1、 We cant afford to ignore their advice. Hes completely ignorant about modern technology.3. concern n.U关心,担忧 C关心的人或事 vt. 涉及;参与;使担心,使操心It is no concern of mine / yours.concerned adj. 关心的,关切的,担忧的;焦虑的(位于名词之前);相关的(位于名词之后)as / so far asbe concerned 就而言;依之见be concerned about / for sth 担心;关心be concerned in
2、/ with 与有关be concerned over / at sth 为某事忧虑concern oneself about / for 担忧;关心concerning prep. 关于;有关 There is growing concern about violence on television. The President is deeply concerned about this issue. He asked several questions concerning the future of the company. This chapter concerns itself w
3、ith the historical background.concerned用作形容词时意为“担忧的;关心的”;用作后置定语时意为“相关的;有关的”。另外concerning用作介词时意为“关于;对于”。4. settle vi. 安家;定居;停留 vt. 使定居;安排;解决settle down 舒适地坐下(或躺下);安静 / 平静下来settle in / into 习惯于;适应settle on 选定,决定settle up 付清账单 settled adj. 稳定的;舒适自在的settlement n. 协议,定居点 The company has agreed to settle
4、out of court. Its all settled were leaving on the nine oclock plane. I settled her on the sofa and put a blanket over her.5. suffer vt. 遭受,蒙受;后跟pain / defeat / loss / poverty / hunger / punishment / hardship以及表示疾病的词。 vi. 后常跟介词from,表示“受折磨;受之苦,患某种疾病”。sufferer n. 患病者,受苦者,受难者suffering n. (肉体或精神上遭受的)痛苦,疼
5、痛 Many companies are suffering from a shortage of skilled staff. He suffered a massive heart attack. The Republican Party has just suffered a huge defeat in the polls recently.6. recover vi.&vt. 痊愈;恢复;重新获得recover form 康复,恢复recover oneself 恢复常态recovery n. 恢复,改善 Liu Xiang is still recovering from his
6、operation. It took her a few minutes to recover consciousness. She has made a full recovery from her illness.7. add up 合计addin 把加进去;包括addon (to) 附加,加上addto 在中加上add to 增加;加强(多用于抽象意义)add up to 总计;总共(不用于被动语态)in addition 另外in addition to 除之外 The numbers add up to exactly 100. Remember to add in the cost
7、 of drinks. A service charge of 15% was added on to the bill.8. go through 经历,经受;仔细检查;完成;用完go after 追赶go against 违反,与不符go ahead 先走;开始做;着手干go by 逝去,过去go off 离开;爆炸go on 继续;上场;流逝go over 检查pass through 走过;路过live through 经历look through 浏览;往里面看pull through (大病、手术后)康复 I always start the day by going throug
8、h my e-mail. Hes amazingly cheerful considering all hes gone through. Things will get easier as time goes by.9. set down 放下;记下;登记set about (doing sth) 着手(做某事)set out (to do sth) 开始,着手(做某事)set aside 留出;不顾set back (把钟等)往回拨;推迟set free 释放;解放set off 动身,出发;使爆炸set out 动身,出发;着手;安排,组织set up 开办;建立;设立set an ex
9、ample 树立榜样set fire to = on fire 纵火烧 Passengers may be set down and picked up only at the official stops. The bad weather set back the building programme by several weeks. We need to set about finding a solution.set about和set out都可作“开始着手做某事”讲,但set about后加doing sth,而set out后加to do sth。10. get along wi
10、th 与相处;进展get along with sb 同某人相处 get along with sth 某事进展 / 进行get about / around (消息)传开getacross 讲清楚;(使)被领会get away from 离开;脱身getback 收回,找回getdown 记下来;使悲伤 get down to 认真做,开始着手做 get in 到达;收割 get on 上车 / 船 / 飞机;继续进行;相处 get over 克服;摆脱 get rid of 消灭,摆脱,除掉 get through (电话)接通;用完;通过 get together 聚会,联欢 Shes
11、never really got on well with her sister. Im not getting on very fast with this job. Its time I got down to thinking about that essay. Your meaning didnt really get across.11. join in 参加;加入 join up 入伍,参军 join up with (sb) (与某人)联合,会合 join hands (with sb)(与某人)拉起手;合伙,联合 辨析join / join in / take part in
12、/ attend / participate: join表示“加入党派、组织、社团、俱乐部”等,如join the Party / Youth League / army / club /organization。 join in表示“参加正在进行的活动”,如join in a game / discussion / conversation / walk。亦可说:join sb in (doing) sth。 take part in表示“参加会议、活动”,侧重说明主语参加并发挥一定作用,part前若有修饰语,要用不定冠词,如take (an active) part in a party
13、/ school activities / physical labour。 attend表示“出席或参加会议、仪式、婚礼、葬礼、典礼,上课,上学,听报告”,如attend a meeting / a sports meeting / a concert / a show / school / a lecture。 participate为正式用语,和介词in连用,表示积极地参与。 She listens but she never joins in. Our teacher often joins us in singing and dancing. How many countries t
14、ook part in the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing? Our children attend the same school.Unit 2 English around the worldnative, base, command, request, recognize, block, because of, come up, such as, play a role / part in,1. native adj. 本国的;本地的;天赋的 n. 本地人;本国人be native to 原产于某地的,土生土长的be a native of 土生土长的本地
