高考高頻詞匯:outdated、outlet、overestimate、oversleep、

outdated[?a?t?de?t?d]

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adj. 過(guò)時(shí)的；老式的

【例】adj. 老式的

（2006浙江）A quarter of these using outdated computers in Britain said they were “quite” or “very dissatisfied” with their everyday job compared to the percent of those who had enjoyed an advantage from up-to-date technology.

【譯】和享受現(xiàn)代科技的好處的人相比，有四分之一還在使用老式電腦的英國(guó)人表示對(duì)他們每天所做的工作“相當(dāng)”或者“非?！辈粷M(mǎn)。

【詞組】up-to-date：現(xiàn)代的；最新的

outlet[?a?tlet]

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n. 出口；發(fā)泄(情感)的方法；專(zhuān)營(yíng)店；折扣店

overestimate[???v?r?est?me?t]

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v. 高估；對(duì)……評(píng)價(jià)過(guò)高

【例】v. 高估

（2013湖北）The researchers found that young adults (age 18 to 39) routinely overestimated their future life satisfaction, while middle-aged adults (age 40 to 64) more accurately predicted how they would feel in the future.

【譯】研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，年輕的成年人(18~39歲)經(jīng)常高估他們對(duì)未來(lái)生活的滿(mǎn)意度，而中年人(40~64歲)能更準(zhǔn)確地預(yù)測(cè)他們將來(lái)的感受。

oversleep[???v?(r)?sli?p]

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v. 睡過(guò)頭