考研英语二晨读2018-12-20

● resemble; assemble; assimilate; simulate

● imitate; simultaneous

● vacuum; vacation; vacant; evacuate

注：标星号的词汇为重点单词。

1、resemble

[rɪ'zemb(ə)l]

vt. 像，看起来像，相似

You resemble your mother very closely.

你长得很像你妈妈。

2、*assemble

[ə'semb(ə)l]

v. 集合，聚集； 组装；装配

furniture that is easy to assemble 易于组装的家具

We assembled in the meeting room after lunch.

午饭后我们在会议室集合。

assembly n. 装配；集合，集会

assembly line 装配线，流水作业线

3、assimilate

[ə'sɪmɪleɪt]

v. 同化；吸收

You shouldn’t expect immigrants to assimilate into an alien culture immediately.

你不应该指望移民能够马上融入一种外国文化中。

assimilation n. 同化，吸收

4、simulate

['sɪmjʊleɪt]

vt. 模拟，模仿；假装，伪装

The computer simulates different road conditions for new drivers to practise on.

有些驾驶教练用计算机模拟不同的路况供学习者练习。

simulation n. 仿真，模拟；假装

5、*imitate

['ɪmɪteɪt]

vt. 模仿

Some of the younger pop bands try to imitate their musical heroes from the past.

一些较年轻的流行乐队极力模仿心目中昔日的音乐巨星。

imitation n. 模仿

6、simultaneous

[ˌsɪm(ə)l'teɪnɪəs]

adj. 同时(发生)的

simultaneous interpretation 同声传译

There were several simultaneous explosions in different cities.

几起爆炸同时在不同的城市发生。

simultaneously adv. 同时地

7、vaccum

['vækjʊəm]

n. 真空

a vacuum cleaner 真空吸尘器

8、*vacation

[vəˈkeɪʃn]

n. 假期，休假

They went to Europe on vacation.

他们去欧洲度假了。

9、vacant

['veɪk(ə)nt]

adj. 空的；空缺的；茫然的

The hospital has no vacant beds.

这家医院没有空床位。

The position became vacant when Rodman was promoted.

罗德曼一升职，这个职位就空缺了。

10、evacuate

[ɪ'vækjʊeɪt]

v.（把人从危险的地方）撤离，撤出，疏散，转移

A thousand people were evacuated from their homes following the floods.

洪水爆发后，有1000人撤离了他们的家园。