? quarrel是指对某事不喜欢或强烈不满而发生的“争吵”或“吵架”。同with搭配,其后接某人;和about连用,其后接某事。例如:
He often quarrels about their housework with his wife.他常为家务事同妻子争吵。
? discuss是指认真交换自己的意见或看法的“讨论”。例如:
We”ll discuss the use of the articles tomorrow.明天我们将讨论冠词的用法。
? as (so) far as; as (so) long as
? as(so)far as的意思是“就??而言(所知)”,as (so) far as sth.is concerned是其中一种具体用法,意为“就某事而言”;as (so) long as意为“只要”,引导条件状语从句。如:
As far as I know, more than 10 million laid-off workers have found their new jobs. 就我所知,一千多万下岗工人已经找到了新的工作。
There is nothing that we can”t do so / as long as we keep on trying to do it. 只要我们不断地努力去做,就没有什么事干不成。
As far as the tourism of China is concerned, there is a long way to go. 就中国的旅游业而言,需要做的工作还很多。
? asleep/sleeping 二者都是形容词。asleep仅用作表语,不能作定语,表示“睡着,熟睡”的意思;而sleeping一般只能用作定语,放在名词前,表示“睡眠中的,休止的”意思。
如:我们不能说:an asleep baby,但可以说:a sleeping baby(一个熟睡的婴儿)。 再如:He was asleep with his head on his arms.他头枕着手臂在熟睡。
a sleeping dog正在熟睡的狗 sleeping car卧车 sleeping bag睡袋
? assert,affirm,maintain ? assert宣称、断言,常指某人主观自信,坚持己见,有时不顾客观事实而断言下结论。? affirm指以事实为依据,深信不疑地肯定某种观点或看法。? maintain指在相反的证据或论点面前,重申原来的某种观点、立场。 A.Despite all the policeman”s questions the suspect ___ that he had been at home all evening.
B.It is nonsense to ___ that smoking does not damage people”s health.
C.Throughout his prison sentence Dunn has always ___ his innocence. Answers:A. affirmed maintained
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? as though;even though;though
? as though(=as if),意为“好像;似乎”,引导方式状语从句或表语从句。如:
He spoke as though(as if)he had been here before.他说话的口气好像他以前来过这里。
It looks as if(as though)it is going to rain.看起来好像要下雨。
? even though(=even if),意为“即使”,引导让步状语从句。though也引导让步状语从句,意为“虽然”;even though有退一步设想的意味,与though不同。though引导的句子所说的是事实,even though引导的句子所说的则不一定是事实。例如:
He will not tell the secret even though(even if)he knows it.即使他知道这个秘密,他也不肯说出来。
He will not tell the secret though he knows it.他虽然知道这个秘密,但他不会说出来。
? at the beginning;in the beginning ? at the beginning 在??初;在??开始的时候。常与of连用。例如: Students usually have a study plan at the beginning of term. 学生们在开学初制定学习计划。 ? in the beginning 相当于at first,表示“起初、开始”时,含“起初是这种情况,而后来却不是这种情况”之意,不与of连用。例如: In the beginning,some of us took no interest in physics. 起初我们有些人对物理不感兴趣。
? attack assail assault charge beset
? 都含有\攻击\的意思。
? attack 是常用词, 指\攻击敌人\或\用言论攻击他人\如:
Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941. 德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
? assail 指\猛烈连续地攻击\如:
The enemy plane assailed our defence position. 敌机不断猛烈地攻击我们的阵地。
? assault 语气比 assail强, 指\突然猛烈地进攻\暗示\武力的直接接触\(如肉搏等), 也有\暴力\的意思, 如:The enemy assaulted us at dawn. 敌人在黎明时向我进攻。
? charge 指\冲击\或\骑兵的突然攻击\如:
The cavalry charged to the front. 骑兵猛烈向前线冲击。
? beset 指\围攻\即从各个方向攻击, 如:
In the swamp we were beset by mosquitoes. 在沼泽地里, 我们受到蚊子的围攻。 ? at the age of/by the age of ? at the age of表示“在??岁时”,后面接基数词,强调某一时刻的情况或动作,用于一般过去时,作时间状语。例如: At the age of six,he began to learn English.他六岁的时候开始学英语。 She learned to play the piano at the age often.她十岁的时候学弹钢琴。 ? by the age of表示“到??岁的时候”、“在??岁以前”,后面接基数词,强调到某一时刻为止的结果,用于过去完成时或将来完成时,作时间状语。例如:
By the age of sixteen,he had learned to drive a car.到十六岁的时候,他已经学会了开小汽车。
You will have learned more than 2000 English words by the age of fourteen. 到你十四岁的时候,你将学会2000多个英语单词。
? at the time; at that time; at one time; at a time
? at the time通常用于过去时句子中,指某件事情发生的“当时”、“那时”。例如:
Many people saw the strange thing happen at the time. 当时,许多人都看到了这件奇怪的事情的发生。
? 有时,at the time的后面可接“of...”短语。这时,它表示“在(某事态)发生的时候”或“在??的时代”。例如:
Were you in San Francisco at the time of the big earth quake in 1989﹖ 1989年旧金山发生地震时,你在那里吗?
It happened at the time of King Alfred. 事情发生在阿尔弗雷德国王时期。