【小店区托福】托福阅读中常见熟词僻意

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 haslearnt 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 theorythat 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 itspurposes.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 thatyounger,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 newplants 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.直到加利福尼亚较近通过了一项法律，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 theemerging 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。

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 byunemployment insurance or disability insurance to help families weather badtimes.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.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 andthat the problem is largely man-made.较近的行动是由白宫召集了一批来自科学院的团，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 difficultto 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 theireagerness to identify with children who show the least intellectualpromise."Hofstadter说，掌握我们教育体系的人“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较无前途的孩子。”

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 10million smokers 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 thereal difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the onerecorded 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 familyfrom 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 revolvedaround efforts to tap the consumer market.大约在网上交易的年当中，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 thegrounds 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 smiling, smiling.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，Former surgeon general C.Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his80s.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。

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