20考研英语熟词僻义收藏版，背下来做阅读理解不再“卡壳”！(11)

dock
n.船坞，码头；v.入坞，停靠码头
【例 1】 He sometimes played two slot machines at a time, all night, until theboat docked (v.) at 5 a.m , then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9 a.m.【译】 有时他一次玩两个老虎机，整夜的玩，直到早上 5 点关门，然后娱乐场早上 9点开门时再回去。
doctor
n.①博士；②医生；v.编造，篡改
【例 1】“Who is that?”the new arrival asked St.Peter.“Oh, that’ s God,”camethe reply, “but sometimes he thinks he’s a doctor (n.②).”【译】 “这是谁啊?”新来的人问圣彼得。“哦，那是上帝，”他回答说，“但有时也认为自己是一名医生。”【例 2】 Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everydayperformance of his routine duties--- he is not supposed to cook his experiments,manufacture evidence, or doctor (v.) his reports.【译】 像其他人类一样，普通科学家甚至在日常的工作中都遭遇到了道义上的问题——他不应该编造他的实验、制造证据或改动他的报告。
document
n.公文，文献；vt.记载，证明
【例 1】 Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high andlow culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents (vt.) is unmistakable.4【译】 麦克沃特先生从上层和下层文化中列举了一系列有趣的例子，从中我们可以看出他所记的这种趋势不可避免。
draft
n.草稿，草案，草图；v.起草，草拟
【例 1】That group — the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) —has been working feverishly to put its wisdom on paper, and at a meeting on 17May, members agreed on a near-final draft (n.) of their recommendations.【译】 这个名为“全国生物伦理道德顾问委员会”(NBAC)的小组一直在非常积极的工作，集思广益，并正在将其意见写成报告；在 5 月 17 日的一次会议上，委员们就几乎定稿的建议书取得了一致意见。【例 2】 “Important information can get buried in a sea of trivialities,” says alaw professor at Cornell Law School who helped draft (v.) the new guidelines.【译】 康奈尔大学法学院一位参与起草新纲要的教授说，“重要的信息会淹没在细枝末节的汪洋大海之中”。