今天先带来在《TIME》出现频率很高的简易词之中的10个，每个都附有音频和例句，大家在学习完每个单词之后，先不要看例句，尽量能听写一遍，然后再自己翻译一遍，然后再跟读哦。这样下来，听力，翻译，口语都锻炼了。
1.accustomed (a.) 习惯于
【同】used【反】unaccustomed
Even if they are willing to make the sacrifice in dollars , whether Americans will give up long accustomed personal liberties is another question.(TIME,May 1,1995,P68)
即使美国人愿意在金钱上牺牲，但是否愿意抛弃久已习以为常的个人自由，还是未知之数。
2.affluent (a.) 富裕的
【同】prosperous wealthy 【反】poor
Leeson and his wife Lisa never really seemed to fit into the affluent , neo-colonial life-style of Singapore or into the city's multiethnic society.(TIME,Mar 13,1995,P40)
里森及其妻子丽莎似乎与新加坡赋予的新殖民生活方式一直格格不入，也似乎一直未能融入新加坡的多种族社会。
3.ambiguous (a.) 模棱两可的，暧昧的
【同】vague 【反】obvious ，clear
Truman got the Korean War because he was ambiguous , and Saddam took Kuwait because Bush didn't say. "No" straight out .
杜鲁门惹了个朝鲜战争，因为他的立场不明确，而萨达姆占领科威特，是因为布什没能直截了当的说“不”。
【注】straight out 率直地
4.anonymous (a.) 匿名的，不知名的
【反】known named
So he went on his own fact-finding mission,leaning heavily on a 49-page white paper submitted last month by three anonymous hightech firms.(TIME,FEB.27,1995,P31)
所以他继续其真相调查工作，埋头审阅一份厚达49页的白皮书，这份白皮书是上个月由3家匿名的高科技公司提出的。
5.appropriate (a.)适宜的
【反】inappropriate
So any protein that dissolves new blood vessels may not be appropriate for younger women who have not yet entered menopause.(TIME,Jan.9,1995,P60)
因此，对于还未停经的妇女而言，任何足以溶解于新生血管的蛋白质或许都是不适宜的。
【注】menopause ：停经
6.at stake 危急存亡关头的，有可能丧失或受损的
【同】at risk
At a news conference,(U.S.Undersecretary of Defense)Perry declared that the credibility of the international community(NATO) was at stake.(TIME,June 5,1995,P38)
在记者招待会上，（美国国防副部长）佩里宣称，北约这个国际组织正面临信任危机。
7.available (a.) (物）可取得的，买得到的；(人有空）可见面的，可参加的
Most of the (smart) cards available in Atlanta will be worth between $10 and $50 and will be usable instead of cash at as many as 5000 "points of purchase" throught the city.(TIME JAN 8 1996 P13)
于亚特兰大出售的IC卡大部分值10到15美元，可以在全市多达5000个“商业网店”充当货币使用。
8.bear (a.) （股市）看跌的，熊市的
Meanwhile,pundits who do make a bear stand don't last.(TIME Mar 3 1997 P53)
同时，那些对股市看跌的专家，也不再坚持自己的看法。
【注】pundits ：专家
9.bilateral (a.) 双边的
He would halt bilateral contact with North Korea until Pyongyang resumed negotiations with South Korea.(TIME July 8,1996,P29)
在平壤恢复与韩国谈判之前，他不会与朝鲜进行双边接触。
10.bland (a.)平淡无奇的
As a result news coverage tents to be bland.(TIME,Feb 10,1997,P56)
结果新闻报道往往平淡无味。
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11.blunt (a.)直言不讳的
Clinton's summation war startlingly blunt ;"It is better to have reached no agreement (on Japan's opening its domestic market)than to have reached an empty agreement."(TIME,Feb 21,1994,P41)
最后克林顿语惊四座，直言不讳的说：“（在日本开放其国内市场这个议题上）与其获得形同一纸空文的协议，不如不要协议。”
12.bull (a.) （股市）看涨的，多头的，牛市的
The bull market will end-but when is the question.(TIME,Mar 3,1997,P53)
牛市将会结束，问题是何时结束。
13.burgeoning (a.)正快速发展的
Genetic information is the raw material of the burgeoning biotechnology industry, which uses human DNA to build specialized proteins that may have some value as disease-fighting drugs.(Time,Jan.16,1995 p54)
基因信息是目前正蓬勃发展的生物科技工业的原料；此工业利用人类DNA制造特化蛋白质，而这些蛋白质或可作为治病药物之用。
14.coherent (a.) 前后连贯的，有条理的
