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2008高考必背英语词汇讲座 D

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1、damage, harm, hurt, injure, spoil

乍看这几个词,觉得意思都差不多。它们都有“损害,伤害,破坏”的意思。其实,它们之间还是有不同的。damage: “毁坏,损坏”,主要指造成价值,效用,完整性方面的损坏。例如:

Mr. Smith, I wonder if we could arrange a talk about the damaged cargo sometime.史密斯先生,我们能不能安排个时间商谈破损货物的问题。
The water they had thrown over everything to put out the fire damaged the books.为了灭火,他们把水往一切东西上泼,把书也损坏了。

harm: “损害,伤害”,词义具体,强调带来损失,病痛或痛苦。Though he knows clearly that smoking harms his health, he simply cannot give it up.虽然他很清楚吸烟对身体有害,但他就是戒不了。

hurt: “疼痛,伤害”,尤其指感情或身体遭受创伤。Nothing hurts more than a bad tooth, so he had to go to the dentist to have it pulled out.没有比牙齿坏了更疼痛的了,所以他不得不找牙医拔掉那颗坏牙。My little boy fell off a ladder and hurt himself.我的儿子从楼梯上摔了下来,把自己摔伤了。

injure: “伤害,损害”,一般常指不公正地对待或冤屈某人,即有意识地侵害别人的权利或毁坏别人的健康、成就等,也可以指外表、健康、安逸等遭受破坏。The gas polluted the surroundings and injured the health of workers and residents of the area.这种气体污染环境,损害工人和该地区居民的健康。

spoil: 有强烈的“毁坏,毁灭”之意。指不仅造成价值,精力,兴致的“损伤”,还意味着可能造成某种毁灭或彻底破坏,也有“宠坏”的意思。

John joined the party and spoiled the pleasure of everyone by his impolite behavior.约翰参加了这个晚会,他的不礼貌行为破坏了大家的兴致。
Quarreling completely spoiled the dinner, which broke up in discord.争吵完全破坏了了宴会的气氛,结果宴会不欢而散。
I do hate to spoil your fun, but I've got something urgent to tell you.我真不愿扫了你的兴,但我有紧急的事必须告诉你。

2、dare not , don't dare

dare是“敢”的意思,它既可作情态动词,也可作实义动词。dare not中的dare是情态动词,后接动词原形。dare作为情态动词,其过去式为dared。 如:
I dare not think of it.我不敢想这事。
He dared not go near the woods in the daytime.白天,他不敢到灌木丛附近去。

作为情态动词的dare除用于否定句外,还可用于疑问句和条件句,但不能用于肯定句。 如可以说 Dare you say so before your parents?和Jump now if you dare,但不可以说I dare touch it.

don't dare中的dare是实义动词,后面要接动词不定式。如:I did not dare to move.我不敢动。He had never dared to ask her to go anywhere with him.他从来不敢要求她跟他去任何地方。

作为实义动词的dare与其它实义动词一样,可以用于肯定句,疑问句和条件句等。如:She dared to go there alone.她敢一个人去那里。Do you dare to come here?你敢一个人来这儿吗?

dare与普通实义动词的不同之处在于:在否定句和疑问句中,dare后的不定式往往可以省去 to。如:He didn't dare (to) say that to my face. 他不敢当面对我说这些。Do you dare (to) climb that high mountain? 你敢爬那座高山吗?

3、dangerous, in danger

dangerous是形容词,意为“危险的”, 指一切能或者可能引起危险的人或事物等,有对某人或某事物构成威胁的意味。例如:He is a dangerous person.他是一个危险的人物。It is dangerous to smoke.吸烟是危险的。

in danger是一个介词短语,意为“处于危险中”,在句中作表语,其后还可以跟of短语。在使用中,danger可由形容词great, real等修饰。其反义语是out of danger。如:

The sick man's life had been in danger, but now he was out of danger.病人的生命曾处于危险之中,现在已脱离危险。
He is in great danger of losing all his money if he continues to buy useless objects.如果他继续买这些无用的东西,他就有失去所有钱财的危险。

