备考CATTI 二三级笔译，大家需要按部就班地复习，切勿觉得自己备考已成，可以轻松面对考试。比如词汇部分，能说自己有信心吗?CATTI英语综合科目考察词汇，常选形近词、近义词，有时会考一些不常见的短语，平时积累词汇时也可多留意。下面就一起来了解一下CATTI 二三级笔译综合科目难点词汇。

　　Discern vt. 看出，理解，了解，识别，辨别，隐约看见;vi. 辨明，分清

　　Preach 宣扬;说教;布道，讲道;讲(道)

　　Prime the pump 采取措施使某事发展

　　Ambient adj. 环境; 周围的，包围着的;产生轻松氛围的

　　Exorbitant If you describe something such as a price or fee as exorbitant, you are emphasizing that it is much higher than it should be. (价格、费用) 过高的

　　Scanty 不足的，勉强够的(大小或数量)

　　Stingy adj. 吝啬的，小气的;有刺的;缺乏的

　　Ameliorate vt. 改善，减轻(痛苦等)，改良;vi. 变得更好

　　Parch to deprive or be deprived of water; dry up 脱水; 使干涸

　　the sun parches the fields

　　Elucidate If you elucidate something, you make it clear and easy to understand. 阐明; 解释 [正式]

　　Untenable An argument, theory, or position that is untenable cannot be defended successfully against criticism or attack. 不堪一击的 (观点、理论或立场)

　　This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.

　　从知识、道德和现实的角度来看，这种论点是站不住脚的。

　　Indefatigably 不厌倦地

　　Meticulously 细致地

　　The flat had been meticulously cleaned.

　　这间公寓被仔仔细细地打扫过了。

　　Horse and foot 全力以赴地;骑兵和步兵;全军

　　Impervious

　　If you are impervious to someone’s actions, you are not affected or influenced by them. 无动于衷的; 不受影响的

　　She seems almost impervious to the criticism from all sides.

　　她好像对各方批评无动于衷。

　　Something that is impervious to water, heat, or a particular object is able to resist it or stop it from passing through it. 防渗漏的; 不让穿过的

　　This also makes the painting impervious to water.

　　这也使得该幅画能防水。

　　Impassable If a road, path, or route is impassable, it is impossible to travel over because it is blocked or in bad condition. 不能通行的; 不能通过的

　　Congregate, insolent, synopsis, provident, pendent, sleek, defraud, pernicious, resister, intrepid, soluble, credulous, didactic, duplicity, conciliate, sterile, dispensable Serene, tranquil, fortuitous, primitive semantic fraternity divisible,Momentum impulse, Stigmatizing

　　Commensurate /kəˈmɛnsərɪt/ 成比例的; 相称的

　　Employees are paid salaries commensurate with those of teachers.

　　发给雇员的薪水与发给教师的薪水相当。

　　Compatible /kəmˈpætəbəl/ (系统、观点、信念等) 相容的，意趣相投的

　　Free enterprise, he argued, was compatible with Russian values and traditions.

　　他辩称自由企业与俄罗斯的价值观和传统是相容的。

　　Comparative /kəmˈpærətɪv/ 比较的

　　The task was accomplished with comparative ease.

　　这项任务完成得比较容易。

　　Augment /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/ 增加

　　While searching for a way to augment the family income, she began making dolls.

　　为求增加家庭收入，她开始做起了玩具娃娃。

　　Allot /əˈlɒt/ 分配

　　The seats are allotted to the candidates who have won the most votes.

　　这些席位被分配给了赢得了最多选票的候选人。

　　Contrivance /kənˈtraɪvəns/ 过于人为修饰的物件，发明设计

　　They wear simple clothes and shun modern contrivances.

　　他们穿着简单，避免了现代装束。

　　Incur /ɪnˈkɜː/ 招致; 蒙受

　　The government had also incurred huge debts.

　　政府也已承受了大笔债务。

　　Spree /spriː/ 放纵

　　Some people went on a spending spree in December to beat the new tax.

　　一些人在12月份抢在新税收政策实施前疯狂消费。

　　Culminate /ˈkʌlmɪˌneɪt/ 以…告终; 结果成为

　　They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk.

　　他们发生了争论，结果导致汤姆喝醉了酒。

　　Reconciliation /ˌrɛkənˌsɪlɪˈeɪʃən/ 和解

　　…an appeal for reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants.

　　……一个对天主教徒和新教徒之间和解的呼吁。

　　Entangled /ɪnˈtæŋɡəld/ 紧紧缠住的;被卷入的

　　Divers battled for hours to try to free a whale entangled in crab nets.

　　潜水员们奋战了几个小时，试图解救一条被捕蟹网缠住的鲸鱼。

　　This case was bound to get entangled in international politics.

　　这个案件注定要卷入国际政治之中。

　　Aggregate /ˈægrɪgɪt/ 合计的

　　The rate of growth of GNP will depend upon the rate of growth of aggregate demand.

　　国民生产总值的增长率将依赖于总需求的增长率。

　　Opalescent /ˌəʊpəˈlɛsənt/乳白色的; 发乳白光的

　　Elaine turned her opalescent eyes on him.

　　伊琳将乳白色的眼睛转向他。

　　a sky which was still faintly opalescent.

　　仍然泛白的天空。

　　Translucent /trænzˈluːsənt/半透明的

　　The building is roofed entirely with translucent corrugated plastic.

　　这座建筑全部都是用半透明的波纹状塑料封顶。

　　Astigmatic /ˌæstɪɡˈmætɪk/散光的

　　A person who has astigmatism

　　散光患者

　　Monochromatic /ˌmɒnəʊˈkrəʊɪk/单色的; 单频的

　　Relinquish /rɪˈlɪŋkwɪʃ/ 放弃 (权力或控制)

　　He does not intend to relinquish power.

　　他不打算放弃权力。

　　Snobbery /ˈsnɒbərɪ/ 自命不凡

　　There has often been an element of snobbery in golf.

　　高尔夫运动中常常含有自命不凡的意味。

　　Encircle /ɪnˈsɜːkəl/ 环绕

　　A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail.

　　一道40英尺高的水泥墙环绕着该监狱。

　　Entwine /ɪnˈtwaɪn/ 缠绕

　　His dazed eyes stare at the eels, which still writhe and entwine.

　　他茫然地盯着那些仍在扭动缠绕的鳗鱼。

　　Facing each other, the giraffes entwine their necks in the most astonishing manner.

　　长颈鹿面对面地站着，以令人无比惊骇的姿势将脖子缠绕到了一起。

　　Ascending /əˈsɛndɪŋ/ 升 (序) 的

　　Now draw or trace ten dinosaurs in ascending order of size.

　　现在按大小以升序画或描出10只恐龙。

　　Referendum /ˌrɛfəˈrɛndəm/ 公民投票; 全民公决

　　Estonia said today it too plans to hold a referendum on independence.

　　爱沙尼亚今天称它也计划要就独立进行全民公决。

　　Conductive /kənˈdʌktɪv/ 传导性的

　　Salt water is much more conductive than fresh water is.

　　盐水比淡水更具有传导性。

　　Demarcation /ˌdiːmɑːˈkeɪʃən/ 划界

　　Talks were continuing about the demarcation of the border between the two countries.

　　关于两国之间边界划定的谈话仍在继续着。

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