2016年考研英语词汇详解：词根+例句（2）

　　考研英语词汇是英语考研备考的基础，现阶段，考生们最主要的精力就是词汇，但是面对枯燥的单词表，考生很容易产生枯燥、厌烦的心理，记忆效果自然不会高，因此，小编为大家整理了一些以词根为主线的词汇记忆，帮助大家更好的备考，希望大家能够掌握这个方法，更好的记忆考研英语词汇，下面是详细的介绍。

　　第三组. mod 表示模式，模板

　　mode [məud]

　　[n.]1. a particular way of doing sth; a particular type of sth 方式;风格;样式

　　2. the way in which a piece of equipment is set to perform a particular task(

　　设备的)模式，工作状态

　　3.a particular way of feeling or behaving (情感或行为的)状态，状况

　　4. a particular style or fashion in clothes,art,etc.(衣着，艺术等的)形式，风格

　　[真题例句]

　　1. At the end of adolescence , however, the brain shuts down half of that

　　capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable

　　during the first decade or so of life.(2009 阅读Text 1)

　　modify ['mɔdifai]

　　[v.]1. to change sth slightly, esp. in order to make it more suitable for a

　　particular purpose 调整，稍作修改;使更适合

　　2. to make sth less extreme 缓和，使温和

　　[词汇派生]

　　1. modification n.修改，改进，改变

　　[真题例句]

　　1. Furthermore, humans have the ability to modify the environment in which

　　they live, thus subjecting all other life forms to their own peculiar ideas and

　　fancies.(2003翻译61)

　　sub'ject sb / sth to sth [often passive]

　　• to make sb / sth experience, suffer or be affected by sth, usually sth

　　unpleasant

　　• 使经受;使遭受:

　　»to be subjected to ridicule 受到嘲笑

　　»The city was subjected to heavy bombing. 那座城市遭受猛烈轰炸。

　　讲解：-ify 表示使动：

　　classify 分类

　　edify 陶冶教化来自edifice 大厦education

　　fortify 加强，设防，证实

　　qualify 使…合格qualified college students

　　identify 认明，辨认identification identical identical

　　exemplify

　　to be a typical example of sth

　　• 是…的典型(或典范、榜样):

　　»Her early work is exemplified in her book, 'A Study of Children's Minds'.

　　她的《儿童思维研究》一书是她早期的代表作。

　　»His food exemplifies Italian cooking at its best.

　　他的菜肴代表了意大利烹饪的最高峰。

　　2. to give an example in order to make sth clearer

　　• 举例说明;例证;例示

　　model ['mɔdəl]

　　[n] 1. a copy of sth. usually smaller than the original object(依照实物按比例制成)模型

　　2.a particular design or type of product 样式;设计;模式

　　3.sth such as a system that can be copied by other people 样本;范例

　　4.a person or thing that is considered an excellent example of sth 典范;模范

　　[vt.] 1. 做模型

　　2. to create a copy of an activity, a situation, etc. so that you can study it before dealing with the real thing 以…作模范表示模仿的意思

　　[a.] 模型的;值得效仿的

　　[真题例句]

　　1.What they found, in attempting to model thought, is that the human brain’s roughly one hundred billion nerve cells are much more talented—and human perception far more complicated—than previously imagined.(2002 阅读Text2)

　　在试图模仿人类思维的过程中，人们发现，人脑中约有一千亿神经细胞以前想象的更能干——人类的感知过程也更复杂。(2002 Text2)

　　2. For much of the past year, President Bush campaigned to move Social Security to a saving-account model…(2007 阅读Text 3)

　　在过去的这些年里，布什总统一职在推动一场运动，试图将社会安全保障体制改成储蓄账号模式…(2007 Text 3)

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