口译考研词汇积累第三天

词汇

1. thumping (adv) •very big, very good

例: He told us a thumping great lie.

(adj)•very big

例:a thumping majority

2. wizard (n) •巫师

•a person who is especially good at sth奇才

例:a computer/financial wizard

3. crackpot

(adj) •strange and crazy

      不切实际的,想入非非的

例:crackpot ideals/theories 离奇古怪的想法/理论

      a crockpot old fool傻瓜疯老头子

(n)•a person with strange and crazy ideals.狂想家,疯子,怪人

4. vault (n) • a room with thick walls and a strong door, especially in a bank, used for keeping valuable things safe.

例:Most of her jewellery is stored in bank vault 银行金库

• a room under a church or in a cemetery, used for burying people.

例:She is to be buried in the family vault. 家族墓地

• a jump made by vaulting

例:pole vault 撑杆跳

(v) • to jump over an object in a single movement, using your hands or a pole to push you.

例:to vault a fence

vault over:  She vaulted over gate and ran up the path.Percent

5. stump (v)•(informal) to ask sb a question that is too difficult for them to answer or give them a problem that they cannot solve.

例:I am stumped, I don’t know how they got there before us.

    Kate was stumped for words (=unable to answer) 说不出话

•to walk into a noisy, heavy way, especially because you are angry or upset.

例:He stumped off, muttering under his breath. 他嘟囔着走开了。

•(US) to travel around making political speeches, especially before an election.

政治演说

例:He stumped around the country trying to build up support.

作巡回政治演说。

(n) •the end of sth or part of that is left after the main part has been cut, broken off or worn away.

例:the stump of a pencil 铅笔头

*stump speech 政治演说

*politicians on the stump

词组

1.bits and bobs 零碎的东西

2.targeted poverty alleviation 精准扶贫

alleviation (n)• the act of making sth less severe 缓解,缓和,减轻

alleviate (v)• to make sth less severe

例:to alleviate suffering 减轻苦难

      to alleviate a problem

3.academic misconduct 学术不端行为

misconduct (n)•unacceptable behavior, especially by a professional person

失职,处理不当,行为不端

例: a doctor accused of gross misconduct (=very serious misconduct)

严重失职/渎职,严重行为不端

professional misconduct 玩忽职守

• bad management of a company, etc. 管理不善

例: misconduct of the company’s financial affairs. 对公司财务的管理不善。

4.ecological migration 生态移民/环境移民

生态移民(ecomigration),亦称环境移民(environmental migration),系指原居住在自然保护区、生态环境严重破坏地区、生态脆弱区以及自然环境条件恶劣、基本不具备人类生存条件的地区的人口, 搬离原来的居住地, 在另外的地方定居并重建家园的人口迁移。

5.emergency shelter 应急避难场所

注:词汇及例句多引用于《牛津词典》Oxford Learner’s Dictionary

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