【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)。
legitimate
a.合法的;合理的,合乎邏輯的 v.使合法
【例】Last year he grumbled that some of the judges’ musings wrer “ not democratically legitimate ”. 去年他就抱怨說,法官的一些考量“民主上講并不合法”。
【構詞】leg(法律)+itim(最)+-ate(動詞詞綴)→最具法律性→合法的
【同義替換】lawful, legal, justified
【派生】legitimately ad.合法地 legitimize v.使(某事物)有合法地位
【真題1】In effect, the White House claimed that it could invalidate any otherwise legitimate state law that it disagrees with.
事實上,白宮聲稱可以判定任何與之相左的州立法律無效。
【真題2】As Nature has pointed out before, there are some legitimate concerns about how science prizes —both new and old— are distributed.
正如《自然》以前曾指出,科學獎項(包括新的和舊的)的分配方式確有值得擔憂指出。
vigorous
a.朝氣蓬勃的,精力旺盛的
【例】Optimists expect a vigorous rebound ad confidence returns, pent-up demand is unleashed and massive government stimulus takes effect.樂觀人士預計在信心回穩、抑制的需求得到釋放以及政府大規模刺激方案取得成效的情況下,經濟會有力的反彈。
【構詞】vigor(活力)+-ous(形容詞詞綴)→有活力的
【同義替換】robust, strong
【派生】vigorously ad.有活力地
【真題】Reform has been vigorously opposed, perhaps most notoriously in education, where charter schools, academies and merit pay all faced drawn-out battles.