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CATTI英语笔译综合词汇学习 55

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　　词汇摘自《GRE核心词汇考法精析》，词组摘自解释及例句源自牛津词典和柯林斯词典。

　　词汇积累

　　1. drab a.

　　without interest or color; dull and boring 单调乏味的

　　例：a cold drab little office 冷冰冰的小办公室

　　同近义词：

　　（1） flat n.

　　lacking interest or enthusiasm 枯燥的；无趣的；缺乏热情的

　　例：He felt very flat after his friends had gone home. 他的朋友们回家后，他感到兴味索然。

　　（2） monotonous n.

　　never changing and therefore boring 单调乏味的

　　例：It's monotonous work.

　　这是个单调的工作。

　　2. succumb vi.

　　~ (to sth) to not be able to fight an attack, an illness, a temptation , etc. 屈服；屈从；抵挡不住（攻击、疾病、诱惑等）

　　例：The town succumbed after a short siege. 该城被围困不久即告失守。

　　同近义词：

　　surrender n. & v.

　　~ (yourself) (to sb) to admit that you have been defeated and want to stop fighting; to allow yourself to be caught, taken prisoner, etc. 投降

　　例：The rebel soldiers were forced to surrender. 叛军被迫投降。

　　3. plumb v.

　　(literary) to try to understand or succeed in understanding sth. mysterious 探索；钻研；探究

　　例：She spent her life plumbing the mysteries of the human psyche. 她毕生探索人类心灵的奥秘。

　　同近义词：

　　explore v.

　　~ (sth) (for sth) to travel to or around an area or a country in order to learn about it 勘探；勘查；探索；考察

　　例：The city is best explored on foot. 好是徒步考察这个城市。

　　4. numb adj. & v.

　　if a part of your body is numb , you cannot feel anything in it, for example because of cold 麻木的；失去知觉的

　　例：to be/go numb麻木；失去知觉

　　词组积累

　　1. to some extent 在一定程度上

　　We use expressions such as to a large extent, to some extent, or to a certain extent in order to indicate that something is partly true, but not entirely true.

　　例：I can only help you understand this concept to some extent.

　　我只能在一定程度上帮助你理解这个概念。

　　2. run for 参加竞选

　　If someone runs for office in an election, they take part as a candidate.

　　例：The scandal of the candidate is seen by many as a way to stop him running for election.

　　这个候选人的丑闻被许多人看作是阻止他竞选的一种手段。

　　3. turn out 被发现是

　　If something turns out to be a particular thing, it is discovered to be that thing.

　　例：Much of what I stumbled into by following m curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. 我跟着好奇心和直觉走，所遇到的大部分事情，后来都被证明是无价之宝。

　　4. depart from 违反，另辟蹊径

　　If you depart from a traditional, accepted, or agreed way of doing something, you do it in a different or unexpected way.

　　例：He decided to depart from his prepared text to appease the angry audience.

　　为了安抚愤怒的听众，他决定放弃准备好的讲稿。

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