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考点单词

divide

熟 [dɪˈvaɪd] v. （使）分开；（使）分组

僻 [dɪˈvaɪd] vt. （使）产生分歧，（使）意见相左

英 to cause a group of people to disagree about something

真 [2011年年完形] Still, the administration's plan has divided privacy rights activists.

翻译 但是，政府的上述计划引发了隐私维权人士的不同意见。

domestic

熟 [dəˈmestɪk] adj. 本国的，国内的

僻 [dəˈmestɪk] adj. 家庭的

英 belonging or relating to the home, house, or family

真 [2010年阅读Text4] Even in the 1960s, women were seldom on the jury list in some states because ______.

[A] they were automatically banned by state laws

[B] they fell far short of the required qualifications

[C] they were supposed to perform domestic duties

[D] they tended to evade public engagement

翻译 即使是在20世纪60年代，女性仍然很少出现在某些州的陪审团名单上，这是因为___。

[A] 她们自动被州法律禁止

[B] 她们没有达到资格要求

[C] 她们被认为应该承担家庭职责

[D] 她们倾向于逃避参与公共事务

识记单词

deal

僻 [diːl] n. （尤指商业上的）协议，交易

英 an agreement or an arrangement, especially in business

真 [2017年新题型] Without question, manufacturing has taken a significant hit during recent decades, and further trade deals raise questions about whether new shocks could hit manufacturing.

翻译 毋庸置疑，制造业最近几十年遭受了严重冲击，进一步的贸易协定也对制造业是否能经受住新的冲击提出了质疑。

deep-seated

僻 [ˌdiːp ˈsiːtɪd] adj. 根深蒂固的；笃信的

英 strongly felt or believed and very difficult to change or get rid of

真 [2014年阅读Text 2] We have a deep-seated need to feel good about ourselves and we naturally employ a number of self-enhancing strategies to achieve this.

翻译 我们自我感觉良好，这是一种根深蒂固的需求，而且我们自然而然地运用了许多自我提升的策略来满足这一需求。

depression

僻 [dɪˈpreʃ(ə)n] n. 抑郁症

英 a mental illness in which a person is very unhappy and anxious (= worried and nervous) for long periods and cannot have a normal life during these periods

真 [2017年年完形] One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression, double the rate for working Americans.〔注：〕

翻译 一项盖洛普调查机构的民意调查发现，在失业已经至少一年的美国人中，20%的人表示自己患有抑郁症，人数是美国工作人口患抑郁症的两倍。

dictate

僻 [dɪkˈteɪt] vt. 影响；决定；要求

英 to influence something or make it necessary

真 [2012年阅读Text 2] I had not realised how profoundly marketing trends dictated our perception of what is natural to kids, including our core beliefs about their psychological development.

翻译 我原来没有意识到，市场营销趋势对我们有关儿童天性的理解，包括我们对儿童心理成长的核心理念都影响巨大。

director

僻 [dəˈrektə(r)] n. 经理，管理者，主任，董事

英 a manager of an organization, company, college, etc.

真 [2011年阅读Text 1] Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs' board as an outside director in January 2000; a year later she became president of Brown University.

翻译 2000年1月，露丝·西蒙斯以独立董事的身份加入了高盛公司董事会；一年之后，她出任布朗大学校长。

doctor

僻 [ˈdɒktə(r)] vt. 篡改，涂改

英 to change a document in order to deceive people

真 [2014年阅读Text 2] Nor was there any evidence that those who self-enhance the most (that is, the participants who thought the most positively doctored picture were real) were doing so to make up for profound insecurities.

翻译 也没有任何证据表明，那些自我提升最甚者（即那些认为美化程度最高的照片是自身形象的参与者）这样做是为了弥补内心强烈的不安全感。

dot

僻 [dɒt] vt. 分布，分散

英 to be spread across an area, or to spread many similar things across an area

真 [2018年阅读Text 2] But that message did not play well with many in Iowa, where wind turbines dot the fields and provide 36 percent of the state's electricity generation.

翻译 然而他的这一言论在爱荷华州未得到大多数人的认可，因为爱荷华州的田地里到处分布着风力涡轮机，风力发电量占了全州发电量的36%。

double

僻 [ˈdʌb(ə)l] vt. 翻一番，加一倍

英 to become twice as much or as many, or to make something twice as much or many

真 [2019年阅读Text 2] The state's proposed Forest Carbon Plan aims to double efforts to thin out young trees and clear brush in parts of the forest.

翻译 加利福尼亚州所提出的“森林碳计划”旨在加倍努力降低幼树的密度，以及清除森林中一些区域的灌木丛。

downtime

僻 [ˈdaʊnˌtaɪm] n. 休养期

英 time when you relax and do not do very much

真 [2018年阅读Text 4] In order to make the most of our focus and energy, we also need to embrace downtime, or as Newport suggests, “be lazy.”

翻译 为了能充分利用好注意力和精力，我们也该给自己留出休息时间，正如纽波特所说的：“偷个懒”。

drag

僻 [dræɡ] n. 空气阻力；液体阻力

英 the force that acts against the forward movement of something that is passing through a gas or a liquid

真 [2010年新题型] Other birds flying in the upwash experience reduced drag, and spend less energy propelling themselves.

翻译 当鸟类在上洗气流中飞行时，不仅飞行阻力减小，而且自身体力也会节省不少。

draw

僻 [drɔː] vt. 吸收

英 to draw something such as water or energy from a particular source means to take it from that source

真 [2019年阅读Text 2] But the remaining trees draw a greater share of the available moisture, so they grow and thrive, restoring the forest's capacity to pull carbon from the air.

翻译 但剩余的树木可以吸收更多可用的水分，因此它们就能茁壮成长，恢复森林吸收空气中碳的能力。

drive

僻 ₁ [draɪv] vt. 强迫，迫使，逼迫

英 to force someone or something into a particular state, often an unpleasant one

真 [2019年阅读Text3] The shortage is compounded by federal immigration raids, which remove some workers and drive others underground.

翻译 联邦移民突击行动也加剧了劳工短缺的状况，突击行动把一些工人驱逐出境，也迫使另一些工人偷偷藏匿起来。

僻 ₂ [draɪv] n. 干劲；魄力；决心；欲望

英 energy and determination to achieve things

真 [2018年年完形] The drive to discover is deeply rooted in humans, much the same as the basic drives for food or shelter, says Christopher Hsee of the University of Chicago.

翻译 芝加哥大学的克里斯托弗·希斯说，探索的欲望深深扎根于人类，就如同人们对食物和住所的基本追求一般。