Academic(10次)
　　【熟義熟性】a. 學(xué)院的，學(xué)業(yè)的
　　【真題例句】 If the preoccupation of schools with academic work was lessened, more time might be spent teaching children surer values.[1995年閱讀text4]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】如果學(xué)校對(duì)學(xué)業(yè)的強(qiáng)調(diào)減少一些，也許就有更多的時(shí)間教孩子更重要的價(jià)值觀念。
　　【僻義熟性】a. 學(xué)術(shù)的
　　【真題例句】 Mr. McWhorter’s academic specialty is language history and change, and he sees the gradual disappearance of “whom”, for example, to be natural and no more regrettable than the loss of the case-endings of Old English.[2005年閱讀4]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】麥克沃特先生的學(xué)術(shù)專長(zhǎng)在于語(yǔ)言史和語(yǔ)言變化，舉例來說，他認(rèn)為“whom”一詞的逐漸消失是很自然的，并不比舊式英語(yǔ)中詞格的消失更讓人惋惜。
　　【僻義僻性】 n. 學(xué)者，大學(xué)教師
　　【真題例句】 Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic and former chief executive of Au Bong Pain, a rapidly growing chain of bakery cafes, says that much “reengineering” has been crude.[1998年閱讀text2]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】哈佛學(xué)者倫納德·施萊辛格是一家迅速擴(kuò)張的美味面包店的前總裁，他說，許多“企業(yè)重組”都不成熟。
　　【同源詞】academy學(xué)院，學(xué)會(huì)
　　National Academy of Science國(guó)家科學(xué)學(xué)院
　　Fuel(10次)
　　【熟義熟性】燃料，能源
　　【真題例句】Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption.[2002年閱讀text3]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】節(jié)約能源，轉(zhuǎn)用其它燃料，以及重工業(yè)和高能耗工業(yè)重要性的降低，這三個(gè)因素使得石油消耗在減少。
　　【僻義僻性】提供燃料；火上澆油（聯(lián)想意義）
　　【真題例句】On anther level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide（醫(yī)生協(xié)助自殺） debated has been fueled in part by the despair of parents for whom the modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying .[2002年閱讀text4]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】在另一方，父母?jìng)冋J(rèn)為現(xiàn)代醫(yī)藥延長(zhǎng)了奄奄一息的病人的身體痛苦。醫(yī)藥界的人也承認(rèn)這些父母的絕望這給醫(yī)助自殺的討論火上澆油。
　　Address(10次)
　　【熟義熟性】n.地址，通訊處，致詞
　　【僻義僻性之一】 v. 致函，寫姓名地址；
　　【真題例句】Prior to his departure, he addressed a letter to his daughter. [1986詞匯第3題]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】在離開之前，他給他女兒寫了一封信。
　　【僻義僻性之二】v. 向……講話；
　　【真題例句】Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different.[2002年閱讀Text1]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】 針對(duì)不同的聽眾，要談的問題也應(yīng)該不同。
　　【僻義僻性之三】v. 處理，解決問題
　　【真題例句】 Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are comprehensive programs that address the many needs of the homeless.[2006年完形]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】《波士頓環(huán)球日?qǐng)?bào)》記者克里斯"雷迪認(rèn)為只有通過全面規(guī)劃來解決這些無(wú)家可歸者的各種需求，這種局面才有可能得到改善。
　　Odd/Odds(9次)
　　【熟義熟性】a.奇怪的，奇特的
　　【近義詞】strange　
　　【真題例句】 Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true. [1998年翻譯]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】宇宙膨脹說雖然聽似奇特，但在科學(xué)上是似乎可信的結(jié)論，因?yàn)樗腔玖Ｗ游锢韺W(xué)中一些公認(rèn)的理論推理而來的。許多天體物理學(xué)家近十年來一直確信這一論說是正確的。
　　【僻義熟性之一】a.臨時(shí)的，不固定的
　　【近義詞】temporary
　　【真題例句】 Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss’s agenda in businesses of every variety. [2007年閱讀Text4]
　　【經(jīng)典譯文】信息保護(hù)過去一直是臨時(shí)的、低級(jí)的信息技術(shù)員的工作，并且只被諸如銀行、電信、航空這類擁有大量數(shù)據(jù)的行業(yè)所關(guān)注，而現(xiàn)在卻高高列在各行業(yè)老板的日程表上。
　　【僻義熟性之二】a.奇數(shù)的，不成對(duì)的
　　【反義詞】even 【例】an odd shoe.一只不成對(duì)的鞋
　　【僻義僻性】odds. n.可能性，概率
　　【真題例句】 Even demographics are working against the middle class family, as the odds of having a weak elderly parent – and all the attendant need for physical and financial assistance – have jumped eightfold in just one generation. [2007年閱讀Text3]