考研英语必背长难词及翻译

consideration [knsidrein] n.①需要考虑的事，理由;②考虑，思考;③体谅，照顾

　[真题例句] Perhaps selection for the caring professions, especially medicine, could be made less by good grades in chemistry and more by such considerations as sensitivity and sympathy.[1995年阅读4]

　[例句精译] 也许对护理职业——特别是医疗护理人员——的选择应少注重化学成绩而多关注他们是否敏感、是否有同情心。

　[真题例句] It leads the discussion to extremes at the outset: it invites you to think that animals should be treated either with the consideration humans extend to other humans, or with no consideration at all. [1997年翻译]

　[例句精译]这种说法从一开始就将讨论引向两个极端。它使人们认为应当这样对待动物：要么像对人类自身一样关心体谅，要么完全冷漠无情。

　consciousness [knsns] n.意识，知觉，自觉，觉悟，个人思想

　[真题例句] These are the substances often called psychedelic (from the Greek word meaning “mind-manifestation”) because they seemed to radically alter one’s state of consciousness.[1997年阅读3]

　[例句精译] 这些物质常被称为迷幻剂(该词源于希腊语，指“心灵显现”)，因为它们似乎能完全改变人的'意识状态。

　confrontation [knfrnten] n.面对，对峙

　[真题例句] 59. The word “schism” (line 3, paragraph 1) in the context probably means _____.[1998年阅读3] [A] confrontation

　[例句精译] 59、单词“schism”(第一段)在上下文中的意思大概是_____。 [A] 对峙

　conditionally [kndinli] ad.有条件地

　[真题例句] This, in brief, is what the Futurist says: for a century, past conditions of life have been conditionally speeding up, till now we live in a world of noise and violence and speed.[2000年阅读3]

　[例句精译] 简而言之，未来派诗人宣称：一个世纪以来，过去的生活一直在有条件地急剧变化;现在，我们生活在一个充斥着喧嚣、暴力和快节奏的世界之中。