【例】AtheroGenics, a cash-starved and debt-laden American bio-tech firm, declared bankruptcy this week. AtheroGenics公司(一家資金匱乏而且債務沉重的美國生物技術公司),本周宣布破產。
【派生】starvation n.挨餓,餓死
★ summon
v.召喚;傳訊,傳喚;鼓起(勇氣),振作(精神)
【例1】At last she summoned sufficient courage to cross over the road.最后,她鼓起勇氣穿過馬路。
【例2】They were summoned as witnesses.他們被傳召為證人。
【構詞】sum(=sub下面)+mon(警告)→私下警告→傳喚
【派生】summons n.(法院的)傳喚,傳票 v.傳喚,傳訊(尤指對指控進行答辯)
★ alter
v.改變,更改;該做(衣服)
vi.改變,變化
【例】He was right in that America was altering with staggering rapidity.美國當時正以驚人的速度發生變化,這一點他沒有說錯。
【同義替換】change, modify
【派生】alterable a.可改變的,可修改的 alteration n.改變,更改 alternate a.交替的,輪流的 v.(使)交替,(使)輪流 alternative n.二選一;供選擇的東西;取舍 a.二選一的
【真題1】An awareness that they were being experimented upon seemed to be enough to alter workers’ behavior by itself.當女工們意識到自己被當做實驗對象時,這種意識本身好像就足夠改變工人們的行為。
【真題2】The key to reforming higher education, concludes Mr. Menand, is to alter the way in which “the producers of knowledge are produced”.梅南德總結道,高等教育改革的關鍵是改變“知識分子的培養方式”。