【例】Visitors are allowed to participate in the simulative wedding ceremony.游客可參加模擬婚禮活動。
【同義替換】join; share; contain, include
【派生】participation n.分享;參與 participator n.參與者
【真題】Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate in our democracy.沒有批判思考的能力,沒有捍衛他人的觀念并理解他人觀念的能力,他們就不可能充分參與我們的民主。
★ saturate
v.使濕透,浸透;使充滿,使飽和
n.飽和脂肪
【例1】I went out in rain and got saturated.我冒著雨出門,渾身都淋透了。
【例2】So many refugees have arrived that the camps have reached saturation point.來了那么多的難民,營房都住滿了。
【構詞】satur(足,飽)+-ate(使……)→使飽和,使充滿
【同義替換】drench, soak
【派生】saturated a.飽和的;滲透的 saturation n.飽和;滲透
★ infrastructure
n.基礎;基礎設施
【例1】We actively press ahead with the infrastructure development plan.我們積極推進基礎建設計劃。
【例2】Urban infrastructure facilities have improved considerably.城市基礎設施有了很大改觀。
【構詞】infra-(前綴,表“在下”)+structure(基礎)→基礎
【同義替換】base, substructure
【派生】infrastructural a.基礎的;基礎結構的(尤指社會、國家賴以生存和發展的)
【真題】Countries that still think foreign investment is an invasion of their sovereignty might well study the history of infrastructure (the basic structural foundations of a society) in the United States.那些認為外國投資是對本國主權的侵犯的國家最好還是研究一下美國的基礎建設歷史(社會的基本結構基礎)。
★ imply
v.意指,含……意思,暗示
【例】According to Bloomberg, citing CMA Datavision, spreads at the current level imply a 69.6% chance of default in two years and a 91.8% chance in five years.彭博資訊引自CMA Datavision的分析表明,目前的溢價水平意味著2年內發生違約的概率為69.6%,而在5年內發生違約的概率將高達91.8%。
【構詞】im-(里面)+ply(折疊)→重疊其中→暗示
【同義替換】hint, suggest, indicate
【真題】That concept implies educational opportunity for all children—the right of each child to receive help in learning to the limits of his or her capacity, whether that capacity be small or great.這一概念暗示了所有兒童都有受教育的機會——這個機會就是每個孩子擁有一種權利,使其能夠在學習上獲得最大限度的幫助,無論學生本身的能力大小。