重点词汇词组
1.agree to 应允,同意
例:Both sides in the conflict have agreed to the terms of the peace treaty.
冲突双方都同意接受和平协议的条件
。常见搭配:agree with sb. 适合……,与……相宜
例:The mountain air must agree with you.
山里的空气一定非常适合你
。相关俚语:not agree with sb. 不对……的胃口
例:Those onions I ate didn't agree with me.
吃了那些洋葱,我胃里很不舒服
。2.break up 解散;散开
例:The meeting broke up at ten to three.
差10分3点时散会的
。常见搭配:
①break down 出故障
例:Our car broke down and we had to push it off the road.
我们的汽车抛锚了,我们只好把它推到路旁
。②break in/into sth. 闯入,破门而入
例:The burglars broke in through the kitchen window.
盗贼从厨房的窗户翻了进来
。相关俚语:
①break down barriers 扫除障碍,打破藩篱
例:The talks were meant to break down barriers between the two groups.
谈判旨在消除双方意见的分歧
。②break the mould 打破常规
例:Their approach to sports teaching broke the mould.
他们的体育教学方法打破了常规
。3.call on 要求;号召
例:I now call on everyone to raise a glass to the happy couple.
现在我提议大家为这幸福的一对举杯
。常见搭配:
①call by 顺道拜访
例:I just thought I'd call by on my way into town.
我只是想进城时顺路去一下
。②call forth sth. 使出现;使产生
例:The proposed shopping centre has called forth an angry response from local residents.
修建购物中心的计划引起了当地居民的愤怒
。4.by no means 决不,一点都不
例:It is by no means certain that we'll finish the project by June.
我们能否在6月份前完成这项工程还很不确定
。相关俚语:
①by means of sth. 借助……手段;依靠……方法
例:The load was lifted by means of a crane.
重物是用起重机吊起来的
。②a means to an end 达到目的的手段
例:He doesn't particularly like the work but he sees it as a means to an end.
他不怎么喜欢这项工作,只是把它看作达到目的的手段而已
。长难句解析
As soon as they had driven from the door1, Elizabeth2 was called on3 by her cousin to give her opinion of all that she had seen at Rosings4, which, for Charlotte's sake, she made more favourable than it really was5.
解:1时间状语从句+2主语+3谓语+4定语从句+5定语从句
析:“that she had seen at Rosings”是定语从句,修饰先行词all,关系代词that在定语从句中作宾语;“which…than it really was”是非限制性定语从句,which指代前面所述内容
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