20考研英语熟词僻义收藏版，背下来做阅读理解不再“卡壳”！(20)

【例 1】 “Being learned in some branch of human knowledge (①) in one thing,living in public and industrious thoughts”, as Emersion would say, “is somethingelse.”【译】 正如爱默生说的“在人类知识的一些分支中学习是一回事，在公众的和勤勉的思想中生存就是另外一回事了。”【例 2】 The “shareholders” as such had no knowledge (②) of the lives,thoughts or needs of the workmen employed by the company in which he heldshares, and his influence on the relations of capital and labour was not good.【译】 这种股东不了解他们所持股的公司里工人们的生活、思想和需求。
他们对劳资关系也不会产生积极的影响。
lean
v.①倾斜，屈身;②倚，靠，依赖;a.①瘦的，无脂肪的;②精干的，效率高的;③贫瘠的
【例 1】 They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over) --lean (a.①), pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns andbedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20seats and 80 standing-room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when thebox office opens at 10:30 a.m.【译】 他们看起来都一个样(虽然他们从各个地方而来)——瘦削、率直、专注的脸庞，8穿着牛仔裤和便鞋，吃着小圆面包，在剧场外的石板上过夜，以便能买得起 20 张座票和 80张站票，这些票都是为那些睡觉的人准备的，并且在票房第二天上午 10 点半开始售票时就卖给他们。