386. Henry went through the documents again carefully for fear of overlooking any important data.
亨利又仔细地看了一遍文件,以免漏掉重要的数据。
六级词汇讲解:
短语go through的字面含义为“通过”,但在具体语境中其含义会有所变化。如:
1)I've gone through the elbows of my sweater.
我的毛衣肘部的地方都磨破了。
2)She went through the company's accounts, looking for evidence of fraud.
她仔细审核公司的账目,寻找欺诈行为的证据。
3)He's determined to go through with the marriage despite his parents' opposition.
他不顾父母的反对,决心办成这桩婚事。
for fear of意为“为了避免;害怕”。与之意义相近的短语for fear that...意为“唯恐,害怕”,其后的从句要用虚拟语气。
英语六级考点归纳:
over作为前缀时,表示“超过,过于”。与over连在一起的合成词除了本句中提到的overlook以外,还有overburden、overcharge、overwork、overdo等。
overlook意为“忽略,忽视”。如:
He overlooked a spelling error on the first page.
他没有看出第一页中有个拼写错误。
overburden意为“负担过重”。如:
Besides, excessively large masses of human beings working in a single gigantic building overburden public transportation.
此外,太多的人在一幢大楼里上班,加重了公共交通的负担。
overcharge意为“要价过高”。如:
They overcharged me by one pound for the shopping.
我买东西时他们多收了我1英镑。
overwork意为“工作过多,劳累过度”。如:
1 was completely knocked up from overwork.
由于工作过度,我完全累垮了。
overdo意为“做得过分/过度”。如:
Don't overdo the garlic in the food; not everyone likes it.
别往食物里放太多的蒜——不是人人都喜欢蒜的。