加拿大留學(xué)標(biāo)化考試托福聽力中常見的一詞多義

加拿大留學(xué)考試、很多練習(xí)托福聽力的同學(xué)經(jīng)常只是大量做題，而忽視詞匯量的積累。于是常常發(fā)現(xiàn)某些句子中詞匯是熟悉的，句子里卻理解不通，這通常是由于一詞多義造成的。這里和大家分享托福聽力考試中常見的一詞多義。

and

會(huì)誤解為“并且”,實(shí)際上還可理解為“然后”,帶有一定的邏輯關(guān)系在其中，而并非單純的并列。

英文釋義：then;following this然后；接著

真題例句

You’ll need to go to the printing station and you’ll see a list of all documents that people have sent to the printer.Find your document on the list,click on it,and it’ll print.

responsible

說(shuō)起“負(fù)責(zé)”,其實(shí)本身就有“導(dǎo)致”的意思

英文釋義：~(for sth)being the cause of sth作為原因；成為起因

真題例句

And even today,for the most part,when parents and teachers choose literature for children isn’t that mainly what they’re looking for?Well,from your reading,who is mostly responsible for this notion of Children’s literature?Paul?加拿大標(biāo)化托福

suggest

在托福里,suggest很少表示“建議”,更多的是“表明”的含義。

英文釋義：~sth(to sb)to put an idea into sb's mind;to make sb think that sth is true使想到；使認(rèn)為；表明

真題例句

Well,one theory suggests that polar bears may have been able to find a few remote cold icy places,such as,well,this Svalbard islands to live on until the climate eventually cooled again.Controversially,because the last warming period was actually warmer than the one now,the one more presently experiencing.

game

“野生獵物”的意思初學(xué)者幾乎全軍覆沒。

英文釋義：<U>wild animals or birds that people hunt for sport or food獵物；野禽；野味

——see also big game,fair game

真題例句

They had experienced great difficulty finding game west of the Rockies and not until the second of December did they kill their first elk.

chemical

名詞表示化學(xué)物質(zhì)。很多人不知道哦

英文釋義：a substance obtained by or used in a chemical process化學(xué)制品；化學(xué)品

真題例句

Take food for example.When an ant finds food it takes that food back to the nest and on its way back,it secretes a chemical,which leaves a trail that can be detected by other ants.

grain

grain的基礎(chǔ)含義為谷物，但是也可以衍生出“顆?！钡囊馑?。

英文釋義：[C]a small hard piece of particular substances顆粒；細(xì)粒

真題例句

The earliest record’s from 500 million years ago,show that sediment in the river deposits was largely composed of coarse grains of sand,and gravel,and that tells us the rivers weren’t defined,they were very shallow and wide,almost like floods,but around the time of the rise of plant life the content of those sediment layers began to change,the coarse grains became much finer,and we see evidence of mud.

impact

除了“影響”,不能不知道“沖擊、撞擊”。

英文釋義：(on/upon/with)sth(formal)to hit sth with great force沖擊；撞擊

真題例句

I mean,we’re all familiar with how impact events can affect life on earth,like it’s now generally agreed that a meteor triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs.Of course,since that theory’s been widely accepted it’s tempting to look to space to explain all extinction events.

setting

不僅僅是“設(shè)置”,還要知道“背景”

英文釋義：a set of surroundings;the place at which sth happens環(huán)境；背景

真題例句

And you know,when we’re considering a residential or an urban setting let’s face it,space is usually at a premium.It’s a valuable,limited commodity.Unfortunately though,when you have a group of propeller turbines at a wind farm,they undergo a decrease in power output the closer they’re placed together.

complex

還有“建筑群”“綜合大樓,”的意思，常誤解為“復(fù)雜”。

英文釋義：a group of buildings of a similar type together in one place（類型相似的）建筑群

真題例句

He built a large complex that included baths and bath buildings,libraries,sculpture gardens,theatres and temples in Egyptian,Greek,and Roman styles.

加拿大留學(xué)標(biāo)化考試托福聽力中常見的一詞多義

population

population對(duì)人類來(lái)說(shuō)是“人口”,對(duì)于其他物種而言是“數(shù)量”。

英文釋義：a particular group of people or animals living in a particular area（統(tǒng)稱）某領(lǐng)域的生物；族群；人口

真題例句

Professor:It seems so,in the late 1990s with populations of two butterfly species in England.Climate data had shown that the butterflies’habitat was experiencing warmer temperatures which was directly affecting their ability to reproduce.

perspective

“觀點(diǎn)”,不僅僅是“透視”。

英文釋義：[C]~(on sth)a particular attitude towards sth;a way of thinking about sth態(tài)度；觀點(diǎn)；思考方法

真題例句

And we didn’t even know about these until aerial photographs revealed markings that weren’t evident from the ground.And this is just one example of how a new perspective,in this case made possible through aerial photography,helped us realize that evidence,or the lack of it,could lead to false conclusions.

episode

更多是指“事件”,不能說(shuō)成“集”。

英文釋義：an event,a situation,or a period of time in sb's life,a novel,etc.that is important or interesting in some way（人生的）一段經(jīng)歷；（小說(shuō)的）片段，插曲

真題例句

The K-T extinction 65 million years ago is the best known of the five major extinction

episodes since the Cambrian period

readily

其實(shí)是“容易地”,并非“準(zhǔn)備”之類的

英文釋義：quickly and without difficulty快捷地；輕而易舉地；便利地

真題例句

The release of heat energy is retarded by the tall vertical city walls that do not allow infrared radiation to escape as readily as does the relatively level surface of the surrounding countryside.

edge

“優(yōu)勢(shì)”的說(shuō)法其實(shí)不算多見,但“邊緣”雖知道的人多,其實(shí)也不多見。干脆兩個(gè)都記住好了。

英文釋義：[sing.]~(on/over sb/sth)a slight advantage over sb/sth（微弱的）優(yōu)勢(shì)

真題例句

It seems likely that Teotihuacan's natural resources,along with the city elite's ability to recognize their potential,gave the city a competitive edge over its neighbors.The valley,like many other places in Mexican and Guatemalan highlands,was rich in obsidian.

principal

除了名詞的意思,就是形容詞的意思了,表示“主要的”。

英文釋義：[only before noun]most important;main最重要的；主要的

真題例句

The principal insect enemies of the North American morning glory feed mainly on its flowers or fruits rather than its leaves

largely

不能望文生義為“大”,而是應(yīng)理解為“在很大程度上”。

英文釋義：to a great extent;mostly or mainly在很大程度上；多半；主要地

真題例句

Other oxide in regolith include aluminum oxide,aluminum is largely responsible for the moon’s color even though it comprises only 6%of regolith;there is also iron oxide and a few others.