15、人go native 入乡随俗,同化native art / dance / peoples土著艺术、舞蹈 / 民族native wit / intelligence 与生俱来的机智 / 才智 The tiger is native to India. He is a native of Beijing. You can always tell the difference between the tourists and the natives.2. base vt. 以为根据 n. 基部;基地;基础base sth on / upon sth 以为基础(或根据)base sb / sth
16、/ oneself in 以为据点(或总部等),把(总部等)设在the base of a column / glass / pyramid 柱基 / 玻璃杯底 / 金字塔底座a military / naval base 军事 / 海军基地based adj. (以某事)为基础 / 根据的baseless adj. 无根据的;无缘无故的basement n. 地下室 What are you basing this theory on? They decided to base the new company in New York. The town is an ideal base fo
17、r touring the area.3. command n. C 命令,指令 U掌握 vt. 命令,指挥,支配;博得;赢得at sbs command 听某人指挥under ones command 由指挥under the command of sb 在指挥之下have (a) command of 掌握;精通(尤指语言)take command of 控制(be) in command of 掌握,控制command sb to do sth 命令某人做某事command that (should) do 命令 The police arrived and took command o
18、f the situation.Applicants will be expected to have (a) command of English. The commission intervened and commanded that work on the building mand后面的宾语从句、表语从句或同位语从句要用虚拟语气,谓语形式是should + 动词原形或省略should。4. request n.&vt. 请求;要求make (a) request for 请求;要求at sbs request = at the request of sb应某人之要求by reques
19、t (of) 照需要;依照请求;应邀on request 一经要求request sb to do sth 请求某人做某事request that sb (should) do sth 请求request sth from / of sb 向某人请求某物It is requested that 据要求 He was there at the request of his manager. She requested that no one (should) be told of her decision.You are requested not to smoke in the restaur
20、ant.常用虚拟语气的动词口诀:一坚持insist;二命令order,command;三建议advise,suggest,propose;四要求ask,demand,request,require。5. recognize vt. 辨认出;承认recognize sb / sth by / from 根据认出某人 / 某事(物)be recognized to be / as 被认作/被认为是It is recognized that 人们公认recognition n. 认识;认出out of / beyond recognition 认不出来 Drugs were not recogniz
21、ed to be / as a serious problem then. It was recognized that this solution could only be temporary. The book is now recognized as a classic.6. block n. 大块;大楼;街区;一批,一组 v. 阻塞,挡住a block of ice / concrete / stone 一大块冰 / 混凝土 / 石头a tower block 高层建筑an office block 办公大楼a block of shares 一大宗股份block off 封锁,堵住
22、block out 挡住,遮住block up 塞住,封住blockfrom 阻止做 His apartment is three blocks away from the police station. The main roads of the city have been blocked off. The fallen trees blocked us from going into the flooded area.表示“阻止做”的动词有:block; (from) / prevent; (from) / stop; (from)/ ban; (from)/ keepfrom7. be
23、cause of 因为;由于 because of是介词短语,后跟名词、代词或动名词;because是连词,后跟从句。辨析because of / owing to / due to / on account of / thanks to:这五个短语都有“由于、因为”的意思,都是介词短语,因此后面不可接从句。 because of意为“由于,因为”,强调因果关系,在句中一般作状语。 owing to与because of一样,也强调因果关系,作表语或状语。 due to引出造成后果的原因,在句中常作表语、状语。作状语时与owing to同义,但due to一般不置于句首。 on account
24、 of与because of,owing to同义,但语气较为正式。可作状语、表语。 thanks to只能用作状语,可以表达正面意思,“幸亏”,也可用于讽刺口吻中(近于讽刺口吻中的“感谢”)。 Liu Xiang gave up the competition because of his injury. The game was cancelled owing to heavy rain. The teams success was largely due to her efforts. It was a great success thanks to a lot of hard work
25、.8. come up 走近;上来;发芽;发生;被提出;(太阳、月亮等)升起come up with 想出;提出come about 发生come across 穿过(路、桥);偶遇;偶然发现(=come upon)come along 一道来;一起去;进步;赶快come back 回来;记起come on (风、雨等)到来;(演员)出场;赶快;得了吧come out 出版;出来,出现;结果是come to 苏醒;总计;达到;谈到 The daffodils are just beginning to come up. The subject came up in conversation.
26、She came up with a new idea for increasing e up含有“被提出”之意,以物作主语,此时不用被动语态;而come up with意为“提出,想出”,其主语是人。I came up with a proposal and it soon came up at the meeting.9. such as 例如;像这种的辨析such as / for example / that is / and so on: such as用来列举事物。通常放在被列举的事物的前面以及需要说明的事物的后面,意思是“比如;诸如之类的”,也与like互换,as后面不能有逗号。
27、 for example起到补充说明的作用,表明在众多内容中仅举一个或少数几个例子,可位于句首、句中或句末,意思是“例如;举个例子”。 that is是后面列举的事物的总量等于它前面所提到的总和,相当于namely,意思是“即,也就是说”。 and so on对几个事物进行列举时,在说了其中的几个以后,用and so on进行概括,说明还有例子,但不一一列出了,意思是“等”。 Wild flowers such as orchids and primroses are becoming rare. It is possible to combine Computer Science with other subjects, for example, Physics. We discussed everything when to go, what to see and so on.10. play a role / part in 在中担任角色;在中起作用play an important role / part in 在方面起重要作用play the role of sb = play / act the part of sb (在剧中)扮演某人的角色play the leading role 起主要(带头)作用 Clowns play an important r
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