词汇短语园地

1. educate  vt.  教育;教导

She was educated in China and now is living in South Korea.

她是在中国受的教育，现在住在韩国。

The campaign is intended to educate the public to respect the old.

这一运动旨在教育公众尊重老人。

educate sb in/on sth  在某事上教育某人

Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking.

有必要对儿童进行吸毒有害的教育。

education  n.  教育

educated  adj.  受过教育的;有教养的

educational  adj.  教育的;有教育意义的

2. support  vt.  支持;帮助;支撑;养（家）

n.  支持;帮助;支撑（物）

If you raise the question at the meeting， Ill support you.

如果你在会上提出这个问题，我将支持你。

Support the babys head when you hold it.

抱婴儿时要把他的头托住。

Mark has one child to support from his second marriage.

马克得供养他第二段婚姻生的孩子。

There is strong public support for the change.

公众强烈支持这一变革。

Her family and friends have given her lots of support.

家人和朋友给了她很多帮助。

When my father died， I became the real support.

父亲死后， 我成了真正的顶梁柱。

in support of  支持……

come to ones support  支持某人

Only a few people spoke in support of the proposal.

只有几个人表示支持这一提议。

We found the new evidence to come to his support.

我们找到新的证据来支持他。

3. replace  vt.  取代，代替;把……放回原处

The new design will finally replace all existing models.

新的设计最终将会取代所有现有的型号。

I picked them up and replaced them in the bag.

我捡起它们，放回袋子。

replace sb/sth with/by sb/sth  用……替换;以……接替

It is not a good idea to miss meals and replace them with snacks.

不吃正餐，改吃点心，这不是什么好主意。

Teachers will never be replaced by computers in class.

在课堂上电脑永远不会取代老师。

4. explode  vt.  使爆炸;vi.  爆炸

explosion  n.  爆炸

There was a huge sudden bang as if someone had exploded a rocket outside.

突然一声巨响，仿佛有人在外面引爆了火箭。

Bombs were exploding all around the city.

城里到處都响起炸弹的爆炸声。

More than one hundred people were injured in the explosion.

一百多人在这次爆炸中受伤。

explode into/with  突然发生……

We all exploded into wild laughter.

我们都突然大笑起来。

Tom exploded with rage.

汤姆勃然大怒。

explosive  adj.  会爆炸的;爆炸性的

5. escape  v.  逃跑;逃脱

n.  逃跑;逃脱

Two prisoners have escaped.

两名囚犯逃走了。

When he was a child he often escaped into a dream world of his own.

小时候他常常躲进自己的梦想世界中。

I had a narrow escape.

我是死里逃生。

There was no hope of escape from her miserable marriage.

她没有希望从不幸的婚姻中解脱出来。

escape from  从……逃跑;逃脱

She managed to escape from the burning car.

她成功地从燃烧的汽车里逃脱了出来。

escaped  adj.  逃跑了的

6. clear  v.  移走，清除;（烟、雾等）消散

I had cleared my desk before I left.

离开前，我把桌子清理干净了。

The fog wont clear until tomorrow.

雾明天才会消散。

clear away  消散，散去

clear... of...  移走/清除……中的……

clear... off...  从……中移走/清除……

The mist cleared away as the sun came out.

太阳出来雾就消散了。

I cleared my desk of papers and got down to work.

我清理好桌上的文件后开始工作。

Clear all those papers off the desk.

把桌上所有那些文件都拿走。