30天背完六级核心词Day-24
考虫四六级研究院根据艾宾浩斯记忆法,研究总结出30天背单词计划,从历年真题中整理出来的1843个六级高频词,分为30天记忆,搭配音频,更有利于同学们快速记忆单词。
以下单词音频由考虫口语老师 Allen 朗读,给每个单词的发音给出正确读法,方便同学们背单词的同时纠正单词口语,更有利于单词记忆。
1381.rating
/'reitiŋ/ n. 等级,品级
1382.reaction
/ri'ækʃn/ n. 反应,反动,反作用
【真题例句】
But were these reactions actually 38 translated into better dental hygiene practices? (2014.6.2)
但,是不是这些实验对象因此都变得养成更好的口腔卫生习惯呢?
1383.readily
/'redili/ adv.乐意地;无困难地
【真题例句】
Space exploration has always been the province of dreamers: The human imagination readily soars where human ingenuity (创造力) struggles to follow. (2013.12.3)
宇宙探索一直是梦想家们的领域:人类的想象力冲劲十足,人类的创造力紧随其后努力将其变为现实。
1384.reality
/ri'æləti/ n. 现实;事实;真实;逼真
1385.reap
/riːp/ v. 收割,获得
1386.rear
/riə/ n. 后部,后面;后方 v. 抚养,培养;栽种 adj. 后面的,后部的
【真题例句】
They cannot afford the time and expenses of rearing children. (2013.12.3)
他们负担不起养儿育女的时间和花销。
1387.rebellion
/ri'beljən/ n.造反;叛乱;反抗
【派生词】
rebel /'rebəl/ n.反叛分子,反对者 v.反叛;反对
1388.reception
/ri'sepʃn/ n. 接待,接受,欢迎;欢迎会
【真题例句】
In addition, there would be six offices for the technicians, plus a general secretarial office and reception area. (2014.6.2)
除此之外,有六个技术员的办公室,此外还有一个总秘书办公室和接待区。
1389.recession
/ri'seʃn/ n. 后退,不景气,凹入的地方
【真题例句】
By contrast, Texas has coped well with the recession, with an unemployment rate two points below the national average and one of the lowest rates of housing repossession. (2014.6.2)
相反,德克萨斯州应对经济衰退时表现的很好,失业率低于全国平均水平2个点,房屋回收率是全国最低的州之一。
1390.recipe
/'resipi/ n. 食谱;处方;制作法
【真题例句】
The man should try out some new recipes. (2014.6.2)
男士应该尝试一些新的菜谱。
1391.reciprocal
/ri'siprəkəl/ adj.相互的;互利的
【派生词】
reciprocate /ri'siprəkeit/ v.答谢,回报
1392.recite
/ri'sait/ v.背诵,朗诵
1393.reckless
/'reklis/ adj.粗心大意的;鲁莽的
1394.reckon
/'rekən/v. 计算;认为
【真题例句】
It is a trend that shows no sign of slowing. Demographers (人口统计学者) reckon that three-quarters of humanity could be city-dwelling by 2050, with most of the increase coming in the fast-growing towns of Asia and Africa. (2015.6.3)
这个趋势并没有减缓的迹象。人口统计学家估计,到2050年,世界人口的四分之三都将是城市人口,人口增长的大部分都来自于亚洲和非洲迅速扩大的城镇。
1395.reclaim
/ri'kleim/ v.开垦,开拓;回收
1396.recognition
/ˌrekəg'niʃn/ n. 认出,识别;承认;认识;确认
【真题例句】
Over the next year, I’m hoping to get a better grip on some of the questions raised by the data revolution: In what situations should we rely on intuitive pattern recognition and in which situations should we ignore intuition and follow the data? (2014.12.3)
明年,我希望能更好地了解数据革命提出的一些问题:在哪些情况下我们应该依赖于直觉型识别,而在哪些情况下我们应该忽略直觉、遵从数据?
