17. To err is human.犯错人之常情,humane人道的,仁慈的,treat people with humanity仁慈待人 是
18. bump against/into--- She bump against the table and send the crockery crashing to the grind. 她碰到了桌子,把杯子、盘子都撞碎在地上了.
19. hungry, hunger后面都加for sth
20. a government bond国家公债,为可数名词
be bound to do=be sure to----You are bound to succeed.
Be bound for准备前往,在前往途中---Where are you bound for.
21. at the idea of=at the thought of一想到
I was horrified at the idea of having to give a speech in front of so many people.
Have no idea of/that 对...一点也不知道
Establish high ideals 树立崇高的理想,ideal weather理想的天气
22. identify oneself with 与...打成一片,到...中去.He identify himself with the masses.
Identify as----The dead body was identified as the missing pilot.
Identical=the very same
Good will is identical with friendship.
在be similar to, be the same as, be identical with/to中,identical相似程度最高,表示完全相同.
23. ill will恶意,ill fortune不幸,ill treatment恶劣的待遇
sick of厌烦
24. imagine +doing, imagine是一个动词,其有三个形容词,imaginable,imaginary,imaginative
The best radio imaginable.再好没有的收音机
An imaginary character in tale 故事里的虚构人物
An imaginative artist富有想象力的作家
25. go to extremes走极端--- She tends to go to extremes. 她这个人比较偏激.
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1. incidentally 附带地,顺便提及地
Incidentally , John 's coming home next week . 附带说一下,约翰下星期要回家
Incidence发生率 Our city has a low incidence of crime.
Coincide with一致
2. decrease和increase都可以做动词和名词使用,表示在某个方面的减低或者增长,后面介词都使用in
3. instruct有教育和指导,指示两种意思,如果做教育则使用instruct sb in sth----He instructs us in Latin.
如果做指导,则使用句型 instruct sb to do或者 +that
4. intend to do/doing sth
be intent on 专注于
intention of doing---I have not the intention of marrying her.
5. be instrumental in doing sth有助于做...His information is instrumental in catching the criminal.
6. have/lose interest in, in the interest(s) of, to interest sb in sth
I want to interest him in our work .我想使他关注我们的工作.
Uninterested意思是没有兴趣的 an uninterested spectator
Disinterested意思是公正的,无私的 the disinterested assistance
7. interfere和interference一个是动词,一个是名词,都有两个意思,干涉和干扰
做干涉意思的时候加in,做干扰意思的时候加with
8. be bankrupt of/in完全丧失 He was bankrupt of original ideas. We are bankrupt of earthly treasures.
9. the introduction to the book不是of是to
deduce from 从...推导出,推断
10. reduce仅仅是一个动词,并不具备名词的功能
11. in conjunction with与...交加,与...协力
We are working in conjunction with the police. 我们与警方配合进行工作.
This method can be used in conjunction with other methods. 这种方法可以和其他方法结合使用.
12. rejoice in /enjoy good health享有健康之福
13. prejudice既是动词,也是名词,其意思是中性的----”事先判断”,并非单纯的”偏见”,其可以指”偏见”也可以指”好感”
a prejudice against [in favour of] 对...的不利[有利]偏见
He has a prejudice against/in favor of foreigners.
如果做动词的时候,意思是”使抱偏见, 使怀成见”
His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favour.
Do an injury to sb 加害某人
Do justice to 公平对待,充分享受
do ample justice to a meal
You know enough of him to do justice to his solid worth.
Justify (doing) sth 证明(做)正当 How are you going to justify your conduct.
Be justified in(doing)有理由(做)Do you think he is justified in making that remark.
14. keep back 隐瞒 I will keep back nothing from you. 抑制 I fought to keep back my tears.
15. know sb表示认识或者了解某人,know of sb表示听说过某人
known as意思是作为什么(身份,特征)而出名,known for是因...而众所周知,known to是为...所知
acquire/obtain/gain a knowledge of
acknowledge as 认为是 We acknowledge him as a genius.
Admit/acknowledge/confess +doing承认,deny +doing否认
16. in collaboration with(褒义)与...合作,(贬义)与...勾结
elaborate on对...做详细说明
17. lead sb in doing sth领导...做,lead to(doing)sth 导致(做)