occupation n.占领，职业
[词组]a regular ~固定职业
[形近词]occupy vt.占领，忙于
[真题连线]
Last year Mitsuo Setoyama, who was then education minister, raised eyebrows when he argued that liberal reforms introduced by the American occupation authorities after World War II had weakened the “Japanese morality of respect for parents”. (2000-Text4)
去年，时任教育部长的Mitsuo Setoyama就提出责难，他认为二战后美国占领当局引进的自由改革削弱了“日本人尊重父母的道德观”。
offspring n.后代
[同义词] descendant
[真题连线]
Most of us have roughly the same number of offspring. (2000-Text 2)
我们大多数人的子女数量大致相同。
operate v.运转，经营
[形近词]cooperate v.合作
[真题连线]
As a condition of receiving state approval for the sale, the company agreed to seek permission from state regulators to operate past 2012. (2012-Text 2)
作为获得该州批准买卖的条件，该公司当时同意向州监管机构申请2012年以后的运营许可。
opportunity n.机会，时机
[真题连线]
Science and technology would cure all the ills of humanity, leading to lives of fulfillment and opportunity for all. (2013-Text 3)
科技将会治愈人类的所有疾病，使所有人过上充满机遇和成就感的生活。
oppose v.反对，对抗
[词组]~ to doing sth.反对做某事
[形近词]opposed a.反对的；opposing a.相反的；expose v.暴露
[真题连线]
A sacred place of peace, however crude it may be, is a distinctly human need, as opposed to shelter, which is a distinctly animal need. (2013-Translation)
无论怎样疏于雕琢，一片安宁的圣地都是人类特有的需求，它与遮风挡雨之所不同，后者是动物特有的需求。
optimistic a.乐观（主义）的
[形近词]pessimistic a.悲观（主义）的
[真题连线]
Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy’s long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening.（2004-Text 3）
消费者似乎只是适度地担忧，没有恐慌。许多人说，即使在他们稍微节省开支的时候，对经济的长期愿景也仍是乐观的。
以上就是小编为各位同学梳理的考研英语高频词汇及其在历年真题中的应用，希望对各位同学的复习有所帮助。其实所谓考研词汇的核心含义，就是真题中考查过的含义。因此建议各位同学结合语境，也就是结合词汇在真题中的实际应用来理解和记忆，实现词汇和真题复习同时进行，提高复习效率。
