2018考研英语必看经典熟词僻义（超全）

　　level vt使成平面; 变成平面The earthquakes leveled the city district.地震使整个城市夷为平地。

　　把...对准The hostage had a rifle leveled at his head.那人质的头部有一支来福枪瞄准着。

　　vi 对准[(+at)]Her eyes leveled at him. 她的眼睛盯着他。

　　n区域层面I finally found my own level in the business world.我终于在生意场上找到自己的位置。

　　lever n手段; 途径; 工具Pity is a lever for quickening love.怜悯是加速爱情的手段。

　　征收A direct food levy was imposed by the local government.地方政府征收了食品税。

　　v/n【律】扣押They levied on his property for unpaid rent. 他们因他未付租金而扣押他的财产。

　　vt征集(兵员)They began to levy recruits among the local people. 他们开始在当地人中间征兵。

　　发动(战争)[(+on/upon/against)]levy war against a neighboring country 对邻国发动战争

　　library n藏书丛书唱片集He owns a library of two thousand volumes.他拥有2000册藏书。

　　licence n放纵, 放肆I'm in favour of liberty, of course—but against licence.我当然赞成自由, 不过我反对放纵。

　　(艺术作品的)破格,不拘一格[U]poetic licence 诗歌上的破格

　　lift vi.消散The plane will take off once the fog has lifted.等雾一消散, 飞机便起飞。

　　免费搭车; 搭便车We got a lift part of the way in a lorry.我们有一段路搭乘了卡车。

　　vt【口】偷窃;抄袭;整容 face lift挖出(山芋等);拔起(秧苗等)

　　All the main ideas in the article are lifted from other works. 这篇文章的主要思想都是从其它作品中剽窃来的。

　　School boys were hired to lift the potatoes. 雇用了学生来挖马铃薯。

　　limitation n[c]【律】有效期限 the limitation of armaments 军备的限制

　　能力差;无能力He knows his limitations.他自知他的缺陷。

　　liner n衬里;衬垫;做内应的人;卧底a helmet liner 钢盔衬帽

　　lip n边缘They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口边缘。

　　冒昧无礼less of your lip别这么冒昧无礼

　　liquid adj (语言等)流畅的He writes liquid prose. 他散文写得很流畅。. 商】流动资产liquid assets

　　list vi. (船身等)倾斜The ship listed to port. 船向左舷倾斜。

　　n. (船身等的)倾斜[S]The tower had a list to the south. 塔向南倾斜。

　　literature n文献, 图书资料

　　He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.他是研究中国古天文学文献专家。

　　loaf vt. & vi.〈口〉虚度光阴Don't loaf your life away.不要虚度光阴。

　　lobby n游说议员的团体The clean-air lobby are/is against the plans for the new factory.

　　空气清洁运动团体反对设立新工厂的计划。

　　vt. & vi.向…进行游说[疏通]

　　They are actively lobbying against the bill.他们正在积极游说议员, 阻止通过该项法案。

　　locker n 舱室行李寄存柜Luggage locker can be rent at the airport . 可在机场租用带锁的行李寄存柜。

　　最后归宿Graveyard：Here be Davy Jone’s Locker! 墓地:在海战中光荣牺牲的人的最终归宿。

　　葬身鱼腹Davy Jones's locker.

　　lodge vt存放, 寄存lodge money in the bank把钱存入银行

　　把(子弹等)打入, 射进, 打在The hunter lodged an arrow in the tiger's head.猎人一箭射中老虎的头。

　　loose adj不精确的, 不严密的He is a loose thinker.他是个思维不严密的人。

　　自由的; 散漫的The horse is loose in the field.马自由自在地在田野里。

　　vt.释放, 失去控制He loosed the ropes that bound the prisoner, thus allowing him to jump up and escape.

　　他解开了囚犯身绑着的绳子, 那个囚犯跳起来就跑了。

　　loose off放(枪、箭)I loosed off my last arrow, I prayed that the deer would fall.我射出最后一箭时, 祈祷着鹿会倒下。

　　lord vi.作威作福Gone are the days when a big nation could lord it over small ones.大国对小国称王称霸的日子已一去不复返。

　　lot n(出售或拍卖时的)货品[C]Lot 99 is a pair of antique vases. 第九十九批拍卖品是一对古瓶。

　　签[C]They drew lots to decide who should begin. 他们用抽签的方法来决定谁先开始。

　　抽签[U]It was settled by lot. 这事是以抽签决定的。

　　命运,运气[U][S1]t was her lot to suffer through life. 她命该一辈子受苦。

　　lottery n碰运气的事, 难于算计的事

　　They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。

　　loud adj喧噪的;(举止等)招摇的,炫耀的Joe is a loud, vulgar person. 乔是一个爱招摇的,庸俗的人。

　　(衣服颜色等)鲜艳的,花俏的She wore a loud dress. 她穿一件艳丽的连衫裙。

　　lounge vi.懒散地斜倚[靠坐]He was lounging on a sofa.他懒洋洋地靠在沙发上。

　　vt.懒洋洋地打发(时间)He lounged the summer away.他散漫安闲地度过夏天。

　　闲荡;闲逛[(+around/about)]I saw several people just lounging about there. 我看见几个人正在那儿闲荡。

