1、process 24过程 thinking is essentially a process of making connections in the brain.essential 完全必要的 本质上的essence 本质 in essence 本质上 essentiallyvt, 处理 加工cpu central processing unit_ A proceed B. process C. procedureCPU central processing unitcess/cede/ceed=gonecessarynecessary successcakecatcutecancelcon
2、centrate c+e,y,icell cycle circlenegative ne pas neither recession 衰退（尤指经济）Meanwhile, as the recession is looming large, people are getting anxious.(2010)loom large 令人担忧令人生畏地隐现阴森地逼近令人担忧proceed 前进 继续进行（with）proceedings n 起诉procedure 流程 processBut dont bother trying to kill off old habits; once those
3、ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, theyre there to stay.(2009)get out of the ruts wear 穿；磨损ruts 陈规suc=sub precede 先于 succeed 成功 继承thunder precedes the sunlight.success 成功succeed 成功 继承successor 继承者predecessor 前任precedent 先例unprecedented 空前的 concede 不情愿地承认concession 销售区 优惠 让步 特许权make a concess
4、ion to 阴谋 计划access 入口；获取途径 Gs scheme was intended to provide the unemployed with easier access to benefit.(2014)accessible 容易得到的 可接近的excess n.多余 a 多余的Americans, she finds, buy roughly 20 billion garments a yearabout 64 items per personand no matter how much they give away, this excess leads to waste
5、 (2013)excessive 过量的 过分的exceed 超过 exceed sb in sth exceedingly veryextremely extraordinarily outstandinglyexceptionallyenormouslytremendouslydramaticallydrastically individual 23 adj.个体的； n.个人individualism individualist in+divide divide 除divide 分歧3/4 3 divided by 4a difference or disagreement betwee
6、n two groups, typically producing tensiondividend 意外收获；收益pay dividend 产生收益issue 23 v 发行 公布 n 问题legal 23 法律的 leg=lawour legal system was designed to set law apart from politics precisely because they are so closely tied. legitimate 6 合理的 合法的legislature 立法机构legislate v 立法financial 21 财政的 金融的he finally
7、 took a post at a major financial institution three years later(2011)post 职位 工作commercial 商业的 n 广告pressure 21 压力 press to do 催促压 press 压 出版社 新闻界press conference press the button press sb to do 催促 杀头this is a subtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we see every day.subtle
8、difference finethere is a fine line between love and hate.imitate 模仿 MIT conscious 有意识的consciousness 意识be conscious of be aware ofbe environmentally conscious subconscious 下意识的conscientious 兢兢业业 尽职尽责的 risk 21 风险 危险put at risk 使处境危险if that happens, passionate consumers would try to persuade others to
9、 boycott products, putting the reputation of the target company at risk. consumerism 消费主义passion compassion com 同情compassionate 同情的 pros and cons权衡利弊take a risk take risks 冒风险 weightpros and cons weigh pros and consweigh the benefits against the riskssubstance 21 根据 事实基础substantial 可观的 显著的substantia
10、lly improve sth substantial damages 巨额赔偿金substantial amount of considerable 客观的 程度大的asset 20 优点 资产（pl ） these gave banks more freedom to use models to value illiquid assets and more flexibility in recognizing losses on long-term assets in their income statements.(收益表)lose loss n 损失be at a loss 不知所措a
11、 good education is an asset that you can fall back on in your entire life.assess 评估self-assessmenthumanity 20 人性 人类 人文科学 （pl ）liberty humanities scienceliberal-art 文科人文科学（pl ） 10人类 10人性 science and technology would cure all the ills of humanity, leading to lives of fulfillment and opportunity for al
12、l.ill 弊病human 人；人的human nature 人之常情racehumankind 人类the human race 人类humanism 人文主义humanist humanitarianism 人道主义humanitarian human being 人hum土humid 湿热的humidifier 加湿器Vanity(2) is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they afford not to.(2013)vanity 虚荣 vanity table vanity bag
13、 vanity mirror van/vain=空deprive 剥夺de vanish 突然消失When we are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, most of us give in to a demoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychological conditions, until one day we find ourselves in a garden and feel the oppression vanish as if by magic.vai
14、n 徒劳的do sth in vain 徒劳地做某事sustainable moral 道德的 morale 士气元气humiliate 侮辱humble 卑微的humidhumorfunction 19 vi 正常运转 n 功能dysfunctionspecies 19 物种 单复同形the fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years- so why shouldnt we?special durex durable 耐用的 持久的during 在。 。 。期间 dure=持续endure
15、忍受；持续record 记录 纪录 唱片break the record set the record keep the recordrecord vt 记录community 19 社区 团体 社会international community communism 共产主义communist 共产主义者this is a shame-the community should be grasping the opportunity to raise its influence in the real world.grasp 抓住 理解seize the chance/ opportunity