1397.recommend
/ˌrekə'mend/ v. 推荐,劝告,介绍
1398.reconcile
/'rekənsail/ v.使和好;调停
【真题例句】
A man who had recently reconciled with his brother told Gold there’s something that lets older people to put aside bad deeds of the past and focus a little on what we need now, especially when it’s sisters and brothers. (2014.6.1)
一个最近刚和他的兄弟和好的人告诉高尔德,有种东西能让上了年纪的人将过去的龃龉搁置一边,而将注意力投向我们当前所需要的,尤其是在兄弟姐妹之间时。
1399.recovery
/ri'kʌvəri/ n. 重获;恢复,痊愈
【真题例句】
Throughout the 2008 financial crisis and the recession and recovery that followed, central banks have taken on the role of stimulators of last resort, holding up the global economy with vast amounts of money in the form of asset buying. (2015.6.2)
在2008年金融危机及随后的经济萧条、经济复苏期间,各国中央银行使出终极手段,担起了刺激经济的重任,以购买资产的形式投入大批资金来支撑全球经济。
1400.recruit
/ri'kru:t/ v.征募(新兵),招收 n.新兵,新成员
1401.rectify
/'rektifai/ v.纠正;调整
1402.recur
/ri'kə:/ v. 复发,重现,再发生
【真题例句】
The bankers, among the strongest advocates of laissez-faire economics, were only too willing to accept hundreds of billions of dollars from the government in the aid programs that have been a recurring feature of the global economy since the beginning of the Thatcher-Reagan era of “free” markets and deregulation. (2015.6.1)
那些银行家是最支持自由放任的经济体制的人,他们非常愿意接受来自政府援助项目的上千亿的资金。从撒切尔——里根时代的“自由”市场和放松管制开始,这些项目就已经成为全球经济中重复出现的特点。
1403.recurrence
/ri'kɜrəns/ n. 再发生;再现;重新提起
1404.redundant
/ri'dʌndənt/ adj. 多余的,过多的,冗长的
1405.reference
/'refrəns/ n. 提及;参考;涉及 v. 给…加上参考数目
【真题例句】
That immersion is supported by the way the brain handles language rich in detail, indirect reference and figures of speech: by creating a mental representation that draws on the same brain regions that would be active if the scene were unfolding in real life. (2014.6.3)
这种沉浸也得益于大脑对于含有大量的细节描写、暗示和比喻的语言的处理方式的支持;如果这种场景发生在新式生活中,大脑区域就会变得活跃,通过利用同样的大脑区域来创建心理表征。
1406.refrain
/ri'frein/ v.抑制,制止,忍住
【核心讲解】
restrain,check,refrain,bridle,curb,inhibit均含“阻止、抑制、制止”之意。
restrain 含义广,指用强力或权力去阻止或限制某人做某事。
check 多指阻止前进或继续发展。
refrain 常指暂时对某种行动或冲动的抑制。
bridle 指抑制住强烈的感情或欲望。
curb 可指急剧或果断的制止,也可指用严格的方法加以控制。
inhibit 主要指抑制愿望、情绪或念头,也指制止某物的蔓延。
【真题例句】
Rather, it’s better to let the learners wrestle with the material on their own for a while, refraining from giving them any assistance at the start. (2013.12.2)
不如让学习者自己钻研,不要开始就给予他们帮助。
1407.refreshment
/ri'freʃmənt/ n.茶点,点心,便餐
【真题例句】
There’s a snack bar serving sandwiches and hot and cold refreshments situated in the front of A deck. (2014.12.2)
在位于A层前部的零食吧台提供三明治和冷热点心。
1408.refugee
/refju:'dʒi:/ n.难民,流亡者
1409.refute
/ri'fju:t/ v.驳斥,反驳,驳倒
【核心精讲】
refute是及物动词,例如:
I was able to refute his argument.
我能驳倒他的论点。
【真题例句】
The paintings in this cave refute the old theory that Cro-Magnoon people painted animals that they hunted and then ate. (2014.12.2)
这些洞穴里的画驳斥了原来的理论-- Cro-Magnoon人把他们猎获的动物画下来,然后吃掉。
1410.regenerate
/ri'dʒenəreit/v. 重建;新生,再生
【真题例句】
If we lack the air necessary for a healthy life, it is because we have filled it with chemicals and undercut the ability of plants to regenerate it. (2015.6.1)
如果我们缺少健康生活所需的空气,那是因为我们已让空气充满了化学物质,并削弱了植物的净化能力。
1411.regime
/rei'ʒiːm/ n. 政体,政权制度,政权
1412.regulation
/ˌregjə'leiʃn/-jʊ-/ n. 规章;条例;规则
【核心讲解】
law,constitution,regulation,code,rule,act这些名词均有“法同,法规”之意。
law普通用词,泛指由最高当局所制订、立法机构所通过的任何成文或不成文的法规或条例。
constitution指治理国家或国家在处理内外政务时所遵循的基本法律和原则;也指规章规则的汇集。
regulation普通用词,指用于管理、指导或控制某系统或组织的规则、规定或原则等。
code指某一阶层或社会所遵守的一整套法典、法规或法则;也可指与某一特殊活动或主题有关的规则。
rule通常指机关、团体的规章、条例或比赛规则;也指对人行为、方法等所作的规定,还可指习俗所承认的规定。act指经立法机构通过并由行政管理签署的法案。
【真题例句】
Unlike many past Fed leaders, Yellen is not one to buy into the finance industry’s argument that it should be left alone to regulate itself. She knows all along the Fed has been too slack on regulation of finance. (2015.6.2)
