第一、重点词汇精讲
mourn
双语释义:feel or show sorrow or regret for the loss of sb/sth
[Vt. Vi.] 因丧失某人或某事物而悲痛或表示哀悼
语法用法:~ (for/over sb/sth)
讲解:mourn既可以做及物动词,也可以做不及物动词,把它视为及物动词的话,后面直接跟宾语,视为不及物动词的话,后面可跟介词for或者是over。
词性变化:~ful adj. mournful 悲哀的; 令人悲痛的
~fully adv. Mournfully 悲哀地;令人悲痛地
~ness n. 悲哀,哀悼
典型例句:She mourned (for/over) her dead child for many years.(句中的for或者是over是可以省去的)
她孩子死了多年,她仍哀伤不已。
We all mourn the destruction of a well-loved building.
我们都为毁掉心爱的建筑物而痛惜。
mourning
双语释义:black or dark clothes worn as a (conventional) sign of grief at sb's death
[U.C. ] 丧服(黑色或深色的)
典型例句:When grandmother died they went into mourning.
祖母逝世时他们开始服丧。
She was in mourning for a month.
她服丧一个月。
第二、重点短语精讲
1. go into mourning:开始举哀,服丧,戴孝
讲解:go into mourning意思是指开始服丧,含有“开始”的意味在其中,相当于“start to wear mourning”。表示“戴重孝”,在mourning前面加上full即可。
例句:The court will go into mourning for the late king.
皇室将为故王服丧。
She shocked me by refusing to go into full mourning.
她拒绝戴重孝,这使我大为震惊.
2. in mourning:服丧,戴孝
讲解:in在这里的意思是“穿”的意思,mourning是指“戴孝服”,in mourning直译是“穿戴孝服”,引申为“在戴孝之中”的意思。
例句:The women began to wail in mourning.
女人们开始哀哭起来。
The family was dressed in mourning for the funeral.
全家都穿了丧服去参加葬礼。
3. mourn somebody as somebody:以......的身份去服丧
讲解:mourn是动词,as是介词,动词后面接要被吊丧的人,as后面接somebody,是指活着的人的身份。
例句:You should morn her as her relative.
你是她的亲戚的身份为她吊丧。
5. be up to sb
讲解:这是习惯用语,在口语中用得非常广泛,意思是“有某人决定”。使用这个短语时,主语通常是it,要表示做某事有某人自己决定的话,用这个句式:It is up to you to do something.
例句:I don't care when you clean the house. It's up to you.
我才不管你什么时候打扫房子呢,这由你自己决定。
It is up to you to decide when we will start.
这该有你来决定我们什么时候出发。
第三、重点短语回顾
know about:知道,了解,知晓,听说关于......的情况