1.Be equipped to 有准备/能力…
2. risk (动词) 使…冒风险(或面临危险);冒…的风险(或危险):
If they stayed there, they risked death.
如果待在那儿,就面临危险
This move risks national failure.
这一行动将使国家面临失败的危险。
=这一举动有可能导致国家失败。
3. A is portrayed as B: A被描述为B (view A as B 认为A是B)
4. inexorable (that cannot be stopped or changed不可阻挡的;无法改变的)
= relentless=inevitable 不可避免的
5. limited government 有限政府(这是右派的政治主张,认为政府不能管太多)
6.be down to sb 是某人的责任;由某人负责:
(1) It's down to you to check the door.
检查门是否关好是你的事。
(2) be down to sb / sth
由…引起(或造成):
She claimed her problems were down to the media.她声称她的问题是媒体造成的
7.starkly:明显地
8. sth find favor among sb:某事受到某人的认为和支持
9.make exceptions for A 对A有例外
10. sought-after 争相获得的;吃香的;广受欢迎的:
例句:This design is the most sought after.
这一款最为紧俏。
a much sought-after actress
非常走红的女演员
11. victory over… (over是固定搭配)对于…的胜利;= triumph over
12.resourceful 足智多谋
13.a far cry (固定搭配)和...很不同,和...大相径庭;(和from搭配)
The type A virus, a far cry from common virus, is under our study.
我们正在研究A型病毒,这是一种和普通病毒完全不同的病毒。
14. Stretch:
常见含义:伸,拉,拽
考研考点:
(1).There is no stretch to say that…
= There is no exaggeration to say that…
(写作句式:毫不夸张的说)
(2).stretched:形容词。表示经济困难,常翻译为:捉襟见肘;
(3).at the full stretch: 常常做状语,表示:尽最大的财力和物力;
15.A is a tribute B: A体现了B的良好效果或影响的
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