高考高頻詞匯:stare、union、architect、ashamed、

stare[ste?(r)]

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n. 凝視

v. 盯著看；凝視

【例】v. 凝視

（2012遼寧）Many astronauts say that one of the most relaxing things to do in space is to look out the window and stare at the universe and the Earth.

【譯】許多宇航員說在太空中最放松的事情之一就是看向窗外，凝視宇宙和地球。

【詞組】stare at：凝視

union[?ju?nj?n]

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n. 聯(lián)盟；協(xié)會；工會；聯(lián)合會；同盟

architect[?ɑ?k?tekt]

【詞頻】★★★★☆

n. (建筑)設(shè)計師；締造者；創(chuàng)造者

【形】：archaeologist, archaeology, archive

【例】n. (建筑)設(shè)計師

（2014上海）Rather, if given an environment created by a choice architect—one that encourages us to choose what is best—we will do the right things.

【譯】相反，如果為我們提供一個由選擇設(shè)計師創(chuàng)造出來的環(huán)境——一個鼓勵我們選擇最優(yōu)解的環(huán)境，那么我們就會做正確的事。

【派】architecture [?ɑ?(r)k??tekt??(r)] n. 建筑學(xué)

architectural [?ɑ?(r)k??tekt?(?)r?l]

adj. 建筑的；建筑學(xué)的

【形】archaeologist [?ɑ?(r)ki??l?d??st] n. 考古學(xué)家

【例】n. 考古學(xué)家

（2011上海）Mike Parker Pearson, an archaeologist at Sheffield University, said: “Archaeologists have been extremely patient because we were led to believe the ministry was sorting out this problem, but we feel that we cannot wait any longer.”

【譯】謝菲爾德大學(xué)的一個考古學(xué)家邁克·帕克皮爾森說：“考古學(xué)家們已經(jīng)很有耐心了，因為有人讓我們相信政府部門正在處理這個問題，但我們覺得不能再等下去了。”

archaeology [?ɑ?(r)ki??l?d?i] n. 考古學(xué)

archive[?ɑ?(r)kaiv] n. 檔案；檔案館 v. 把……存檔

ashamed[???e?md]

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adj. 慚愧的；感到難為情的；羞于……的

【例】adj. 感到難為情的

（2012四川）It takes confidence to make a new start — there’s a dark period in-between where you’re neither one thing nor the other. You’re out for dinner and people ask what you do, and you’re too ashamed to say, “Well, I'm writing a novel, but I'm not quite sure if I'm going to get there.”

你一事無成時會經(jīng)歷一段黑暗期。你出去吃晚飯，別人問你在做什么，你會很難為情，不會說：“我最近在寫小說，但是我不確定我會不會完成?！?

【形】ash [??] n. 灰，灰燼；廢墟；骨灰