【例】Charcoal here implies a component with variable properties, not a specific chemical.木炭是一種具有可變性質而不是特定性質的化學藥品。
【構詞】vari(改變)+-able→能改變的→可變的
【同義替換】changeable, mobile, unstable, liquid
【真題】Building on the basic truth about interpersonal influence, the researchers studied the dynamics of social influence by conducting thousands of computer simulations of populations, manipulating a number of variables relating to people’s ability to influence others an their tendency to be influenced.
【例】It tends to assume the form of a pagan religious ceremony, adapting itself to forms and the ritual of the local church.它則趨向采取一種異教徒的宗教禮儀形式,并且使其適應于地方教堂的各種禮節和儀式。
【同義替換】ceremony, tradition, convention
【真題】They also focused on important rituals that appeared to preserve a people’s social structure, such as initiation ceremonies that formally signify children’s entrance into adulthood.
他們也關注一些看似保持以人為本的社會結構的重要儀式,比如說象征兒童正式進入成人期的啟蒙儀式。
entitle
v.給以權利(或資格);給……稱號(題名);授權
【例】You are not entitled to unemployment benefit if you have never worked.從未參加過工作,就沒有資格領取失業救濟金。
【構詞】en-+title(題目,標題)→提名
【同義替換】empower, grant, authorize, confer
【派生】entitled a.有資格的 entitlement n.權利
【真題】Yet these creatures are members of the biotic community and , if its stability depends on its integrity, they are entitled to continuance.