GRE考试中反复出现的超高频短语，你知道几个？

【常考1】认为…是…所说（或所为）：

if you ascribe something such as a quotation or a work of art to someone, you say that they said it or created it

【例1】He mistakenly ascribes the expression 'survival of the fittest' to Charles Darwin. 

他错误地认为“适者生存”是查尔斯·达尔文说的。

【例2】It can be inferred that the “reluctance” mentioned in the passage is being ascribed to music critics generally.

可以推断出来，总体来看，文章提到的“不愿意”是哪些音乐家所为。

【常考2】认为是…的特点；认为…具有：

if you ascribe a quality to someone, you consider that they possess it

【例1】We do not ascribe a superior wisdom to government or the state. 

我们并不认为政府或是国家有超凡的智慧。

【例2】According to the passage, Thompson attributes to laboring people in eighteenth-century England which of the following attitudes toward capitalist consumerism?

根据文章，汤姆森认为18世纪英国的劳动人民对资本消费有下面哪种态度？

【常考3】把…归因于；把…归咎于：

if you ascribe an event or condition to a particular cause, you say or consider that it was caused by that thing

【例1】An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome. 

尸检最终认定孩子死于婴儿猝死综合症。

【例2】This minority believed that individuals of both sexes were born similar in capacity and character, and they ascribed male-female differences to socialization and education. 

这个少数派认为，两性中的个别个体出生时在能力和性格方面是相似的，并且他们将男女差异归因于适应社会以及教育。

【释义】经历；遭受：

if you pass through a stage of development or a period of time, you experience i

【例】The country was passing through a grave crisis. 

那个国家正在经历一场严重危机。

【官方真题】But it did not retain the ancient Greek form: it passed through several reforming processes and exists today in many countries. 

但是它并没有保持古希腊的形式：它经历数次改革，现在存在于多个国家之中。

【释义】参加选举；竞选：

if someone runs for office in an election, they take part as a candidate

【例1】It was only last February that he announced he would run for president. 

去年2月，他才宣布自己将参加总统竞选。

【例2】The senator’s remark that she is ambivalent about running for a second term is persuasive given the extremely apathetic fund-raising activities of her campaign committee. 

这位议员的声明—她还没决定是否参加第二届连任的竞选—是很可信的，考虑到她的竞选委员会的极为冷淡的募资活动。

【注】考生要注意考试中，也会出现run against，

例如：The senator's attempt to convince the public that she is not interested in running for a second term is as unsuccessful as her opponent's attempt to disguise his intention to run against her.

那个参议员尝试去说服大众--说她对竞选下一届的议员是没有兴趣的--就像她的对手想去试图掩饰和她竞争（竞选）--都是不成功的。