考研英语核心词汇list96 (考研英语词汇速记连载98)

今天是第96天。快一百天了。

Day96

1.contribute[kən'trɪbju:t]

v.贡献;投稿;捐献

【短语搭配】①contributed margin缴入保证金②contribute one's mite尽一份微薄之力,聊尽薄棉③contribute to捐助,帮助④contribute to a magazine为杂志撰稿

【真题例句】Having children contributes little to the glamour of celebrity moms.(2011阅读理解)

生儿育女对明星妈妈的光环作用不大。

2.inherent [ɪn'hɪər(ə)nt]

adj.固有的;内在的;与生俱来的,遗传的

【词汇变形】inhere[ɪn'hɪə]

v. 固有;生来即存在;本质上即属

【词根记忆】in-里面;herent 这儿的;一个东西里面的,就是固有的、与生俱来的

【短语搭配】be inherent in天生……;固有……

inherent quality固有性质

【真题例句】The fashion industry knows it has an inherent problem in focusing on material adornment and idealized body types.(2016 Text 1)

时尚产业深知,注重时装配饰和理想身材是一个固有问题。

3.guess[ges]

v.猜测;认为;推测;猜中

【短语搭配】①anybody's guess 谁也拿不准的事②make a guess at 猜测……③by guess 推测④guess from 根据……猜测⑤miss one's guess 未猜中,猜错了⑥guess value 估价,估值

【真题例句】If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms,you guess at their meaning,using clues presented in the context.(2015新题型)

如果你不熟悉单词或习语,你会借助上下文的线索去猜测意思。

4.stamina['stæmɪnə]

n.毅力;精力;持久力

【短语搭配】①physical stamina体力②lack stamina缺乏毅力

【真题例句】Winter-born babies tend to have higher oxygen capacity,which increases soccer stamina.(2007阅读理解)

冬季出生的婴儿摄氧能力较高,从而提升踢足球所需的耐力。

5.graph [grɑːf]

n.图表;曲线图 vt.用曲线图表示

【真题例句】The scientist has frowned,looked at the graphs,and said “the data are still inconclusive.”(1999阅读理解)

这位科学家皱起了眉头,看了看图表,说“数据仍然是不确定的。”

6.talent['tælənt]

n.才能;天才;天资

【短语搭配】①talent development人才开发②talented persons人才③talent show 业余歌手演唱会

【真题例句】Talent is a dominating factor for professional success.(2007阅读理解)

天赋是职业成功的一个主导因素。

7.peer[pɪə]

n.同龄人

vi.凝视

vt.封为贵族;与……同等

【短语搭配】①peer at 凝视②peer criticism同学间的批评③peer into凝视……;窥视……

【真题例句】 Defendants are immune from trial by their peers.(2010阅读理解)

被告可免受同龄人的审判。

8.capacity[kə'pæsɪtɪ]

n.能力;容量;生产力

【短语搭配】①electrical capacity电容②sustainable capacity 持续能力③lung capacity 肺活量④capacity unit容积单位⑤over-capacity 生产过剩

【真题例句】This in turn requires sympathy and imagination: without which there is no capacity for moral thought.(1997翻译)

这就需要同情心和将心比心的想像力,没有这两点就无法用道德观念来进行思考。

9.leadership['liːdəʃɪp]

n.领导能力;领导阶层

【真题例句】Research has found that IQ predicted leadership skills when the tests were given under low-stress conditions,but under high-stress conditions,IQ was negatively correlated with leadership——that is,it predicted the opposite.(2007阅读理解)

研究发现,当测试在压力小的情况下进行时,智商能够预测某人的领导能力,但在高压力条件下,智商与领导力则为负相关——也就是说,它预测的是相反的情况。

10.testify['testɪfaɪ]

v.证实;作证;证明

【短语搭配】①testify a fact 证实一个事实②testify under oath 宣誓作证③testify against作不利于……的证明④testify on behalf of sb为某人作证⑤testify to sb's innoncence证明某人无罪

【真题例句】Anyone who has toiled through SAT will testify that test-taking skill also matters,whether it's knowing when to guess or what questions to skip.(2007阅读理解)

任何参加过SAT的人都会证实应试技巧,比如知道什么时候猜答案,什么题目要跳过不做,也很重要。