　　lumber vi.笨重地移动; 隆隆地行走(along, by, past)A heavy truck lumbered by.一辆重型卡车隆隆驶过。

　　(用破烂东西)堆满[(+with)]The house is lumbered up with useless articles. 这栋房子里堆满了没用的物品。

　　machine n机器人似地工作的人;没有感情或意志的人

　　Years of doing the same dull job can turn you into a machine.长年做同样枯燥的工作会把你变成机器人。

　　机构The Allies finally smashed the Nazi war machine. 同盟国最终粉碎了纳粹的战争机器。

　　操纵组织的核心集团(人物)the state machine国家机器the Democratic machine民主党核心人物

　　machinery n体系机构We need to discuss ways of improving the machinery of government.我们需要商讨改进政府机构的办法。

　　magazine n弹药库He escaped being killed when the magazine exploded because he had not gone to work.

　　他因没有去上班而避免了在那次弹药库爆炸中丧生。

　　magnet n有吸引力的人[物]The actress was the magnet that drew great audiences.那位女演员曾吸引过许多观众。

　　magnify vt夸大He tried to magnify the part he played in the battle.他试图夸大他在战斗中发挥的作用。

　　magnitude n巨大; 重要性The auditorium is a building of great magnitude.这个大礼堂是一栋巨大的建筑物。

　　量;大小;强度;音量[U]It is difficult to imagine the magnitude of the universe. 宇宙的广大很难想像。

　　【天】星等(指星的亮度)[C] Stars of the first magnitude are the brightest.一等星最明亮。

　　【地】震级[C] earth-quake magnitude震级

　　maintenance n赡养费He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻赡养费。

　　management n管理人员, 管理部门; 资方;与人交往的技巧, 手腕

　　The management is[are] having talks with the workers.资方正在和工人谈判。

　　She gets them to accept these changes by tactful management.她用圆滑的手腕说服他们接受这些变动。

　　manner n [pl. ]风俗, 习惯; 生活方式

　　She has written a book on the manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians.她写了一本关于古埃及人习俗的书。

　　manual a【律】实际占有的n (风琴的)手键盘

　　manufacture vt捏造She manufactured a false story to hide the facts.她编了一段谎话来掩盖事实。

　　map vt.绘制(一地区等的)地图; 用地图表示

　　The scientists mapped the surface of the moon.科学家绘制了月球表面的地图。

　　n 写照;映像The old man's face is a map of time.那老人脸就是岁月的写照。

　　map out安排;详细提出某事;在地图上标出

　　She mapped out her time very well. 她把时间安排得很好。

　　She mapped out her ideas on the new project.她详细提出了对新项目的意见。

　　Some of the mountains in South America have not yet been mapped out.南美洲的一些山脉尚未在地图上标出来。

　　marble n (用玻璃、泥等制成的)弹子;弹子游戏Let's have a game of marbles.咱们玩弹球游戏吧。

　　【俚】理智,明智He completely lost his marbles after the stock market crash. 股市崩盘后他完全失去理智。

　　adj似大理石的平滑的; 冷酷无情的

　　In spite of her age there were no lines on her marble forehead.在她这个年龄, 平滑的前额却没有出现皱纹。

　　He has a heart of marble.他有一副铁石心肠。

　　march n进行曲The movement of a waltz is very different from that of a march.

　　华尔兹的韵律和进行曲的韵律是不同的。

　　稳定的发展The march of events is as fast as we thought.事情的稳定的发展就如我们所料的那样快。

　　vt拖走, 拖去, His mother marched him right off home with her.他母亲让他马上跟她回家。

　　把...带走, 迫使到(某处He was marched off to prison.他被带到监狱

　　march past检阅时列队行进

　　A division of soldiers who won honour for their bravery in the last war will march past during this afternoon's

　　ceremony.在上次战斗中因表现勇敢获得荣誉的一个师, 将在今日下午的典礼上列队行进接受检阅。

　　margin n差数, 差额; 余地 【商】保证金, 押金; 准备金盈余; 利润; (成本与售价的)差额, 赚头

　　We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。

　　The reserve board raised margins from 50 to 60 percent. 联邦储备银行董事会将定金从50%提高到60%。

　　They have always had to make do with relatively small profit margins.他们不得不经常设法应付较少的利润额。

　　marginal adj不重要的, 微小的, 少量的仅以微弱多数票获胜的;临界的;最低限度的;贫瘠的

　　The new law will have only a marginal effect on the lives of most people.新法对大多数人的生活未有重大的影响。

　　He won the most marginal seat by only two votes.他只以两票的微弱优势当选。

　　a marginal standard of living 最低限度的生活水平 a marginal business 盈利甚微的企业

　　marital n.水兵; 海军陆战队官兵The marines landed on the small island.海军陆战队登上了小岛。

　　marriage n紧密结合[C]【商】商业合并, 兼并

　　The marriage of words and melody in that song was unusually effective.

