詞匯短語園地（4）

1. sound? vi.? 聽起來

n.? 聲音;聲響

sound可作連系動詞，意為“聽起來”，后面接形容詞或分詞作表語，不能接副詞。

What he said sounds reasonable.

他說的聽起來是有道理的。

She didnt sound surprised when I told her the news.

我把消息告訴她時，她好像并不感到驚訝。

比較：sound， voice和noise的區別

（1）sound作名詞時，意為“聲音;響聲”，統指人所聽到的任何聲音。a sound是“一種聲音”，sounds是“多種聲音”。

We heard sounds of laughter from the next room.

我們聽到隔壁房間傳來陣陣笑聲。

（2）voice特指人發出的聲音，指嗓音、說話聲、歌唱聲。

She has a loud/high/charming voice.

她的嗓音很大/很高/很悅耳。

（3）noise指音量大而難聽的聲音。

Stop making so much noise！

別吵了！

2. pretty? adv.? 相當;很;非常

pretty 可以作副詞，也可以作形容詞。

（1）作副詞時，意為“頗;相當;十分;極;很”。習語：pretty much/well幾乎;差不多。

Im pretty sure Ill be going.

我相當肯定我會去的。

Its pretty hard to explain.

這事很難解釋清楚。

（2）作形容詞時，意為“漂亮的;標致的”，一般用于形容女子。

The pretty girl is very shy and always hides behind her mother.

這個漂亮的女孩很害羞，總是藏在她媽媽的后面。

You look so pretty in that dress.

你穿那條連衣裙真漂亮。

3. bother? vt. & vi.? 打擾;煩擾;麻煩

（1）bother with/about sth? 花費精力、時間（做某事）

Its not worth bothering with an umbrella—the car is just outside.

不必打傘，汽車就在外面。

（2）bother sb about/with sth? 使某人煩惱;給某人造成麻煩

Im sorry that I have to bother you with this problem.

對不起，我不得不用這個問題來麻煩你了。

（3）bother to do sth? 煩心/費事做某事

He didnt even bother to say thank you.

他甚至沒有說聲謝謝。

（4）在口語中，Dont bother主要用于謝絕對方主動提出的善意幫助，意為“不用費心、不用麻煩”。

—Shall I help you with the washing up？

要不要我幫你洗碗？

—Dont bother. Ill do it later.

不必麻煩了，我等一會兒洗。

4. approach? vt.? 接近，靠近

It is not allowed to approach the forbidden area.

這里是禁區，不許接近。

Few writers approach his richness of language.

他語言之豐富，很少有作家能望其項背。

5. afford? vt.? 買得起;有能力支付

afford直接跟名詞或動詞不定式作賓語，常和情態動詞can或be able to連用。

He can afford the apartment.

他能買得起這套住房。

We werent able to afford to buy such an expensive car at that time.

我們那時買不起這么昂貴的汽車。

6. exchange? vt.? 交換

（1）exchange sth （with sb）? （與某人）交換某物

Juliet and David exchanged glances.

朱麗葉和戴維相互看了看對方。

I shook hands and exchanged a few words with the manager.

我與經理握手，相互交談了幾句。

（2）exchange A for B? 用A去換B

You can exchange your current for dollars in the hotel.

你可以在旅館把你的錢兌換成美元。

May I exchange this for something？

我可以用這個換別的東西嗎？

exchangeable? adj.? 可交換的;可交易的;可兌換的

7. fortunate? adj.? 幸運的;吉祥的

（1）be fortunate in? 在……方面很幸運

He is fortunate in having such nice friends.

他真幸運，有這樣好的朋友。

（2）be fortunate to do sth? 做某事很幸運

You are very fortunate to have such a pleasant house.

你真幸運，有這么好的房子。

（3）fortunate （for sb） that （對某人來說）幸運的是……

Its very fortunate that we have Emma here.

真幸運，愛瑪和我們在一起。

fortune? n.? 財富;運氣

unfortunate? adj.? 不幸的

fortunately? adv.? 幸運地

8. attractive? adj.? 有吸引力的;吸引人的

be attractive to sb? ……對某人有吸引力

Her beauty is very attractive to him.

她的美貌對他很有吸引力。

I must say， its a very attractive offer.

