▼考研最常用的一词多义

1. Address 演讲、讲话

Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.

解决、处理

This rule is meant to address the difficulty that students from poor homes might have in completing their homework.

2. Air 公开表达观点或者不平装腔作势，摆架子

Some long-standing grievances were aired.

an unpretentious musician with no air

3. Average 平均为普通的

if oil prices averaged $22 a barrel for a full year

Today the messages the average Westerner is surrounded with are not religious but commercial and forever happy.

4. Dynamic 互动的

we can’t yet give a robot enough ‘common sense’ to reliably interact with a dynamic world.

5. Edge 有优势的

Competitive edge cutting-edge technology.

6. Exercise 行使

You can exercise the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be used against you in the court of law.

7. feed

If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be ever more pronounced.

8. Pronounced 明显的

9. Rate 评估

the trait we commonly call talent is highly overrated

10.Value 评估

11.Fit (into)

Immigrantsare quickly fitting into this common culture

12.Late

At the core of this debate is chairman Gerald Levin, 56, who took over for thelate Steve Ross in 1992.

13.Game 猎物 行业 诡计 花招 有冒险精神的

The insurance game;

Thelarge, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted toextinction

Diplomatic game

She is game for anything.

14.Gathering 聚会

I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room

15.Green 幼稚的，不成熟的。

A green hand

16.Ground 理由、根据

Have no ground to complain

17.Handsome 大量的

publishers who have, so far, made handsome profits.

18.Heavy 难懂的、晦涩的

The report makes heavy reading for publishers

19.ill-managed 困难的

thecompany is financially ill-managed

20.Impossible 难以对付的，难处的

Impossible situation 进退维谷的境地

Impossibly 相当于very

Impossibly difficult

21.Industry 勤劳

I am impressed by their industry.

22.Plant 工厂

Power plant 发电厂

23.introduce 引出，引入

introduce the topic of what makes expert performance

24.jealous 珍惜的、精心呵护的

be jealous of one’s own good reputation.

25.Leave 委托，留给

She leaves her assistant in charge.

26.Mean 吝啬的，平均的

economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive.

much higher than the mean score of 80.

27.Means 财富

To pay according to one’s mean按照个人的经济能力消费。

28.Meet 满足，经历

To meet disaster

all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy

meet the demand.

29.Narrow 勉强的、刚刚好的

A narrow victory

30.Observe 遵守，说话，评论，庆祝，庆贺

Observe rules or regulations.

She observes that the nightfall is coming.

They observe the National Day.

31.Part 分离，分开

For one thing, the South could not afford to part with its slaves.

32.Partial 热爱、偏见

Be partial to sth 喜欢某物

Partial opinion

33.Save 除了（介词）

They know nothing about her save her name.

34.Say 发言权

You have no say in the decision.

35.Smart 整洁而漂亮的, 高档的，灵活的，灵巧的

A smart uniform

a smart hotel

a smart car

36．State 陈述

exaggerated statements

which of the following statement is true?

37Shared 共同的

shared effort

38. convention

Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses’ convention

39. common 共同的

the experiences and problems which are common to all of you

40. remark 注意的

He remarked the man’s inflamed wound.

41. Charge

Shippers feel they are being overcharged.

42. rate 价格

Shippers who feel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the federal government’s Surface Transportation Board for rate relief

43. weigh 考虑衡量

They are inclined toweigh what they get

44. even 相等的

Even statistics

45. voice 意见

voices now come from many quarters insisting that the science about global warming is incomplete

46. practice 惯例，做法

The practice of giving premium to inventors

47. tell 区分，分辨

It is difficult to tell good information from bad.

48. principal 最重要的，主要的

They found the principal requirement for sth.

49. figure 任务

Americans no longer expect public figures to command the English language with skill and gift.

50. figure out 弄清楚

Help Your Kids Figure Out Who They Are

51 issue 发行，授予

The Organization for EconomicCo-operation and Development （OECD） has just issued a report.

52 process

meaningful processing ofinformation.

53. cover 报道；支付

To cover the disaster.

To cover the cost.