1994 passage 1
market-oriented(以市场为导向的)←market市场+orient定位+ed形容词后缀。
permit / (v.许可;许可证)即per+mit,per-(=through),mit词根“传送”,故“允许传送过去”→许可。同根词:admit(v.让……进入;承认)←ad(=to)+mit;emit(v.散发,发射)←e(=ex)+mit;transmit(v.传播;传导)←trans(=through)+mit。liberty is the right to do whatever the laws permit.自由就是做法律允许的任何事的权利。
embrace / (v.拥抱;包含)即em+brace,em-(=in),brace词根“手臂”,故“使在手臂里”→拥抱→引申为“包含”。brace作单词意为“v.支撑n.支柱”←谐音“不累死”,因为累死就支撑不住了。created by life, in definite circumstances, to act on definite things, how can it embrace life, of which it is merely an emanation or aspect?由生命创造,处于一定情况下,作用于一定事物,它(←指科学)只是生命的一种释放或一个方面,怎么能包括生命?
coupled with 与……相结合;bid up 哄抬物价;gain control over 获得对……的控制。
1994 passage 2
deposit / (v.n.存放;储蓄;沉淀)即de+pos+it,de-向下,pos词根“放”,it后缀,“放下它”。the mark of the historic is the nonchalance with which it picks up an individual and deposits him in a trend, like a house playfully moved in a tornado.历史性事件的标志是冷漠,它拈起一个人置于某种趋势中,使之像龙卷风里的房子那样儿戏般地翻滚。
horizon / (地平线;眼界)。the horizon of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the heart.生活的地平线主要由心胸的扩大而拓展。
convenient / (便利的)←con+veni+ent形容词后缀。what a convenient and delightful world is this world of books.书籍的世界是多么便利而令人愉快啊!
processor / (制造者;处理器)←process处理+or;microprocessor(微处理器)←micro+processor。