雅思阅读中常见熟词的意思你理解对了吗

适当的了解一下雅思词汇的熟词僻意是很有帮助的，能在阅读文章时祝你一臂之力，更好的理解文章。下面为考生们分享雅思阅读中常见的一些熟词，它们哪些你不知道的生僻解读?一起来看看。

1. address

熟义：n.地址

僻义：v.向...致辞, 演说

Depending on whom he is addressing, the problems will be different.

根据与他谈话的不同对象，问题也有所不同。

2. diet

熟义：n.饮食习惯

僻义：n.减肥,瘦身;议会

American industry has changed its structure, has gone on a diet, and has learnt to be more quick-witted.

美国的工业已经改变了结构，进行了瘦身，学会了明智。

3. cause

熟义：n./v.原因，导致

僻义：n.事业，理想，目标

One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research.

一个这样的事业现在正在寻求终止生物医学的研究，因为有这样一种理论说，动物享有权利禁止它们被用于实验。

4. novel

熟义：n.小说

僻义：adj.新颖的

When a novel literary idea appears, people should try to determine its purposes.

当一种新的文学理念出现时，人们应该试着去了解它的意图。

5. realize

熟义：v.意识到

僻义：v.实现，发挥

Former Colorado governor Richard Lamm has been quoted as saying that the oldand infirm "have a duty to die and get out of the way", so that younger,healthier people can realize their potential.

据说，Colorado州前州长Richard Lamm曾经说，老年多病者“有责任死去和让位”，以让更年轻、更健康的人们去发挥他们的潜能。

6. stop

熟义：n./v.停止

僻义：n.句号

We must pour out a large stream of essential words, unhampered by stops, orqualifying adjectives, or finite verbs.

我们必须大量使用基本词汇，摆脱句号，修饰性形容词及限定动词的羁绊。

7. sound

熟义：n. 声音, 语音, 噪音 v. 听起来

僻义：adj.健全的, 合理的, 有效彻底的, 健康的(soundand safe: 安然无恙)

If we are ever going to protect the atmosphere, it is crucial that those new plants be environmentally sound.

如果我们准备保护大气，关键要让这些新发电厂对环境无害。

8. firm

熟义：adj. 结实的，稳固的

僻义：n. 公司，商号

Until California recently passed a law, American firms did not have to tellanyone,even the victim, when data went astray.

直到加利福尼亚最近通过了一项法律，美国的公司不必告知任何人信息何时泄露，甚至包括受害人。

9. might

熟义：may的过去式

僻义：n. 力量，威权 (with might and main: 尽全力)

The process sweeps from hyperactive America to Europe and reaches the emerging countries with unsurpassed might.

这个浪潮从异常活跃的美国席卷到欧洲，并以不可比拟的威力影响到正在崛起的国家。

10. weather

熟义：n.天气

僻义：v.经受风雨，度过难关

This “added-worker effect” could support the safety net offered by unemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather bad times.

这种"附加工人效应"可以支持失业保险或残疾保险所提供的保障制度，以帮助家庭渡过困难时期。

11. panel

熟义：n.仪表板，面板

僻义：n.专家小组

The latest was a panel from the National Academy of Sciences, enlisted by theWhite House, to tell us that the Earth's atmosphere is definitely warming and that the problem is largely man-made.

最近的行动是由白宫召集了一批来自国家科学院的专家团，他们告诉我们，地球气候毫无疑问正在变暖，而这个问题主要是人为造成的。

12. keep

熟义：v.保持

僻义：n.生计

Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That's where Straitford earns its keep.

当然公开来源的谍报活动的确有它的风险，因为很难区分正确与错误的信息。这正是Straitford公司赚得生计的地方。

13. promise

熟义：v./n.承诺

僻义：n.有希望，有前途(promising: (形)有希望的，有前途的)

Hofstadter says our country's educational system is in the grips of peoplewho"joyfully and militantly proclaim their hostility to intellect and their eagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectual promise."