【反】 muddled ，incoherent
Curry…impressed Clinton with his ability to fashion a coherent policy message that synthesized the often conflicting interests of the party's traditional and moderate wings.(TIME,June 5,1995,P22)
科里就是有这个本事，能够把党内保守派，温和派往往都各不相让的利益结合在一起，做出一份有条有理的政策报告，令克林顿大为赞赏。
【注】synthesize V.综合，合成
fashion v. 制作
15.comprehensive a.(a.) 包罗广泛的，全面的
【同】complete 【反】partial
Grove delivered a sharp, comprehensive report.His bosses were impressed.(TIME, Dec.29 1997-Jan.5,1998,P33)
格罗夫呈递一份深入、周详的报告，令老板们印象深刻。
16.compulsory (a.)义务的，强制的
【同】mandatory
In 1919 while serving a compulsory stint in the military,Nurmi entered a 20-k march carrying a rifle, a cartridge belt and a knapsack filled with 5 kg of sand. (TIME,June 24,1996,P66)
1919年，当他在军中服义务役的时候，努尔米带着一支步枪，腰上系着弹带，背上背着装有5公斤沙子的背包参加20公里行军。
【注】stint (n.) （在某处从事某事的）那段时间
cartridge (n.) 弹药筒
knapsack (n.) （士兵或徒步旅行者用的帆布或皮制）背包
17.conciliatory (a.)有和解之意的
The executive director of the Christian Coalition told a prominent Jewish audience ,in a conciliatory speech ,that calling the U.S. a"Christian nation" is wrong …(TIME,Apr.17,1995,p13)
在一场有意外和解对立的演讲中，基督教联盟的执行主席告诉台下那群犹太名流说，将美国叫做“基督教国家”是不对的。
【注】 prominent 卓越的
18.conscious (a.) 意识到……的
【同】aware
Times Books recently announced that it will publish a book of socially-conscious poetry by former President Jimmy Carter.(TIME,July 18,1994,P9)
时代图书公司最近宣布，将出版一本由前总统卡特所写的社会关怀的诗集。
19.conventional (a.) 传统的，一般的，普通的
【同】traditional 【反】unconventional
The voice-recognition technology will not be on conventional desktop computers only;it will be available in any sort of electronic information processing device.(TIME,July 17,1995,P44)
语音识别技术不仅将运用于一般的台式电脑，任何电子信息处理装置都用得上。
20.critical (a.) 重大的，局关键地位的
【同】crucial
"We have only the foggiest idea," the independent daily Segodnya complained last week, "who is actually at the helm in this country,who is making the critical decisions."(TIM,Jan.9,1995,P50)
立场独立的《塞戈尼亚日报》上周抱怨说：“谁是真正的国家领导者？谁做出重大决策？我们所知甚少。”
【注】foggy (a.) 模糊的，朦胧的
21.crucial (a.)关键的，重大的
【同】critical
Understanding social cues,creating works of art and spawning inventions are all crucial mental tasks that bear little relationship to how well a person can fill in a printed test form.(TIME,Sep.11,1995,P60)
【注】spawning (v.) 产卵，孕育
许多重要的心智活动，像理解一些社交上的暗示，创造艺术品，孕育新发明，其实都和填写考卷的能力没有关系。
22.cuuning (a.)狡猾的，精明的
【同】crafty
Perhap the most cunning Disney trick is to take fairy tales in the public domain and reinvent them as corporate property.A billion-dollar example is Beauty and the Beast.(TIME,May.2,1994,p72)
迪斯尼公司最精明的盘算，或许就是将童话故事搬上大众舞台，且将其改头换面，成为公司资产。耗资10亿美元拍成的《美女与野兽》就是个例子
23.dazzling (a.)令人目眩神移的
【同】stunning
With computers doubling in speed and power every couple of years,and with genetic engineering's dazzling feats growing more and more routine,the battered American faith in technologicalprogress has benn growing stronger and giddier of late.(TIME,May.27,1996,p67)
【注】feat (n.) 功绩
batter (v.) 连番猛击
giddy (a.) 眼花缭乱的
24.dedicated (a.)专注的
In Singapore,dedicated Net users are planning to mantain unfettered access by jumping borders and dialing service in neighboring Malaysia.
