22考研英语词汇背诵100天【第五十七天】

2. inedible [in'edibl]

adj. 不能吃的

真题例句：If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it’ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman’s notorious bad taste in ties.如果你是你谈话对象集体中的一员，你就有条件去了解你们所共有的经历和问题，你就可对餐厅极难吃的食物或者总裁在选择领带方面差劲的品味进行评头论足。

3. verdict ['və:dikt]

n. 结论；裁定

真题例句：Concerns were raised that witnesses might be encouraged exaggerate their stories in court to ensure guilty verdicts. 这引起了人们的关注：证人为了确保法庭给被告定罪，可能会被怂恿在法庭上夸大事实。

4. stubbornly ['stʌbənli]  

adv. 顽固地；倔强地

真题例句：Davidson’s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign worker.最近有大量文章都认为，失业率居高不下以及中产阶级收入一直下降很大程度上是由于经济大衰退造成的需求大幅下降；但也是因为全球化和信息科技革命的进步，工人以前所未有的速度被机器或外国劳工所取代，戴维森此文只是其中一篇而已。

5. exchange [iks'tʃeindʒ]  

n. 交换；交流v. 交换；交易

真题例句：However, Obamacare has allowed more than 12 million people to either get insurance through Medicaid or the exchanges.然而奥巴马医改法案使得超过1200万人可以通过医改援助或医疗保险交易获得保险。

6. description [di'skripʃən]

n. 描述，描写；类型；说明书

真题例句：Certainly their descriptions of battles are confused. 毫无疑问，他们对战斗的描述会令人费解。

7. molecular [məu'lekjulə]

adj. [化学] 分子的；由分子组成的

2003·真题例句：Scientists must communicate their message to the public in a compassionate, understandable way—in human terms, not in the language of molecular biology.科学家必须把他们的意思传达给公众，并且要使用有同情心和通俗易懂的语言，一般人能够明白的语言，而不要使用分子生物学的语言。

8. economist[ɪˈkɑ:nəmɪst]

n.经济学家，经济专家;

真题例句：Under modern conditions, this requires varying measures of centralized control and hence the help of specialized scientists such as economists and operational research experts. 在现代条件下，这需要程度不同的集中控制措施，从而就需要获得诸如经济学和运筹学等领域的专家的协助。

9. mercy ['mɜːsɪ] 

n. 仁慈，宽容；怜悯

真题例句：Perhaps it is humankind’s long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the idea of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating.可能正是因为人类长期遭受旱涝灾害的摆布才使得人们治理江河、供我驱策的理想如此令人痴迷。

10. chaotic [kei'ɔtik] 

adj. 混沌的；混乱的，无秩序的

真题例句：This rule is meant to address the difficulty that students from impoverished or chaotic homes might have in completing their homework.该规定旨在解决来自贫困或混乱家庭的学生在完成家庭作业时可能遇到的困难。

【趣味神话】

卡俄斯（英语：Chaos；希腊语：Χάος）是传说中的混沌之神，一切世界及概念的开始。

根据赫西俄德和早期古希腊神话（公元前8世纪）记载：宇宙之初，只有卡俄斯，他是一个无边无际、一无所有的空间。

随后他依靠无性繁殖从自身内部诞生了大地之神盖亚（Gaia）、地狱深渊神塔耳塔洛斯（Tartarus）、黑暗神俄瑞波斯（Erebus）、黑夜女神尼克斯（Nyx）和爱神厄洛斯（Eros）世界由此开始。