高頻詞講解:Concession

共出現(xiàn)2次,均作為陪考詞出現(xiàn)。
n. 1.讓步,妥協(xié);2.特許,特許權(quán);3.承認(rèn),認(rèn)可。

真題講解:

A 1. At that time, the economy was still undergoing a _____ and job offers were hard to get. (05/12)
A) recession
B) concession
C) supervision
D) deviation
翻譯:那時候,經(jīng)濟還處于衰退中,很難獲得工作機會。
Concession讓步;Supervision監(jiān)督;Recession衰退;Deviation偏離。
從句中的“很難獲得工作機會”可以推斷出經(jīng)濟處于衰退期。

B 2. It is hard to tell whether we are going to have a boom in the economy or a ________. (01/6)
A) concession
B) recession
C) submission
D) transmission
翻譯:我們究竟會迎來經(jīng)濟的繁榮期還是衰退期還很難說。
Concession讓步,妥協(xié);特許,特許權(quán);承認(rèn),許可;Recession衰退期,經(jīng)濟衰退;
Submission服從,投降;Transmission傳遞,遞送,傳染;播送,發(fā)射。


高頻詞講解:Concise

共出現(xiàn)2次,作為主考詞1次,陪考詞1次。
adj. 簡明的,簡要的

真題講解:

A 1. The new secretary has written a remarkably ____report within a few hundred words but with all the important details included. (03/9)
A) concise
B) brisk
C) precise
D) elaborate
翻譯:那位新秘書僅用幾百字寫就一份非?!膱蟾?,并且所有的重要細(xì)節(jié)都包括在內(nèi)了。
第八期的brisk時出現(xiàn)過這句話。
Concise簡要的,指僅用少量詞語而表達(dá)較多內(nèi)容,強調(diào)言簡意賅;
Precise精確的,著重于精確,多修飾information details等report的內(nèi)容,而不修飾report;
Brisk輕快的,多修飾行動或心情;Elaborate詳盡的,與句意矛盾。

B 2. The kitchen was small and ______ so that the disabled could reach everything without difficulty. (99/1)
A) conventional
B) compact
C) compatible
D) concise
翻譯:廚房很小而且……因此殘疾人可以不費力地夠著每件東西。
Conventional慣例的,習(xí)俗的,傳統(tǒng)的;Compact小巧的,緊湊的;緊密的,堅實的;使堅實
; Compatible協(xié)調(diào)的,一致的,兼容的;Concise簡明的,簡練的;
根據(jù)題意“殘疾人可以不費力地夠著每件東西”,是因為“廚房很小而且緊湊”。