Tend
1.tendency ['tendənsi]
n. 趋势,趋向;倾向
【同义词】
liability trend
【真题例句】
This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciences too.(2012翻译)
参考译文:长久以来,自然科学界的这一趋势在社会科学中也很明显。
2.tender ['tendə]
a. 嫩的;敏感的;温柔的 v. 提出提供;投标
b.
3.tent [tent]
n. 帐篷
4.tentative ['tentətiv]
a. 试探性的,暂时的;犹豫不决的
【同义词】
hypothesis proof
【真题例句】
Now that you have developed a topic into a tentative thesis, you can assemble your notes and begin to flesh out whatever outline you have made.(2008新题型)
参考译文:既然你已经把一个话题扩展为一个初步论题,下面就可以整合笔记,并开始着手充实你已经拟定好的任何提纲了。
5.attend [ə'tend]
vt. 出席,参加;照顾,护理 vi.注意;侍奉
[真题例句]
Before, it was legally required for all children to attend school until a certain age.(1999考研英语阅读Text 3)
参考译文:之前,法律规定所有儿童在达到一定年龄时都要上学。
6.attendant [ə'tendənt]
n. 陪从;出席人;服务员 a. 出席的;伴随的
7.attendance [ə'tendəns]
n. 出席;出席人数;护理,照料
[真题例句]
The theatre attendance is on the rise.(2006考研英语阅读Text 2选项)
参考译文:剧院到场人数逐步攀升。
8.attention [ə'tenʃən]
n. 注意,注意力;立正;特别照顾;照料。
[真题例句]
Apart from certain values of industriousness and thrift, the intellectual and emotional reaction of the forms of human association under which the world’s work is carried on receives little attention as compared with physical output.(2009考研英语翻译)
参考译文:除了勤劳、节俭等一些价值观外,世界上各项工作运行所依赖的各种人际交往中存在的智力和情感反应,仍然没有像物质产出那样引起人们的关注。
9.contend [kən'tend]
v. 竞争,斗争;坚决主张
[同义词]
compete
[真题例句]
t is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in much of the town's revenue because they spend the night... pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. (2006考研英语阅读Text2)
参考译文:RSC 坚持认为,正是戏剧迷们为这个城镇带来了大量收入,因为他们在这里过夜…… 把大把的钱花在旅店和餐馆里。
10.content ['kɔntent]
n. 容量,内容,(pl.) 目录 a. (with)满足的
[同义词]
Satisfied
[真题例句]
In many cases, it would not be overly burdensome for authorities to obtain a warrant to search through phone contents.(2015考研英语阅读Text2)
参考译文:很多情况下,官方申请张授权令去搜查电话内 容不是很难的。
11.extend [ik'stend]
v. 延长,延伸;扩充;给予;提供;估价
[真题例句]
... Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting 考研英语阅读Test of how far those powers extend.……(2012考研英语阅读Test2)
参考译文:这些权限究竟能扩大到什么地步, Vermont案为此提供了可设为先例的测试。
12.extent [ik'stent]
n. 广度,宽度,长度;程度,限度
[真题例句]
Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets, not the likely extent of bad debts.(2010考研英语阅读Test4)
参考译文:如今,他们声称市场价格夸大了损失,因为市场价格在很大程度上只反映了市场暂时的非流动性,而不能反映坏账的可能性程度。
13.intend [in'tend]
vt. 想要,打算,企图
【同义词】
plan
【真题例句】
Justices intended to check the power of the Administration.(2013考研英语阅读Text 4)
参考译文:司法部打算限制政府的权力。
14.intention [in'tenʃən]
n. 意图,意向,目的
【同义词】
purpose;aim
【真题例句】
Time, rather than intention, has given them legitimacy.(2014考研英语阅读Text 3)
参考译文:时间而非意图赋予了他们合法性。
15.pretend [pri'tend, pri:-]
v. 假装,假托,借口,(在演戏中)装扮
16.retention [ri'tenʃən]
n. 保留,保持,保持力,记忆力
【同义词】
17.tense [tens]
n. 时态 v. 拉紧,(使)紧张 a. 绷紧的,紧张的
【同义词】
intense stressed
【真题例句】
Instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.(2011阅读4)
参考译文:幸福不应该以每个快乐的瞬间来衡量;我们应该把幸福视为一种过去时的状态。
18.tension ['tenʃən]
n. (紧张)状态;拉(绷)紧;张力,拉力
【同义词】
strain intensity
【真题例句】
All this has the effect of building up unusual pressures and tensions within the community and consequently presents serious problems for the governments concerned. (2000翻译)
参考译文:所有这一切额外增加了社会内部的压力和紧张,因而也给相关政府提出了许多的严峻的挑战。
19.extensive [ik'stensiv]
a. 广大的,广阔的
[真题例句]
Anthropology is a field-study oriented discipline which makes extensive use of the comparative method in analysis.(2003翻译)
参考译文: 人类学是一个以实地研究为宗旨的学科,它大量使用对比分析的方法。
20.extension [ik'stenʃən]
n. 延长;扩大;范围;大小;尺寸;电话分机
[真题例句]
In 2006, the state went a step further, requiring that any extension of the plant’s license be subject to Vermont legislature’s approval. (2012考研英语阅读Test2)
参考译文:2006年,佛蒙特州进一步要求核电站对营业执照的任何延期都必须经过佛蒙特州立法机关批准。
21.intense [in'tens]
a. 强烈的,剧烈的;热烈的,热情的
【真题例句】
And since the first Internet gambling site was created in 1995, competition for gamblers’ dollars has become intense.(2006考研英语新题型)
参考译文:自从1995年第一家赌博网站成立以来,对赌徒手中钞票的竞争日益加剧。
22.intensity [in'tensəti]
n. 强烈,剧烈;强度
【真题例句】
Beethoven's habit of increasing the volume with an extreme intensity and then abruptly following it with a sudden soft passage was only rarely used by composers before him.(2014考研英语翻译)
参考译文:贝多芬惯以超凡的力度加大音量,随后突然进入一个意想不到的柔和乐段。这种手法在前人的作品中极为罕见。
23.intensive [in'tensiv]
a. 加强的,集中的,深入细致的,精耕细作的
【真题例句】
On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies - to which heavy industry has shifted - have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed.(2002考研英语阅读Text 3)
参考译文:另一方面,进口石油的新兴国家由于转向了重工业,消耗能量更大,因此可能会受到更严重的影响。
24.trend [trend]
n. 倾向,趋势 vi. 伸向,倾向
【同义词】
tendency tide
【真题例句】
In America, the move away from juggling to a simpler, less materialistic lifestyle is a well-established trend.(2001阅读5)
参考译文:在美国,“放慢生活节奏、追求更简朴的生活方式”是一种广泛被接受的新趋势。
25.trench [trentʃ]
n./v. (挖)沟,(挖)战壕