大学英语精读第一册 Unit Five.ppt

miserable: a. 悲惨的，悲痛的 miserable= causing unhappiness; very unhappy;语气要比unhappy重得多，指情绪上低落、不快乐。 e.g. The child is cold, hungry and tired, so of course he is feeling miserable. (这孩子又冷又饿，疲惫不堪，他当然感到很痛苦。) indignant: adj. angry at sth. unfair气愤的,愤怒的 常指对于不公平的事感到愤怒。 Collocation: ⑴be/feel indignant about/at/over sth. “对某事感到气愤”; e.g. He was indignant at being unfairly dismissed. (他被不公平地解雇了，对此他很气愤。) Residents in the area are indignant about the high water price. (该地区的居民对于高昂的水价表示气愤。) ⑵be indignant with sb. 对某人感到愤慨。 She became more and more indignant with them over their conduct. (他对他们的所作所为越来越愤慨。) lest: conj.= for fear that…, in order that… not 唯恐，以免 lest引导状语从句，从句的谓语动词要用虚拟语气should +v. (infinitive). e.g. I wrote down the date of her birthday lest I (should) forget it. (我把她的生日记了下来，以免忘了。) The driver looked over the engine carefully lest it (should) go wrong on the way. (司机仔细检查了发动机，唯恐在路上出毛病。) make sure= act so as to make sth. certain 确保；查明，弄清楚 make sure 后面可接of sth./ about/ that clause. e.g. Please make sure that all the lights are off before you leave the classroom. (请务必离开教室前把所有的灯都关掉。) He looked behind him to make sure he was not being followed. (他向身后看了看，确信他没被人跟踪。) Have you made sure of the times of the trains? (你查清楚列车的时间了吗？) There’s just one or two details I want to make sure about.` (只有一两个细节我想要核实一下。) be sure= be certain 一定，千万要；e.g. Be sure to write to me as soon as you get there. nothing but: nothing other than, only 除了…以外没有什么；仅仅，只不过 e.g. They could do nothing but wait for the doctor to arrive. (他们除了等医生来，别无办法。) She is concerned about nothing but money. (她只关心钱。) He can do nothing but make trouble here. (他在这儿只会惹麻烦。) stick to= refuse to give up or change 坚持，不放弃 e.g. We haven’t got much time, so please stick to the point. (我们时间不多，请不要偏离主题。) Collocation: stick to one’s promise/plans: 恪守诺言/计划 They decided to stick to their previous plan. (他们决定坚持他们原先的计划。) hang up: fix (sth.) at a high place so that it does not touch the ground, place on a hook or hanger 挂起 There ar