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英語文法-考研閱讀真題長難句

考研閱讀真題長難句

1、We are even farther removedfrom the unfocused newspaper reviewspublishedin England between the turn of the 20th century and the eve of World War II, at a timewhennewsprintwas dirt-cheap and stylish arts criticismwas consideredan ornament to the publications inwhichit appeared.

離我們離得更遠的是20世紀初與二戰前夕之間英國出版的百花齊放的報紙評論,那時新聞印刷品價格低廉,并且時尚的文藝批評被認為是對刊登它們的出版物的裝飾與點綴;

removed,adj.,遠離的;The lawyer asked to be removed from the case due to a conflict of interest stemming from his association with the client.律師被要求從這個案子中除名,因為他與來往客戶有利益沖突;

stem,v.,阻止,遏制,止住;n.,莖、幹,詞幹;

stem from,起源于;

due to,prep.,由于,應歸于;

unfocused,adj.,目光分散的,不調焦的,模糊的,目的不明确的;

newsprint,n.,新聞用紙,=newspaper;

dirt-cheap,adj.,毫無價值的,賤如糞土的,非常便宜的;adv.,非常便宜地;

stylish,adj.,時髦的,流行的,有格調的,潇灑的;

criticism,n.,批評,批判,意見,評論,評價;Praise is always nice to receive, but criticism can often be so much more useful.贊美問題令人欣然接受,但批評往往可以有更多的用處;

ornament,n.,裝飾品,點綴品,裝飾,擺設,首飾,飾物;v.,裝飾,點綴;I guessed he was the chief because he wore more gold ornaments than the others.我估計他是酋長,因為他戴的金飾最多;

wear --> wore --> worn;

2、"Sofew authors havebrains enough or literary gift enough to keep their own end up in journalish," Newman worte, "thatI amtempted to define 'journalish' as 'a term of contempt applied by writers who arenot read to writers who are'."

如此少...以至于...

紐曼寫道,如此少的作家擁有足夠的才智和文學天賦以便終身人事新聞業,以至于我想把“新聞業”定義為沒有學問的作家應用到有學問的作家身上的一個鄙視的詞;

literary,adj.,文學的,文學上的,書面的,愛好文學的;

gift,n.,禮物,授予,才能,天賦;v.,贈送,(無意中)讓(對手)獲得;

journalism,n.,新聞業,新聞工作,報刊雜志,新聞報道;

tempt,v.,引誘,誘惑,慫恿,利誘,冒...的風險;Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime.降低收隻會使這些家庭更加貧窮,而且可能誘使不法分子進一步犯罪;

impoverish,v.,使貧困,使赤貧,使(力量|活力|肥力)枯竭;

offender,n.,犯罪者,違法者,造成問題的人或物;

be tempted to do,受誘惑做某事;

contempt,n.,輕視,蔑視,忽視,不顧;Politicians seem to be generally held in contempt by the police.政治家們似乎普遍受到警察的輕視;

be held in contempt by sb.,受人輕視;

define,v.,界定,闡明;Next, define a budget and how much you're willing to spend.其次,明确你的預算和你願意花費的錢;

3、As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been ledby musicians like Gustav Mahler and Pierre Boulez,that seems likely to have struck at least some Times readers as faint praise.

seems前的that,是主語,是代詞,指代描述;

作為一支由音樂家如古斯塔夫馬勒和皮埃爾布萊茲上司着的管弦樂隊的下一任指揮家的描述,這種描述跟虛浮的贊揚一樣,确實會令至少一部分泰晤士報的讀者覺得愕然不解(讓他們覺得不可思議);

orchestra,n.,(大型的)管弦樂隊;The Lithuanian Philharmonic Orchestra played Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.立陶宛愛樂交響樂團演奏了貝多芬的《第九交響曲》;

hitherto,adv.,迄今,至今,直到某時;Hitherto, American Airlines was the only big American international airline not to seek bankruptcy protection.迄今為止,美國航空是美國大型國際航空公司中唯一一家沒有申請破産保護的公司;

bankruptcy,n.,道德的淪喪,破産,倒閉;

faint,adj.,模糊的,微弱的,微小的,可能性不大的,虛弱的,不熱情的;n.,暈倒,昏厥;v.,昏厥,衰落;He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping.他開始注意到輕微的水滴聲;

strike --> struck --> struck;

4、The same dramatic technological changes that have providedmarketers with more(and more diverse) communications choices have also increasedthe riskthatpassionate consumers will voicetheir opnions in quicker, more visible, and much more damaging ways.

