词汇精解3
accept
v.接受
Jane has accepted the invitation.
简接受了邀请。
(注意)
1.accept 的反义词是 refuse (拒绝)。
2.accept 和 receive (收到)不同。如:He has received a present, but he will not accept it. “收到”不等于“接受”。
accident
n.意外事故
There are more traffic accidents in cities than in the countryside.
城市里的交通事故比乡下多。
by accident 偶然,碰巧(与 by chance 相同)
By accident I met him in the street.
我在街上碰巧遇见他。
(注意)
1.accident 和 event (事件),incident(小事件,插曲)不同,后两词并无“偶然”的含义。
2.accident--accidental(adj.偶然的,意外的)--accidentally(adv.偶然地,意外地)
according to
按照,根据……所说
We decide everything according to public opinion.我们根据大众的观点决定一切事情。
(注意)
according to 是短语介词,不能误用作谓语动词66666666。
account n.
(1) 说明
He will give you an account of what happened.
他会对所发生的事给你一个说明。
(2) 原因,理由
I refused Bill''s suggestion on that account.
我拒绝了比尔对那个理由的建议。
v. 说明
What accounts for your absence yesterday?
你对昨天的缺席做何说明?
on account of 因为(与 because of 相同)
Frank was forced to give up his teaching only on account of his old age.
弗兰克被迫放弃教书只是因为他年纪大了。
ache
v.痛
My head aches.
我的头很痛。
n.疼痛
I had a bad headache yesterday.
我昨天头痛很厉害。
(注意)
ache 和 pain 都是“痛“,pain 可泛指精神上和肉体上的各种痛苦;ache 指持续性疼痛,常与表示身体某些部分的词,如:head(头),ear(耳),stomach(胃),tooth(牙)和 back(背)等词连用。
achievement
n.成就
Einstein was a man of great achievement.
爱因斯坦是一个有伟大成就的人。
We have made great achievements in socialist construction.
我们在社会主义建设中取得了很大的成就。
(注意)
1.应该说 make achievements(取得成就),一般不说 get achievements.
2.achievement--achieve [v.取得(成就)]
across
prep.横过,穿过,在……的另一边
He ran across the street.
他跑着穿过街。
There is a bridge across the river.
河上有一座桥。
adv.横过,穿过
The river is not wide. Let''s swim across.
这条河不是很宽。让我们游泳穿过去。
(注意)
across 不能和cross (v.横过,穿过)混淆。
active
adj.活跃的,积极的
Lincoln was active in politics.
林肯对政治很积极。
He took an active part in politics.
他积极参与政治。
(注意)
1.active--activity (n.活动)
2.active--actively (adv.活跃地)
actually
adv.实际上
Jane looked quite old, but actually she was only thirty-six years old.
简看上去挺老的,但实际上她只有36岁。
(注意)
1.actually--actual (adj.实际的)
2.actually 和 really, in fact, in actual fact 是同义词语。
add
v.加
Please add up those numbers.
请把那些数字加起来。
add to 增加
His absence adds to our difficulties.
他的缺席增加了我们的困难。
add up to 合计为
Lincoln''s school educatin added up to no more than one year.
林肯的在校教育加起来不超过一年。
(注意)
1.add 和 plus 都是“加”,但 plus 是介词,不是动词。如:Five plus two is seven. (五加二得七。)
Add five to two and you have seven.(把五和二相加你会得到七。)
2.add(加)和 increase(增大,增加)的表达方式不同。如:We have added onemillion to our population. We have increased our population by one million. 两句都表示“我们的人口已经增加了一百万。”
address
n.地址
Please write to my new address.
请写到我的新地址。
v.
(1) 对……讲话
It was the first time he addressed such a large crowd of people.
这是他第一次对着这么多人讲话。
(2)在……上写地址
He addressed the envelope and stuck a stamp on.
他在信封上写好了地址,然后贴上邮票。
(注意)
1.address 作动词时,应说 address sb.和 address a letter,不能在 address 后添介词。
2.What is your address? 和 Where do you live? 相同,但不能说Where is your address?