　　那首歌里词与曲配合合谐,产生了非同凡响的效果。

　　marry vt. & vi.使紧密结合;把..融为一体

　　She marries wit and/with scholarship in her writing.她在写作中将学问和才智紧密结合在了一起。

　　Let's meet by that bridge where the rivers marry.我们就在河流会合处的那座桥边见面吧。

　　married to sth献身于;致力于married to children’s education致力于儿童教育事业

　　mask vt用面具遮住; The thief masked his face with a stocking.那贼用长统袜遮住脸。

　　掩盖, 掩饰A smile masked his disappointment.微笑遮掩了他的失望。

　　n用作掩饰的事物; The jokes were a mask to hide his sadness.玩笑是掩盖他内心悲伤的方式。

　　掩饰; 伪装He conceals his worries behind a mask of nonchalance.他装作无事以掩饰内心的不安。

　　mass n群众The masses have boundless creative power.群众有无限的创造力。

　　质量This particle has very small mass.这种粒子的质量很小。

　　adj.大规模的,These precise instruments have already gone into mass production.这些精密仪器已经大规模投入生产。

　　大众的,民众的Mass education is essential in promoting democracy. 民众的教育对提倡民主是非常重要的。

　　【真题例句】In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in danger and that they would someday be meat for worms.

　　在西方，在大众传播开始出现、人们开始读书识字之前，最强势的大众传媒就是教堂，它提醒那些做礼拜者他们的心灵处于危险之中，有一天坑会受到蠕虫的啃食。【2006年阅读Txte4】

　　mat vt使缠结The swimmer's wet hair was matted together. 那游泳者的湿头发乱糟糟结成一团。

　　vi缠结The fur collar mats when it gets wet. 毛皮领子弄湿了就会缠结起来。

　　match对手,敌手;相配者[S][(+for)]The blue shirt and gray tie are a good match. 蓝衬衫和灰领带很相配。

　　Bill is no match for his brother on this. 在这方面比尔不是他兄弟的对手。

　　mate n (商船上的)大副The mate is one rank below the captain.大副是仅低于船长的头衔。

　　vt. & vi.(使)成为配偶, (使)交配Birds mate in the spring.鸟在春天交配。

　　material adj.物质的; 身体的; 肉体的; 重要的, 重大的

　　She is too poor to satisfy her family's material needs.她太穷了, 无法满足家人的物质需要。

　　The prosecution's case collapsed when a material witness failed to appear in court.

　　一名重要的证人没有出庭, 因此诉讼辩论无法进行。

　　mean adj.吝啬的; 自私的He is a mean man.他是个自私的人。

　　卑鄙的, 不善良的He took a mean advantage of me.他利用卑鄙的手段占我的便宜。

　　中间的, 平均的The mean temperature of this area is 33 degrees in summer.该地夏季平均气温为33度。

　　低微的He is a man of mean birth.他是位出身低微的人。

　　n.平均数, 平均值What you do first is to calculate the mean.你要做的第一件事就是算出平均数。

　　中间, 中庸It's a question of finding the mean between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.

　　问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法。

　　means n收入, 财富His means permit him to live comfortably.他的财富使他能过上舒适的生活。

　　measure n[pl]措施, 办法The measures had a detrimental effect.这些措施已产生不良影响。

　　【真题例句】Under modern conditions, this requires varying measures of centralized control and hence

　　the help of specialized scientists such as economists and operational research experts.

　　在现代条件下，这需要程度不同的中央控制措施，从而就需要获得诸如经济学和运筹学等领域专家

　　的协助。【2000年翻译】

　　【音】拍子; 调子; 小节; [古]舞蹈;(诗的)韵律; 音步

　　The pianist gave a long and varied recital, with a couple of encores for good measure.

　　那钢琴家的独奏演出会时间长、节目多，还加奏了两支曲子。

　　vt斟酌, 权衡She works hard and doesn't measure the cost to her health.她工作勤恳并不考虑身体代价。

　　meat n主要[重要]的部分The cheap buyer takes bad meat. [谚]便宜无好货。

　　It was a clever speech, but there was no real meat in it.这是一次巧妙的演说, 可惜没有实际内容。

　　食物的总称meat and drink

　　meat and drink to sb 对...的无上乐趣;快乐的源泉, 生活的目的

　　The weekly letters from his son are meat and drink to the old man.