這類戲劇性的技術革新給商人帶來數量越來越多(種類也越來越多)的通信機會的同時,也同樣會提高風險。因為熱情的使用者會更快、更形象、更有破壞力地表達自己的反對;

dramatic,adj.,巨大而突然的,急劇的,激動人心的,引人注目的,給人深刻印象的,有關戲劇的,誇張的;Modern telecommunications have had a dramatic impact on our mobility similar to the invention of the automobile or the train.與汽車或火車兩項發明一樣,現代通信對我們的流動性産生了極大的影響;

passionate,adj.,熱誠的,狂熱的,熱戀的,易怒的;I'm a passionate believer in public art.我是公共藝術的狂熱信徒;

voice,vt.,發音,表達,說出;n.,嗓音,說話聲,歌唱聲;Miriam's voice was strangely calm.米裡亞姆的聲音異乎尋常地平靜;

5、But it'sinteresting to wonderif the images we seeevery week of stress-free, happiness-enhancing parenthood aren't in some small, subconscious way contributing to our own dissaticfactions with the actual experience, in the same way that a small part of ushoped getting "the Rachel"might makeus look just a little bit like Jennifer Aniston.

if引導的賓語從句;

但是這确實是一件很有趣的值得返思的事情,我們每周看的“輕松快樂做父母”的雜志封面,并不是通過潛意識的方式裡讓我們對(沒有孩子的)現實經曆不滿,而是這些圖檔在潛意識中讓我們有那種想成為雷切爾培養孩子的潇灑心理,但實際上卻使得我們看上去有點像詹尼弗亞尼斯頓一樣狼狽;

subconscious,adj.,下意識的,潛意識的;n.,下意識,潛意識;The memory of it all was locked deep in my subconscious.關于它的一切記憶都深植于我的潛意識裡;

dissatisfaction,n.,不滿,不悅,令人不滿的事物;She has already expressed her dissatisfaction with this aspect of the policy.她對政策的這方面已經表達了不滿;

enhance,vt.,提高,加強,增加;The publicity has enhanced his reputation.這次宣傳提高了他的聲譽;

publicity,n.,(媒體的)關注,報道,宣傳,推廣;

reputation,n.,名譽,名聲;

6、But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contendsthatpeer pressure can also bea positive force throughwhat shecalls the social cure,in whichorganizations and officials usethe power of group dynamics to help individualsimprovetheir lives and possibly the world.

但是在她的新書《參加這個俱樂部》,Tina Roseberg認為,純粹壓力也是一種積極的力量,通過她所說的社會治療,公司和官方人員可以通過群體力量去幫助個人提高他們的生活,而且也有可能提高整個人類世界的生活;

contend,v.,聲稱,主張,競争,争奪,處理,對付;It is time, once again, to contend with racism.又一次到了與種族主義戰鬥的時刻了;

racism,n.,種族主義,種族偏見;

peer,vi.,凝視;adj.,貴族的,純粹的;I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all.我一直盯着一張毫無意義的計算機列印稿;

force,n.,力量,武力;vt.,促使,強迫;In the end he had to be thrown out of the house by force.到最後,人們不得不強行把他趕出了房子;

dynamic,adj.,動力的,有活力的;n.,動力;He did research on group dynamics and leadership styles.他研究群體互動和上司風格;

individual,adj.,單獨的,個别的,個人的,獨特的;n.,個人,個體,與衆不同的人;

7、Priestlyexplains how the deep blue color of the assistant's sweater descendedover the years from fashion shows to department stores and to the bargain bin in whichthe poor girl doubtless foundher garment.