Hofstadter说，掌握我们国家教育体系的人“沾沾自喜地、霸气十足地公然宣称敌视才学，迫不及待地认同那些看来在才学方面最无前途的孩子。”

14. buy

熟义：v.购买

僻义：v.听信，认同

Lots of Americans bought that nonsense, and over three decades, some 10 million **okers went to early graves.

许多美国人相信了这些胡言乱语，在三十多年中，差不多有一千万烟民早早的进了坟墓。

15. catch

熟义：v.抓住

僻义：n.捕获，捕获量

That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes.

这意味着可以捕获更多的海洋生物，所以现在和过去的真正差距可能会比之前在捕获区记录的数据所体现出的更糟糕。

16. game

熟义：n.游戏,比赛

僻义：n.猎物

The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted toextinction.

但大部分的，成长缓慢的动物则成了狩猎的目标，并且很快被狩猎到灭绝。

17. slip

熟义：v.滑倒

僻义：n.纸片

Nowa pink slip, a bad diagnosis, or a disappearing spouse can reduce a family from solidly middle class to newly poor in a few months.

如今，一份解雇通知书、一个不利的诊断结果或者配偶的去世都可能在几个月之内将一个家庭从稳定的中产阶层家庭降格成为一个新贫困家庭。

18. tap

熟义：v.轻拍，n. 水龙头，栓头

僻义：v.开发

In the first year or so of Web business, most of the action has revolved around efforts to tap the consumer market.

大约在网上交易的第一年当中，大部分业务活动都是围绕着努力开发消费者市场来进行的。

19. ground

熟义：n.地面

僻义：n.根据，依据(on the ground that…)

Rail roads justify rate discrimination against captive shippers on the grounds that in the long run it reduces everyone's cost.

铁路公司对“被控”客户进行区别对待的依据是，从长远来看，这样做会降低所有人的成本。

20. lean

熟义：v.倚靠, 倾斜

僻义：adj.瘦的, 贫乏的, 歉收的

They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)—lean, pointed,dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding downfor the night on the flagstones outside the theatre.

消瘦、率直、专注的脸庞，穿着牛仔裤和便鞋，吃着小圆面包，在剧场外的石板上过夜。

21. anchor

熟义：n.锚

僻义：n.主持人，主播

Fast-foodeaters, news anchors, text messengers, all **iling, **iling.

快餐食客、新闻主播、发短信的人，都在笑啊笑啊。

22. chair

熟义：n.椅子

僻义：v./n.主持，主席

Former surgeon general C.Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s.

前卫生局医务主任C.Everett Koop 80来岁还出任了一个互联网公司的总裁。

23. nature

熟义：n.自然

僻义：n.天性，本质，本性(human nature 人性)

Thejury agreed that the nature of the game, not the helmet, was the reason for the athlete's injury.

陪审团也认为造成该运动员受伤的是这项运动本身的危险性，而不是头盔。

24. spell

熟义：v.拼写

僻义：n.一段时间

Despite a spell of initial optimi** in the 1960s and 1970s when it appeared that transistor circuits and microprocessors might be able to copy the action of the human brain by the year 2010, researchers lately have begun to extend that forecast by decades if not centuries.

虽然一开始在20世纪60年代和70年代有过一段乐观的时期——那时候仿佛晶体管电路和微处理器的发展将使他们在2010年能够模仿人类大脑的活动——但是最近研究人员已经开始将这个预测延后数十年，甚至数百年。

25. stress

熟义：n.压力

僻义：v.强调

While often praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics, Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanical learning over creativity and self-expression.

