2010考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读:关键时刻

associate  v.①(with)使联系，使联合;②交往，结合;n.合作人，伙伴，同事，同行;a.副的;合伙的
　　
[真题例句]“Some of us have known for many, many years that the freedoms under the First Amendment are not totally unlimited,”says Luce,“I think it is perhaps the case that some people associated (v.①) with the company have only recently come to realize this.”[1997年阅读4]
　　
[例句精译] “我们中的一些人多年来就知道宪法第一修正案所说的自由并非毫无限制，”鲁斯说，“我想与公司有关系的一些人可能是最近才意识到这一点。”
　　
outrage  n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒;vt.触犯，激怒
　　
[真题例句] Indeed, if he has a reputation for slacking, you might even be outraged (vt.).[2005年阅读1]
　　
[例句精译] 事实上，如果他还有偷懒怠工的名声，你可能会暴怒的。
　　
overwhelming  a.势不可挡的，压倒的

[真题例句] The individual now has more information available than any generation, and the task of finding that one piece of information relevant to his or her specific problem is complicated, time-consuming, and sometimes even overwhelming.[1995年阅读3] 
　　
[例句精译] 现在，个人可获得的信息比任何时代的人都多，而要找到一条与自己问题相关的信息既复杂又耗时，有时甚至相当困难。
　　
snatch  n./v.攫取，抢夺
　　
marshal n.元帅, 典礼官, 执行官, 司仪官vt.整顿, 配置, 汇集vi.排列, 集合
　　
emergency n.紧急情况，突然事件，非常时刻
　　
[真题例句] The brain finds it best to keep smell receptors (19：available) for unfamiliar and emergency signals (20：such as) the smell of smoke, which might indicate the danger of fire.[2005年完形]
　　
[例句精译] 我们发现，大脑能在有不熟悉或紧急信号时，使嗅觉接收器工作，例如，烟味就是着火和危险的信号。