【注】unfettered (a.)无拘无束的
新加坡的网络迷正计划跨越过节，使用邻国马来西亚的拨号服务，以确保网络上的自由使用权。
25.desperate (a.)迫切的
Bereft of patrons ,desperate to rescue his economy, Filed Castro turns to an unusual solution.(TIME,Feb.20,1995,p50)
【注】bereft (a.)被剥夺的，丧失的
由于资助断绝，而又急于挽救该国经济，卡斯特罗转而求助于一项罕见的解救之道。
26.determined (a.)坚定的
Author Joe Kane came across a determined priest, a Spaniard who had spent years teaching a tribe of hunter gatherers, the Huaorani how to survive outside their rainforest habitat.(TIME，Mar.25,1996,p70)
【注】priest (n.)牧师
Spaniard (n.)西班牙人
habitat (n.)栖息地
作家乔卡内遇到一名性格坚毅的西班牙籍教士，这名教士花了好几年时间传给华欧拉尼族人离开世居的雨林区之后的生存知道。华欧拉尼族以狩猎采集为生。
27.disabled (a.)残障的
【同】handicapped
Seven years ago,Dole spoke about the need to "provide care and assistance for the hungry and the homeless and the disabled."Nothing resembling that was heard last week.（TIME,Apr.24,1995,p52)
7年前，多尔谈到，有必要“为饥民，游民，残疾人提供照顾与援助”，这样的话上个星期不再听到。
28.disastrous (a.) 灾情惨重的
【同】terrible
The Kobe quake was only slightly bigger than the Northiridge tremor but more disastrous.(TIME,Jan.30,1995,p34)
神户地震的规模仅稍大于诺斯里奇地震，造成的灾情却严重的多。
29.distinct (a.)不易混淆的，独特的
Many scientists consider the Khoisan a distinct race of very ancient origin.(TIME,Jan.16,1995,p54)
许多科学家认为克瓦桑族是一支独特的民族，渊源非常久远。
30.dominant (a.)主宰的，强势的
【同】pre-eminent
Now as then ,the splintering of a Saddam-less Iraq would leave Iran the dominant gulf power, an unpalatable solution.
