考研英语二阅读真题词汇（二十）
prospect
(1) n.展望；前景；希望
– There’s a reasonable prospect that his debts will be paid.
有理由相信他会偿还债务的。
(2) v.勘探；寻找
– Thousands moved to the area to prospect for gold.
数以千计的人涌入那个地区淘金。
【联想】：①inspect v.检查 ②suspect v.怀疑 ③prospective adj.未来的；预期的 ③prosperous adj.繁荣的；兴旺的 ④perspective n.远景；前景；观点
market
(1) n.市场；商场；行情
– The foreign market was increasingly crucial.
国外市场越来越重要了。
(2) v.在市场上交易；营销
– It is marketed as a low-alcohol wine.
它作为一种低度酒投放市场。
【联想】：①supermarket n.超市 ②fair n.展览会 adj.公平的；合理的 ③downmarket n.低端市场
creation
n.创作；创造物
– The manifesto gives pride of place to job creation.
这项宣言将创造工作机会放在首位。
【联想】：recreation n.娱乐；消遣；修养
overlooked
(1) v.忽视；俯视
– She’s been overlooked for promotion several times.
几次提职时都没有考虑她。
(2) adj.被忽视的
– a kind of overlooked inequality.
一种被容易忽略的不公平（歧视）。
【联想】：①oversee v.监督；俯视；审查 ②overrate v.过高估计 ③underrate v.对（某物或某人）评价过低 ③oversight n.疏忽；失察 ④overestimate v.对…作过高的评论 ⑤overcome v.战胜；克服
jump
n/v.跳跃；迅速而突然行动
– The story takes a jump back in time.
这故事一转又回到以前发生的事情。
【联想】：jump to rescue 急忙赶来救援
voluntarily
adv.自愿地；自动地；主动地
– The fund is voluntarily administered.
这个基金是无偿管理的。
【联想】：①volunteer n.志愿者 v.自愿做 ②voluntary adj.自愿的；自发的 n.志愿者；志愿行为 ③vulnerable adj.脆弱的；易受伤的
part-time
adj.兼职的；部分时间的
– The fund is voluntarily administered.
这个基金是无偿管理的。
【联想】：①full-time adj.全职的；全部时间的 ②half-time n.中场休息
enough to
足够…去做；足以
– You are probably well enough to take a little light exercise.
你恢复得不错，大概可以做些轻微的运动了。
make ends meet
收支相抵；勉强维持生计
– They will be forced to work to make ends meet.
他们将不得不工作，否则就会入不敷出。
hands on
动手；实习的；亲自动手的
– Place your hands on the table with the palms facing upwards.
把手放在桌子上，手心朝上。
weakness
n.软弱；弱点；嗜好
– It’s important to know your own strengths and weaknesses.
了解自己的优缺点很重要。
【联想】：shortcoming n.缺点；短处
no longer
不再
– Many young people no longer feel they have a stake in society.
很多年轻人不再觉得他们与社会休戚相关。
insurance
n.保险
– Always make a backup disk as an insurance policy.
为保险起见，每次都要做备份磁盘。
precondition
n.前提；先决条件
– They made multi-party democracy a precondition for giving aid.
他们把实施多党民主作为给予援助的前提。
Medicaid
n.医疗补助制度（美国政府向贫困者提供的医疗保险）
– Today, we’re often told that Medicare and Medicaid are in crisis.
今天，我们经常听到医疗保险和医疗补助制度危机重重。
【联想】：medical adj.医疗的；医术的
exchange
n/v.交换；兑换
– We need to promote an open exchange of ideas and information.
我们需要促进思想和信息的公开交流。
【联想】：①in exchange 作为交换 ②exchange … for 以…交换 ③transmit v.传送；传播 ④transfer v.传递；转移 ⑤remove v.移动；移交 ⑥challenge n.挑战
classification
n.分类；分级
– Its tariffs cater for four basic classifications of customer.
它的价目表适合4个基本类别的顾客。
【联想】：①class n.班级；等级；阶级 ②classify v.归类；划分；界定
trouble
(1) n.麻烦；问题；困难
– The trouble with you is you don’t really want to work.
你的问题在于你并不是很想工作。
(2) v.使烦恼；苦恼；费神
– I don’t want to trouble the doctor with such a small problem.
我不想为了这个小毛病麻烦医生。
