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例句:It poured with rain throughout the night.
大雨下了整整一夜。
(表示区域)遍及…地域;遍及…场所
例句:I have traveled throughout Europe.
我已游历了整个欧洲。
2.measure vt.量出; 记录
例句:They measured the strength of an electric current.
他们测量了电流的强度。
3.anticipate v.预感, 期望,期盼
例句:The directors anticipated a fall in demand.
董事们预感需求会降低。
4.handle vt.处理, 应付, 对待
例句:He refused to allow his secretary to handle confidential letters.
他不让秘书处理机密文件。
deal with,cope with,dispose of,manage,handle
这些动词或短语动词都含有“处理”,“对付”之意。
deal with既可指处理具体事情,也可指处理或解决具有抽象意义的问题。
cope with指成功地处理或对付更为重大,更为严重的问题或事物。
dispose of与deal with同义,普通用法。
manage指处理日常事务与工作,也可指经营管理。
handle从原义“手柄”,转引申为作“处理”解时,其内涵是管理和操纵。
5.sizeable a.相当大的
6.permit vt.vi.允许; 许可
例句:I would like to do it with you, but I am not sure whether my parents permit.
我愿意和你一起做, 但不知我父母是否允许。
allow,let,permit,leave,authorize
这些动词均含“让、允许”之意。
allow普通用词,侧重听任、默许或不加阻止。在正式场合可用来表客气的请求。
let常用词,用于各种非正式场合,语气最弱,指允许或无力阻止某事,暗示漠不关心或听之任之。
permit正式用词,在多数场合可与allow换用,语义最强,指准许某人做某事,含权威或正式的意味。
leave侧重不加干涉。
authorize语气最强,指权威性的允许与认可。
7.almost adv.几乎, 差不多, 差一点; 将近
例句:In his blind haste he almost ran into the river.
他匆匆忙忙地几乎跑到河里去了。
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