和美联储许多前领导人不同的是,耶伦不会迷信应该任由金融界进行自我调控这样的论断。她一直都清楚,美联储在金融监管方面太过松散。
1413.reject
/ri'dʒekt/v. 拒绝,抵制;驳回;去除,丢弃;否决
【核心讲解】
refuse,decline,reject,repel,deny有“拒绝”之意。
refuse 语气较重,指态度坚决,肯定无疑的拒绝。
decline 指婉言谢绝他人的帮助或邀请等。
reject 多指由于某物某事某行为不能让人满意而被当面直截了当地拒绝。
repel 作“拒绝”解时,语气比reject强。
deny 指坚决地拒绝接受、给予或承认。
【真题例句】
Major supermarkets, in meeting consumer expectations, will often reject entire crops of perfectly edible fruit and vegetables at the farm because they do not meet exacting marketing standards for their physical characteristics, such as size and appearance. (2013.12.2)
主要的大型超市为了满足消费者的期望,经常拒绝农场上很好的可食用水果蔬菜,因为其物理特性不符合超市的严格标准。
1414.rejection
/ri'dʒekʃn/ n. 拒绝
【真题例句】
These should discourage retailers from wasteful practices that lead to the rejection of food on the basis of cosmetic characteristics, and losses in the home due to excessive purchasing by consumers. (2013.12.2)
这些政策能减少零售商因表面特点拒绝食物的浪费行为,也能减少消费者因过度购买产生家庭浪费的情况。
1415.release
/ri'liːs/ n. 释放;发行,发表 v. 释放;松开;豁免
【核心讲解】
release, free, relieve这组词都有“解除”的意思。其区别是:
free指使某人或某物从某种限制的情况下解脱出来或释放,后面常跟介词from或of。
release指使某人或某物较为具体地摆脱某种限制、束缚或痛苦,例如:He released her arm.他放开了她的手臂。The missile was automatically released by the computer.这枚导弹是通过计算机自动发射的。
relieve指解除不愉快的感情或负担等,例如:It will relieve them of a tremendous burden.这将给他们解除一个巨大的负担。I wanted to relieve myself of these duties as soon as possible.我想尽快从这些责任中解脱出来。
【真题例句】
As budgets are cut, universities will let in fewer students, prisoners will be released early and schemes to protect the vulnerable will be rolled back. (2014.6.2)
如果预算被缩减,大学招收的学生会减小,犯人会被提前释放,保护弱势群体的计划会被搁浅。
1416.relentless
/ri'lentlis/adj. 无情的,残酷的,冷酷的
【真题例句】
The novelist Edward St Aubyn has a narrator remark of the very rich that, “not having to consider affordability, their desires rambled on like unstoppable bores, relentless and whimsical at the same time.” (2013.12.1)
小说家爱德华对富翁有这样的描述:不用考虑是否买得起,富人的欲望犹如阻止不了的事情,但同时又持续不断。
1417.reliably
/rɪˈlaɪəblɪ/ adv. 可靠地;确实地
1418.religion
/ri'lidʒən/ n. 宗教;宗教团体;教派;宗教信仰
1419.religious
/ri’lidʒəs/ adj. 宗教性的,虔诚的 n. 修道士;和尚
【真题例句】
Eroding religious belief in Europe may partly explain lowered birthrates. In Japan young women may be rebelling against their mothers’ isolated lives of child rearing. (2013.12.3)
在欧洲,逐渐弱化的宗教信仰可能在一定程度上解释了出生率的降低。
1420.reluctant
/ri’lʌktənt/ adj. 不情愿的,厌恶的,勉强的
【真题例句】
Retailers and banks stand to benefit from the lower fraud levels of chip-and-PIN cards but have been reluctant for years to invest in the new infrastructure needed for the technology, especially if consumers don’t have access to it. (2015.6.2)
“芯片+PIN”卡较低的诈骗率将使零售商和银行受益,但多年来他们一直不愿投资这项技术所需的新式基础设施,特别是在顾客没有机会使用这项技术的条件下。
1421.remedy
/'remidi/ n. 药物,补救 v. 治疗,矫正,补救
【真题例句】
The 1976 copy right act has not prevented these abuses fully, but it has clarified the legal rights of the injured parties and given them an (32) avenue for remedy. (2014.6.1)
1976年的版权法案并未完全阻止滥用,但是它阐明了受损方的合法权益,也为他们提供了补偿的渠道。
1422.remotely
/ri’məʊtli/ adv. 远距离地;间接地;极少地
1423.render
/‘rendə(r)/ v. 给予,提供;转化
【真题例句】
It renders reading less enjoyable. (2014.6.3)
它使得阅读不那么愉快。
1424.renew
/ri’nju/ v. 使更新;使恢复;使复原
【真题例句】
But their capacity to renew the air polluted by industry has long reached its limit. (2014.6.3)
但是森林净化被工业污染的空气能力在已达到了极限。
1425.renowned
/ri’naʊnd/ adj. 有名的,有声誉
【真题例句】
Have you ever fallen for a novel and been amazed not to find it on lists of great books? Or walked around a sculpture renowned as a classic, struggling to see what the fuss is about? (2015.6.3)
你是否曾喜爱一本小说却惊讶地发现它并不在名著之列?或者围绕一座被奉为经典的雕塑走了一圈,试图弄清这大惊小怪的究竟是为什么?
