2020考研英语必背熟词僻义词汇（一）

Affiliate

【熟义熟性】 vt. (使...)加入, 接受为会员 Middle School Affiliated to SCNU 华师大附属中学

【僻义僻性】 n. 成员，分支机构

【真题例句】International affiliates account for a fast-growing segment of production in economies that open up and welcome foreign investment. [2001年阅读Text4]

【经典译文】在那些对外开放并欢迎外资的中，国际分公司在生产中所占的份额也在快速增长。这一句话是黄金背诵句型：它不仅考查了affiliate的 【僻义僻性】, 还考查了economy的 【僻义僻性】，经济体;短语account for 占…比例;以及 that定语从句。

Thumb

【熟义熟性】n.拇指 Peter’s all thumbs. Peter笨手笨脚。

【僻义僻性】v.(～ through)翻阅

【真题例句】 It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoë Zysman.[2004 年阅读Text2]

【经典译文】人们早已知道在客户翻查电话簿时，名叫AAAA的出租汽车公司要比Zodiac出租汽车公司有很大的优越性。至于在生活方面Adam Abbott较之Zoë Zysman的优越性就不那么为人所知了。