in turn rests upon the efforts of scientists and technologists of all kinds.[2000年翻译]
[例句精译] (72)再者，显而易见的是一个国家的经济实力与其工农业生产效率直接相关，而效率的提高则又有赖于各类科技人员的努力。
　　
desperate  a.①绝望的;②不顾一切的，拼死的

[真题例句] 59. Which of the following best defines the word “aggressive” (Line 1, Paragraph 7)?[2002年阅读4]
[D] Desperate (①)
[例句精译] 59.下面的哪个词最好地解释了“aggressive”一词(第七段第一行)的意思?
[D] 不顾一切的