【例】Charcoal here implies a component with variable properties, not a specific chemical.木炭是一種具有可變性質而不是特定性質的化學藥品。
【構詞】vari(改變)+-able→能改變的→可變的
【同義替換】changeable, mobile, unstable, liquid
【真題】Building on the basic truth about interpersonal influence, the researchers studied the dynamics of social influence by conducting thousands of computer simulations of populations manipulating a number of variables relating to people’s ability to influence others and their tendency to be influenced.
【例】But its greedy elite will still try to manipulate the scheme.不過,該國貪婪的精英們仍將試圖操控這一計劃。
【構詞】e+lite(=lig選擇)→精選出來的→精英
【同義替換】cream, essence, quintessence
【派生】elitism n.精英主義;杰出人物統治論
【真題】If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006’s World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months.
【真題】Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attached the bill and the haste of its passage,