2010考研英语：历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇(37)

　　urge[ə:dʒ]

　　v.①催促，力劝;②强烈希望;③鼓励，促进;n.强烈欲望，迫切要求

　　[真题例句] For the women of my generation who were urged (v.①) to keep juggling through the '80s, downshifting in the mid 90s is not so much a search for the mythical good life-growing your own organic vegetables, and risking turning into one-as a personal recognition of your limitations.[2001年阅读5]

　　[例句精译] 对我们这一代女性来说，整个80年代我们曾被迫忙碌地生活，90年代中期的简化生活与其说是寻求神话般的好生活-自己种有机蔬菜并试图与之合一-倒不如说我们都认识到了自身的局限。

　　[真题例句] From the beginning of our history, says Hofstadter, our democratic and populist urges (n.) have driven us to reject anything that smells of elitism.[2004年阅读4]

　　[例句精译] 霍夫斯塔特说：自历史之初，我们的民主和平民主义倾向就使我们摒弃一切和精英主义沾边的东西。

　　stump[stʌmp]

　　n.树桩, 残余, 烟头v.掘去树桩, 砍成树桩, 绊倒, 难住, 截去

　　nasty[ˈnɑ:sti]

　　a.①肮脏的，卑劣的，下流的;②令人厌恶的

　　[真题例句] Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty (①).[2002年阅读2]

　　[例句精译] 从人类最初有了智慧至今，人们一直在设计日益巧妙的工具来处理那些危险的、枯燥的、繁重的或者只是简单肮脏的工作。

　　conservative[kənˈsə:vətiv]

　　a.保守的，守旧的;n.保守主义者

　　[真题例句] Dr. Worm acknowledges that these figures are conservative (a.), one reason for this is that fishing technology has improved.[2006年阅读3]

　　[例句精译] Worm博士承认这些数据还是保守的，一个原因就是捕鱼技术已经改进了很多。

　　[真题例句] 66. The word "demographers" (Line 1, Paragraph 7) most probably means.[1998年阅读4]

　　[D] conservatives (n.) clinging to old patterns of life

　　[例句精译] 66、单词"demographer"(第七段第一行)最可能的意思是_________。

　　[D] 坚持旧生活模式的保守主义者