　　儿子每周的来信对这位老人来说是极大的快慰。

　　mechanism n构造, 机制The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

　　办法, 技巧, 途径There are no mechanisms for changing the decision.这个决定是无法改变的。

　　meet vt对付,应付;如期偿付Let's meet that problem when it comes up. 那问题一出现,我们就来对付它。

　　满足;符合To be a pilot, one must meet certain physical standards. 要当飞行员必须达到体格上的某些标准。

　　迎接He hurried forward to meet them.他快步向前去迎接他们。

　　adj.适宜的; 合适的; 相称的(for, to do, to be done, that)It is meet to help your friends.帮助朋友是应该的。

　　melt melt into sth融〔溶〕化成(液体)If you warm ice, it will melt into water.如果你给冰加热它会融化成水。

　　逐渐消失; 逐渐融入In the rainbow, one color melts into another.在彩虹中, 各种颜色互相交融。

　　mend vt改[纠]正; 改善[进]Things are mending.情况正在好转。

　　vi.恢复; 康复His health is mending.他的健康状况正在恢复。

　　merchant n好[迷于]...的人 a speed merchant好开快车的人

　　merge vi.逐步融入Twilight merged into total darkness.落日熔金

　　mess n(海、陆军的)伙食团; 集体用膳人员The officers are at mess. 军官们正在用餐。

　　The party will be held in the officers' mess. 聚会将在军官食堂举行。

　　vi集体用膳 In this camp, private soldiers do not mess with officers. 在此兵营官兵不在一起用餐。

　　message n[c] (文学作品等的)启示;主旨;寓意[the S]What is the message of the book? 这本书的中心思想是什么?

　　metal n铺路用的碎石料; [pl. ]轨条[道]The train left [jumped] the metals.火车出轨了。

　　[喻]成色, 成分; 勇气; 本质Cowards are not made of the same metal as heroes.懦夫与英雄本质不同。

　　vt[英]用碎石铺路a metalled road碎石路

　　might n力量,威力;能力To be frank, this mission is beyond my might. 说实话,这一使命非我能力所及。

　　He fought back with all his might. 他倾全力反击。

　　mild adj温暖的, 暖和的That coat is too heavy for such a mild day.这样暖和的天气, 穿那件大衣太厚了。

　　轻微的, 不严重的The sentence was mild.判刑判得很轻。

　　(指食物、酒、烟等)味淡的, 不强烈的Please make my drink a mild one. 请把我的酒调得淡一点。

　　mile n[c] 【口】相当大的距离;相当大[P1][S]

　　I knew it was you, I could spot that hat a mile off! 我知道是你,离我好远就能看清楚你那顶帽子了!

　　He’s miles older than she is.他比她老多了。

　　milk vt.榨取, 勒索The government was accused of milking the people.该国政府被指控榨取人民的血汗。

　　[俚]套出消息; 窃听(电报、电话线上的)消息milk news from a source of information从消息提供人士处套出新闻

　　mill put/go through the mil千锤百炼;通过检验

　　When you join the Army, you have to go through the mill, as the training is very severe.

　　如果你参军，你就得经受磨炼，因为训练是非常严格的。

　　My new car was put through the mill.我的新车通过检验。

　　mine n地雷; 水雷An engineer tried to detonate the mine.一名工程师试图引爆地雷。

　　vt.在…中[下]布雷They've mined the entrance to the harbour.他们在港口布了雷。

　　以地雷[水雷]炸毁Their ship was mined.他们的船被水雷炸毁了。

　　miniature in miniature缩影的;小型的He's giving a party in miniature on his birthday.他生日那天将举行一个小型晚会。

　　minister vi.辅助; 服侍; 给予援助;照料,伺候[(+to)]

　　He became a rector of a small parish where he ministered for several years.

　　他成为一个小教区的教区牧师, 在那里主事了几年圣事。

　　I ministered to him in his last hours.在他临终时我在身边侍候。

　　minus prep.(表示否定)没有, 缺少, 差The statue survived through minus a leg.雕像幸存了下来, 缺了一条腿。

　　(表示数目)在零度以下The temperature was minus 30 degrees.气温为零下30度。

　　n. 不利, 不足, 缺点Let's consider the pluses and minuses of moving house.咱们考虑一下搬家的利弊吧。

　　adj略低一点的,略差一些的[A]I got an A minus. 我得了一个A-。

　　不利的[B]A boy might live in a minus neighborhood but not be a delinquent.

　　一个男孩子可以生活在一个差劲的街坊而不沦为罪犯。