词组解析:
victory:名词 n.
1.胜利;战胜;成功[C][U][(+in/over)]
The basketball team had a string of victories last season.
这个篮球队在上一个赛季中赢得了一连串的胜利。
sheriff:名词 n. [C]
1.【美】县的行政司法长官;警长
He was elected sheriff of the county.
他被选为县警长。
2.【英】名誉郡长;(某些城市的)行政司法长官
重点词汇解释:
stand up to:勇敢地面对
The businessmen must stand up to the gang extortionists.
商人必须勇敢面对帮派的勒索。
Stand up to the bully and he won't dare to hurt you.
勇敢地面对那个混混,以后他就不敢再伤害你了。
The little girl stood up to a bully.
小女孩勇敢地对付暴徒。
视野拓展:
stand up for:支持;维护
We all must stand up for democracy and human rights.
我们都必须支持民主,维护民权。
You must stand up for your rights.
你必须维护自己的权利。
stand agains:反对;对抗
We stood firmly against expansionism.
我们坚决反对扩张主义。
stand a good chance:很有可能
I think he stands a good chance of succeeding in the experiment.
我认为他很有可能取得实验的成功。
stand comparison with:比得上
This is a good book, but it cannot stand comparison with that one.
这本书很好,但是比不上那本。
词组辨析:
expose和reveal的区别:
reveal:展现,显露出;揭示,揭露;暴露;泄露;其宾语多样，不单单是“罪行、诡计、诈骗”等事物，而且一般不加sb做其宾语，用于主动语态居多。固定搭配:reveal sth to sb;而expose做“揭发”讲时，一般是指不好的事物/人;更常用的意思是“使...暴露于...（环境）之中，使...和...接触”，常用被动语态:be exposed to sth
Being exposed to sunsunshine for too much time will do harm to one's skin.
长时间日晒会对皮肤对不利。
Their scheme was exposed.
他们的阴谋被暴露了。
He revealed the secret by accident.
他不小心泄漏了这个秘密。