高频动词——精选推荐

高频动词
Devote
Vt.
1．devote oneself to sb./sth. 献身，致力，专心
She devoted herself to her career. 她全力倾注于自己的事业。

2．devote sth.to sth. 把。

用于
I could only devote two hours a day to work on the project. 我一天只能在这个项目上花两
小时。

devoted adj.挚爱的，忠诚的 a devoted son/friend 孝子/忠诚的朋友
be devoted to doing/sth./sb.
They are devoted to their children. 他们深爱着自己的孩子。

Die
1.死，枯萎，凋谢
die of/from 死于
die a violent/painful/natural death 横死/痛苦地死/尽其天年
At least they died happy. 至少他们死时很幸福。

He died a poor man. 他在贫困中死去。

That plant’s died. 那植物已枯萎。

2.消失，消亡
The old customs are dying. 旧的习俗正在消亡。

3.停止运转
The engine spluttered and died. 发动机劈劈啪啪响了一阵后便熄火了。

Phrase
Be dying for sth/to do sth. 渴望，极想
I’m dying for a glass of water. 我很想喝杯水。

I’m dying to know what happened. 我很想知道发生了什么。

Die away 逐渐减弱。

逐渐消失
The sound of their laughter died away. 他们的笑声逐渐消失。

Die down 逐渐变弱，逐渐平息，
The flames finally died down. 火焰越来越小，最后熄灭了。

When the applause had died down, she began her speech. 掌声平息后她便开始演讲了
Die out 灭绝，消失
This species has nearly died out because its habitat is being destroyed. 因栖息地正受到破坏这一物种已濒于灭绝。

Discourage
Vt.
1. discourage sb./sth. from doing sth. 阻拦，劝阻
A campaign to discourage smoking among teenagers 劝阻青少年吸烟的运动。

His parents tried to discourage him from being an actor. 他的父母试图劝阻他去当演员。

2. discourage sb. (from doing sth) 使灰心，使泄气
The weather discouraged most people from attending .这天气使大部分人不能出席。

Discouraged adj. 感到泄气的，没信心的
Discouraging adj. 令人泄气的
Discouragement n. 泄气，灰心；阻止，劝阻；使人泄气的事物。

Distinguish
Vt.
1.distinguish (between) A and B/A from B 区分，辨别，分清
At what age are children able to distinguish between right and wrong?
儿童到什么年龄才能明辨是非？
It is hard to distinguish one twin from the other. 很难分辨出一对孪生儿谁是谁。

2. distinguish A (from B) 成为。

的特征，
What was it that distinguished her from her classmates?是什么使她有别于班上其他同学？
The male is distinguished from the female by its red beak.雄鸟喙呈红色，有别于雌鸟。

3. 看清，认出，
I could not distinguish her words, but she sounded excited.我听不清她的话，但听得出她很
激动。

4. distinguish oneself as sth 使出众，使著名
She has already distinguished herself as an athlete. 作为运动员他享有盛名。

Divide
Vt.
1.divide (sth.) (up)(into sth.) 分散，分割，分成
A sentence can be divided up into meaningful segments.一个句子可以划分成有意义的几个
部分。

2. divide sth. (among/between sb.) 分配，分担
We divided the work between us. 我们共同分担这项工作。

3 divide sth. (between A and B) 把（时间，精力等）分别用于
He divided his energies between politics and business.他把精力一部分用于政治上，一部
分用于业务上。

4. divide A from B 使隔开，使分离，使分开，
Can it ever be right to divide a mother from her child? 让母子分离难道还有对的时候？
5. 使产生分歧，使意见不一
The government is divided on this issue。

政府在这个问题上意见不一。

6. 除以
30 divided by 6 is 5. 30除以6等于5。

Divide n. 不同，分歧，差异；分水岭，分水线
Do (did; done)
Vt.
1．做，干what’s to be done?怎么办？do manual labour 从事体力劳动do one’s shopping(washing) do all one can to do sth.竭尽全力做事
2. 给予do sb good/harm/wrong（对。

