在做题的过程中，大家不知道有没有遇到过类似这样的情景，“这个单词我明明认真背诵过，但是放在文中这个句子里进行理解，却怎么解释不通呢?”这是因为我们在背诵单词时，会习惯于经验性地根据单词最常见的意思来进行记忆，当然这种方式是值得肯定的，在大多数的情况下，单词是以最常见的意思来呈现的。
不过有时候雅思阅读的文本中，为了区分不同语言水平的考生，会提高一下难度，考察某些单词的不常见的意思或用法，这就是我们所说的“熟词僻义”。
1.Account
n. 账户，账目
n. a written or spoken description that says what happens in an event or process
在主流题型配对题中常考词eg: anaccountof a national policy initiative
2.Objective
adj. 客观的，真实的
n. something that you are trying hard to achieve
真题原文: Thisobjective,agreed by the Gothenburg European Council,has to beachieved by ……
3.Considerable
adj. 可考虑的，值得考虑的
adj.fairly large,especially large enough to have an effect or be important相当大的，可观的
真题原文:
It shows that there has been aconsiderablereduction in the number of elderly people who are disabled.
4.Property
n. the thing or things that someone owns 所有物;资产，财产
n. a quality or power that a substance,plant etc has
真题原文: The metal used in the float process had to have specificproperties.
5.Sound
n. 声音，音量 v. 听起来
adj. sensible and likely to produce the right results
真题原文: a more effective and ecologicallysoundstrategy of biological control
6.Plant
n. a living thing that has leaves or roots and grows in earth,especially one that is smaller than a tree 植物
n. a factory or building where an industrial process happens
真题原文: Pilkington’s first full-scaleplantwas an instant commercial success.
7.Current
Adj. happening or existing now当前的，现在的
n. a continuous movement of water in a river,lake or sea
真题原文:The prospects for energy from tidalcurrentsare far better than from wind becausethe flows of water are predictable and constant.
8.Nature
n. 大自然，自然界
n. someone
n. the qualities or features that something has
真题原文: 剑十test4的标题Second nature就是第二天性
9.Register
v. to put someone’s or something’s name on an official list 登记，记录
v. if something registers,you realize or notice it,and then
真题原文: Most of thesubjects would probably never have given much thought to odour as a cue for identifying familymembers before being involved in the test,but as the experiment revealed,even when not consciously considered,smellsregister.
10.Relatively
adv.Used when comparingsomethingwith all similar things相对的，相比较而言
真题原文: Fish and othercreatures are thought to unlikely to be at risk from therelativelyslow-turning blades.
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