sum, sumpt ---- take “拿,取”
consume v 消費,吃光
consumption n. 消費(量),消耗
consumer n 消費者
consuming a 消耗性的
assume v 承擔;假裝,假定
assumption n 假設,承擔
resume v 拿回;恢復(自由等)
reassume v 取回;再擔任
presume v 假定;自以為是
presumably ad. 推測起來,大概
presumption n 假定;專橫
例句:
1)Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy’s long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening. (真題 2004, Text 3, Paragraph 2)
消費者們似乎只是稍有憂慮,他們并沒有開始恐慌,并且很多人還說,即使現在要稍稍勒緊點褲腰帶,但他們對經濟的長遠前景還是保持樂觀。
2)Consumption has become a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values. (CET-6, 2003.1, Passage 4, Paragraph 2)
在工業國家,消費已成為生活的支柱,并深深地扎根在社會價值觀中。
3)3. Time and again labor-market analysts mention a need for talents that liberal-arts majors are assumed to have: writing and communication skills, organizational skills, open-mindedness and adaptability, and the ability to analyze and solve problems.(CET-4, 2003.9, Passage 2, Paragraph )
勞動力市場分析人士一次又一次強調對如下特長的需求:寫作和交流能力、組織能力、開放性思維和適應性,以及分析和解決問題的能力。而人們一般認為這些能力是文科專業畢業所具備的。
4).0 Another line of thought assumes a memory storage system of limited capacity that provides adaptive flexibility specifically through forgetting. (真題 1995, Text 5, Paragraph 4)
另一個思路是假定記憶的存儲體系容量有限,這種體系會特別通過遺忘來提供一種適應外部世界的靈活性。
5)What is harder to establish is whether the productivity revolution that businessmen assumethey are presiding over is for real. (真題 1998, Text 2, Paragraph 1)
商人們自認為的他們所領導的生產力革命是否確有其事,這一點更加難以確定。
6)Such behaviour is regarded as “all too human”, with the underlying assumption that other animals would not be capable of this finely developed sense of grievance. (真題 2005, Text 1, Paragraph 1)
這種行為被看作是“人之長情”,其潛在的假定是:其他動物不可能具有如此高度發達的不公平意識。
7)“I struck gold,” says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company. (真題 2004, Text 1, Paragraph 1)
他說:“我掘到了金子。”他把個人簡歷用電子郵件寄給了雇主,接著就得到了一份駐公司顧問的職務。
8)He says medical licensing boards “must make it clear...that painful deaths arepresumptively ones that are incompetently managed and should result in license suspension.” (真題 2002, Text 4, Paragraph 9)
他說,行醫執照頒發委員會“必須明確表明——病人痛苦地死亡,可以推定,是由于醫生處理不力造成的,應該因此吊銷其從醫資格”。
9) Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. (真題 2002, Text 3, Paragraph 4)
能源儲備、燃料替代以及能源密集型重工業的重要性的降低,都減少了石油消耗量。
10) Such an increase presumes an abundant and cheap energy supply. (CET-6, 1997.1, Passage 2, Paragraph 1)
這樣的增長指望的是富足和廉價的能源供給。
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