作者:深圳教育在线 来源:szedu.net 更新日期:2008-10-28
1.aid, help, assist 用作动词均可表“帮助”。 aid为正式用词,help最常用。 assist最正式,表示协助某人做某事,尤指在体力上或具体事务上帮助和扶持。如:She employed a woman to assist her with the housework. (她雇了一名妇女帮她做家务。) 2.alive, living, live alive 指虽有死的可能,但仍活着,一般只作表语。 living可用于人或物,作定语时可前可后。 live只做前置定语,用于动物和个别事物前。 3.almost, nearly 一般说来,almost比nearly 表示的意思更接近“开始”、“完成” (目标)等。 在all, every, always 前,两者都可用。如:He is almost (nearly) smoking. (他几乎每天抽烟。) almost可同never, no, nobody, none, nothing 连用,而nearly却不能。如:Almost no one believed her. (几乎没人相信他。) 4.alone, lonely alone只表“独自”的客观状态,没有感情色彩,只作表语;lonely表“孤独”,:“寂寞”,能作定语和表语。如:When she is left alone, she feels lonely. (剩下她一人时她就感到寂寞。) alone, only均可表“只有”,但alone须置于被修饰词之后,only往往置于被修饰词前。如:He alone (Only he) can remember the story. (只有他才能记起这段经历。) 5.already, all ready already已经(副词)。如:The plane had already landed before we got to the airport. all ready准备好的(作表语)。如:We were all ready to leave when the telephone rang. 6.alter, change 作不及物动词时,两者可通用。 作及物动词时,alter是对局部,表面的改变,而change则是对本质的,全面的,彻底的改变。如:Can you alter the dress? (你会改做这件衣服吗?)Can you change the dress?(你能给我更换这件衣服吗?) 7.altogether, all together altogether总计,总共。如:Altogether there are six of us. (我们总计六人。) all together 全都在一起。如:We played the game all together. (我们大家都一起来玩游戏吧。) 8.amaze, astonish, surprise 都可作及物动词,意思相近,一般都是以事物作主语,人称作宾语。 amaze强调“使惊讶”,有时还有“惊叹”,“佩服”等意。 astonish表示“使大吃一惊”,“几乎使人无法相信”之意。 surprise只表“出乎意料之外”。 9.among, between among 在……中间(三者或三者以上之间)。如:Our house is hidden among trees. between在两者之间。如:It is easy to distinguish between a Japanese and a Chinese. 10.announce, declare (考试大) nnounce指宣布公众期望或与公众有关的事情,含有预告的意味。如:The government announced that they would pay their debts. (政府宣布将偿还债务。) declare指正式负责地宣布,声明,通常用于庄重的场合。如:The judge declared him guilty.(法官宣布他有罪。)
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