虽然日本的教育因强调基础知识而经常受到外国人的赞扬，但是它往往强调考试和机械学习，而不重视创造性和自我表现。

上述考生收集整理的雅思阅读中常见的熟词僻意，希望考生在备考的时候能给予足够的重视，考生在备考雅思考试的时候一定要注意总结归纳，这对考生成绩的提高很有帮助。

怎么理解，翻译这句话？

我们必须源源不断地提供大量的基本词汇，不必讲标点符号、适用的形容词或限定性动词。

这是一个带有定语短语的简单句型。unhampered by stops, or qualifying adjectives, or finite verbs 省略了“which is" （which is unhampered by stops, or qualifying adjectives, or finite verbs）。这个省略后的短语修饰 a large stream of essential words, 作后置定语。

请问：unhampered by stops,其中by和stops是什么意思？高人帮帮忙，谢谢。

unhampered by stops是中间没有暂停...by是中间，stops是暂停,... unhamper是没有的意思...

《Who Moved My Cheese?》2016.08.17

阅读时间：2016.8.14-2016.8.17  共3天

蓝思值：900 字数：10864个 页数：450（kindle左右），真实应该是50页左右，很短。

生词查了63个

是第一本阅读完毕的英语原著，很短。

你可以说它是管理类的书，也可以说是一则寓言吧，放在家庭，工作，生活中，皆是有理。

它主要是教导我们要走出自己的舒适区，面对恐惧与改变要善于转变思想，运用自己出色的感知来改变现状。

故事结束后，同学们互相探讨的过程也挺有趣的，从自己的例子中给予众人更多角度的思考。

查了以下词：

1. insights (insight)

He drew a large piece of cheese around all the insights he had become aware of, and **iled as he looked at what he had learned: THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL CHANGE HAPPENS THEY KEEP MOVING THE CHEESE ANTICIPATE CHANGE GET READY FOR THE CHEESE TO MOVE MONITOR CHANGE SMELL THE CHEESE OFTEN SO YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS GETTING OLD ADAPT TO CHANGE QUICKLY THE QUICKER YOU LET GO OF OLD CHEESE, THE SOONER YOU CAN ENJOY NEW CHEESE CHANGE MOVE WITH THE CHEESE ENJOY CHANG

2. disguise (disguise)

He didn't like it at the time, but he knew that the change had turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it led him to find better Cheese

3. paw (paw)

Sniff welcomed Haw with a nod of his head, and Scurry waved his paw

4. farthest (farthest)

As he returned to the farthest point he had reached in the maze, he missed his friend, but realized he liked what he was discovering

5. entrance (entrance)

Before long he spotted a Cheese Station and became excited as he noticed little pieces of New Cheese near the entrance

6. edge (edge)

Haw knew they were losing their edge

7. irritable (irritable)

They tried to deny what was happening, but found it harder to get to sleep, had less energy the next day, and were becoming irritable

8. Scurry (scurry)

Sometimes, Haw would imagine Sniff and Scurry finding New Cheese and enjoying it

9. Sniff (sniff)

Sometimes, Haw would imagine Sniff and Scurry finding New Cheese and enjoying it

10. tuned (tune)

He didn't want to deal with what was facing him, so he just tuned everything out

11. burdened (burdened)

And they were not burdened with many complex beliefs

12. pile (pile)

Sometimes Hem and Haw would take their friends by to see their pile of Cheese at Cheese Station C, and point to it with pride, saying, "Pretty nice Cheese, huh?

13. destination (destination)

When they arrived at their destination, the mice took off their running shoes, tied them together and hung them around their necks - so they could get to them quickly whenever they needed them again

14. gear (gear)

Every morning after that, the mice and the littlepeople dressed in their running gear and headed over to Cheese Station C

15. labyrinth (labyrinth)

The maze was a labyrinth of corridors and chambers, some containing delicious cheese

16. interpret (interpret)

Some readers of this book's early manuscript preferred to stop at the end of The Story, without reading further, and interpret its meaning for themselves

17. assigned (assign)

Here's what happened: Charlie had worked hard and had done a great job of broadcasting Track and Field events at an earlier Olympic Games, so he was surprised and upset when his boss told him he'd been removed from these showcase events for the next Olympics and assigned to Swimming and Diving

