考研對于詞匯的考查主要體現(xiàn)在考生“同義替換”的能力上，也就是考查考生對于語言多樣性的把握，所以考生在背單詞的時候一定要掌握單詞的同義詞。

　　variable

　　a.易變的，可變的;變量的 n.變量

　　【例】Charcoal here implies a component with variable properties, not a specific chemical.木炭是一種具有可變性質(zhì)而不是特定性質(zhì)的化學藥品。

　　【構(gòu)詞】vari(改變)+-able→能改變的→可變的

　　【同義替換】changeable, mobile, unstable, liquid

　　【真題】Building on the basic truth about interpersonal influence, the researchers studied the dynamics of social influence by conducting thousands of computer simulations of populations manipulating a number of variables relating to people’s ability to influence others and their tendency to be influenced.

　　基于人際影響的基本事實，研究人員通過成千上萬的計算機模擬來研究人群的動態(tài)關(guān)系，掌握了 一系列與人們影響他人的能力和受他人影響的可能性相關(guān)的變量。

　　elite

　　n.精華;精銳;中堅分子

　　【例】But its greedy elite will still try to manipulate the scheme.不過，該國貪婪的精英們?nèi)詫⒃噲D操控這一計劃。

　　【構(gòu)詞】e+lite(=lig選擇)→精選出來的→精英

　　【同義替換】cream, essence, quintessence

　　【派生】elitism n.精英主義;杰出人物統(tǒng)治論

　　【真題】If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006’s World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the later months.

　　如果你查一下參加2006年世界杯足球錦標賽的每位運動員的出生證明，就既有可能發(fā)現(xiàn)一個引人注目的怪現(xiàn)象：出色的足球運動員往往出生在一年內(nèi)的前幾個月而不是后幾個月。

　　haste

　　n.匆忙，急速，草率 v.趕快，匆忙

　　【例】The more haste, the less speed.欲速則不達。

　　【同義替換】hurry

　　【派生】hasty a.匆忙的，倉促的，草率的 hasten v.急忙，趕快;催促，促進

　　【真題】Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attached the bill and the haste of its passage,

　　一些人如釋重負，另一些人，包括教會、生命權(quán)利組織以及澳大利亞醫(yī)學會成員都對這一決議及其倉促的通過進行了猛烈的抨擊。

　　privacy

　　n.獨處，私生活;隱私，私事

　　【例】She complained that the questions were an invasion of her privacy.她投訴這些問題侵犯了她的個人隱私。

　　【同義替換】secrecy, seclusion, isolation

　　【派生】private a.私人的;私有的;私下的

　　【真題】Brendon Lynch, Microsoft’s chief privacy officer, blogged : ” We believe consumers should have more control. ” Could it really be that simple?

　　Brendon Lynch，微軟的首席隱私官，在自己的博客上說：“我們相信客戶應當(對自己的線上行為信息)有更大的掌控權(quán)�！钡�事實上真的有那么簡單嗎?

　　convey

　　v.運送，搬運;傳達，傳播

　　【例】Pipes convey hot water from the boiler to the radiators.通過管道把熱水從鍋爐輸送到散熱器里。

　　【構(gòu)詞】con-+vey(道路)→在路上運輸→運送

　　【同義替換】transport, express, deliver

　　【派生】conveyable a.可傳達的;可搬運的 conveyance n.運輸，運輸工具

　　【真題】Television is one of the means by which these feelings are created and conveyed—and perhaps never before has it served so much to connect different peoples and nations as in the recent events in Europe.

　　電視是引發(fā)和傳達這些感受的手段之一，在歐洲進來發(fā)生的事件中，它把不同的民族和國家連到一起，其作用之大，前所未有。

　　convince

　　v.(of)使信服，使確信

　　【例】What she said convinced me that I was mistaken.她的一番話使我認識到我錯了。

　　【構(gòu)詞】con-+vinc(征服)+e→說服，使信服

　　【同義替換】ensure, assure, confirm

　　【派生】convincible a.可信服的 convincing a.令人信服的，有說服力的

　　【真題】This, he thought, could not be true, because the “ Origin of Species ” is one long argument from the beginning to the end, and has convinced many able men.

　　他認為這些指責不可能是正確的，這是因為人們對《物種起源》從始至終爭論不休，許多有能力的人都相信其觀點。