PTE考试的时候对阅读部分非常的苦恼，PTE阅读部分的题型包括单选，多选，段落排序，和完形填空。而其中占分值最大的部分为完形填空题，该题型会占分到整个阅读部分的一半甚至以上，而其考点也非常的单一：词汇的辨析。下面就和小编继续学习阅读中常见的熟词生义吧。
corner
v.垄断（某种商品的）市场
英英释义：
If a company or place corners an area of trade, they gain control over it so that no one else can have any success in that area.
例句：
①They've been trying to corner the market by buying up all the wheat in sight. (LDOCE5)
他们想把所有能得到的小麦都买下来以垄断市场。
②Whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen. (CCAD3)
还不清楚他们是否要垄断制图软件市场。
拓展：
corner作此义讲时，一般用在经济领域，比较常见的搭配是corner the market
与之意思相近的短语还有：have a monopoly on sth
除此之外，corner作为动词还有两个比较常见的熟词生义：
第一个意思表示“硬要走近想与(某人)说话”
If you corner someone, you force them to speak to you when they have been trying to avoid you.
例如：
I found myself cornered by her on the stairs.
我发觉她在楼梯上迎面过来非要与我说话。
第二个意思比较形象，中文释义是“使……落入圈套”
If you corner a person or animal, you force them into a place they cannot escape from.
例如：
①The man was finally cornered by police in a garage.
那人最终被警方逼到了车库里。
②If cornered, the snake will defend itself.
蛇在被逼得走投无路时会自卫的。
doctor
v.篡改，伪造
英英释义：
If someone doctors something, they change it in order to deceive people.
例句：
①Of course, publicity photos of that event were later suspected of being doctored, which raises the question of credibility.
当然, 该事件的宣传照片后被怀疑有过修改嫌疑, 这就提出了信誉问题。----《CNN 精选》
②I'd be doctoring my books right now, too.
换了我 我也赶快作假帐。---《猫鼠游戏 第1季》
③We aired a doctored tape in support of a fake report.
我们用篡改过的视频来证实一则假新闻。----《新闻编辑室 》
拓展：
“doctor”作此义的用法很常见，在很多美剧和外刊中都有出现，它常见的搭配是tape, photo,video等。
除此之外，doctor作为动词还有一个比较少见的意思----“将有害物掺进（食物或饮料）中”
If someone doctors food or drink, they add a poison or drug to it.
例如：
She had no doubt that it was he who had doctored her milk.
said
adj.先前提到的
英英释义：
used before the name of a person or thing you have already mentioned.
例句：
①But what is the importance of the said gentleman?
②It seems likely that said person has committed similar offenses in the past.
③The said Joseph Brown was seen outside the house on the night of January 15th.
拓展：
“said”在这里是有意义的词，它不仅仅是“say”的过去式，也可以表示“先前提到的”，相当于“aforementioned”
retire
v.就寝，睡觉
英英释义：
When you retire, you go to bed.
例句：
①She retires early most nights, exhausted.
②Some time after midnight, he retired to bed.
拓展：
这里补充两个与“睡觉”相关的短/俚语，它们都是informal的用法：
①turn in
When you turn in, you go to bed.
例如：
Would you like some tea before you turn in?
②hit the sack/hay
除此之外，retire还有一个比较少见的意思，表示“撤退”
to remove from a battle after being defeated.
（有一道专四选择题就考了这个意思）
flame
n.强烈的感情，激情
英英释义：
You can refer to a feeling of passion or anger as a flame of passion or a flame of anger.
例句：
Flames of passion swept through both of them
拓展：
这里补充一个短语“old flame”（旧情人，旧欢）
An old flame is someone with whom you once had a romantic relationship.
例句：
Sue was seen dating an old flame.
以上就是小编为大家整理的关于PTE阅读常见的熟词生义讲解，希望对大家有所帮助。更多PTE考试真题、PTE写作模板等问题可以咨询我们。
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