例[adj] 不起眼的 2003年閱讀Text 4
As a nation, we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that could improve people's lives.
參考譯文：作為一個國家，我們可能在尋求不可能奏效的治療方法上投資太多，而在研究能提高人們生活質量的更平常的方法上投資太少。
immigrant
形近詞：immigration
adj.（從國外）移來的；移民的
n.（外來）移民；僑民
例[n] （外來）移民 2006年閱讀Text 1
Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous.
參考譯文：移民正迅速融入這種大眾文化，這對美國可能根本沒有起到提升作用，但也幾乎沒什麼危害。
形近詞
immigration n. 移居；移民
例[n] 移民 2006年閱讀Text 1
Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today's immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population.
參考譯文：格瑞·羅德裏格茲在為“國家移民論壇”撰稿時報道說，如今的移民既未達到前所未有的水平，也不抵製同化。1998年，移民數量占總人口的9.8%。
implementation
n.工具；器具；履行；實施
例[n] 實施 1999年翻譯
Also common in the natural sciences, the technicist fallacy mistakenly identifies the discipline as a whole with certain parts of its technical implementation.
參考譯文：技術謬誤錯誤地把整個學科與學科研究的某些實施方法等同起來，這種情況在自然科學領域也屢見不鮮。
deduce
形近詞：deductible
v.演繹；推斷；推論
例[v] 推斷 2007年閱讀Text 2
IQ tests ask you to complete verbal and visual analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and cut, and to deduce numerical sequences, among other similar tasks.
參考譯文：智商測試要求你完成語言和視覺類比、想象紙被折疊和裁剪之後的形狀、推斷數字序列以及其他一些類似的任務。
形近詞
deductible
adj. 可扣除的
n. 免賠額
例[n] 免賠額 2007年閱讀Text 3
Both the absolute cost of healthcare and the share of it borne by families have risen—and newly fashionable health-savings plans are spreading from legislative halls to Wal-Mart workers, with much higher deductibles and a large new dose of investment risk for families' future healthcare.
參考譯文：醫療保健的絕對成本和每個家庭承擔的份額都已經上升——而最近流行的健康儲蓄計劃正從立法機構向沃爾瑪的員工推廣開來，此計劃意味著醫療保險的免賠額比過去高得多，為未來的家庭醫療新增了一筆很大的投資風險。
prospect
n.前景；前途；展望；可能性；希望
例[n] 前景 2004年閱讀Text 3
Consumers seem only concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economy's long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening.
參考譯文：消費者看起來隻是關注，並沒有恐慌。許多人雖然稍微勒緊腰帶，但他們說對於經濟的長期前景還是樂觀的。
trial
n.審訊；審判；試驗；試用
adj.試驗的
例[n] 審訊 1998年閱讀Passage 3
Think of Gallileo's 17th century trial for his rebelling belief before the Catholic Church or poet William Blake's harsh remarks against the mechanistic worldview of Isaac Newton.
參考譯文：想想17世紀伽利略為他叛逆性的信仰而遭受天主教會的審判，還有詩人威廉·布萊克對艾薩克·牛頓的機械論世界觀所發表的尖銳評論吧。