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小编:Scofield 455熟词僻义是指某一单词有多个义项,同学们熟悉的往往是这个单词最常用的一或两个义项,但在雅思阅读中往往考的是不常用的某一义项。出现这些熟词僻义常会造成误解或阅读障碍,特别是当文章的关键词是一个僻义。下面我们先来看两个雅思阅读真题:
原文:The American zoologist Donald Griffin, who was largely responsible for the discovery of sonar in bats, coined the term ‘echolocation’ to cover both sonar and radar, whether used by animals or by human instruments.(Let’s go bats C7T1P1 )
题干:The word ‘echolocation’ was first used by someone working as a ______________ .
答案:zoologist
解析:coin除了“硬币”还有“首次提出”的意思,对应的题干中的be first used; term除了表示学期,在雅思阅读中还常考“术语”的意思,对应题干中的word。
原文:
He attempted to counter the effect of clouding that sometimes occurred in blown glass by introducing lead to the raw materials used in the process.(The history of glass C12T8P1)
题干:17th century: George Ravenscroft developed a process using____ to avoid the occurrence of _____ in blown glass.
答案:lead,clouding
解析:大家熟悉的是counter“柜台”的意思,但要注意它还有“抵消”的含义,它在本题题干中对应avoid;lead可以当动词表示“带领、导致”,也可以做名词表示一种化学元素“铅”。
由此可知,在雅思备考中,掌握一定的熟词僻义也是必要的,以下是我们为您准备的雅思阅读中常考的熟词僻义,请注意查收哦!
address | 处理 | harbor | 怀有 |
appropriate | 挪用 | spoke | 辐条 |
Spring | 温泉,弹簧,使…反弹 | subject | 受试 |
lead | 铅 | induce | 导致 |
novel | 新奇的 | spot | 发现 |
press | 新闻,出版社 | screen | 筛选 |
board | 董事会 | fashion | 形成 |
term | 术语 | pupil | 瞳孔,小学生 |
alternative | 另类的,新的 | practice | 条例 |
coin | 首次提出 | odd | 奇数 |
rate | 斥责 | fair | 美丽的 |
spell | 魔咒 | film | 胶卷 |
save | 除…外 | wind | 缠绕,胸口 |
outstanding | 未付清的,未解决的 | battery | 笼子,炮兵连,兵器群 |
season | 风干 | count | 罪状 |
weather | 风化 | retire | 就寝 |
fell | 砍伐 | stand | 忍受 |
second | 支持 | well | 井,涌出 |
cross | 易怒的 | blind | 百叶窗 |
hit | 热点 | ear | (稻麦等的)穗 |
house | 议院 | nice | 细微的,微妙的 |