2010考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读:取胜之路

dominate  v.①支配，统治，控制;②占优势

[真题例句]The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the maledominated (①) job market have limited the opportunities of teenagers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices involved in climbing Japans rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs.[2000年阅读4]

[例句精译] 战后婴儿出生高峰期的到来及妇女进入男性为主的就业市场，限制了青少年的发展机遇，这些青少年已经开始质疑在进好学校、找好工作、攀登日本等级森严的社会阶梯的过程中所做出的巨大的个人牺牲是否值得。

reign  v.①(over)统治，支配;②盛行，占优势;n.①统治，统治时期，支配;②朝代

　　
[真题例句](72) The existence of the giant clouds was virtually required for the Big Bang, first put forward in the 1920s, to maintain its reign (n.①) as the dominant explanation of the cosmos.[1998年翻译]

　　
[例句精译] (72)巨大的宇宙云的存在，实际上是使20年代首创的大爆炸论得以处于宇宙起源论的主导地位所不可缺少的。

　　
supreme  a.①极度的，最重要的;②至高的，最高的

　　
[真题例句]The Supreme (②) Courts decisions on physicianassisted suicide carry important implications for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering.[2002年阅读4]

[例句精译] 最高法庭关于医生协助病人结束生命问题的裁决，对于如何用药物减轻病危者的痛苦这个问题来说，具有重要的意义。

brute  a.残忍的, 畜生般的 n. 残忍的人, 畜生

sacrifice  n.①牺牲，献身，牺牲品;②祭品，供物;v.(for，to)牺牲，献出，献祭

[真题例句]The coming of age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into the maledominated job market have limited the opportunities of teenagers who are already questioning the heavy personal sacrifices (n.①) involved in climbing Japans rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs.[2000年阅读4]

[例句精译] 战后婴儿出生高峰期的到来及妇女进入男性为主的就业市场，限制了青少年的发展机遇，这些青少年已经开始质疑在进好学校、找好工作、攀登日本等级森严的社会阶梯的过程中所做出的巨大的个人牺牲是否值得。