和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Adventures with Adverbials: Part 2

2017-06-16来源:VOA
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plot – n. a series of events that form the story in a novel, movie, etc.

confidence – n. a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something

revenge – n. the act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did something that hurt you

adverbial – adj. a word that describes a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a sentence and that is often used to show time, manner, place, or degree

prepositional phrase – n. a phrase that begins with a preposition and ends in a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase

phrase – n. a group of two or more words that express a single idea but do not usually form a complete sentence

demonstrative pronoun – n. a word (such as “this,” “that,” “these,” or “those”) that tells who or what is being referred to

article – n. a word (such as a, an, or the) that is used with a noun to show whether or not the noun refers to a specific person or thing

infinitive – n. the basic form of a verb

confront – v. to oppose or challenge (someone) especially in a direct and forceful way