4、date, day

这两个词都表示“日,天”的意思,但它们之间是有区别的。date通常指具体的日期,一般以单数形式出现。它包括某年、某月、某日。因此,在回答 What's the date? 或What's the date today?的问句时,应该把年、月、日全部说出。What's the date today? 今天几号?It's June 4,1992. 今天是1992年6月4日。

day主要用来泛指日子,a day是“一天”的意思。days是“一些日子”的意思。在问“星期几”时,应该用它。如:What day is today? 今天星期几?It's Friday. 今天星期五。

5、deadly, deathly

deadly和deathly都可作形容词,表示“死一般地”,指死的表象。如:The deadly/deathly silence filled the meeting-room.会议室里一片沉默,没有一点声音。两者都可以充当形容词及副词,表示“非常,极度”,强调极端性。如:I have deadly/deathly fear of snakes.我非常害怕蛇。The man is deadly/deathly ill. 这人病得很重。

deadly另可表示:“致命的,势不两立的”,指导致死亡与毁灭的事物,表示死亡的可能性。 如deadly poison(致命的毒药),deadly illness(致命的疾病),deadly weapon(致命的武器)。 又如:Fog is one of the sailor's deadliest enemies.雾是海员一个最大的敌人。The sad news was a deadly blow to the poor old lady.这条消息对这个可怜的老太太是致命一击。

6、deal in, deal with

deal in主要“做……买卖,经营(to buy and sell, trade in)"的意思,后接事物名词,表示经营,买卖的内容。如:This shop deals in textile good.这家商店经营纺织品。This import and export corporation deals in general merchandise, paper, building material, electrical appliances, light, etc.这家进出口公司经营日用百货,纸张,建筑材料,电器用品和灯具等。

deal with的主要意思有:
1)“与……做生意(do business, esp. trade with...), 后接集体名词或人物名词,表示做生意的对方;
2)“对付,处理”;
3)关于,论及(be about, be concerned with)"等。如:
I've dealt with this store for 20 years.我与这家商店做了20年的生意。
Children are tiring to deal with.带小孩最令人讨厌。
Deal with a man as he deals with you.以其人之道还治其人之身。
This article deals with an important subject.这篇文章谈论到一个重要的问题。

7、demand, request, require

demand为“要求,查问”,语气较重,是强硬、断然的口气。它可接名词,不定式及用虚拟语气表示的宾语从句,当以被要求的人作宾语时,要加介词of。如:
She demanded that we give him an immediate answer.她要求我立即给他回复。
All of us demand of him whether he had heard from her recently.我们大家都问他最近是否收到她的来信。

require为“请求,恳求”,语气较和缓,指非常礼貌地正式请求。它可接名词及不定式的复合结构,也可以后接用宾语从句,但宾语从句中要用虚拟语气。当以被要求的人作宾语时,要加介词of。如:We'll do all that is required of us.我们会把要求做的全部都做完。

与demand和request的用法不同,require另可接动名词作宾语,其主动形式表示被动意义。它也可接不定式作宾语,但仍要用被动形式来表示被动意义。如:The car requires repairing/to be repaired.这辆车需要修理。

8、display, exhibit, expose

这些词都指以展示的方式吸引注意,亦有“表现”之意。display:“展示,陈列”,指将物品最充分、有效地展示在人的视线或便于看清楚的位置。此外,此词还有体现、表现之意。

If a child displays negative behavior by hitting someone, adults must try to persuade him to use reasoning to solve future conflicts.假如孩子有打人的不良习惯,成年人必须规劝他用讲道理的方式来解决今后发生的争执。
She is so fascinated by the beautiful dress displayed in the shop window that she cannot help looking at it admirably whenever she passes there.她对橱窗里展示的那套漂亮衣服非常痴迷,每次经过,她都忍不住羡慕地看看它。

exhibit:“展出,表现出”,往往指出于某个特殊目的而公开地推出某些事物。Although the supervisor said he needn't be responsible for the result, John still exhibited signs of stress.尽管督查员说约翰不必为此事负责,他还是显现出承受压力的迹象。

expose:“显示出,展出,显露”,指让某物从藏匿、隐蔽状态中显示出来;也有使某些不妥当或被隐匿之事显露于众,即“揭露,暴露”之意。

It's too bad that children are exposed to films and reports about crime and violence.让孩子耳濡目染电影与新闻报道中的暴力与犯罪行为是很糟糕的。
It was my duty to leave no stone unturned to discover and expose the awful truth.我的责任就是想方设法发现这可怕的真相并公之于众。

