新东方考研词汇下载-2012考研英语词汇表[1](7)

observation ☜♌☜♏♓☞☜⏹（观察；pl.观察后的言论）←observe观察+ation。God creates by intuition; man creates by inspiration, strengthened by observation.上帝凭着直觉创造，人类凭

着由观察加强的灵感创造。

deserve ♎♓☜（v.应受，值得）与desert一起记，“沙漠是应该受到重视的”。It is better to deserve honors and not to have them than to have them and not deserve them.理应拥有荣誉而不

拥有它们胜过拥有荣誉而不应拥有它们。

charitable ♦☞✌❒♓♦☜♌●（仁慈的）即charit(y)+able，charity仁慈，-able形容词后缀。A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the

dog.给狗一根骨头算不上仁慈，仁慈是在你跟狗一样饥饿时与狗分享的骨头。charity —①

giving someone the washing machine it wasn't worth having mended ②the only thing that can

persuade us to get rid of old clothes and shoes 慈善——①将已经不值得修理的洗衣机送给别人

②唯一能够说服我们清除破旧衣鞋的理由。

assumption ☜♦✈❍☐☞☜⏹（假定；承担；呈现）是assume的名词形式；参consumption，2002年Text 3。assumption — the mother of screw-up 臆断——把事情弄糟的根源。interrelationship ♓⏹♦☜☎✆❒♓●♏♓☞☜⏹☞♓☐（相互关系）即inter+relation+ship，inter-相互，relation关系，-ship抽象名词后缀。

encounter ♓⏹♋◆⏹♦☜（v.n.遭遇）即en+counter，en-使，counter对面，“使面对面”→遭遇。If we encountered a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he read.若遇到才智非

凡的人，就应该问他读的是哪些书。

individual ♓⏹♎♓♓♎◆☜●（个别的；个体）即in+divid+ual，in-否定前缀，divid词根“分”，-ual后缀，“不可再分的”→个别的。同根词：divide（v.分配；除）；subdivide→sub

在下+divide→“在下面分”→再分。The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the

individuals composing it.归根结底，国家的价值就是组成它的个人的价值。In science, the total

absorption of the individual event in the generalization is the goal; on the other hand, the

humanities are concerned rather with providing for the special meaning of the individual event

within an appropriate general system.自然科学以在归纳中全部吸收个别情况为目标，人文科学

则更关心在适当的一般性体系之内提供个别情况的特殊意义。individual — a multitude of one

million divided by one million 个人——一百万除一百万所得的人数。

exclusively ♓♦●◆♦♓●♓（专有地；排外地）是exclude（v.除外）的副词形式。Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.对于独立思考的人，自由永

远是也只能是自由。

entertain ♏⏹♦☜♦♏♓⏹（v.招待；使快乐）即enter+tain，enter-(=inter)，tain词根“容纳”，于是“使容纳进来”→招待→使快乐。同根词：contain→con+tain→“一起容纳”→容纳。