考研英语阅读常见一词多义act,appeal,assume,claim,discipline,fail；figure,feature,issue,note1）Actn.法案，法令动作，举动节目，（戏剧的）幕V.行动，产生的效果担当表演，表现，见效（07-01）this success,coupled with later research showing that memory itself is not geneticallydetermined,led Ericsson to conclude that the act of memorizing is more of a cognitive exercise than anintuitive o n e.（名）行为这一成功，连同后来证明的记忆本身不是遗传决定的研究，使得埃里克森得出结论，即记忆过程是一种认知练习，而不是一种本能练习。（07-04）Regulators will act if firms fail to provide adequate data security.（动）彳 亍 动如果公司没有提供适当的信息安全保护措施，那么监管人员就会采取行动。（06-01）this turned shopping into a public and democratic a c t.（名）行为这使得购物成为一种大众的、民主的行为（96-02）The commercial TV channels ITV and Channel 4 were required by the ThatcherGovernments Broadcasting Act to become more commercial,competing with each other for advertisers,and cutting costs and jo b s.（名）法案商业电视频道ITV 和第四频道应撒切尔政府广播法案的要求进行商业化，彼此竞争广告业务，降低成本，裁减员工。2）Appealn.请求，呼吁上诉吸引力（appealing:有吸引力的）v.求助，诉求控诉（03-03）Shippers who feel they are being overcharged have the right to appeal to the federalgovernments Surface Transportation Board for rate relief,but the process is expensive,time consuming,and will work only in truly extreme c a se s.（动）上诉如果客户感到他们被多收费，他们有权上诉到联邦政府的“陆路运输局”以争取价格下调。但这个过程耗财.、耗时，并且只有在真正极端特殊的情况下才有作用。（99-04）NBAC members also indicated that they would appeal to privately funded researchers andclinics not to try to clone humans by body cell nuclear transfer.（动词）呼吁NBAC的成员明确表示，他们呼吁由私人提供资金的研究人员和机构不要试图通过人体细胞核转移去克隆人。3）Assume/Assumptionv/n:假定，设想采取呈现承担(05-01)Such behavior is regarded as“all too human”,with the underlying assumption that other animalswould not be capable of this finely developed sense of grievance.(名)假 定，假设这种行为被看作是“人之长情”，其潜在的假定其他动物不可能具有如此高度发达的不公平意识。(98-02)What is harder to establish is whether the productivity revolution that businessmen assume theyare presiding over is for r e a l.(动)认为商人们自认为的他们所领导的生产力革命是否确有其事，这一点更加难以确定。(97-02)As is true of any developed society,in America a complex set of cultural signals,assumptions,and conventions underlies all social interrelationships.(名)信念，假定同任何发达国家一样，一系列复杂的文化特征，信念和习俗构成了美国所有社会交往的基础。4)Claimv/n:索赔声称主张(05-01)If you see an article consistently advertised,it is the surest proof I know that the article doeswhat is claimed for it,and that it represents good v a lu e.(动)宣称如果你看到一种商品不断地打广告，我认为这是最可靠的证明，即此商品一定与其宣传名副其实，i定体现良好的价值。(05-04)Equally,in poetry,the highly personal,performative genre is the only form that could claim realliveliness.(动)主张同样的，对于诗歌来说，非常个性化和富有表现力的创作风格成为了能够表达真实生动含义的唯一形式。(01-05)A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me toabandon my relatively high profile career although,in the manner of a disgraced government minister,Icovered my exit by claiming I wanted to spend more time with my family.(动)主张一次平调伤了我的自尊心，并阻断了我的事业发展，这促使我放弃自己地位较高的职业，当然，就像面子扫尽的政府部长那样，我也掩饰性地声称“我只想与家人更多的呆在一起”。(00-05)In an odd way,however,it is the educated who have claimed to have give up on ambition as anid e a l.(动)声称然而，恰恰是那些受过良好教育的人却不可思议地声称他们已经放弃了雄心壮志这一理想。(99-01)As personal injury claims continue as before,some courts are beginning to side with defendants,especially in cases where a warning label probably wouldnt have changed anything.(名)索赔尽管个人伤害的索赔一如既往地继续着，但有些法庭已开始站到被告一方，特别是在处理那些有警示语也无法避免伤害的案件时。(99-05)He has put forward unquestioned claims so consistently that he not only believes them himself,but has convinced industrial and business management that they are true.（名）5）Disciplinen.纪律学科n/v.训练（96-03）The cruel discipline of the strike and lockout taught the two parties to respect each othersstrength and understand the value of fair negotiation.（名）纪律罢工和封厂的严酷惩罚使双方学会了互相尊重对方的力量，理解公正谈判的价值。（96-04）With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline,the American boy develops rapidly into theskilled w orkm an.（名）训练由于有了学校彻底训练过的头脑，美国孩子迅速地成为技术熟练的工人。6）Fairadj.（肤色）白皙的（头发）金黄的干净的公平的（天气）晴朗的n.展览会，市集（07-03）During the past generation,the American middle-class family that once could count on hardwork and fair play to keep itself financially secure had been transformed by economic risk and newrealties.（形容词）公平的在过去的十几年里，美国那些曾经可以依靠辛勤劳动和公平竞争以维持其收入稳定的中产阶层家庭被经济风险和新现实改变了。（03-02）For example,a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair wasdistributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that comes from or is tested inanimals no meat,no fur,no m edicines.（名）集市例如，在近期的一次集市上，一位老奶奶站在动物权利宣传点前散发小册子，规劝人们不要使用动物制品和动物实验制品肉类，毛皮，药物。7）Featuren.特色，特征特写容貌，v.是的特色特写，突出放映起重要作用（07-02）For the past several years,the Sunday newspaper supplement Parade has featured a columncalled ttAskMarilyn.（动）特定，突出在过去的几年，星期日报的增刊 漫步专门开设了一个名为“询问玛丽琳”的专栏。（06-04）Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect h o m es.（动）特定，突出我们的杂志突出刊登满面春风的名人和美满幸福的家庭。（04-01）Its an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such as location,title,and salary,then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database.（名）特点，特征它的特点是互动，允许访问者自定求职要求诸如工作地点、职位和薪水，当资料库里出现与个人要求相匹配的工作岗位时它就会通过电子邮件通知求职者。（98-05）The complementary coastlines and certa