18. traumatic (traumatic)

And if we lose it, or it's taken away, it can be traumatic

19. Mold (mold)

Mold may even have begun to grow on the Old Cheese, although he hadn't noticed it

20. victims (victim)

They feel like victims when it's taken away and blame others

21. kid (kid)

That evening, as they gathering in a hotel lounge, they began to kid each other about finding their "Cheese" and seeing themselves in the maze

22. resist (resist)

You can believe that a change will harm you and resist it

23. unhampered (unhampered)

The best laid schemes o' mice and men often go astray Robert Burns 1759-1796 "Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley

24. opposed (opposed)

"In short, a change imposed is a change opposed

25. commented (comment)

Frank then commented, "I think I'm going to be more like Haw and move with the Cheese and enjoy it

26. skiing (skiing)

"As it turned out, he fell in love with Vermont mountains, took up skiing, skied on his college team and now lives happily in Colorado

27. Instead (instead)

"Instead of changing jobs, maybe I should be one of the people helping my company change

28. grin (grin)

A slightly grin crossed Richard's face as he said, "I must admit I like this idea of seeing 'New Cheese' and imagining yourself enjoying it

29. rat (rat)

I was in a rat race and I couldn't get out

30. skeptic (skeptic)

"Well, Michael, it was a nice little story," Richard, the class skeptic, said, "but how did you actually put in use in your company?

31. Haw (haw)

No wonder he was called Haw.

32. Hem (hem)

Angela asked, "Do you think that Hem ever changed and found New Cheese?

33. backbone (backbone)

"Because, we believed then that the backbone of our business was our large sales force, who called on people door-to-door

34. cost (cost)

One person tried to tell us that we should put our whole encyclopedia on a single computer disk and sell it for a fraction of the cost

35. fraction (fraction)

One person tried to tell us that we should put our whole encyclopedia on a single computer disk and sell it for a fraction of the cost

36. inventory (inventory)

"Our chain of **all stores suddenly became old fashioned when the mega-store came to town with its huge inventory and low prices

37. stories (story)

Unfortunately we didn't want to see the changes coming in our business, and now it's too late - we're having to close many of our stories.

38. relocating (relocate)

They kept relocating his people

39. last (last)

He used to think about not having enough Cheese, or not having it last as long as he wanted

40. fill (fill)

When he had eaten his fill, he lifted a piece of fresh Cheese and made a toast

41. Foreword (foreword)

AN AMAZING WAY TO DEAL WITH CHANGE IN YOUR WORK AND IN YOUR LIFE DR SPENCER JOHNSON Foreword By KENNETH BLANCHARD Ph

42. metaphor (metaphor)

is a story about change that takes place in a Maze where four amusing characters look for "Cheese" - cheese being a metaphor for what we want to have in life, whether it is job, a relationship, money, a bid house, freedom, health, recognition, spiritual peace, or even an activity like jogging or golf.

43. constant (constant)

And yet, as you know, living in constant white water with the changes occurring all the time at work or in life can be stressful, unless people have a way of looking at change that helps them understand it

44. settled (settled)

After a good deal of kidding, and a good mean, they settled into an interesting conversation

45. corridor (corridor)

They ran down one corridor and if it proved empty, they turned and ran down another

46. Maze (maze)

The Mice: Sniff Scurry The Little People: Hem Haw Meanwhile, Back In The Maze Getting Beyond Fear Enjoying The Adventure Moving With The Cheese The Handwriting On The Wall Tasting New Cheese Enjoying Change

47. summary (summary)

He went over and wrote down a summary of what he had learned on the largest wall of Cheese Station N

48. predicament (predicament)

If he found Hem, he thought he might be able to show him how to get out of his predicament

49. rewarded (reward)

And that you are rewarded with it when you go past your fear and enjoy the adventure

50. startled (startled)

When he went inside, he was startled by what he saw

51. di**ay (di**ay)

But, to his di**ay, he found it was empty

52. breeze (breeze)

