2010考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读:动物行为：踩高跷的故事

chop  v.砍，劈，斩;n.排骨，肉块

[真题例句] His colleague, Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have applied reengineering in a mechanistic fashion, chopping (v.) out costs without giving sufficient thought to longterm profitability.[1998年阅读2]
[例句精译] 他的同事迈克·比尔说，太多的企业用机械的方式进行机构重组，在没有充分考虑到长期效益的情况下就降低了成本。

impoverish  vt.使贫穷，使枯竭

[真题例句] To take advantage of this tool, some impoverished countries will have to get over their outdated anticolonial prejudices with respect to foreign investment.[2001年阅读2]
　　
[例句精译] 要想利用互联网，某些贫困国家必须克服对国外投资所持的过时了的反殖民的种种偏见。
　　
apparent  a.①(to)明显的，显而易见的;②表面的，貌似的

[真题例句] It is generally recognized, (29：however), that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, (30：followed) by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, (31：although) its impact on the media was not immediately (32：apparent) (①) .[2002年完形]

[例句精译] 但人们普遍都承认，20世纪早期电子计算机的出现，以及随后20世纪60年代发明的集成电路，虽然对传媒没有产生立竿见影的影响，但是却完全改变了发展进程。

reckon v.①认为，估计;②指望，想要;③测算

[真题例句] In science generally, however, the nineteenth century must be reckoned (①) as the crucial period for this change in the structure of science.

[2001年阅读1]

[例句精译] 然而，从科学这个整体来看，19世纪必须被视为科学结构发生变化的关键时期。

hypothesis  n.假说，假设，前提
　　
[真题例句] Later, this idea became to be known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, but this term is somewhat inappropriate.[2004年翻译]
　　
[例句精译] 后来此观点成为著名的Sapir-Whorf假说，但这一说法并不适当。
　　
stride  v.大步走(过)，迈进，跨过;n.迈步，阔步
　
[真题例句] Every morning, its people (41：swarm) into the offices and factories of America, seeking a days work for a days pay, one day at a time.[1997年完形]
　　
(41)[A] swarm[B] stride
[C] separate[D] slip
[例句精译] 每天早晨，公司的人们涌入美国的工厂和办公室，求得当日即付工资的工作，一次只干一天。
(41)[A] 云集，涌往[B] 大步走
[C] 分离的，分开的[D] 滑倒，滑掉