1426.repay
/ri:'pei/ v.偿还,报答
1427.repossession
/'riːpə'zeʃn/ n. 收回;重新拥有
【真题例句】
By contrast, Texas has coped well with the recession, with an unemployment rate two points below the national average and one of the lowest rates of housing repossession.
相反,德克萨斯州应对经济衰退时表现的很好,失业率低于全国平均水平2个点,房屋回收率是全国最低的州之一。
1428.represent
/ˌrepri'zent/v. 表现;象征;作为...的代表
【核心讲解】
represent是及物动词,兼有 stand for(象征)和 be on behalf of (代表)的意思。
【真题例句】
He thought it represented the will of the Harvard community. (2014.12.3)
他认为这代表了哈佛的主流民意。
1429.representation
/ˌreprizen'teiʃn/ n. 代表;表示,表现
【真题例句】
That immersion is supported by the way the brain handles language rich in detail, indirect reference and figures of speech: by creating a mental representation that draws on the same brain regions that would be active if the scene were unfolding in real life. (2014.6.3)
这种沉浸也得益于大脑对于含有大量的细节描写、暗示和比喻的语言的处理方式的支持;如果这种场景发生在新式生活中,大脑区域就会变得活跃,通过利用同样的大脑区域来创建心理表征。
1430.reproach
/ri'prəutʃ/ v.&n.责备,指责
【核心讲解】
blame,accuse,condemn,scold,denounce,reproach,rebuke这些动词均含有“责备,非难”之意。
blame普通用词,语气较弱,仅是一般的责难、归咎于,不含用语言责骂之意。
accuse语气比blame强,本义为归罪,可用作指非难或谴责之义。
condemn正式用词,表示谴责,有较强的司法意味,侧重从道义或原则上的谴责。
scold普通用词,多指上级对下级、长辈对后辈或雇主对雇员的态度粗暴、言词激烈的数落。
denounce与condemn同义,但着重公开性。
reproach侧重指因他人粗心、自私等引起不满而去指责、找岔。
rebuke多指上级对下级进行的公开、强烈、严正而不宽容的责备。隐含一定权威的意味。
1431.reproduce
/ˌriːprə'duːs/-'djuːs/ v. 繁殖,生殖;复制
【真题例句】
The intuitive answer is that some works of art are just great: of intrinsically superior quality. The paintings that win prime spots in galleries, get taught in classes and reproduced in books are the ones that have proved their artistic value over time. (2015.6.3)
凭直觉答案就是一些作品就是很伟大:质量本就上乘。那些获得画廊最佳位置、在课堂上被教授、在书本里被翻印的绘画作品,都是经过时间的推移证明了其自身的艺术价值。
1432.reputation
/ˌrepjə'teiʃn/ n. 名誉,名声,声望
【真题例句】
But this is a real-life argument before a Supreme Court that has a well-earned reputation for looking out for the interests of large corporations. (2013.12.2)
众所周知,最高法院以照顾大公司的利益而出名。
1433.resent
/ri'zent/ v.对…不满,怨恨
1434.reservation
/ˌrezə(r)'veiʃn/ n. 保留,预约,预定
【真题例句】
We must come to view the air, the plants and ourselves as the contributors to the preservation of life and growth, rather than a web of quantifiable objects or productive potentialities at our disposal. (2015.6.1)
我们必须逐渐把空气、植物和我们自己看作是促进生命永续发展的力量,而不是量化的物的结合,或者是可供支配的生产潜力。
1435.reserve
/ri'zɜrv/ n. 储备;保留 v. 保留,预订,保存
1436.residential
/rezi'denʃəl/ adj. 住宅的,与居住有关的
1437.resistance
/ri'zistəns/ n. 抵抗,反抗;耐性
1438.resistant
/ri'zistənt/adj. 抵抗的;防...的;抗...的
resort to 求助于(某物,常指不好的);诉诸于;用
1439.resource
/ri'sɔrs/ n. 资源,办法,财力
【真题例句】
Although surveys reveal the IDP process to be useful, trainees report a need for additional resources to help them identify a long-term career path and complete an IDP. (2013.12.1)
尽管调查显示,这种制定个人发展计划的过程很有用,但是受训者称他们需要额外的方法来帮助 他们明确长期职业道路、完成个人发展计划。
1440.respectively
/ri'spektivli/adv. 分别地,各自地