剑桥雅思3_VOTES FOR WOMEN

1.
corporate (adj.) 集体的、全体的、企业的

e.g.: By doing so, it became one of the first groups to project a corporate identity.



2.
campaign (n. v.) 运动

e.g.: The WSPU began an educated
campaign to put women’s suffrage on the political agenda.



3.
counterpart (n.) (职级地位)
相当的人、物

e.g.: New Zealand, Australian, and part of the United States had already enfranchised women., and growing numbers of their British
counterparts wanted the same opportunity.



4.
previous (adj.) 以前的

e.g.: The WSPU brought the movement the cohesion and focus it had
previously lacked.



5.
minimal (adj.) 最低限度的、最小的

e.g.: minimal
use of the telephone

→minimum minimize



6. vital (adj.) = critical =crucial
关键的

e.g.: The newspapers produced by the WSPU played a vital role in this communication.



6.
invaluable (adj.) 无法估价的、无价的

e.g.: Both were sold throughout the country and proved an invaluable
way of informing members of meetings, marches…



7.
sufficient (adj.) 足够的

e.g.: But the paper and merchandising activities alone did not provide
sufficient funds for the WSPU to meet organizational costs.

→反义insufficient

→ adequate inadequate



8.
numerous (adj.) 大量的

e.g.: Numerous other fund-raising activities combined to fill the coffers of the “war chest”.



9.
equivalent (adj. n.) 相等的、相同的；等价物、对等

e.g.: The Woman’s Exhibition in ten days raised the equivalent of $300,000 today.


10. mood (n.)
心境、情绪、精神状态

→psyche
e.g.: It clearly reveals the political
mood of the day towards the suffragette.


10.
oppose (v.) 反对

e.g.: The programme begins with a short film devised by the “antis”- those
opposed to women having the vote.

→ opposition (n.)
反对 opponent (n.)反对者

→anti- contra-



11. original (adj.)
最初的

e.g.: Original newsreel footage shows the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison throwing herself…

→ origin (n.) originate (v.)

→ first/ initial