【注】splinter (v.)使分裂
unpalatable (a.)不好吃的，令人不快的
现在的情况和当时相同，没有萨达姆侯赛因的伊拉克会四分五裂，波斯湾就只剩伊朗称霸，这种解决方案令人无法接受。
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31.doomed (a.)注定的，命定的
He started at the top ,of course,but the fact that he is staying there has frustrated the popular wisdom thar an early front runner is doomed to fall.(TIME,June 5,1995,p29)
他一开始就领先，这是理所当然的事，但让一个人不解的是，他此后一直保持领先，因为一般人都认为刚开始当选希望最大的人最后必定会败下阵来。
(a.) 注定要失败或毁灭的，劫数难逃的
At the beginning of May 1945 it was clear to even the most zealous of Hitler's followers that his "Thousand Year Reich" was doomed.(TIME,May 15,1995,p52)
1945年5月初，即使是希特勒最狂热的支持者，也都明白“千年帝国”已是劫数难逃。
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32.drastic (a.)剧烈的
【同】radical
The New Deal welfare safety net installed in the 1930s and augmented in the Great Society programs of the 1960s has been hauled off for the kind of drastic restitching that France, Germany,Italy and Sweden have been laboring over the past year or more.(TIME,Aug.12,1996,P25)
【注】augment (v.)扩大
to haul off 撤下
restitching (n.)重新缝补
“新政”在1930年代大张福利安全网，到了1960年代又因“伟大社会”的各项计划而更为扩大，如今这张安全网已经取下，准备大肆缝补，就像一年多来法国，德国意大利与瑞典这些国家大费周章所做的缝补一样。
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33.eccentric (a.)特立独行的，行为怪异的
【同】odd
The eccentric,fact-based best seller Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil sparks a rush to see where it all took place.(TIME,Apr.3,1995,p79)
这本风格特异，根据真人实事改变的畅销书《午夜的善恶花园》，极其一股人潮，涌向故事的发生地一探究竟。
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34.elevanted (a.)崇高的
It turns out ,however,that not every man who reached the pinnacle of American leadership was a gleaming example of self-awareness,empathy,impulse control and other qualities that mark an elevated EQ.(TIME,Oct.9,1995,p30)
35 elite (a.)精英的，最优秀的 (n.)精英
Ideally , the U.N. should have a small ,elite,standing rapid-deployment force…trained and ready to go at once to a trouble spot that the Security Council has decided to become involved in.(TIME,Oct.23,1995,p30)
理想的做法是联合国建立一支短小精悍、训练有素、常备不懈的快速反应部队，一旦某地发生动乱，而安理会决定干预，即可派上用场。
36.enduring (a.)持久的
The plain, undercorated object, representing the enduring role art has played throughout China's history, takes pride of place in the sumptuous Splendors of Imperial China, which opened last week at New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art.(TIME,Apr.1,1996,p47)
【注】sumptuous (a.)豪华的，昂贵的
这件朴实、毫无雕琢的物品代表这艺术在中国历史上扮演的历久不衰的角色。上周在纽约大都会艺术博物馆开幕的“中国帝王瑰宝展“盛展中，这件物品展示在最主要的位置。
37.explicit (a.)明白表示的，直言的
But they won't be able to filter the Internet. They're explicit about that.(TIME,Feb.19,1997,p46)
但是他们无法滤到国际互联网，这点他们已经明白表示。
38.exquisite (a.) 精巧的
The show also includes an exquisite Seeurat seascape,some notable Cezannes and considerable paintings by Courbet, Gauguin, Van Gogh and others.(TIME,Apr.3,1995,p64)
这次展出的作品，包括一副修拉的出色海景画，数幅塞尚名画，以及库尔贝、高更、梵高等人的不少作品。
39.extravagant (a.)奢侈的，挥霍的
Could this fate befall James Camerson,Hollywood's most daring and extravagant auteur?(TIME,July.18,1994,p55)
【注】auteur (n.)法文，指具有强烈个人风格的大导演
这个恶运有可能降临詹姆斯卡梅伦这位好莱坞最大胆，最敢花钱的大导演身上吗？
40.fantastic (a.)极大的，难以置信的
Because of its fantastic capacity to see all posible combinations some distance into the future,the machine (Deep Blue),once it determines thar its own position is safe, can take the kind of attacking chances no human would.(TIME,Feb.26,1996,p42)
深蓝电脑因为具有预见未来所有可能组合的惊人能力，一旦认为自己的位置安全，便敢冒着人类不敢冒的风险而进攻。
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41.ferocious (a.)凶猛的
This puts Clinton in something of a no-win situation he is unlikly to gain much credit if the bailout succeeds，but will catch ferocious flak if it fails．(TlME．Mar 6．1995，P34)
【注】flak(n.)高射炮；抨击．指责
紧急贷款如果成功，克林顿不会因此博得美名；如果失败，则会遭到猛烈的抨击；由此看来，克林顿有些像是两头不讨好。
42.flamboyant (a.)显眼的，引人注目的；奢华的
He is probably the least flamboyant of the Republican contenders(TIME．Mar 13，1995．P．86)
共和党各角角逐者中，他大概是最不受瞩目的
43.fledgling (a.)初出茅庐的，羽毛刚丰的
Early in this century，a fledgling effort at behavioral genetics divided people into such classes as mesomorphs-physically robust.
