常规单词积累一定要集中在2016考研复习的前期，否则后面无论阅读复习还是翻译复习的开展都会有困难。同时，单词记忆不能只记中文释义，要掌握其常见用法，固定搭配，并且在能力范围内利用词根触类旁通。
★indicative
a.(of)指示的，暗示的
【例】Their failure to act is indicative of their lack of interest.他们没采取行动，表明他们对这个问题不感兴趣。
【派生】indicate v.指示，表示，暗示indication n.指示，记号indicator n.指示者，指针，指示牌
★interpret
v.解释，说明；口译
【例1】The pitfall is that the results will be difficult to interpret.困难在于试验的结果将是难以解释的。
【例2】The role of the historian is less to discover and catalog document than to interpret and explain them.历史学家在发现并给文献编目方面的作用不及在翻译并解释文献方面的作用。
【构词】inter-（在……间）+pret→在两种语言之间沟通→口译
【同义替换】explain, translate
【派生】interpretation n.说明，理解，口译interpreter n.口译员interpretative a.解释的，口译的
★mercy
n.仁慈，怜悯，宽恕
【例1】atthemercy of在……的支配下
【例2】They showed mercy to their enemies.他们对敌人很仁慈。
【同义替换】pity, sympathy, compassion
【派生】mercifully ad.宽厚地，仁慈地
【真题】Perhaps it is humankind’s long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the ideal of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating.可能正是因为人类长期遭受旱涝的磨难，制服洪水的愿望才显得那么令人心驰神往。
★concede
v.承认，容许；（比赛结束前）认输，退让
【例1】I was forced to concede that she might be right.我不得不承认她可能是对的。
【例2】The chess-player conceded the game when he saw that his position was hopeless.棋手看出自己陷入绝境，就承认那局他输了。
【构词】con-+cede（割让）→让出去→让步
【同义替换】admit, recognize, acknowledge; yield, compromise
【派生】concededly a.无可争辩地，毫无疑问地
★condense
v.（使）冷凝，（使）凝结；浓缩，压缩
【例1】The drop in temperature condensed the steam to water.温度下降使蒸汽凝结成了水。
【例2】The report was condensed into a summary.这篇报道被精简成了一篇摘要。
【构词】con-+dense（密集的）→变得密集的→压缩，凝结
【同义替换】coagulate, condensate; concentrate, compress
【派生】condensation n.压缩，凝结condensed a.压缩的
考研复习贵在坚持，这点在背单词上面体现得尤为明显，记忆单词不是一朝一夕之功，必须长期的有计划的去完成。没有什么万能的方法，如果有，那也是个人根据个人的实际情况，总结出来的适合自己的万能秘笈。希望各位考生都能够找到属于自己的那本通关秘笈，早日到达理想的彼岸。
