2022年MPA考研英语每日一练之英语单词（3月4日）

MPA考研英语每日单词：

1、contempt

contempt是一个不可数名词，意为“轻蔑，蔑视”。

He felt nothing but contempt for them. 他对他们只有蔑视。

At school she had complete contempt for all her teachers. 在学校读书时她对所有老师都不屑一顾。

The report shows utter contempt for women's judgement. 这份报告显示出对女性判断力的彻底蔑视。

2、contend

contend是一个重点动词，主要有三个意思，都比较常见。

第一，意为“竞争，争夺”，与某人竞争要加介词with，争夺某物要用介词for。

There are three world-class tennis players contending for this title. 有三位世界顶级网球选手争夺这项冠军。

with 10 UK construction yards contending with rivals from Norway, Holland, Italy and Spain 十家英国建造厂与来自挪威、荷兰、意大利和西班牙的对手展开竞争

第二，意为“声称，主张”，也可翻译成“认为”，这与昨天外刊精读中argue的意思相同。

The lawyer contended that her client had never been near the scene of the crime. 该律师声称她的委托人从未走近过犯罪现场。

I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point. 我认为部长的想法在这一点上有漏洞。

第三，短语contend with sth 意为“处理，应付”。

American businesses could soon have a new kind of lawsuit tocontend with. 美国公司可能很快就要有一种新型的官司去应付了。

Nurses often have to contend with violent or drunken patients. 护士经常不得不应付粗暴的或喝醉酒的病人。

3、content

content词性比较多，意思也比较多。

content可以作形容词，意为“满足的，满意的”，它只能作表语，不能做定语。

I am content to admire the mountains from below. 我满足于从山脚下观赏山景。

We'll be content with a respectable result in tomorrow's match. 明天的比赛我们能有个不失体面的结果就够满意了。

content作动词，意为“使某人感到满意，满足”。

He wisely contented himself with his family and his love of nature. 他非常明智，拥有家庭和对自然的热爱便知足了。

My apology seemed to content him. 我的道歉好像使他感到满意。

content作名词时，理解起来虽然简单，但是用法比较复杂，需要注意。

第一，contents指某个容器“所容纳的东西”，或者书本“所含的内容”，此时必须用复数the contents of sth，即使里面的东西只有一种。

Fire has caused severe damage to the contents of the building. 大火导致那栋大楼里的东西严重损毁。

He picked up the correspondence and scanned the contents. 他把信捡了起来，看了一下内容。

第二，content可以指书、节目、项目等所讲述的“内容，要旨”，区别于形式。

Your tone of voice is as important as the content of what you have to say. 你的讲话声调和你要讲的内容同样重要。

The content of the media course includes scripting, editing and camera work. 大众传媒课程的内容包括广播稿写作、剪辑和摄像操作。

第三，content可以指某物质的含量，直接用sth+content。

Chocolate has a high fat content.巧克力脂肪含量很高。

He was astonished at the high gold content in the 340 million-year-old rock. 他对这块有3.4亿年历史的岩石的高含金量大为惊异。

4、contest

contest作名词，通常指有评委打分的“比赛，竞赛”，引申为“争夺，角逐”。

Stone decided to hold a contest to see who could write the best song. 斯通决定举行一场比赛，看谁能够写出最棒的歌。

The contest for deputy leadership of the party is gathering speed. 该党副领袖职务的竞选争夺正在加剧。

contest作动词时意为“争辩，质疑，驳斥”，也可指“竞争，争夺”。

The former chairman contests his dismissal. 前主席对他被免职提出异议。

We will certainly contest any claims made against the safety of our products.我们肯定会驳斥任何批评我们产品安全性的说法。

She stands a good chance, since only two people are contesting the seat and the other candidate is very unpopular. 她大有希望获胜，因为只有两个人争夺这个位置，而另一个候选人很不得人心。

5、continuous

continuous是形容词，意为“连续的，不间断的“。

The rain has been continuous since this morning. 从早上到现在这雨就没停过。

There are continuous advances in design and production. 在设计和生产上不断进步。

continuous的同根词continual也意为“持续的，不间断的”。continuous表示连续不断，如流水，而continual表示反复不停地发生，如电话铃声。

I've had continual problems with this car ever since I bought it. 自从我买回这车，它就常常出毛病。

He was in a continual process of rewriting his material. 他一直在不断地改写他的材料。

6、contract

contract作名词可以指“合同，契约”，也可作动词指“签订合同或契约”。

They could take legal action against you if you break the contract. 如果你违反合同，他们可以起诉你。

My solicitor is drawing up a contract.我的律师正在起草一份合同。

They have just contracted our company to build shelters for the homeless. 他们刚跟我们公司签订合同，为无家可归的人建造收容所。

contract还可作动词，意为“收缩，缩小”。

The heart muscles contract to expel the blood. 心脏肌肉收缩以挤压出血液。

The manufacturing economy contracted in October for the sixth consecutive month. 10月，制造业经济已经连续第6个月出现萎缩状况。

7、contradict

contradict是动词，有两个意思。

第一，意为“否认，驳斥”。

The survey appears to contradict the industry's claims. 该调查似乎否定了该行业的权利。

He did not contradict her but just said nothing. 他没有反驳她，但是什么也没说。

第二，意为“与…相矛盾”。

The existing layout of the city contradicted the logic of the new centre. 现有的城市布局与新中心的逻辑相悖。

The result seems to contradict a major U.S. study reported last November. 这一结果似乎和去年11月美国研究人员发表的一项重要成果相矛盾。

8、contradiction

contradiction是动词contradict的名词形式，同动词意思一样，意为“矛盾，反驳”。

His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle. 他的公开言论与他本人的生活方式恰恰相反。

There is an apparent contradiction between the needs of workers and those of employers. 工人的需要同雇主的需要之间存在明显的矛盾。

The experiment provides a contradiction of the hypothesis. 该实验驳斥了这种假设。

9、contrary

contrary作名词，意为“相反，对立面，相反的事物”，通常要用the contrary。短语on the contrary意为“与此相反”，用来引入一个相反的事。to the conrary意为“相反的，相反地”。注意例句中的区别。

I was worried that it might be too difficult for me but I found the contrary. 我原来担心那可能对我来说太难了，可是我发现恰恰相反。

It wasn't a good thing; on the contrary it was a huge mistake. 那不是件好事，恰恰相反，是个巨大的错误。

For a long time it was thought to be a harmless substance, but we now have evidence to the contrary. 长期以来这种物质被认为是无害的，但最近我们有了相反的证据。

contrary还可作形容词，意为“想反的，相对的”，后面常用介词to。

This view is contrary to the aims of critical social research for a number of reasons. 由于一些原因，此观点违背了批判性社会研究的宗旨。

Contrary to expectations, we didn't have any hold-ups on the journey. 同预料的情况相反，我们在旅途中没有遇到任何阻滞。

10、contrast

contrast作名词，意为“对比，对照”，与某物对比常用介词to。

The amount spent on defence is in sharp contrast to that spent on housing and health. 国防支出与住房及医疗保健的支出形成了鲜明的对照。

The antique furnishing provides an unusual contrast to the modernity of the building. 这座建筑物的古典装饰与它自身的现代风格形成了不同寻常的对比。

contrast也可作动词，意为“对比，将…和…对比”，此时常用介词with。

If you contrast some of her early writing with her later work, you can see just how much she improved. 如果你对比一下她的早期作品和后期的作品，就会看出她进步有多大。

The open approach contrasts favourably with the exclusivity of some universities. 这种开放式的方法与一些大学的封闭排外形成了有利的对比。

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