★constraint

构词con一起+strain+ t加强→拉到一起→限制，约束

vt.限制，约束;克制，抑制, 强制,约束条件，【计算机】限制，对感情的压抑

链接constrain v. 强迫，勉强，驱使，强制

真题连线2009 Text 3

On the contrary, constraints on improving productivity explain why education isn’t developing more quickly there than it is. 相反，对提高生产力的限制解释了为何那里的教育发展的速度并没有快于目前的速度。

construct★

构词con共同+struct建立→共同建立→建造

v.1.build建造

2.create by systematically arranging ideas or terms构筑

n.1.something formed构成物

2.a concept概念

3.a concrete image or idea形象

链接construction n.建筑, 建筑物, 解释, 造句

constructive a.建设性的

真题连线2009 Text 3

More recently, while examining housing construction, the researchers discovered that illiterate, non-English-speaking Mexican workers in Houston, Texas, consistently met bestpractice labor productivity standards despite the complexity of the building industrys work. 最近，研究人员在调查房屋建设时，发现尽管房地产行业的工作十分复杂，在德克萨斯州的休斯敦，那些未受过什么教育的、母语非英语的墨西哥工人总是能达到最佳的劳动力生产标准.　consume★

构词con全部+sum拿，取+ e动词后缀→全部拿光→消费

vt.1.to eat or drink up; ingest吃光

2.to expend; use up消耗

3.to purchase for direct use or ownership消费

4.to waste; squander 浪费;挥霍

vi.to be destroyed, expended, or wasted被毁灭、耗尽或浪费

链接consumerism n.用户至上主义

consumption n.消费, 消费量, 肺病

consumer n.消费者

真题连线2004 Text 1

With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. 因特网上与求职相关的网址数以千计寻找可能的职业空缺费时效率又低。

contemporary★

构词con共同+tempor“时间”或时间引起的现象+ary形容词后缀→时间相同→同代的

a.1.belonging to the same period of time属于同时期的

2.of about the same age(大约)同年龄的

3.current; modern当前的;现代(派)的

n.【pl】one of the same time or age同龄人

真题连线1999英译汉Social science methodologies had to be adapted to a discipline governed by the primacy of historical sources rather than the imperatives of the contemporary world. 社会科学研究的方法必须改变以适应这样一条指导，即以史料为基础，而不是为当代社会之需。

contempt★

构词con共同+tempt藐视→大家共同看不起→轻视

n.1.scorn.轻蔑

2.open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of藐视

链接contemptible a.可鄙的

真题连线1999 Passage 2

But push technology has earned the contempt of many Web users. 但这种“推”销技术遭到许多网上用户的鄙视。

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