考研英语的战场上，词汇是决定胜负的基石。掌握科学的记忆法和真题语境，才能把单词真正刻在脑子里。今天，我们就来拆解一个考研高频核心词——thirst，看看它到底有哪些隐藏的考点?

高频考研英语单词：thirst

单词：thirst

音标：/θɜːst/

释义：n.渴，口渴；（for）渴望，热望vi.渴；想喝水

考频：★★★★

记法：

联想拆分记忆：将thirst拆分为thir(看作third，第三)+st(看作street，街道)，联想场景：徒步时连续走到第三条街道都找不到卖水的店铺，既口渴难耐，又极度渴望能找到饮用水，刚好对应单词“口渴、渴望”的两层核心含义。

派生词：

thirsty (形容词，意为口渴的；渴求的，渴望得到的)

thirstily (副词，意为口渴地；急切渴望地)

thirstiness (名词，意为口渴；渴求，热望)

搭配：

thirst for knowledge 渴求知识

thirst for power 渴求权力

thirst for success 渴望成功

thirst for freedom 渴望自由

考研真题例句：

This is apparently the reason McDonald"s restricts the availability of its popular McRib — a marketing trick that has turned the pork sandwich into an object of obsession that consumers thirst for.

这显然就是麦当劳限制其广受欢迎的McRib供应的原因——这一营销手段让这款猪肉三明治变成了消费者渴望得到的痴迷对象。

The public"s growing thirst for low-cost, accessible cultural products has promoted the rapid development of the domestic cultural and creative industry.

公众对低成本、易获取的文化产品日益增长的渴望，推动了国内文创产业的快速发展。

After walking for nearly six hours in the desert without any water supply, the travelers were tortured by extreme thirst.

在沙漠中没有任何水源供应走了近6个小时后，旅行者们被极度的口渴折磨着。

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