考研英语大纲词汇5500,要全部熟练掌握不是那么容易,尤其对于背单词尤为头疼的考生,在背单词时最好能 够把握一些重点和常考词汇,主次分明,更加有效率。下面新东方在线分享历年真题中涉及的词汇,配以真题例句,帮助考生更好的来学习。下面是2010年真题 词汇讲解,大家看看。
2010考研英语真题词汇解读
1.affect(vt.影响)
[真题例句]It hoped they would learn how shop-floor lighting affected workers' productivity.(美国国家研究委员会)希望他们能够弄清楚车间照明是如何影响工人的生产效率的。【考研,2010,完形】
2.end up(最终成为),act(二.行为)
[真题例句]Instead, the studies ended up giving their name to the "Hawthorne effect," theextremely influential idea that the very act of being experimented upon changed subjects’behavior.不过,这些研究最终被命名为“霍桑效应”,这个极具影响力的概念说明受试者会因为自己正在接受实验这一行为而改变自身行为。【考研,2010,完形】
3. perplex (vt.使困惑,使费解)
[真题例句〕The idea arose because of the perplexing behaviorof thewomen in the plant.该厂女工令人费解的行为使他们产生了这样的想法。【考研,2010,完形】
4.account(n.描述,叙述)
[真题例句〕According to accounts of the experiments,theirhourly output rose when lightingwas increased, but also when it was dimmed.根据实验记录,不论是加强还是减少照明,她们每小时的产量都会增加。【考研,2010,完形】
5.matter(v.有关系),so long as(只要)
[真题例句〕It did not matter whatwas donein the experiment; so long as something was changed, productivity rose.实验内容无关紧要,只要有因素发生改变,生产效率就会提高。【考研,2010,完形】
6. awareness(n.意识)
[真题例句〕An awarernesthat they were being experimented upon seemed to be enough toalter workers' behaviorby itself.工人知道正在接受试验这一意识本身就足以改变她们的行为。【考研,2010,完形】
7, be subjected to(使遭受,使经历)
[真题例句〕After several decades, the same data were subjected to econometric analysis.几十年之后,这些相同的数据被应用到了计量经济学分析之中。【考研,2010,完形】
8. contrary to(与…相反),evidence(n.证据)
[真题例句〕Contrary to the deions on record, no systematic evidence was found thatlevels of productivity were related to changes in lighting.与实验记录的描述相反,没有系统的证据表明生产率水平的高低与照明的变化有关。【考研,2010,完形】
9. mislead Cvt.误导),for example(例如)
[真题例句〕It turns out that the peculiar way of conducting the experiments may have led tomisleading interpretations of what happened. For example,lighting was always changed on aSunday.结果表明,进行实验的特殊方式可能导致人们对所发生的事情产生误解。例如:总是在周日改变照明。【考研,2010,完形】
10.duly (ad.应当地),continue (vi.继续)
[真题例句〕When work startedagain on Monday,output duly rose compared with theprevious Saturday and continued torise for the next couple of days.当周一再次开始工作的时候,产量理所当然地比上周六要高,而且在接下来的几天还会持续提高。
11.tend to do sth.(往往会发生某事),hit(v.达到)
[真题例句〕Workers tended to be diligent for the first few days of the week in any case,before hitting a plateau and then slackening off.在任何情况下,工人们在一周的前几天往往都很勤奋,随后达到一个顶峰,接着就开始松懈下来。【考研,2010,完形】
12, about-face[n.(思想、行为的)大转变]
[真题例句〕Curbs on business-method claims would be a dramatic about-face.对申请商业方法专利权的限制将会是一个戏剧性的彻底改变。【考研,2010,阅读】