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词汇短语园地4

2016-09-21

时代英语·高一 2016年4期

1. sound vi. 听起来

n. 声音;声响

sound可作连系动词,意为“听起来”,后面接形容词或分词作表语,不能接副词。

What he said sounds reasonable.

他说的听起来是有道理的。

She didnt sound surprised when I told her the news.

我把消息告诉她时,她好像并不感到惊讶。

比较:sound, voice和noise的区别

(1) sound作名词表“声音;响声”,统指人所听到的任何声音。a sound是“一种声音”,sounds是“多种”声音。

We heard sounds of laughter from the next room.

我们听到隔壁房间传来阵阵笑声。

(2) voice特指人发出的声音,指嗓音、说话声、歌唱声。

She has a loud/high/charming voice.

她的嗓音很大/很高/很悦耳。

(3) noise指音量大而难听的声音。

Stop making so much noise!

别吵了!

2. pretty adv. 相当;很;非常

pretty 可以作副词,也可以作形容词。

(1) 副词用法:pretty good相当好;pretty soon很快;pretty easy相当容易。

Im pretty sure Ill be going.

我相当肯定我会去的。

Its pretty hard to explain.

这事很难解释清楚。

(2) 做形容词时,表“漂亮的;可爱的”,一般用于女子或小孩。

The pretty girl is very shy and always hides behind her mother.

这个漂亮的女孩很害羞,总是藏在她妈妈的后面。

You look so pretty in that dress.

你穿那条连衣裙真漂亮。

3. bother vt. & vi. 打扰;烦扰;麻烦

(1) bother with/about sth 花费精力、时间(做某事)

Its not worth bothering with an umbrella—the car is just outside.

不必打伞,汽车就在外面。

(2) bother sb about/with sth 使(某人)烦恼;给(某人)造成麻烦

Im sorry that I have to bother you with this problem.

对不起,我不得不用这个问题来麻烦你了。

(3) bother to do sth 烦心 / 费事做某事

He didnt even bother to say thank you.

他甚至没有说声谢谢。

(4) 在口语中,Dont bother主要用于谢绝对方主动提出的善意帮助,意为“不用费心、不用麻烦”。

— Shall I help you with the washing up?

要不要我帮你洗碗?

— Dont bother. Ill do it later.

不必麻烦了,我等一会再洗。

4. approach vt. 接近

It is not allowed to approach the forbidden area.

这里是禁区,不许接近。

As you approach the town, youll see the college on the left.

快到市镇时,你就可以看见左边的学院。

5. afford vt. 买得起;有能力支付

afford直接跟名词或动词不定式作宾语,常和情态动词can或be able to连用。

He can afford the apartment.

他能买得起这套住房。

We werent able to afford to buy such an expensive car at that time.

我们那时买不起这么昂贵的汽车。

6. exchange vt. 交换

(1) exchange sth (with sb) (与某人)交换某物

Juliet and David exchanged glances.

朱丽叶和戴维相互看了看对方。

I shook hands and exchanged a few words with the manager.

我与经理握手,相互交谈了几句。

(2) exchange A for B 用A去换B

You can exchange your current for dollars in the hotel.

你可以在旅馆把你的钱兑换成美元。……

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