2015考研已经进入到了尾声，春节过后，同学们已经开始投入到2016考研复习中，研大考研英语老师为同学们准备了考研英语重点词汇及解析，同学们春季复习可以利用老师提供资料开始词汇的复习。

★ contrast

n.对比，对照

vi.形成对比

v.把……与……对比

【例句】His black jacket contrasted sharply with his white pants.他的黑夹克和白裤子形成了鲜明的对比。

【同义替换】comparison

【派生】contrastive a.对比的

【真题】By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way.相比之下，个人成长的过程更难确定。因为从定义上来讲，它是一次旅程，而不是沿途上的某个路标或界标。

★ approach

v.靠近，接近

n.接近;途径;方式，方法

【例1】The time is approaching when we must think about buying a new house.我们要想一想买新房子的事了，时机即将来临。

【例2】The Medical Center will take a new approach to treat mental illness.医疗中心将采用新方法治疗心理疾病。

【构词】ap-(加强)+proach(接近)→一再接近→靠近

【同义替换】near, approximate; method, way, means, channel

【派生】approachable a.可接近的;亲切的 approachability n.可接近性;易接近

【真题1】The first and more important is the consumer’s growing preference for eating out; the consumption of food and drink in places other than homes has risen from about 32 percent in 2000 and is expected to approach 38 percent by 2005.第一个也是更为重要的趋势是越来越多的顾客喜欢在外用餐：在外面而不是在家中消费食品饮料的比例从1995年消费总量的32%增长到2000年的35%，到2005年有望增长至38%。

【真题2】Researchers in the late 1960s covered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collaboratively) and innovatively.研究人员在20世纪60年代末发现人类天生主要用四种方法应对挑战：分析、程序、相关(或合作)和创造。

★ proposition

n.主张，建议;陈述;命题

【例1】I think the boss might be interested in hearing your proposition.我认为老板可能会有兴趣听你的建议。

【例2】The geometrical proposition is absolutely tenable.这个几何命题是完全成立的。

【同义替换】assertion; statement, presentation

【派生】propose v.提议;求婚 proposal n.提议;求婚

【真题】All the same, no thinking man can refuse to accept their first proposition: that a great change in our emotional life calls for a change of expression.同样，没有一个善于思考的人会拒绝接受他们的第一个提议：我们情感生活中的一大改变要求我们改变看法。