在阅读托福文章的时候,有些词汇虽然是我们很熟悉的,但是其意义并不一定是我们理解的意思。出国留学网整理了老师们重点讲解的一些托福阅读熟词偏意解析,供大家学习。
associate
【常用释义】
与...相联系
【生僻释义】
n. 伙伴
托福例句1:
Parasitism is a kind of predator-prey relationship in which one organism, the parasite, derives its food at the expense of its symbiotic associate, the host.
(TPO 17-3 Symbiotic Relationships)
托福例句2:
Paleontologists have argued for a long time that the demise of the dinosaurs was caused by climatic alterations associated with slow changes in the positions of continents and seas resulting from plate tectonics. (TPO 8-2 Extinction of the Dinosaurs)
解析:
例句1:
该句中“associate”为名词,表示”伙伴“。该句中词组“at the expense of”表示“以...为代价”。整句可翻译为:
寄生指的是一种捕猎关系,在该关系中,一种生物(寄生虫)从它的共生伙伴(寄主)上获取食物。
例句2:
该句中“associated with”考察的是常见的意思“与...相联系”,在句子中修饰“climatic alterations”。整句可翻译为:
很长时间以来,古生物家们认为恐龙的灭亡是与因地质构造而引起的海洋和大陆位置变迁相关的气候变化所致。
在TPO 16-1 Trade and the Ancient Middle East中第7题的事实信息否定题选项中也出现了“associates”表示“伙伴”的意思,和原文中的“fellows”形成对应。
According to paragraph 4, which of the following was NOT necessary for success in the mercantile economy?
○Good business sense
○Reliable associates
○Family wealth
○Constant effort
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