詞匯短語園地

1. acquaintance? ?n.? ?相識的人;泛泛之交

Mr Smith is one of my acquaintances.

我認識史密斯先生。

make an acquaintance of sb? ?結(jié)識某人;接近某人

I made an acquaintance of Jenny through his introduction.

通過他的介紹，我認識了珍妮。

2. part? ?v.? ?分手;分離

I hope we can part as friends.

希望我們能像朋友般和氣分手。

（1） part from? ?離開

The children were parted from their father.

孩子們和父親分開了。

（2） part with? ?和……分別;放棄

He was sorry to part with his friends.

他和朋友們分別，心里很不好受。

The little girl refused to part with her old doll.

這個小女孩拒絕放棄她的舊布娃娃。

3. tolerant? ?adj.? ?寬容的;容忍的

搭配：

be tolerant of? ?對……容忍/寬容

Luckily， my parents were always tolerant of my choice of music.

幸運的是，我父母對我選擇音樂這件事總是寬容的。

（1） tolerate? ?v.? ?容忍，容許，寬容;忍受，忍耐

The cousins tolerated each other， but did not really get on well together.

這對表親互相容忍，但是相處得并不真正融洽。

The ability to tolerate pain varies from person to person.

對疼痛的忍受力因人而異。

（2） tolerance? ?n.? ?寬容，容忍;忍耐（力）;耐受性

Many old people have a very limited tolerance to cold.

許多老人的耐寒性非常有限。

4. share? ?v.? ?分享，共享

Share with somebody if you have left your book at home.

如果你把書落在家里的話，你可以和別人共看一本。

share? ?n.? ?一份，份額，股份

He bought 1，000 shares in the company.

他買了1000股那家公司的股份。

If you want a share of the pay， youll have to do your fair share of the work.

要是你想得到一份報酬，你就必須做好你該分擔的那一份工作。

5. failure? ?n.? ?失敗者（可數(shù)）

Elgar often considers himself as a failure.

埃爾加常覺得自己是個失敗者。

（1） failure? ?n.? ?失敗（不可數(shù)）

The success or failure of the plan depends on you.

這項計劃的成敗取決于你。

（2） fail? ?v.? ?失敗，未能（做到）;不及格

I failed in my attempt to persuade her.

我未能說服她。

He failed his driving test.

他駕駛執(zhí)照考試不及格。

6. prove? ?v.? ?證明是;被發(fā)現(xiàn)是

He proved himself determined to succeed.

他證明了自己不達目的不罷休的決心。

Shares in the industry proved a poor investment.

事實證明投資這個行業(yè)的股票是一個失敗。

proof? ?n.? ?證據(jù)

Theres no proof that someone burst into the room.

沒有證據(jù)證明有人闖入過這間屋子。

7. glance? ?v.? ?一瞥;迅速看一眼

glance at/down/over/through? ?匆匆一看;瀏覽;粗略地看

She glanced at her watch.

她匆匆看了看表。

She glanced down the list of names.

她瀏覽了一下名單。

He glanced over the morning paper and went out.

他匆匆地瀏覽了晨報，然后出去了。

He glanced through the report.

他大致瀏覽了一下報告。

glance? ?n.? ?一瞥;掃視

（1） at a glance? ?（看）一眼;馬上

（2） at first glance? ?乍一看;乍看之下

（3） take a glance at? ?對……粗略地看一下

辨析：

比較glance，look，glare和stare

這四個動詞都有“看”的意思，通常都作不及物動詞，但“看”的動作和側(cè)重有所不同。

glance指“匆忙地看一眼”，也指“粗略地、隨便看看”;look表示“有意識地注意看”，將視線集中于某人或某物上，著重于看的動作;glare指“憤怒、兇狠地看”，強調(diào)敵對或威脅的態(tài)度;stare指“呆呆地看”，含有粗魯?shù)囊馕丁?/p>

I didnt read the whole paper. I just glanced at the headlines.

我沒有讀完報紙，只看了看標題。

I found the child opposite looking at my red hat.

我發(fā)現(xiàn)對面的孩子在看我的紅帽子。

Dont glare at me like that; you deserved the scolding.

不要那么瞪著我，你就該受到訓斥。

Its rude to stare at other people.

直勾勾地看人不禮貌。

8. caution? ?v.? ?警告;勸……小心

搭配：

（1） caution sb about/against? ?警告某人關(guān)于/不要……

Experts have cautioned about global warming for a while now.

就全球變暖這一問題，專家提出警告已有一段時間。

Tony cautioned against misrepresenting the situation.

托尼告誡說不要歪曲形勢。

（2） caution sb that...? ?警告某人……

American and European officials caution that the new talks cannot be open-ended.

美國及歐洲的官員警告說，重啟的談判不能無限期拖延下去。

caution? ?n.? ?謹慎;慎重;警告

cautious? ?adj.? ?謹慎的;慎重的;小心的

9. reflect? ?v.? ?反映，顯示;表達

That choice reflects your good taste.

那個選擇反映了你的高雅品位。

The still water reflected a full moon.

平靜的水面映出了一輪滿月。

reflection? ?n.? ?映像;倒影;反映

The deer gazed at its reflection in the forest pool.

鹿凝視著它倒映在森林水池里的影子。

Your clothes are often a reflection of your personality.

穿著常常反映出一個人的個性。

10. take hold of? ?抓住

Please take hold of the rope.

請抓緊繩子。

take hold of，catch hold of 和get hold of都有“抓住，握住”的意思，一般可以互換。

They each take （catch/get） hold of one end of the table and move it easily.

他們各自抓住桌子的一端，很容易就把它搬開了。

11. approve of sth? ?贊成某事;滿意某事

She doesnt approve of me/my leaving school this year.

她不同意我今年離校。

approve? ?v.? ?贊成，同意;批準

I told my husband I meant to go to America but he didnt approve.

我告訴丈夫我想去美國，但是他不同意。

The Senate promptly approved the bill.

參議院迅速通過了這一法案。

12. a chorus of? ?異口同聲的

The proposal was greeted with a chorus of approval.

大家對該建議異口同聲表示贊成。

chorus? ?n.? ?合唱曲;合唱團

the Hallelujah Chorus? ?哈利路亞合唱曲

The chorus was singing The Ode to Joy.

合唱團那時正在唱著《歡樂頌》。

13. cater for? ?滿足……的要求

The hotel can cater for receptions of up to 300 people.

這家酒店最多可以同時接待300人。

cater? ?v.? ?滿足需求

They only publish novels which cater to the mass-market.

他們只出版迎合大眾市場的小說。

14. correspond with? ?與……通信

The two scientists have corresponded with each other about the problem.

關(guān)于這個問題，兩位科學家有過書信來往。

You should correspond with your uncle in America， advising him to return.

你應該給在美國的叔叔寫信，建議他回來。

（1） correspond with? ?和……符合/一致

I dont like those whose actions dont correspond with their words.

我不喜歡那些言行不一的人。

（2） correspond to? ?和……相類似/相當

The arms of a man correspond to the wings of a bird.

人的手臂如同鳥的翅膀。