9、die from, die of

这两个动词词组都表示“因……而死”。die from和die of都可表示因疾病,饥饿,寒冷,年迈,疲劳过度等造成的死亡。如:
die from/of illness/hunger/cold/old age/overwork/poison。再如:
It is reported that as many as 1 out of 10 heavy cigarette smokers will eventually die from/of lung cancer.据报道,有十分之一烟瘾很重的人会死于肺癌。
In a severe winter, wild animals can die from/of lack of food.在严冬,野生动物可能会因食物不足而死。

die from另可表示由外因而造成的死亡,象事故,损伤,环境条件,自然灾害等。如:
die from a traffic accident/a wound/carelessness/an electric shock/an earthquake。再如:
The young driver died from the wounds he received in the road accident.这个年轻的司机因交通事故致伤而死。
The 3-year-old child died from her fall out of the high window.这个三岁的小孩从高楼的窗户摔下来而死。

die of另可表示因内在感情而造成的死亡,像失恋,失望,羞愧,大喜大悲等。如:
die of love/disappointment/shame/joy/grief/a broken heart。再如:
Grandma Zhou died of grief soon after her husband's death.周奶奶在她丈夫死后不久因悲伤过度也去世了。
They drowned themselves in the sea and died of love.他们跳海殉情了。

10、deep, deeply

deep用作副词时,易和deeply混淆。这两个副词在修饰具体动作时,一般可以换用。如:We shall probe deep (or: deeply) into the matter.我们要深入地探索这件事。

deep通常用来形容静止状态,多用来修饰作状语的介词短语,带有far into之意。如:They danced deep into the night.他们跳舞跳到深夜。He stood there thinking, his hands deep in his pockets.他站在那儿思索,两手深深地插在口袋里。

deeply常常用来修饰形容词或过去分词,作程度状语。如:We were all deeply disturbed when we heard the news.我们听到那消息都感到极为不安。I'm deeply grateful for the advice you gave me.我非常感激你给我的劝告。

11、different, various

different为“不同的,有差异的”,是普通用语,常指在性质上及在其他方面不同,它强调本质的差异,着重独特性与单独性。它常用于be different from结构,以表示对比的差异。如:
People in different countries play the same game in different ways.同样的运动,不同国家的人用不同的方式进行。
Things today are greatly different from what they used to be.今天的情况与过去大不相同。

various为“不同的,各种各样的”,强调同一范畴内的品种或数量的不同,而不强调相互间本质的差别。如:I did that for various reasons.由于种种原因我才这样做的。You may solve the problem in various ways.你可用各种方式来解决这个问题。

different也可用来指品种数量的不同,而不强调本质上的差别,此时可与various换用。如:I came across different/various people .我碰见过各种各样的人。There's different/various kinds of flowers in his garden.他的花园里,花的品种繁多。

12、discover, invent

discover意为“发现,看出”,常指通过调查,实验等发现原已存在,但尚未被人了解,认识或挖掘到的事物,含有该事物阻挡人们视线的意思,也常指发现抽象的事物。如:
A new coal-mine has been discovered in this district.这地区发现了一个新的煤矿。
The police discovered an iron box hidden under the floor.警方发现地下藏着一个铁盒子。We discovered the lady to be quite careful in her work.我们觉得这个女士对她的工作非常仔细。

Invent意为“发明”, 指通过思考,实验和研究等发明了新的有用的物品。此外,它还有“虚构,编造”的意思。Bell invented the telephone.贝尔发明了电话。