3.catch,grasp,seize,snatch (1)catch的普通用法有“设法抓住、捉住”的意思。 e.g.I caught him by the ear. 我揪住了他的耳朵。 The police caught the thief as he ran. 小偷逃跑时被警察抓住了。 (2)grasp表示“牢牢地抓住”。 e.g.Tom grasped his gun and rushed out. 汤姆抓起枪就冲了出去。 She grasped the rope tightly with her hands. 她双手紧紧地抓住绳子。 (3)seize指“突然用力抓住使之不便逃脱”。 e.g.The policeman seized the thief by the sleeve. 警察抓住了小偷的袖子。 He seized the gun from the enemy soldier. 他从敌兵手中夺过了枪。 (4)snatch表示迅速的拉扯动作,出其不意地“抓取”。 e.g.The thief snatched her handbag and ran off. 小偷抢走了她的小提包就跑了。 He snatched the letter from me. 他从我手中抢走了信。 Ⅳ.能力训练 1.单句改错 (1)He’s in the wool businesses. 答案:将businesses改为business。business表示“生意,商业,行业”等时,为不可数名词。 (2)She’s treated now;she should be back to normal health in a few weeks. 答案:将treated改为cured。cure和treat都含“医治”之意,但cure有“治疗,痊愈”之意,侧重于结果,而treat含“治疗,处理”之意,侧重于动作。 (3)Their whole life was a constant battle for poverty. 答案:把for改为against。for后面所接宾语应该是斗争的目的,against后所接宾语应该是斗争的对象。 (4)Do you think that impossible for us to go there by water? 答案:把that改为it。代替不定式或从句在句中作形式宾语时,应该用it而不能用that。 (5)Half us are on the night shift. 答案:在Half后加of。在人称代词前,要用half of这个结构。 (责任编辑:admin) |