考研英语100句–Day4

Sentence 16

He adds humbly that perhaps he was “superior to the common run of men in noticing things which easily escape attention, and in observing them carefully”.

他谦虚地补充道，或许他“优于常人的地方在于能够注意到容易被忽视的东西，并对这些东西进行仔细观察”。

单词

• humbly

• perhaps

• superior

• escape

• observing

词组

• the common run of men in noticing things
• easily escape attention

Sentence 17

Many leading American universities want their undergraduates to have a grounding in the basic canon of ideas that every educated person should possess.

许多顶尖的美国大学都希望他们的本科生接受对一些基本的、富含思想的经典作品的基础教学，这些思想是每个受教育人士都应该有的。

单词

• undergraduate
• possess
• canon

词组

• every educated person
• the basic canon of ideas
• have a grounding in …

Sentence 18

Buying gifts or giving to charity is often more pleasurable than purchasing things for oneself, and luxuries are most enjoyable when they are consumed sparingly.

买礼物或给慈善机构捐款往往会比给自己买东西更让人开心，有节制地消费奢侈品才会给人以最大的愉悦。

单词

• charity
• pleasurable
• purchase
• luxuries
• sparingly
• consume

词组

• when they are consumed sparingly

Sentence 19

These benefactors have succeeded in their chosen fields, they say, and they want to use their wealth to draw attention to those who have succeeded in science.

他们说，这些捐助者在各自所选择的领域都很成功，而且他们想用自己的财富让人们注意到那些在科学领域有所成就的人。

单词

• benefactor

词组

• have succeeded in their chosen fields
• draw attention to

Sentence 20

Perhaps faintly, they hint that people should look to intangible qualities like character and intellect rather than dieting their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques.

这些禁令或许还隐约地暗示，人们应该注重如个性和才智等无形的品质，而不是通过节食来达到“零号身材”或“蜂腰体型”。

单词

• faintly
• hint
• intangible
• qualities
• physiques
• wasp-waist

词组

• should look to sth.
• diet their way to size zero or wasp-waist physiques