考研英语历年真题例句详解含译文翻译Use1.usage ['ju:zidʒ]n. 使用，用法；习惯，习俗；惯用法【同义词】employment utilization【真题例句】UK interests which enjoy advantage from the breadth of English usage would consequently face new pressures. （2017翻译）参考译文：因英语的广泛使用而享有优势的英国利益相关者将因此面临全新的压力2.used[ju:zd]a. 用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯∕经常【同义词】habitual accustomed【真题例句】Part of the increase comes from drugs being used to replace other kinds of treatments. 参考译文：部分（费用）增长是因为药物替代了其他的治疗手段2005新题型）3.useful ['ju:sful]a. 有用的，实用的；有益的，有帮助的【同义词】helpful beneficial【真题例句】There are newsletters that give hundreds of thousands of Americans useful tips on anything from recycling their cling-film to making their own soap.（2001阅读5）参考译文：有些简讯给美国人提供成千上万条有用的点子，从回收保鲜膜到自造肥皂。
4.usual ['ju:ʒuəl]a. 通常的,平常的【同义词】traditional conventional【真题例句】Straitford’s briefs don’t sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. Straitford（2003阅读1）参考译文：公司的简报听上去不像华盛顿当局常常提供的躲闪的言辞，这些政府机构往往以此来避免发布引人注目的言论，因为这些言论可能会出错5.usually [ˈjuːʒʊəlɪ]ad. 通常，平常【同义词】generally mostly【真题例句】When we are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, most of us give in to a demoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychological conditions.（2013翻译）参考译文：当我们被剥夺绿地、植物和树木时，我们大多数人常常把陷人精神颓丧归咎于某些心理疾病。
6.abuse [ə'bju:z, ə'bju:s]vt. 滥用；虐待，辱骂；诋毁 n.滥用；恶习；弊端【真题例句】“Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering,” to the extent that it constitutes “systematic patient abuse.” （2002考研英语阅读Text 4）参考译文：“不少医生对病人不必遭受的、可预见的痛苦无动于衷”，甚至到构成“蓄意虐待病人”的程度7.pause [pɔ:z]v./n. 中止，暂停【同义词】hang【真题例句】Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what differentiates us from animals: doge can think about the future only intermittently or for a few minutes.（2013考研英语阅读Text 3）参考译文：我们能够通过停顿来抑制我们的本能反应，这就是我们与动物的区别：Doge只能断断续续地思考未来，或者只思考几分钟。
8.blouse [blauz]n. 女衬衣，短上衣，宽阔的罩衫Tend1.tendency ['tendənsi]n. 趋势，趋向；倾向【同义词】liability trend【真题例句】This tendency in the natural sciences has long been evident in the social sciences too.（2012翻译）参考译文：长久以来，自然科学界的这一趋势在社会科学中也很明显2.tender ['tendə]a. 嫩的；敏感的；温柔的 v. 提出提供；投标b.3.tent [tent]n. 帐篷4.tentative ['tentətiv]a. 试探性的，暂时的；犹豫不决的【同义词】hypothesis proof【真题例句】Now that you have developed a topic into a tentative thesis, you can assemble your notes and begin to flesh out whatever outline you have made.（2008新题型）参考译文：既然你已经把一个话题扩展为一个初步论题，下面就可以整合笔记，并开始着手充实你已经拟定好的任何提纲了。
5.attend [ə'tend]vt. 出席，参加；照顾，护理 vi.注意；侍奉［真题例句]Before, it was legally required for all children to attend school until a certain age.（1999考研英语阅读Text 3）参考译文：之前，法律规定所有儿童在达到一定年龄时都要上学6.attendant [ə'tendənt]n. 陪从；出席人；服务员 a. 出席的；伴随的7.attendance [ə'tendəns]n. 出席；出席人数；护理，照料［真题例句]The theatre attendance is on the rise.（2006考研英语阅读Text 2选项）参考译文：剧院到场人数逐步攀升8.attention [ə'tenʃən]n. 注意，注意力；立正；特别照顾；照料［真题例句]Apart from certain values of industriousness and thrift, the intellectual and emotional reaction of the forms of human association under which the world’s work is carried on receives little attention as compared with physical output.（2009考研英语翻译）参考译文：除了勤劳、节俭等一些价值观外，世界上各项工作运行所依赖的各种人际交往中存在的智力和情感反应，仍然没有像物质产出那样引起人们的关注。
9.contend [kən'tend]v. 竞争，斗争；坚决主张[同义词]compete[真题例句]t is the playgoers, the RSC contends, who bring in much of the town's revenue because they spend the night... pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. （2006考研英语阅读Text2）参考译文：RSC 坚持认为，正是戏剧迷们为这个城镇带来了大量收入，因为他们在这里过夜…… 把大把的钱花在旅店和餐馆里10.content ['kɔntent]n. 容量，内容，(pl.) 目录 a. (with)满足的[同义词]Satisfied[真题例句]In many cases, it would not be overly burdensome for authorities to obtain a warrant to search through phone contents.（2015考研英语阅读Text2）参考译文：很多情况下，官方申请张授权令去搜查内 容不是很难的。
11.extend [ik'stend]v. 延长，延伸；扩充；给予；提供；估价[真题例句]... Vermont case will offer a precedent-setting 考研英语阅读Test of how far those powers extend.……（2012考研英语阅读Test2）参考译文：这些权限究竟能扩大到什么地步, Vermont案为此提供了可设为先例的测试12.extent [ik'stent]n. 广度，宽度，长度；程度，限度[真题例句]Today they argue that market prices overstate losses, because they largely reflect the temporary illiquidity of markets, not the likely extent of bad debts.（2010考研英语阅读Test4）参考译文：如今，他们声称市场价格夸大了损失，因为市场价格在很大程度上只反映了市场暂时的非流动性，而不能反映坏账的可能性程度13.intend [in'tend]vt. 想要，打算，企图【同义词】plan【真题例句】Justices intended to check the power of the Administration.（2013考研英语阅读Text 4）参考译文：司法部打算限制政府的权力。
14.intention [in'tenʃən]n. 意图，意向，目的【同义词】purpose；aim【真题例句】Time, rather than intention, has given them legitimacy.（2014考研英语阅读Text 3）参考译文：时间而非意图赋予了他们合法性15.pretend [pri'tend, pri:-]v. 假装，假托，借口，（在演戏中）装扮16.retention[ri'tenʃən]n. 保留，保持，保持力，记忆力【同义词】17.tense [tens]n. 时态 v. 拉紧，（使）紧张 a. 绷紧的，紧张的【同义词】intense stressed【真题例句】Instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.（2011阅读4）。