2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（十九）

2017托福考试阅读高频词汇解析（十九）

　　§ Headword

　　§ Synonym

　　§ 汉译

　　§ Antonym

　　§ infantile

　　§ 婴儿期的

　　§ It is in this part of the personality that infantile desires and demands are hidden from theconscious of one's personality because they would conflict with a person's day to day living.

　　§ scanty

　　§ 不足的

　　§ Enough

　　§ There are many opinions on this subject; however, data on the potential health risks of GMOfoods are scanty, which has made it impractical to draw conclusions from it up till now.

　　§ distinctive

　　§ special, unique

　　§ 独特的

　　§ Of course, the root and the main current of any culture must bear its own distinctive nationalfeatures.

　　§ hospitalize

　　§ 住院

　　§ The finding is worrying because an infection that could cause just a stomachache in a healthy person could hospitalize or even kill those with weakened immune systems.

　　§ sibling

　　§ brother or sister

　　§ 兄弟姐妹

　　§ If you're fighting with your brother or sister a lot and competing for attention from your parents,that's called sibling rivalry. It's completely natural to get into arguments with your siblings.

　　§ inability

　　§ 无法、不能

　　§ As infants they do not learn how to interact with others, and as children and adults this inability quickly makes them a target for other people.

　　§ recall

　　§ remember

　　§ 回忆、想起

　　§ Forget

　　§ Fill the space between now and then: Once you have your fixture time, try to recall all the thingsyou did and places you went after that right up until now.

　　§ account for

　　§ explain

　　§ 说明、解释

　　§ It is the business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it,and to find, if he is able, common factors which underlie and account for the facts that he knows.

　　§ plausible

　　§ 貌似合理的

　　§ Implausible

　　§ Debate remains as to why this happened, but the most plausible explanation is that whenmodern humans began to live in larger groups, our hair filled with more and more ticks and lice.

　　§ infant

　　§ baby

　　§ 婴儿

　　§ In kangaroo care, an adult holds the infant, wearing only a diaper, against his or her bare chest,with a sheet or other cover wrapped around the pair.

　　§ hypothesis

　　§ theory

　　§ 假设

　　§ "Although physical activity is thought of as an energy-deficit activity," they wrote, "our estimatesdo not support this hypothesis.

　　§ amnesia

　　§ 记忆缺失

　　§ Amnesia is a primitive, self-preservation mechanism, which comes into play when man need toprotect himself or herself from some form of severe emotional or physical trauma.

　　§ repression

　　§ 压抑、抑制

　　§ Dialogue and agreement should outline the new cycle, over violence and repression.

　　§ toddler

　　§ 幼儿

　　§ You might have a teething toddler in the house and, even with your door closed and headphones on, you can hear the poor kid screaming in a combination of pain and exhaustionin the other room.