考研英语历年真题来源报刊阅读100篇 Text100
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sway
v.摇摆，摇动
ballot
n.选举票，投票，票数；vi.投票
［真题例句］Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot (n.) papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interests as they plough through them.［2004年阅读2］
［例句精译］求职面试、选举投票、会议发言或参加会议等诸多名单，也是按字母表顺序排序，当人们费劲地往下查看时，兴趣也随之索然。
predecessor
n.前辈，前任，（被取代的）原有事物
［真题例句］Thus the American president and vicepresident have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bushs predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. ［2004年阅读2］
［例句精译］如此这般，美国总统和副总统的姓氏分别是以B和C开头，而且乔治•布什的前任有26位（包括他父亲在内）的姓氏均在字母表的前半部，而姓氏在字母表后半部的却仅有16位。
sustain
v.①支撑，撑住；②维持，持续；③遭受
［真题例句］Mozart, he theorized, may have sustained（③）it in a fall, and that would help explain the severe headaches the composer was said to have suffered more than a year before his death. ［2005年阅读4］
［例句精译］他推断，这可能是由莫扎特摔跤所致；同时，这也为莫扎特去世前困扰他一年多的严重头痛病提供了解释。
lease
n.租借，租约，租赁物，租期，延续的一段时间；vt.出租，租出，租得
stream
n.①小河，溪流；②川流不息的事物；v.流出，涌
