22考研英语词汇背诵100天【第五十五天】

2. profound [prəu'faund] 

adj. 深厚的；意义深远的；渊博的；强烈的

真题例句：Nor was there any evidence that, those who self-enhance the must (that is, the participants who thought the most positively doctored picture were real) were doing so to make up for profound insecurities.也没有任何证据表明那些在最大程度上美化自我的人（他们认为改得最好看的图片是真实的自己）这样做是为了弥补自身强烈的不安全感。

3. underestimate [,ʌndə'estimeit]  

vt. 低估；看轻n. 低估

真题例句：This is the well-travelled road effect: people tend to underestimate the time it takes to travel a familiar route. 这就是熟路效应：人们往往会低估在熟悉的路线上所花费的时间。

4. bureaucracy [,bjʊ(ə)'rɒkrəsɪ]

n. 官僚主义；官僚机构；官僚政治

真题例句：Many an old firm was replaced by a limited liability company with a bureaucracy of salaried managers. 许多旧式企业被有限责任公司所取代，由领薪经理构成其管理机构。

5. boom [buːm] 

v. 使兴旺；发隆隆声n. 繁荣；吊杆；隆隆声

真题例句：Nonstop waves of immigrants played a role, too—and so did bigger crops of babies as yesterday’s “baby boom” generation reached its child bearing years.不断涌入的移民，还有往昔"生育高峰"时期出生的一代也已到了生育年龄，生育了大批婴儿，这些都发挥着作用。

6. survival [sə'vaivəl] 

n. 幸存，残存；幸存者，残存物

真题例句：The most appropriate title for this text would be American Newspapers: Struggling for Survival.本文最适合的标题是：美国报业：奋力求生存。

7. scanty ['skænti]

adj. 缺乏的；吝啬的；仅有的

真题例句：【真题例句】Examples of benefits or costs of the current concentration wave are scanty. 目前这场合并浪潮的利与弊并无多少实例。

8. liberal ['libərəl]

adj. 自由主义的；慷慨的n. 自由主义者

真题例句：The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s counter-culture as responsible for the decline of formal English.在他最近的书《做我们自己的事：语言和音乐的退化，以及为什么我们应该喜欢或在意？》中，这位学者认为 60 年代反文化运动的胜利要对正式英语的退化负责。

9. revival [rɪ'vaɪv(ə)l] 

n. 复兴；复活；苏醒

真题例句：Everywhere you go in America, you hear tales of corporate revival.在美国，无论你走到哪里都会听到企业复苏的故事。

10. electronic [,ilek'trɔnik]

adj. 电子的

真题例句：I’m writing to you concerning a quality problem of the electronic dictionary I bought from your online store ten days ago.我写信给你们是要反映我十天前在你们网店所购买的电子词典的质量问题。