Now he felt the cool breeze that was blowing in this part of the maze and it was refreshing

53. lurking (lurk)

Or worse, were there dangers lurking

54. paralysed (paralyse)

Haw wondered if Hem had moved on, or if he was still paralysed by his fears

55. drawn (drawn)

He could feel himself being drawn back into familiar territory - even though he hadn't found Cheese there for some time

56. emaciated (emaciated)

Haw looked at his emaciated companion and tried to talk sense to him, but Hem's fear had turned into anger and he wouldn't listen

57. chisel (chisel)

Hem held the chisel while Haw banged on the hammer until they made a hole in the wall of Cheese Station C

58. squealed (squeal)

They squealed with delight

59. ranted (rant)

They ranted and raved at the injustice of it all

60. waddle (waddle)

Every night the littlepeople would waddle home, full of Cheese, and every morning they would confidently return for more

61. rodent (rodent)

The mice, Sniff and Scurry, possessing only simple rodent brains, but good instincts, searched for the hard nibbling cheese they likes, as mice often do

62. parable (parable)

Believe me, this brief parable takes little time to read but its impact can be profound

63. inducted (induct)

He went on to enjoy more success than ever and was later inducted into Pro Football's Hall of Fame - Broadcasters' Alley

高人帮帮忙，请问unhamper是么意思？

无阻碍的。

全句意思为：

我们必须大量使用基本词汇，挣脱生僻词，修饰性形容词及限定动词的羁绊。

词汇精选：brains的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

脑，大脑

例句：

The second scan revealed a brain tumor.

第二次扫描显示出一个脑瘤。

例句：

The largest brain possessed by any dinosaur weighed about a kilogram.

最大的恐龙脑子大约有一公斤重。

头脑，智慧，智力

例句：

Turn off the TV and read great books, they open doors in your brain.

关掉电视，阅读伟大的著作，它会启开你的智慧之门。

例句：

Stretch your brain with this puzzle.

用这个智力游戏锻炼你的思维能力。

聪明的人，智囊，出谋划策者

例句：

I felt a judicial mind, a keen, clear, unhampered brain, should sift and weigh.

我觉得应请一位心地公正、头脑锐敏、清晰而且毫无先入之见的人来进行鉴别和判断。

例句：

He is such a brain that no question can wipe him out.

他可真是个绝顶聪明的人，什么问题都难不倒他。

v.

打破…的脑袋，猛击…的头部 [T]

例句：

I nearly brained myself on that low beam.

那低矮的横梁险些把我的头撞碎。

例句：

He had threatened to brain him then and there.

他当时就威胁要打爆他的脑袋。

二、相关短语：

brain drain

n.智囊流失,人才外流

brain wave

n. 脑电波

brain coral

脑珊瑚

brain death

脑死亡

brain fever

n.[医]脑膜炎

brain tumor

脑肿瘤

minimal brain damage

轻微脑功能损伤

organic brain syndrome

器质性脑综合征

brain cell

n. [医]脑细胞

brain stem

脑干

brain truster

n. 智囊团团员, 顾问

brain sugar

【医】 脑糖

三、参考例句：

Please use your brains.

请动动脑筋。

Their brains are better switchers.

他们大脑转换得更快。

Our brains can only handle so much.

大脑承受能力有限。

She was the brains behind this.

这都是她想出的主意。

Brains and computers are often considered ****ogous.

人脑和电脑常被认为是类似的。

Our brains can gunk up with plaque.

大脑会因血小板凝结。

Their brains stay sharper in old age.

他们年纪大时，脑袋更灵光。

On average, human brains weigh about three pounds. Chimp brains only weigh a third as much.

平均来看,人类大脑的重量大约为三磅,而黑猩猩的大脑重量只有人类的三分之一。

It takes brains to administer a large corporation.

管理大公司要有头脑。

It takes brains to administer upon a large corporation.

管理一家大公司需要智慧。