2012真题词汇及考点打印版.pdfVIP

考研英语真题词汇速记+考点精纳 1 ○Supreme [su:ˈpri:m] a. The ethical judgments of the Supreme Court justices have become an important issue recently. 2 ○legitimacy [lidʒitiməsi] n. The court cannot maintain its legitimacy as guardian of the rule of law. 3 ○Justice [dʒʌstis] [judge] n. Justices behave like politicians. justice : judge of the Supreme Court 4 ○Reputation [repjuˈteiʃən] n. In several instances, justices acted in ways that weaken the court’s reputation. 5 ○Impartial [impɑ:ʃəl] adj. The court’s reputation for being independent and impartial. 6 ○Event [ivent] n. Justice Antonin Scalia appeared at political events .  at all events/in any event 7 ○Less likely The activity makes it less likely that the court’s decisions will be accepted as impartial judgments. 8 ○Be bound by Part of the problem is that the justices are not bound by an ethics code. 9 ○Subject to At the very least, the court should make itself subject to the code of conduct. 1 10 ○Apply to The code of conduct that applies to the rest of thefederal judiciary . 11 ○Judiciary [dʒu:diʃieri] n. 1 a : a system of courts of law b : the judges of these courts 2 : a branch of government in which judicial power is vested 12 ○Raise the question of These cases raise the question of whether there is still a line between the court and politics. 13 ○Framer [freimə] n. The framers of the Constitution. 14 ○Envision [enˈviʒən] v. They envisioned law as having authority apart from politics. 15 ○Permanent [ˈpə:mənənt] a. They gave justices permanent positions . 16 ○Upset [ʌpset] adj. v. n. They would be free to upset those in power. 17 ○Cult