我得說，這個機會很有吸引力。

attract? v.? 吸引;使喜愛;引起……好感

attraction? n.? 吸引（力）;有吸引力的人或物

9. survive? vi. & vt.? 死里逃生;大難不死;艱難度過

Of the six people injured in the plane crash， only two survived.

在飛機墜毀中受傷的六個人中，只有兩個人活了下來。

（1）survive from sth? 從……幸存下來

Some strange customs have survived from earlier times.

有些奇異的風俗是從早年留存下來的。

（2）survive on? 靠……活下來;靠……生活

I cant survive on ￡40 a week.

一個星期40英鎊，我無法維持生活。

（3）survive as? 作為……仍然存在

The main building was demolished， but the library still survive as a museum.

主樓被毀，但圖書館仍留存至今，用作了博物館。

10. contact? vt. & n.? 聯絡;聯系某人

（1）contact sb? 聯絡、聯系某人

If you are free， please contact me.

如果你有空，請聯系我。

Contact the police immediately.

立刻與警方聯絡。

（2）be in contact with? 和……有聯系

Have you been in contact with your sister recently？

最近你和你的姐姐有聯系嗎？

（3）be out of contact with? 和……沒有聯系

I have been out of contact with her for three years.

我和她失去聯系已有三年。

（4）lose contact with? 與……失去聯絡

In the World WarⅡ， too many friends lost contact with each other.

在第二次世界大戰中，許多朋友失去了聯系。

（5）stay/keep in contact with? 與……保持聯系

Though they havent seen each other for a long time， they still stay in contact with each other on the Internet.

盡管已很長時間沒見面了，他們仍在網上保持聯系。

（6）make contact with? 與……取得聯系

They made contact with headquarters by radio.

他們用無線電跟總部取得了聯系。

（7）come into contact with? 與……接觸;碰見

There I came into contact with some artists.

在那兒我接觸了一些藝術家。

11. a number of? 許多;大量

比較：a number of，the number of，numbers of? 的區別

三者均修飾可數名詞，區別如下：

（1）a number of? 許多;大量（謂語動詞用復數）

A number of students have read this book.

很多學生都讀了這本書。

（2）the number of? ……的數目（謂語動詞用單數）

The number of giant pandas is growing.

大熊貓的數量在增加。

（3）numbers of? 很多（謂語動詞用復數）

Huge numbers of birds have flocked together by the lake.

成群的鳥聚集在湖畔。

12. a great many? 許多;大量

a great many修飾可數名詞復數（謂語動詞用復數）

The young couple has travelled a great many cities since they got married.

這對年輕的夫婦自從結婚后已經旅行了很多城市。

A great many students were sent to the West to help the children there.

大量學生被派往西部幫助那里的孩子。

比較：a great many和a great many of 的區別

（1）a great many后直接修飾名詞，名詞可以有修飾語。

a great many students/a great many young students

（2）a great many of 后主要接：

①代詞：a great many of them

②被冠詞修飾的名詞：a great many of the students

③被these， those修飾的名詞：a great many of these students

④被物主代詞修飾的名詞：a great many of my students

⑤被所有格修飾的名詞：a great many of Toms students

13. put up? 修建;建立;樹立

put up a building/fence/memorial/tent

蓋樓房 / 架籬笆 / 修紀念碑 / 搭帳篷

（1）慫恿;唆使

I cant believe hed do a thing like that on his own. He must have been put up to it by some of the older boys.

我不相信他會主動干那種事，一定是有些年齡大的男孩子叫他干的。

（2）提升;使升高

She put her hair up.

她把頭發綰在頭上。

（3）提高;增加

My landlord is threatening to put the rent up by 10 a week.

我的房東要挾說要把每周租金提高10英鎊。

（4）留某人住在家中

We can put you up for the night.

我們可以招待你過夜。

（5）（在戰斗、競賽中）顯示;表現

They surrendered without putting up much of a fight.

他們沒怎么抵抗就投降了。

（6）推薦;提名

The Green Party hopes to put up a number of candidates in the General Election.

綠黨希望提出若干候選人參加大選。

（7）張貼;置……于明顯位置

put up a notice/a poster? 張貼通知 / 海報