普雷斯麗說明了她助手的深藍色毛衣如何在數年間從時尚秀場降到百貨商店,又淪為便宜貨。毫無疑問,這個貧窮的女孩肯定就是從便宜貨裡淘的衣服;

descend,v.,下來,下降,下傾;Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar.當我們往下走去地窖時,四周愈見陰冷潮濕;

damp,adj.,潮濕的;n.,濕氣,潮氣;v.,使潮濕,減弱,抑制;

cellar,n.,地下室,地窖;v.,将(酒)存于地窖;

garment,n.,(一件)衣服,服裝,外表,外觀;vt.,給...穿衣服;She works in the garment district of Manhattan.她在曼哈頓的服裝加工區工作;

bargain,n.,便宜貨,減價品,協定,交易;v.,讨價還價,談判;

bin,n.,垃圾桶,儲物箱;v.,把...扔進垃圾箱,摒棄,拒絕;

8、These labels encouragestyle-conscious consumers to see clothes as disposable -meant to last only a wash or two, although they don't advertise that - and to renew their wardrobe every few weeks.

破折号中間的先去掉,and to renew前面接的是to see;

這些品牌鼓勵對時尚敏感的消費者把衣服當成是一次性用品 - 洗過一兩次後就不再穿了,盡管他們沒在廣告上明說 - 然後每幾周就更新衣櫥;

conscious,adj.,意識到的,神志清醒的,有知覺的,關注的,刻意的,慎重的;I was very conscious of the fact that I had to make a good impression.我非常清楚,我必須給人留下一個好印象;

disposable,adj.,一次性的,用完即德育的,可支配的,可自由使用的;n.,一次性用品;He shaved himself with a disposable razor.他用一次性刀片刮臉;

wardrobe,n.,衣櫃,衣櫥;

mean --> meant --> meant,v.,意味,打算;

9、We have now identifiedenough of the long-term patterns shaping the history of the planet, and our species, to make evidence-based forecasts about the situationsin whichour descendants will findthemselves.

我們現在已經知道星球以及我們人類的曆史怎樣經曆長時間的變化,那麼我們能以此為依據,預知後世子孫未來身處的境地;

identify,v.,識别,認出;There are a number of distinguishing characteristics by which you can identify a Hollywood epic.好萊塢的史詩大片有着一些與衆不同的特點;

epic,n.,史詩,叙事詩,壯舉;adj.,史詩般的,漫長而艱難的,宏大的,壯麗的;

species,n.,物種,種類,一類人;adj.,物種上的;Many species of animals are in danger of dying out.許多動物種類都處于瀕臨滅絕的危險中;

descendant,n.,後裔,子孫,派生物;adj.,下降的,祖傳的;They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.他們是最初的英格蘭和蘇格蘭定居者的後代;

settler,n.,移民者,殖民者;

shape,n.,形狀,模型,身材;v.,形成,使成形;People's political beliefs are shaped by what they see in the papers.人們的政治觀點受報紙影響;

political,adj.,政治的,政府的;

belief,n.,相信,信心,看法,信念;

10、What motivatedhim, we were to understand, washis zeal for "fundamental fairness" - protecting the taxpayer, controlling spending and ensuring thatonly the most deserving claimantsreceivedtheir benefits.

A was B;

我們将會知道,激勵他的是他對“基本的公正”的熱誠 - 保護納稅人,控制花費以及確定隻有最值得幫助的申請者才能得到補助金;

taxpayer,n.,納稅人;

motivate,v.,成為...的動機,是...的原因,激勵,激發;They are motivated by a need to achieve.對成功的渴望激勵着他們;

zeal,n.,熱情,熱忱,熱心,奮發;Mr. Lopez approached his task with a religious zeal.洛佩斯先生以宗教般的熱誠對待工作;

religious,adj.,宗教的,虔誠的;

fundamental,adj.,根本的,基本的,必需的;n.,基本原理;We have to tackle the fundamental cause of the problem.我們必須解決問題的根本原因;

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