词汇科普图解(词汇真记讲解)(1)

Most

1.mostly ['məustli]

ad. 几乎全部地;主要地,大部分,基本上

【同义词】

mainly;basically

【真题例句】

Monarchs are kept as heads of state in Europe mostly owing to their undoubted and respectable status.(2015考研英语阅读Text 1)

参考译文:在欧洲,君主被保留作为国家元首的最主要原因是他们不容置疑的崇高地位。

2.almost ['ɔ:lməust]

ad. 几乎,差不多

同义词

nearly

【真题例句】

Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. (2002考研英语阅读Text 3)

参考译文:自从石油输出国组织在3月决定减少原油供应以来,原油的价格便从去年12月的不到10美元一桶上升到到约26美元一桶。

3.foremost ['fɔ:məust]

a. 最先的;最初的;主要的 ad. 首要地

[同义词]

first

[真题例句]

During his lifetime, though, he was also one of England's foremost classical-music critics, and a stylist so widely admired that his Autobiography (1947) became a bestseller.(2010考研英语阅读Test1)

参考译文:然而在他的一生中,他也是英国最重要的古典音乐评论家之一,而且还是一位广受赞赏的文体学家,其1947年的《自传》是一本畅销书。

4.utmost ['ʌtməust]

a. 最远的;极度的 n. 极限,极度,最大可能

5.mosquito [mə'ski:təu]

n. 蚊子

6.moss [mɔs]

n. 苔,藓,地衣

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