16、raise 举起 使 上升 抚养 筹集rise sunrise arise 出现(from)arouse 激起challenge n. 挑战 vt.we reason together, challenge, revise and complete each others reasoning and each others conception of reasoncomplete adj. 完整 完全的vt 补充 使 完成complement n. 补充compliment n 赞扬Ill take it as a compliment.concept n 概念conception n 概念r
17、evise 修订vis看visit it=go exitvision 视野 想像visionary 有远见的（人）television 电视telephone symphony 交响乐telegraphtelecommunication telescope 望远镜 远visible =可见的invisible 隐形的vista 前景 景色看天下hasta la vista 后会有期supervise 监督 监管 照料supervisor 导师 监管人vis=vid video evidence 证据evident 明显的self-evident 不言自明的major 17 主要的 重要的 ma
18、jor in English 主修English is my major 主修课minor 次要的minor in 辅修English is my minor 辅修课minor 未成年人majority 大多数minority 少数ethnic minority ethic 道德的the majority of union 17 联盟the European Union the EUthe student union reunion 团聚uni=1unit 单元 单位unite vt 联合united 联合的； 团结的united we stand; divided we fall.the u
19、nited states of America the UKthe united kingdomthe UNthe united nationsreunite 使团聚 unique 独一无二的we aim to be objective, but we cannot escape the context of our unique life experience(2012)text 文本context 上下文；背景环境uniform 校服 制服 adj.统一的unify 使统一universe 宇宙versvert 转universal 普遍的 全民its universally acknow
20、ledged that 大家都认为 dis=di 分开diverse 多样的diversity 多样性biodiversity 生物多样性reverse倒车 反转 decades ago, Asia asked itself what it can learn from the modern and innovating West. Now the question must be reversed, what can the over indebted and sluggish western nations learn from the flourishing Asiaflowerinno
21、vate 13 革新innovationinnovative 创新的in+nov +ate nov=new=新novel 新颖的converse 匡威相反的avert 转移（注意力，目光）避免invert 颠倒introvert 内向的（人） ；extrovert 外向的（人） renovate 翻新.slug 蛞蝓 鼻涕虫WiFiwireless fidelity 忠诚fid相信confidentHi-Fi devote 奉献 sacrifice high fidelity 高保真embody 体现No union is more profound than marriage, for it
22、 embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstan
23、d these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilizations oldest institutions. They
24、ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.institution 制度；机构modesty 谦逊indignation 义愤invoice 发票exclude 排除 exclusive 独家的include 包括 clus=close preclude 阻止 预防preventstopconclude 结束；下结论to be continueto be concluded conclusion 结论conclusive 确定的grant take things fo
25、r granted 认为。 。 。理所当然criticism 16 批评；评论critic 评论家；批评家criticism yet a considerable number of the most significant collections of criticism （published in the 20th century） consisted in large part of newspaper.A consist of Bconsist in 存在于critical 批评的 ; 关键的critical thinking be critical to criticize vt.批
26、评 major 17majority minority minorgenetic 18 gene 基因的 遗传的critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is compared.genius 天才gender 性别genuine 真的journal 16期刊 杂志copyright rested with the journal publisher, and researchers seeking knowle
27、dge of the result would have to subscribe to the journal.subscriber 用户 scribe=write subscribe to 订阅subscription prescribe 开（药）prescription 处方describe 描述p.s. 附言 postscriptpost 后postgraduate undergraduate post-warpost-Mao erapost-modernrest on 取决于rest with 取决于journalism 新闻界journalist 记者All around the
28、world, lawyers generate more hostility than the members of other professionswith the possible exception of journalism.( 2014)profession 职业the oldest professionprofessional 专业的；职业的 n.专业人士amateur 业余爱好者professor peer 16a journal editor would then remove the authors name and affiliations from the paper
29、and send it to peers for review.peer group peer pressurepeer reviewpeer into 仔细看several massive leakage of customer and employee data this year have left managers hurriedly peering into their intricate IT systems and business processes in search of potential vulnerabilities.attitude 15 态度this courag
30、eous attitude in fact become a requirement for the performances of Beethovens music.courageous 勇敢的brave the difficulties 勇敢面对fearless 无畏的bold 大胆的old, but we are not that old,young , but we are not that bold.audacious 无畏的publish 15 出版 publicdecade 15only a decade earlier, such an act would have requi
31、red legislative approval in Virginia.legislate prove approve 批准；赞成（of）policy 15now its a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is the government.aggressive 积极强硬的reform 15 reform and openingas though=as if 好像its as though 20-years of ever-tougher reforms of the job search and benefit administration system never happened.refer 15 refer to 提及 参考 指的是as the brain fades, we refer to these occurrences as “senior moments”employee employertraineetrusteeintervieweeinterviewerreferee 裁判
