20考研英语熟词僻义收藏版，背下来做阅读理解不再“卡壳”！(5)

contend
v.①竞争，斗争；②坚决主张，声称，认为
【例 1】 It is the playgoers, the RSC contends (②), who bring in much of thetown’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights)pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants.【译】 皇家莎士比亚公司(RSC)声称是看戏的人给小镇带来了大部分收入，因为他们整个晚上(有时甚至是四、五个晚上)都把钱花到旅馆和饭店上。
cook
n.炊事员，厨师；v.①烹调，煮，烧；②编造
【例 1】 If we intend to have friends to dinner, we plan the menu, make ashopping list, decide which food to cook (n.①)【译】 如果我们打算邀请朋友共进晚餐，我们计划菜单，制作购物清单，决定要烹饪哪些食物。【例 2】 Like other human beings, he encounters moral issues even in everydayperformance of his routine duties--- he is not supposed to cook (v. ② ) hisexperiments, manufacture evidence, or doctor 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。