psychologically assertive-and ectomorphs-skinny．nervous,shy．(TIME．Mar．10．1997，p41)
【注】mesomorph (n.) 体育型体质，体育型体质者
robust (a.) 精力充沛的
ectomorph (n.)外胚型体质者
本世纪初。在行为遗传学方面的一项初步研究将人分为运动型体格(身体壮硕．好坚持已见)
以及清瘦型体格(身体瘦削，神经紧张，好害羞)。
44.fluid (a.)流动的，变化不定的
【同】changeable
Information…is now too fluid to control .It flows in over airways , via satellites,through microwave relays to cellular phones，faxes，televisions．radios，beepers，modems．(TIME,Aug 19，1996，p．52)
今日的资讯流动性太大，已经不可能管制。资讯传递方式很多，可以经由空中、卫星、微波转接，也可以通过移动电话，传真机、电视，收音机、传呼机与调制解调器。
45.formidable (a.)（敌人）难对付的，（工作）艰难的
"Perot as kingmaker”he says tactfully，“is a more formidable proposition than Perot as candidate．"(TIME，Mar．13，1995，P．91)
【注】kingmaker (n.)有权使人当选者；
proposition (n.)(口语)要对付或注意的事物
他委婉地说道：“佩罗替人抬轿助选，要比他自己出来参选更难缠。”
46.fragile (a.)（情势）脆弱的，禁不起外力冲击的
A revenue generating franchise is the most fragile thing in the world—No matter how good your product，you are only 18 months away from failure．(TIME, June 5，1995．P32)
世界上最不可靠的，莫过于来自特许经销权的收入。产品再好，也只有18个月免于淘汰的安全期。
47.futile (a.)徒劳无功的，白费力气的
Indeed，for all the world's governments，…attempts to control the global flow of electro-information are not only futile but counter productive as well．(TIME，Spring 1995 Special Issue: Welcome to Cyerspace．P．80)
试图控制电子咨询的全球流动，不仅枉然而且会带来副作用，对世界各国政府而言，这是无庸置疑的事。
48.genuine (a.)真的，非伪造的；真诚的，非伪装的
【同】real，sincere ；【反】fake
It is a challenge to portray a forsaken woman in a way that evokes genuine sympathy；but Stevens manages．(TIME,Feb 6，1995,p75)
把弃妇描写得令人由衷生起恻隐之心，不是件易事，但史蒂文斯做到了。
49.hefty (a.)重大的，猛烈的
Chow Yun Fat is angling for Hollywood stardom; this time next year he could be in any of three hefty action films．(TIME．June 29，1996.p40)
周润发正设法到好莱坞摘星，明年此时，他可能已在拍3部火爆动作片中的一部。
50.hostile (a.)带敌意的
Unlike most baseball-playing countries,Cuba has no professional league to cream off its top talent, and hostile relations with Washington keep its elite from migrating to the U.S.major leagues.
古巴与大部分棒球国家不同，它没有职业棒球联盟，所以不愁顶尖高手被挖角。他与华盛顿交恶，所以棒球精英也不会移民去打美国甲级联盟
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