1.agency n.经销商,代理,媒介
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
中央情报局
news agency
新闻通讯社
2.surgeon n.外科医师;军医
Physician
内科医生
3.diet n.饮食,食物
【常考搭配】 balanced diet 均衡饮食
go on a diet 节食,减肥
be on a diet 节食
4.cluster n.串,群,丛 v.丛生;成群;使聚集
two cars crashed into each other and a cluster of people gathered around.
5.linear adj.线的;长度的
【真题例句】 Likewise, many teachers have an intuitive sense thatdifferent students have different learning styles: some are verbal and some arevisual; some are linear, some are holistic(整体的).(2014.12.2)
同样地,许多教师都有一种直觉,那就是不同的学生有不同的学习风格。有些通过口头交际学习,而有些则通过视觉学习;有些是直线学习型,有些则是整体学习型
6.senator n.参议员;评议员
【真题例句】 Pierre Salinger was appointed senator from California but subsequently lost his first election. (2015.6.2)
Pierre Salinger在加利福尼亚州被任命为参议院,但是他随后就输掉了他的第一场选举。
7.domestic adj.家庭的,驯服的,国内的
【常考搭配】 domestc issue 国内事务 GDP Gross Domestic Product 国内生产总值
【真题例句】 They would endanger domestic animals.(2013.12.2)
它们会威胁到家养动物。
8.capsule n.胶囊,瓶帽,太空舱
9.pave v.铺,筑(路等)
pave the way
为...铺平道路
10.descent n.下降;出身;斜坡
【派生词】 descend v.下降;下来;遗传;屈尊
11.descendant n.后裔,后代
【常考搭配】 descend from 由...传下来的;起源于
12.prescription n.药方,处方的药
【真题例句】 The prescription is always hard to read.
13.solution n.解决,解答
【核心讲解】 the solution to sth. …的解决方法,to是介词。
14.brisk adj.敏锐的,活泼的,凛冽的
As they started up again, the horse broke into a brisk trot.
当他们又重新骑上马时,马突然轻快地小跑起来。
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