n. 温顺;亲切;高贵;彬彬有礼
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一.corner:n.角落, 转角, 困境 v.将 ... 逼入困境, 转弯, 垄断 adj.位于角落的
【词义辨析】
angle, corner
这两个名词都有“角”之意。
angle几何学上的用词,指两条直线相交而成的角。也可引申指看问题的方面或角度。
corner多指物体的棱角或房间、街道的角落。
【例句用法】
She'll need luck to get out of a tight corner like that.
她要靠运气才能摆脱那样的困境。
By defeating their main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market.
这家公司击败了主要的竞争对手而垄断了整个小麦市场。
He fell and hit his head on the corner of a box.
他跌倒时,头碰到箱子的一角。
二.quite:adv.相当, 完全, 十分, 很, 不太
【语法用法】
fairly,quite,rather以及pretty的比较:
四个词均属于程度副词。
Fairly一般修饰形容词与副词,表示很一般的程度。
“How was the film?”
“Fairly good. Not the best one I’ve seen this year.”
quite一般修饰动词和名词,表示的程度要比fairly深一点。
“How was the film?”
“Quite good. You ought to go.”
rather一般修饰动词(尤其时感观动词)和名词,表示的程度比quite要更强烈一点,意为“比预期的还要多一些”。
“How was the film?”
“Rather good. I was surprised.”
pretty是非正式用语,修饰形容词与副词,表示的程度与rather相当。
“How’s things?”
“Pretty good. You OK?”
可以有“quite right”与“all right”的表达方式。“quite right”指的是all right,而“all right”指的是quite right。偶有人会用“quite all right”,但表示的是all quite wrong。不过因该说法不合理,应尽量避免。
【错句举例与错句分析】
错句: He lay quitely still until the enemy moved away.
订正: He lay quite still until the enemy moved away.
翻译: 他很安静地躺着,直到敌人走远。
分析: quite本身是个副词,可直接修饰形容词。
【例句用法】
I was quite pleased.
我挺高兴。
It was quite wonderful.
那可太妙了。
He's quite handsome.
他不太漂亮。
He was quite young.
他相当年轻。
The boy has quite recovered.
这男孩已彻底恢复健康。
重点单词 | 查看全部解释 | |||
gentleness | ||||
fell | [fel] | 联想记忆 | ||
mysterious | [mis'tiəriəs] | 联想记忆 | ||
lavish | ['læviʃ] | 联想记忆 | ||
acquainted | [ə'kweintid] | |||
constantly | ['kɔnstəntli] | |||
sentiment | ['sentimənt] | 联想记忆 | ||
admiration | [.ædmə'reiʃən] | 联想记忆 | ||
reputation | [.repju'teiʃən] | 联想记忆 | ||
wheat | [wi:t] |
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