media n．媒体
In Europe，as elsewhere，multi-media (n.) groups have been increasingly successful groups which bring together television，radio，newspapers, magazines and publishing houses that work in relation to one another．[2005年翻译]
[译文]像其他地方一样，欧洲的传媒集团越来越成功，这些集团将相关的电视、广播、报纸、杂志和出版社组合在一起。
methodology n．方法学，方法论
There is no agreement whether methodology(n．) refers to the concepts peculiar to
historical work in general or to the research techniques appropriate to the various branches of historical inquiry．[1999年翻译]
[译文]所谓方法是指在一般的历史研究中的特有概念，还是指历史探究中各个具体领域适用的研究手段，人们对此意见不一。
medication n．药物治疗，药物处理，药物
Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
[C]The Court ruled that high-dosage pain-relieving medication (n.) can be prescribed．
[2002年阅读]
[译文]根据本文，下面哪项说法正确?
[C]法院裁定，医生可以开大剂量减轻病痛的药。
millennium n．太平盛世，一千年
Pearson has pieced together the work of hundreds of researchers around the world to produce a unique millennium (n.) technology calendar that gives the latest dates when we can expect hundreds of key breakthroughs and discoveries to take place．[2001年翻译]
[译文]皮尔森汇集世界各地数百位研究人员的成果，编制了一个独特的新技术千年历，它列出了人们有望看到数百项重大突破和发现的最迟日期。
mediation n．仲裁，调停，调解
Nancy Dubler, director of Montefiore Medical Center，contends that the principle will shield doctors who “until now have very, very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient mediation (n.) to control their pain if that might hasten death．”[2002年阅读]
[译文]蒙特非奥里医疗中心主任南希•都博勒认为，这项原则将消除部分医生的疑虑，这些医生在此之前一直强烈地认为，如果给病人充分的药品来止痛会加速他们的死亡的话，那就不能这样做。
mediocrity n．平常，平凡
The grand mediocrity (n.) of today--everyone being the same in survival and number of offspring--means that natural selection has lost 80％of its power in upper-middle-class India compared to the tribes．[2000年阅读]
[译文]今天这种极其显著的平均化--每个人的生存机会和子女数量都相同--意味着与部落相比较，自然选择在印度中、上层已经失去了80％的效力。
megamerger n．大规模合并
A few weeks ago，Alan Greenspan warned against the megamergers (n.) in the banking industry．[2001年阅读]
[译文]几星期以前，格林斯潘对银行业的巨大合并发出了警告。
milestone n．里程碑，转折点
The hot spots and their volcanic trails are milestones (n.) that mark the passage of the plates．[1998年阅读]
[译文]热点及其火山痕迹是板块移动的标志。
miniaturization n. 小型化
And thanks to the continual miniaturization (n.) of electronics and micro-mechanics，there are already robot systems that can perform some kinds of brain and bone surgery with submillimeter accuracy--far greater precision than highly skilled physicians can achieve with their hands alone．[2002年阅读]
[译文]由于电子和微观机械仪器的不断缩小，现在已有一些机器人系统能够进行精确到微米的脑部和骨髓手术，其精确性远远超过熟练的医生用他们的双手所能达到的水平。
misdeed n．罪行，犯罪
Theories (21：centering) on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior (22：because) they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds (n.) or that they have learned criminal behavior through (23：interactions) with others．[2004年完形]
[译文]将少年犯罪主要归咎于个人的理论认为少年犯罪是因为他们以前的过错没有得到足够的惩罚，或是因为他们在和其他人交往的过程中学会了犯罪行为。
momentarily ad．即刻，暂时地
From the last paragraph the conclusion can be drawn that ambition should be maintained________.
[C]easily and momentarily (ad.)[2000年阅读]
[译文]从最后一段我们可总结出：应____拥有雄心。
[C]轻松、暂时地
morphine n．吗啡
Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine (n.) to control terminally ill patients' pain, even though increasing dosages will eventually kill the patient．[2002年阅读]
[译文]近年来，医生们一直在借用这项原则，为自己替病危患者注射大剂量的吗啡镇痛的做法提供正当的理由，尽管他们知道，不断增加的剂量最终会杀死病人。
municipality n．市政当局，自治市
At the same time the great municipalities (n.) went into business to supply lighting，trams and other services to the taxpayers．[1996年阅读]
[译文]与此同时，大城市也开始涉足实业界，为纳税人提照明、电车及其他服务。
mutability n．易变性
Thus just as earlier theories have explained the mobility of the continents，so hot spots may explain their mutability (n.) (inconstancy)．[1998年阅读]
[译文]这样，正像早期的理论解释了大陆的移动性一样，热点理论或许能解释大陆板块的不稳定性。
neural a．神经系统的，神经中枢的
By the late 1970s，neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just “mental noise”— the random by-products of the neural (a.) -repair work that goes on during sleep．[2005年阅读]
[译文]到了20世纪70年代，神经学专家又转而把梦视作“精神上的杂音”一睡梦中神经修复工作的随机性副产品。
newsletter n．时事通讯
However，the typical teenage lifestyle is already filled with so much competition that it would be(27：wise) to plan activities in which there are more winners than losers，(28：for example)，publishing newsletters (n.) with many student-written book reviews，(29：displaying) student artwork，and sponsoring book discussion clubs．[2003年完形]
[译文]然而，青少年的生活已经充满竞争，所以为他们安排赢家多于输家的各种活动是明智的。例如，出版由学生自己撰编书评的新闻小册子，展出学生的艺术品和赞助成立读书俱乐部等等。
newsroom n．编辑部，阅览室
There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers，which helps explain why the “standard templates” of the newsroom (n.) seem alien to many readers．[2001年阅读]
[译文]新闻记者和读者之间存在着社会和文化方面的脱节，这就是为什么新闻编辑室的“标准模式”与众多读者的意趣相差甚远的原因。
negligence n．疏忽
The author associates the issue of global warming with that of smoking because _____．
[A]they both suffered from the government's negligence(n．)[2005年阅读]
[译文]作者将全球变暖问题与吸烟相联系是因为_______。
[A]两者都被政府忽视了
neurologist n.神经学家
By the late 1970s，neurologists (n.) had switched to thinking of them as just “mental noise”--the random by products of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep．[2005年阅读]
[译文]到了20世纪70年代，神经学专家又转而把梦视作“精神上的杂音”--睡梦中神经修复工作的随机性副产品。
nonconformist a．／n．不符合传统规范的(人)，不墨守成规旧习的(人)
Stratford is most proud of its_______．
[B]nonconformist (n.) image [2003年阅读]
[译文] “Stratford”感到最骄傲的是它的_______。
[B]不落俗套的现象
nuclei n．①(nucleus的复数形)核心；②原子核
NBAC plans to call for a continued ban on federal government funding for any attempt to clone body cell nuclei (n．①)to create a child．[1999年阅读]
[译文]NBAC计划呼吁继续禁止使用联邦政府基金利用人体细胞核去克隆婴儿的任何企图。
oncogene n．致癌基因
If several oncogenes (n.) are driven into action，the cell，unable to turn them off，becomes cancerous．[1994年阅读]
[译文]如果若干致癌基因被激活，细胞无力排除也就演变成了癌细胞。
oncologist n．肿瘤学家
“Changes are a normal part of the evolutionary process，”says oncologist (n.) Williarn Hayward．[1994年阅读]
[译文]“变化是进化过程中的一个正常部分，”肿瘤专家威廉•海沃德说道。