熟词僻义第一词：contain／check

contain 字典提供释义为：词义一，(a) have or hold (sth) within itself 包含; 含有；词义二，(a) keep (sth/oneself) under control; keepwithin limits; hold back 控制（某事物[自己]）; 抑制; 克制

SAT常考词义为词义二，如题：

The attempts of epidemiologists to ______ the infectious disease ultimately proved futile: as soon as they managed to _____it in one community, it would emerge somewhere else.

A. contain……check

B. control……extend

C. eradicate……unleash

D. defend……cure

E. replicate……monitor

词义二用法解析：

例句1，

I was so furious I couldn't contain myself, ie had to express my feelings.我气急了，无法克制自己。

例句2，

Has the revolt been contained?

熟词僻义第二词：compromise

compromise 字典提供释义为：词义一，n. (a) [U] giving up of certain demands by each side in a dispute, so that an aGREement may be reached which SATisfies both to some extent；妥协；词义二，v. bring (sth/sb/oneself) into danger or under suspicion by foolish behaviour （因行为愚蠢）使（某事物[某人/自己]）陷入危险境地或受到怀疑:

SAT常考词义包含以上两词义，词义一较常见，需注意词义二考法，如题：

The Supreme Court's reversal of its previous ruling on the issue of States' rights ------ its reputation for ------.

A. sustained . . infallibility

B. compromised . . consistency

C. bolstered . . doggedness

D. aggravated . . inflexibility

E. dispelled . . vacillation

词义二用法解析：

He has irretrievably compromised himself by accepting money from them. 他因收了他们的钱铸成大错害了自己.

熟词僻义第二词：arrest

arrest字典提供释义为： 词义一，seize (sb) with the authority of the law 依法逮捕, 拘留, 扣留（某人）: After the match three youths were arrested. 比赛过後有三个青年被捕.

词义二， (fml 文) stop or check (a process or movement) 阻止或抑制（进展或运动）

SAT常考词义为词义二，如题

The painter lamented the evanescence of beauty, even though she seemed in several of her work to have ____ it as it passed and so ____ it for posterity.

A. seized……absolved

B. vanquished……perpetuated

C. arrested……preserved

D. neglected……established

E. dispelled……enshrined

词义二用法解析：

Attempts are being made to arrest the spread of the disease. 现正设法遏止这种疾病的蔓延.