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2010考研英语阅读真题来源报刊文章:富裕与幸福(如何衡量)

2009-07-17来源:和谐英语

cater  vi.备办食物,满足(需要),投合
  
[真题例句] “Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite.” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.”[2006年阅读1]
[例句精译] “不像那些个人商店那样,只满足有学识的精英人士的需求”,这些商店“不论阶级与背景,任何人都能进入。这推进了购物大众化和民主化的进程。”
  
prosperous  a.繁荣的,兴旺的
  
[真题例句] America and Americans were prosperous beyond the dreams of the Europeans and Asians whose economies the war had destroyed.[2000年阅读1]
[例句精译] 美国的国富民强是那些经济遭到战争破坏的欧亚诸国做梦也无法想到的。
  
derive  v.取得,导出,引申

[真题例句] “Anthropology” derives from the Greek words anthropos “human” and logos “the study of.”[2003年翻译]
[例句精译] Anthropology(人类学)一词来源于希腊词anthropos(人类)和logos(研究)。
  
elite n.①[总称]上层人士,掌权人物,实力集团;②出类拔萃的人(集团),精英
  
[真题例句] Reporters tend to be part of a broadly defined social and cultural elite (②), so their work tends to reflect the conventional values of this elite.[2001年阅读3]
[例句精译] 记者们属于广义的社会文化精英的一部分,因此他们的工作往往反映了这些精英传统的价值观。
  
stick  n.棍,棒,手杖;v.①刺,戳,扎;②粘合,附着;③坚持,固守
 
[真题例句] This means that our noses are (3:limited) to perceiving those smells which float through the air, (4:missing) the majority of smells which stick

(v.②) to surfaces.[2005年完形]
[例句精译] 这就意味着人的鼻子只局限于察觉飘浮于空气中的气味;而错过大部分粘附于物体表面的气味。
[真题例句] You will be on safer ground if you stick (v.③) to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system.[2002年阅读1]
[例句精译] 如果你选择去评论邮局或电话局这样的替罪羊,那你就会处于比较安全的境地。
  
exclusive   a.①专有的,独占的;②除外的,排他的
  
[真题例句] 61. Physical dependence on certain substances results from.[1997年阅读3]
[B] exclusive (①) use of them for social purposes
[例句精译] 61. 对某些物质的生理依赖是由于。
[B] 出于社交目的而专用这些物质