2014年12月四級考試高頻詞匯復(fù)習(xí) 111

To most men , experience is like the stern light of a ship which il-luminates only the track it has passed.
——對于大多數(shù)人，經(jīng)驗像是一艘船上的尾燈，只照亮船駛過的航道。(英國詩人 柯勒津治. S .T .)

典型例句：She was a poor creature.

譯文：她曾是個可憐的女人。

credit n. 信用貸款;信用

歷年真題：The school rather than the home is given credit for variations in achievement in subjects such as science.

譯文：因為它們在課程成果方面比如科學(xué)的變化，學(xué)校而不是家庭應(yīng)該受到贊揚。

名師導(dǎo)學(xué)：該詞的固定搭配有：be a credit to(使……感到光榮，給……爭光);give credit to(相信，信任，稱贊，贊揚)。

想一想：①credibility ②credible

Key: ①n. 可信性 ②a. 可信的，可靠的

creep v. 爬行;緩慢地行進(jìn)

典型例句：The tortoise crept along at an agonizingly slow speed.

譯文：烏龜以極其緩慢的速度爬行著。

crime n. 罪，罪行;犯罪

典型例句：Theft or murder is crime.

譯文：盜竊或謀殺都是犯罪行為。

名師導(dǎo)學(xué)：常見的搭配commit crime表示“犯罪”之意。

criminal n.罪犯;犯罪者 a. 犯罪的，狂法的，罪惡的

典型例句：Although criminal's amount is increasing, it is still inadequately stern to punish.

譯文：盡管罪犯數(shù)量在增加，懲罰仍然不夠嚴(yán)厲。