2。 However; a study of children in Hong Kong found that if the children did not like celebrities; the presence of celebrities in advertisements could negatively affect the childrens perceptions of a product。 然而,香港的一项针对儿童所作的研究发现,如果孩子不喜欢名人,那么广告中出现的名人将会在孩子对产品的认识上产生负面影响。
perplex[p?rpleks]v。 使(某人)困惑;(使)复杂化
例句 The question perplexed people for many years until a German scientist provided some answers。 这个问题一直困扰着人们,直到一名德国科学家提供了一些答案。
phrase[freiz]n。 短语,用语 v。 叙述
例句 In nearly every language; however the words are phrased; the most basic division in cinema history lies between films that are mute and films that speak。 几乎在所有语言中,无论台词被如何叙述出来,在电影史上,对电影的最基本分类都是无声电影和有声电影。
postulate[pɑ:s??l?t]n。 假定,假设;要求[pɑ:s??leit]v。 假定;要求
例句 1。 The school building program postulates an increase in educational investment。 修建校舍的计划是在增加教育经费的前提下拟定的。
2。 The teacher postulated that all of the students in his class would pass the final exam。 老师要求他班上的所有学生都通过期末考试。
要点 postulate和suppose的含义相同,都表示“假设”,但不同的是postulate主要指为证实某个理论的正确性而进行的假设。
profitable[prɑ:fit?bl]a。 有利可图的;有益的
例句 1。 The government tried to make western farm products more profitable than that of the eastern。 政府试图使西部的农产品比东部的农产品获得更多利润。
2。 After the middle of the seventeenth century; land reclamation decreased significantly as the price of agricultural products began to fall; making land reclamation far less profitable in the second half of the century。 17世纪中期以后,由于农产品价格开始下降,导致土地的复垦显著减少,这使土地复垦的利润在17世纪后半叶变得更少。
3。 This trade route is very important for Europe because it had built highly profitable mercial ties with other regions since the twelfth century。 这条贸易线路对欧洲来说非常重要,因为自12世纪以来,它与其他地区建立了高利润的商贸联系。
proportion[pr?p?:r?n]n。 比例;部分;均衡
例句 1。 Even though young generation only took a small proportion of the total population; it may have a massive local impact when a large proportion of the young men moved to other areas。 虽然年轻人只占总人口的一小部分,但大部分年轻人移居到其他地区也会对当地产生很大影响。
2。 The proportion of empty space in a rock is known as its porosity; but the concept of porosity is not the same as permeability。 我们知道,岩石中真空的部分表明其多孔性,但是多孔性和渗透性并不是一个概念。
派生 proportionately(ad。 按比例地)
recruitment[rikru:tm?nt]n。 征募新兵;补充
例句 Such people were recruited on an ad hoc basis from the area in which they were stationed; and there was obviously large…scale recruitment within Britain。 这些人是专门在驻地招募的,而在不列颠,显然这种招募的规模很大。
response[rispɑ:ns]n。 回答;反应,响应
例句 1。 The technique depends on evoked potentials; which are electrical brain responses that may be related to a particular stimulus。 这种技术依赖于脑诱发电位,这是与特定刺激有关的脑电波反应。
2。 Researchers can carefully study the infants responses over and over by film analysis。 研究者可以通过影片分析一遍一遍地仔细研究婴儿的反应。
要点 response在阅读中常用来表示某一类人对某件事情的反应,常用的结构是in response to。比如:What did farmers do in response to the falling temperatures?
resume[rizu:m]v。(中断后)重新开始 n。 摘要
例句 Under a particular stimulus; a sleeping person will arouse and clear the airway; then resume breathing and likely return to sleep。 在特定的刺激下,睡着的人会醒来清一清呼吸道,当呼吸作用得以继续时,便会再次入睡。
要点 我们常见的resume的含义是“简历”,但在托福阅读中,常考查的词义是“重新开始”,这点要特别注意。
retirement[ritai?rm?nt]n。 退休,退职,退役
例句 The army provided a means of personal