一...but it had given him a bit of a shock on the first morning
shock:n. 震惊,震动,冲击,休克 v. 使震惊,使震动,使受电击 n. 禾束堆,乱蓬蓬的头发
【词义辨析】
shock, impact, collision, clash,
shock: 指强烈冲击在肉体上或思想感情上所产生的效果。
impact: 正式用词,侧重指物体相撞的结果或接触点。
collision: 指物体相撞,其结果不是受损就是严重受阻。
clash: 通常指两个或多个物体,特别是金属物发出刺耳声音或破裂声的撞击。也可引申指意见、利益等的冲突。
【例句用法】
1.It gave me quite a shock to be told I was seriously ill.
听说我的病很严重,我吃了一惊。
2.The violence and bad language in the program shocked many of the viewers.
节目中的暴力场面和难听的粗话使许多观众感到震惊。
3.His death was a great shock to us all.
他的死使我们大家都大为震惊。
4.Anyone touching that wire could get badly shocked.
任何人碰到那根电线都会遭到严重的电击。
二...so would you like to come and have a cup of tea with me around three
around:prep. 到处,在 ... 附近,围绕,大约,符合 adv. 到处,在周围,现有,闲散地,转弯,掉头 adj. 存在的,在风行的
【词语用法】
around和round相似,均作副词和介词用。美国人习惯用around,如下列各例句:
He turned around.Like the moon, the artificial satellites move around the earth.
I went around to the post-office.
Around 800 men came.
英国人习惯用round,如上面的前三个例句,他们习惯把around改成round,而最后一句,则改成about。
around有一些固定的搭配,如around and about,around and above,all around等。而有时不可用around,如winter comes around,all the year around,win one around等;
round与around的比较:
round常指在圈内或者曲线上的移动或定位。
She walked round the car and looked at the wheels.
英国人还常用round作“去到一个地方的每个部分”或“分东西给组里的每个人”。
We walked round the old part of the town.
Could you pass the cups round, please?
而around则指不明确的,模糊的移动或定位。
The children were running around/about everywhere.
【词义辨析】
about, around, round,
about: 既可表静态,也可表动态。
around: 主要用于美国,静态或动态均可。
round: 主要用于英国,多半指动态。
almost, nearly, about, approximately, around, roughly,
almost: 指在程度上相差很小,差不多。
nearly: 与almost含义基本相同,侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。
about: 常可分almost和nearly换用,但about用于表示时间、数量的“大约”时,实际数量可能多也可能少。
approximately: 多用于书面语,指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。
around: 多用于非正式场合,常见于美国英语。
roughly: 指按粗略估计,常代替about。
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