2015年考研英语障碍词解析（二）

    abrupt

　　【点睛】这个词的第一个意思很熟悉，但是第二、三个意思却是考研的难点。如果一个人言谈行为比较唐突，别人可能觉得他很粗鲁。一个很突兀的山坡自然是陡坡了。

　　adj.【常见词义】突然的 (unexpected)

　　Transitions should connect one paragraph to the next so that there are no abrupt or confusing shifts.(考研真题)过渡部分应该承上启下，这样才不会使文章有突兀的或令人费解的变化。

　　【较难词义】1.粗鲁的 (rude)

　　He is a very fine man even though he’s sometimes abrupt in manner. (考研真题)

　　2.陡峭的 (steep) an abrupt descent陡坡

　　【扩展】abruption n.突然的断裂 total abruption of all relations彻底断绝所有关系

　　absorb

　　v.吸引 (fascinate, captivate)

　　The students are absorbed in their studies for the big math exam.

　　People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered “vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere.”(考研真题)人们被19世纪的商店发起的“消费文化”所吸引。这些商店环境优雅，商品琳琅满目。

　　【较难词义】占去(时间等)(take up)

　　His new girlfriend absorbs most of his time and we rarely see him anymore these days.

　　3.忍受 (bear)

　　The young couple, Tom and his wife, couldn’t absorb the additional financial hardships (困难)of living alone and had to move back home with Tom’s parents.

　　Families have been asked to absorb much more risk in their retirement (退休)income.(考研真题)

　　【扩展】

　　absorption n.吸收

　　absorbent adj.能吸收的 be as absorbent as a sea sponge

　　absorbing adj.吸引人的 General introduction classes such as these will be of absorbing interest to a larger, more diverse audience; specialists on the topic, however, may be bored by these classes. 像这样的概论课程将吸引众多形形色色的听众，而研究该题目的专家可能会对这类课程感到厌烦。

　　【搭配】be absorbed in 专心于

　　He is often absorbed in business, although he is also periodically(偶尔的)distracted (分神)by his pretty young secretary.

　　 academic

　　adj. 【常见词义】学术的

　　academic freedom 学术自由

　　the academic world 学术界

　　Mr. McWhorter’s academic speciality 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.(考研真题)麦克沃特先生的学术研究专业是语言的历史与变化。他认为，例如“whom”逐渐消失是自然而然的事情，并不比古英语中其他词语的消失更令人惋惜。

　　【较难词义】不实际的，不实用的

　　Well, I have no money so the question of what kind of car I want to buy is purely academic.