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牛津英语
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U3
重点词汇讲解
1.make
后接名词、形容词、省?/p>
to
的动词不定式或过去分词等作宾?/p>
。例如:
The workers made him head of the workshop.
工人们选他当车间主任?/p>
A heavy rain made the road rather slippery.
一场大雨使道路相当滑?/p>
He began to make faces just in order to make the other students laugh.
I raised my voice to make myself heard.
我提高声音为的是让别人听见我的话?/p>
2.stay
保持,是系动词,后接形容词,副词,介词?/p>
(注意和
remain
?/p>
keep
的区别)
The weather has stayed warm all week.
stay up
不睡觉、熬?/p>
stay in
呆在家里
stay still
静止不动
3
?/p>
be dying to do=have a strong desire to do=be anxious / eager to do sth.
常用于口语,
意为
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很想
做某?/p>
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渴望做某?/p>
?/p>
。例?/p>
I’m dying to see you.
我渴望见到你?/p>
There was a time when many young people were dying to go abroad.
类似的短语有
be thirsty for sth.(
渴望得到某物
)
?/p>
long for sth.(
渴望得到某物
)
?/p>
expect to do sth.
(
期望做某?/p>
)
?/p>
wish to do sth.(
希望做某?/p>
)
?/p>
hope to do sth.(
希望做某?/p>
)
?/p>
be dying for something
He is dying for a cigarette.
他很想要香烟?/p>
She is dying for a cup of coffee.
她很想要一杯咖?/p>
4.hear form
?/p>
hear of/about
?/p>
hear from sb.= receive one’s letter / telephone
意为
?/p>
收到某人的来?/p>
/
电话
?/p>
。例如:
I’m looking forwar
d to hearing from you.
我期待收到你的来信?/p>
?/p>
hear of / about sth.
意为
?/p>
知道某事
?/p>
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听说过某?/p>
?/p>
。例如:
I’ve never heard of this story.
我从未听说过这个故事?/p>
5.figure
n
?/p>
?/p>
体态,
体型
She has an attractive figure.
How does she manage to keep her figure when she eats so much?
?/p>
人物,名?/p>
He has become a figure known to everyone.
?/p>
数字
Add up these figures.
?/p>
画像,肖?/p>
The stone figures in the temple look frightening.
【短语?/p>
figure out =
?/p>
come to understand by thinking
弄明白,理解
=
?/p>
calculate
计算?/p>
have/ keep a good figure
拥有
/
保持好身?/p>
be good / poor at figures
擅长
/
不擅长计?/p>
6.work out
的用?/p>
?/p>
它可表示
?/p>
锻炼
?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
运动
?/p>
。例如:
The famous actors keep fit by working out in the gym every day.
这些著名的演员们通过每天在健身房做大量的运动来保持健康?/p>
?/p>
它可表示
?/p>
计算?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
解决
?/p>
。例如:
I have worked out the expenses of the month.
我已经计算出这个月的开支?/p>
?/p>
它可表示
?/p>
计划
?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
设计
?/p>
。例如:
We must work out a plan as quickly as possible.
我们必须尽快地做出计划?/p>
?/p>
它可表示
?/p>
结果
?/p>
。例如:
We didn’t plan our art exhibition, but it worked out very well.
我们并没有计划我们的艺术展览,但它的展出结果非常令人满意?/p>
?/p>
它可表示
?/p>
理解
?/p>
。例如:
The plot is very complicated, and it’ll take you a while to work it ou
t.
情节极其复杂,你要花一些时间才能弄明白?/p>
?/p>
它可表示
?/p>
按某种方式发?/p>
?/p>
。例如:
Financially, things have worked out very well for us.
我们的经济情况很好?/p>
7
.辨析:
especially, specially
?/p>
especially
意为
?/p>
非常?/p>
?/p>
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尤其
?/p>
,通常用于强调某事物,或表示该事物比其他谈论的?/p>
物更值得一提或重要。例如:
It can be especially difficult for drivers to see cyclists at night.
I hate interruptions, especially when I’m trying to work.
我不喜欢被打断,尤其是在工作时间?/p>
?/p>
specially
表示
?/p>
专门?/p>
?/p>
。通常用于表示所做之事因某种特殊目的而异于平常。例如:
I have come specially to see you.
我专门来看你的?/p>
8. weight
?/p>
n (U)
重量,体?/p>
lose weight
put on weight = gain wei
ght
watch one’s weight
注意体重
buy or sell sth.
by weight
按某物的重量买卖
in weight
在重量方?/p>
be of a weight=be of the same weight
一样重
(be of an age=be of the same age
年龄一样大
)
注:提问
“…?/p>
多重,重量多?/p>
?/p>
时用
what,
不用
how much.
What’s you
r weight?
?/p>
weigh
v.
?/p>
?/p>
的重?/p>
;
权衡
How much do you weigh?
weigh your words before you speak
9. ashamed
的用?/p>
?/p>
be ashamed of sth
.
意为
?/p>
?/p>
(
某事
)
感到羞愧或难为情
?/p>
。例如:
He is ashamed of his failure.
他对自己的失败感到惭愧?/p>
另外,表?/p>
?/p>
做了某事而感到羞?/p>
?/p>
习惯?/p>
be
ashamed
of
doing
sth.
?/p>
be
ashamed
of
having
done sth.
。例如:
He is ashamed of having failed.
他为自己的失败而羞愧?/p>
be ashamed to do sth.
因惭愧而不情愿做某?/p>
?/p>
辨析?/p>
ashamed, shameful
ashamed
意为
?/p>
感到羞耻的
?/p>
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羞愧?/p>
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,它一般作表语或后置定语?/p>
shameful
意为
?/p>
可耻的
?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
令人羞耻的
?/p>
。它是贬义词。例如:
She felt ashamed.
她感到羞愧?/p>
What a shameful thing he did just now!
他刚才做了一件多么可耻的事啊
!
注:
to one’s shame
令人感到羞耻的?/p>
10. work
?/p>
它作动词时可意为
?/p>
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行得?/p>
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生效
?/p>
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起作?/p>
?/p>
。例如:
Your idea won’t work in practice.
你的想法在实践中是行不通的?/p>
Does this light work?
这个灯还亮吗?/p>
The medicine worked.
那药物产生了作用?/p>
?/p>
它作动词时可意为
?/p>
做工?/p>
?/p>
。例如:
Many people have to work in order to make a living.
大多数人为生存而不得不工作?/p>
He is working on a new novel.
他在写一本新小说?/p>
?/p>
它作动词时可表示
?
机器?/p>
)
运转
?/p>
?/p>
?/p>
操作
(
机器?/p>
)?/p>
。例如:
The machine works by electricity.
这台机器是电动的?/p>
Can you work this machine?
你能操作这台机器吗?