考研英语高频词汇
advocate /ˈædvəkeɪt/
v. 倡导;提倡
n. 倡导者
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真题复现1:I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of “having it all,” preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the page of She magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything.(2001年text5 P2)
真题翻译:琳达·凯尔西在过去七年里在《女性》杂志上鼓吹的“拥有一切”哲学,我已经从一个狂热的倡导者,变成了一个乐于接受任何东西只要一点点的女人。
真题复现2:Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and I once enjoyed: 12-hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being a parent on “quality time”.(2001年text5 P3)
真题翻译:没有什么能说服我回到凯尔西曾经提倡、我也曾经享受过的那种生活:每天12小时的工作时间,紧迫的截止日期,可怕的办公室政治紧张,以及作为父母在“优质时间”上的限制。
真题复现3:The centerpiece of the argument of a technology-yes, genius-no advocate was an analysis of Galileo’s role at the start of the scientific revolution. (1994年翻译P3)
真题翻译:主张“技术是,天才不是”的人,其论点的核心是分析伽利略在科学革命初期所扮演的角色。