multinational [ˌmʌlti:ˈnæʃənəl] a.多国的，跨国公司的;n.跨国公司
[例句] Multinational corporations accounted for less than 20% of international trade in 1982.Today the figure is more than 25% and growing rapidly.
跨国公司在1982年只占有国际ó易不到20%的份额。而现在，这个数字上升到25%强，并且还在迅速上升。

objectionable [əbˈdʒekʃənəbəl] a.引起反对的，讨厌的
[例句] But he talked as well about the “balanced struggle” between creative freedom and social responsibility, and he announced that the company would launch a drive to develop standards for distribution and labeling of potentially objectionable music.
但他也谈到了创作自由和社会责任之间要“保持平衡”的问题。他还宣布公司将致力于为一些人们可能会反感的音乐制定发行和标识的标准。

participation [pɑ:ˌtɪsəˈpeɪʃən] n.分享，参与
[例句] The growth of specialisation in the nineteenth century, with its consequent requirement of a longer, more complex training, implied greater problems for amateur participation in science.
19世纪的专业化的发展，以及随之而来的对训练的长期性和复杂性的要求，对业余人员进入科学界造成了更大的困难。

preconception [ˌpri:kənˈsepʃən] n.预想，偏见
[例句] Some , however , are less reasonable processes of different growth in which preconception of the form scientific theory ought to take, by persons in authority, act to alter the growth pattern of different areas.
然而，不同的发展过程中，有些不怎ô合理——在这些发展过程中，一些权威人士对科学研究应该采取的方式有偏见，从而改变了不同科学领域的发展模式。

profitability [ˌprɔfɪtəˈbɪlətɪ] n.收益性，利益率
[例句] His colleague, Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have applied reengineering in a mechanistic fashion, chopping out costs without giving sufficient thought to long-term profitability.
他的同事迈克·比尔说，太多的企业用机械的方式进行重组机构，在û有充分考虑到长期效益的情况下就降低了成本。

preliminarily [priˈliminərili] ad.预备地，初步地
[例句] Moreover, inaccurate or indefinite words may make it difficult for the listener to understand the message which is being transmitted to him.
而且，不准确和不确定的词语可能会使听众很难理解传输给他的信息。

prescientific [ˈpri:saiənˈtifik] a.科学以前的，近代科学以前的
[例句] It will not solve our problems, however, until it replaces traditional prescientific views, and these are strongly entrenched.
然而只有当这种技术手段取代传统科学出现前的观点时才能解决这些问题，而这些传统观念相当根深蒂固。

psychological [ˌsaikəˈlɔdʒikəl] a.心理(上)的
[例句] The casino included a photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a “cease admissions” letter noting the “medical /psychological” nature of problem gambling behaviors, the letter said that before being readmitted to the patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being.
娱乐场将他的照片归入了禁止赌博的人员中，并给他写了“停止入场”的信，信中记了赌博行为问题的“医学的/心理的”状态和性质。信中写道，在重新被接纳可以进入娱乐场消费前，不会对他的安全和财产产生任何威胁。

qualitatively [ˈkwɔliteitivli] ad.质量上
[例句] The information so obtained has, qualitatively, the same advantages and shortcomings as other kinds of information.
这样得到的信息，从性质让讲，和其他种类的信息都具有优缺点。

revolutionary [ˌrevəˈlu:ʃənəri] a.革命的，革新的;n.革命者
[例句] A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary (a.) theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears.
一个世纪前，弗洛伊德开创了他革命性的理论，即，梦是我们潜意识里愿望和恐惧装的影子。

socioeconomic [ˈsəuʃiəuˌi:kəˈnɔmik] a.社会经济学的
[例句] Theories focusing on the role of society that children commit crimes in response to their failure to rise above their socioeconomic status or as a rejection of middle-class values.
将少年犯罪主要归咎于社会的理论认为少年犯罪是因为他们对û有能矗自己的社会经济地λ的一种反应，或是对中产阶级价值观的一种反叛。

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考研英语长难词汇解析（三）