2011年考研英语相似易混词汇对比记忆升级版14

　　passport [5pB:spC:t] n. 护照

　　passage [5pAsidV] n. 1.通过，经过 2.通道 3.段，节

　　pass [pB:s] v. 1.经过 2.传递 3.通过(考试、检验等)

　　4.度过

　　n. 1.通行证 2.关隘，关口

　　bypass [5baIpB:s] n. 1.(迂回的)旁路

　　vt. 设旁路，迂回

　　compass [5kQmpEs] n. 1.指南针，罗盘 2. (pl.)圆规

　　surpass [sE:5pB:s] vt. 1.超过 2.胜过

　　overpass [7EuvE5pB:s] n. 过街(天桥等)

　　1. We need to make clear the connection between animal research and a grandmother’s hip replacement, a father’s bypass operation, a baby’s vaccinations, and even a pet’s shots. (NETEM 2003, Text 2, Paragraph 3)

　　我们需要说明动物实验与祖母的髋骨更换、父亲的心脏搭桥、婴儿的免疫接种、甚至宠物的注射针剂都密切相关。

　　2. By day, Bille’s contact lenses will focus rays of light so accurately on the retina(视网膜) that the image of a small leaf or the outline of a far distant tree will be formed with a sharpness that surpasses that of conventional vision aids by almost half a diopter (屈光度). (CET-6, 2003.6, Passage 4, Paragraph 2)

　　目前，Bille的隐形眼镜能将光束如此精确地聚焦到视网膜上，因此一片小小的树叶或很远处一棵树的轮廓形成的映像其清晰度都超过了传统的改善视力的工具，而仅用其一半的屈光度。