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选修7第5单元重点单词

2021-09-10王宇

考试与评价·高二版 2021年3期

王宇

1. recommend [̩rekə̍mend]

❶ vt. 推荐;建议

Can you recommend a good hotel? 你能推荐一家好的饭店吗?

recommend sb. as 推荐某人当……

Can you recommend him as a good cook? 你能把他当作一个好厨师来推荐吗?

recommend sb. for推荐;推举;介绍

I recommended him for a post. 我给他介绍了个工作。

recommend sb. to do sth. 劝告某人做某事

The doctor recommended the patient to take his advice. 医生劝告病人接受他的忠告。

易混辨析recommend与introduce

这两个动词均含“介绍”之意。recommend指向某人介绍或推荐,侧重于个人倾向;introduce侧重于介绍某人与某人相识,常用句型introduce sb. to sb.。

【试题链接】 We ___ Tom as the host of the ceremony yesterday.

Key: recommended

2. comfort [̍kʌmfət]

? [U] 舒服;安逸;舒适

The hotel offers a high standard of comfort and service. 这家旅馆提供高标准的舒适享受和优质服务。

❷ [U] 安慰;慰藉;宽慰

His words were of little comfort in the circumstances. 在这种情况下,他的话起不了什么安慰作用。

❸ [C] 给予安慰的人或物

The children have been a great comfort to me through all of this. 在我经历这一切的日子里,孩子们一直是我的一个巨大安慰。

❹ vt. 安慰

She comforted herself with the thought that it would soon be spring. 她想到春天很快就要来临,以此来宽慰自己。

in comfort 舒适地

This will enable the audience to sit in comfort while watching the shows. 这样能够让观众舒舒服服地坐着看表演。

comfort sb. 安慰某人

He began to comfort me with such unaccustomed gentleness. 他开始以那种少有的温柔安慰我。

易混辨析comfort, ease, leisure, relaxation与relief

这些名词均含“舒适;安逸;悠闲”之意。comfort 通常指在摆脱痛苦的事情,或在要求、愿望得到满足后所感到的舒适;ease 指因没有担心和忧虑而轻松;leisure 专指闲暇时间或悠闲状态;relaxation 强调消除肌肉疲劳或思想的紧张状态,使身心松弛,得到休息;relief 侧重有消除痛苦、不适或困难的负担,常暗含不利因素已不存在的意味。

【试题链接】 We would feel more ___ with the additional protection.

Key: comfortable

3. substitute [̍sʌbstItju:t] n.

❶ [C] 代替者

She will be the teacher’s substitute for a month. 她将代替那位老师一个月。

❷ [C] 代替品

Honey can often be used as a substitute for sugar. 蜂蜜常可用来作糖的替代品。

❸ vt. 用……代替……

She can substitute for you. 她可以替代你。

派生词substitution n. 置换;取代

Both Scotland and Northern Ireland had made last-minute substitutions. 苏格兰队和北爱尔兰队都在最后时刻做了换人调整。

易混辨析substitute, replace与displace

这些动词均含“替代;取代”之意。substitute 指某人因故不在时,由别人代理其职,有时也可指由一物去代替另一物;replace是最普通用词,指任何形式的替代,尤指以新的替代旧的、老的和坏的等,指人或物均可。

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