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2) knock about常见意义有：a. (风浪)冲击(船只); b. 粗暴对待；c. 接连打击；d. 存在，活着；e. 到处漫游。如：① The ship has been badly knocked about by the storm. 这只船被暴风雨冲击得很厉害。② If that men knocks his wife about any more he'll be sent to prison. 要是那个人还虐待妻子，他就要被送进监狱。③ There's nothing to do here；let's go into that field and knock a ball about for an hour or so. 这儿无事可做，咱们去那个场子打半个来小时的球吧。④ There's plenty of money knocking about if you know where to look. 金子有的是－如果你知道哪儿去找的话。⑤ I've knocked about in most parts of the world in my time. 我这辈子差不多游遍了整个世界。 【链接】与knock构成的动词短语：knock back 反击；猛喝(大量酒)；knock down 把(人)击倒，拆除； knock in 敲进(钉子等)；knock into 将……打入；强迫灌输；knock off 停止(工作)；减(价)；knock out 击倒；打败；敲出；knock over 推翻；撞到；knock up 敲门叫(人)起床；knock together (两物)互撞；knock against 撞；偶然遇见 20. "What's up?" Jukes, the engineer, asked.“出了什么事?”工程师朱克斯问道。(p.79第2段第3行) What's up? 在非正式文体中相当于What's happening? What's the matter? 意为“(不好的事)出了什么事?”。如： ① What's up? Why are they crying? 出什么事了?他们为什么哭? ② I knew something was up when I saw the smoke. 当我看到冒烟时，我知道一定是出事了。③ What's up，Mike? You look pale. 怎么啦，麦克?你看起来(脸色)苍白。 5. "It looks as if a typhoon is coming on." said the Captain. “看起来好像要来台风了，” 船长说道。(p.79 Integrating Skills 第2段第4行) come on此处意为“开始，来临”，从句中的进行时表示将来的动作。如：① There is a storm coming on. 暴风雨要来了。② Winter is coming on, you can feel it in the air. 冬天要来了，你从空气中就能感觉到。③ It came on to snow heavily towards the evening. 黄昏时分，大雪纷飞。 ④ The rain came on again while we were working in the fields. 我们正在田野中干活，又下起雨来了。 【拓展】come on意思较多，常见的还有：a. 跟随，随后; b. 进行，进展；c. (演员，演奏者，选手等) 出场，(电视)播放，(电影，戏剧)上演；d. (突然) 袭击; e. (用于祈使句，催促对方，表示劝诱、激励、鼓励、挑战、注意等)来吧、好啦、赶快、来呀、得了吧。如：① You had better go now, I'll come on later. 你最好现在就走，我随后就来。② You have come on well with your tennis. 你的网球进步很快。③ What time does the news come on? 新闻几点钟寸开始播报呢? ④ Fear came on her when all the lights suddenly went out. 所有的灯突然熄灭时，她感到一阵恐惧侵袭上来。⑤ -- I'll take at least two hours to do this. -- Oh, come on! I could do it in 20 minutes! — 做这件事我至少需花2个小时。— 咳，得啦!我只要20分钟就可以做完。⑥ Come on, children, or we'll be late! 快点，孩子们，不然我们就晚了。 21. "Whatever there might be," said Jukes, "we are steaming straight into it".“不管是什么，”朱克斯说，“我们都要径直行驶进去。”(p.79 Integrating Skills 第3段第1行) 1) steam在此用作不及物动词，意为“(蒸汽机、轮船、火车等) 行驶”。如：① The ship steamed into the harbour. 船驶入了港湾。② The train steamed into the station. 火车喷着蒸汽驶入车站。③ The ship steamed at twelve knots. 轮船以每小时十二里的速度行驶。 【拓展】steam还可作“冒热气，把蒸汽用于…，蒸发”讲。如：① The kettle is steaming．水壶在冒热气。 ② That woman often likes to steam the skin by covering it with hot towels. 那位妇女常常喜欢用蒸汽蒸皮肤，把皮肤用热毛巾包起来。 【链接】由steam构成的习惯搭配：at full steam 全力以赴地，全速；full steam ahead 全速前进； get up steam 加把劲；steam off 用蒸汽使(某物)脱离；steam up (使)蒙上蒸汽；under steam (事情)在进行中；under one's own steam独立地；pick up steam (车)渐渐加速；run out of steam 筋疲力尽；work off steam 使劲干活 2) straight作“直的(地)”讲，其形容词和副词同一种形式，不要在副词后加一ly后缀。如：① Can you make this wire straight? 你能把这铁丝拉直吗? ② The road goes straight across the desert. 那条道路笔直穿过沙漠。 (责任编辑：admin) |