有好处/对。

有害/冤枉某人）
Will you do me a favor?
The rain did no damage to the crops. 雨并没有使庄稼受到损失。

3. 制作，产生do a film 摄制影片do a painting作画
4. 学习，研究do one’s lessons
do physics at a university 在大学里学物理
vi.
1.做，行动do as sb says按某人所说的去做
2.行，足够That will do.够了
3.生长，进展Vegetables do well here.
They are doing very well. 他们进步很快。

Phrases
1.do with与…….某人相处be difficult to do with sb.
2.do without 没有…….也行This is something we can very well do without
3.have sth (nothing, a great deal) to do with和…….有些关系（没有关系，关系很大）
Draw
1.画，描绘
He drew a circle in the sand with a stick。

他用枝条在沙地上画了一个圆圈。

2. 拖，拉，牵引
I tried to draw him aside.我试图把他拉到一边。

My eyes were drawn to the man in the corner.。

角落里的那个男人引起了我的注意。

3. 拉（窗帘，帘子）
She drew back the curtains and let the sunlight in. 她拉开窗帘让阳光进来。

4. （向某个方向）移动，行进
The train drew into the station. 火车徐徐驶入车站。

The meeting was drawing to a close. （喻）会议快结束了。

5. 拔出，抽出，掏出
She drew a revolver on him.她拔出左轮手枪对准他。

6. 吸引，招引
Her screams drew passers-by to the scene.她的尖叫声把过路人吸引到现场。

7. 产生，引起，激起
The announcement drew loud applause from the audience.公告博得观众的热烈掌声。

8. 获取，得出
We should draw a lesson for the future from the accident. 我们可以从这个事故中为今后吸取教训。

9. 以平局结束，不分胜负
England drew with/against France.英格兰队和法国队打成平局。

10. 提取，支取，领取
She went to the post office to draw her pension.她到邮局领取她的养老金。

Drop
n
1.滴fight to the last drop blood 血战到底
2.落下，下降 a drop in temperature 温度下降
Vt
1.使落下，放下，投下drop one’s eyes 垂下两眼drop a letter into mail-box
2.遗漏，省略，不与考虑She been dropped from the team because of injury.
3.丢弃，中断Let’s drop the subject.我们别谈这个问题了。

Drop a bad habit.
4.下客Please drop me at the next station.
5.不经意地说出，随便地投寄drop sb a postcard/drop a hint 暗示
Vi
1.下降，变弱Her voice dropped to a whisper.
2.因疲劳而倒下I feel ready to drop.我感到快累垮了。

Phrases
1.drop asleep 入睡
2.drop behind 落伍，落后
3.drop by drop 一滴一滴地，一点一点地
4.drop in on sb 顺便走访某人
5.drop in at sp 顺便走访某地
6.drop into（1）不知不觉谈起来drop into a conversation
（2）不知不觉养成drop into a habit of
7.drop out 掉落，掉出
8.drop sb a line 给某人写信
End
n.
1.终点；尽头：The school is at the south end of town. 学校在城南端。

It was the end of a dream.美梦告终。

2.结束，结尾，结局：He said he’d love her till the end of time. 他说天长地久永远地爱她。

That job came to an end last month. 那项工作上个月完成了。

3.目的：She’ll stop at nothing to achieve her own ends.为了达到个人目的，她不会为任何事
所阻。

4.尤指经营活动的部分；方面：I have kept my end of the bargain .我履行了我方的协议条件。

v.
1. 结束；终止：The class ended at 11 o’clock. 这堂课在１１点结束。

It is necessary to end this state of affairs.必须结束这一局面。

Phrase
at the end (of ) 在(….的）末端
by the end of 到结束时，到末尾时
come to an end 结束，完结
in the end 最后，终于
end up结束，最后完成了，竖着
from beginning to end从头到尾
end in 以…….为结果
end with以…….告终
without end无穷尽的
make ends meet 量入为出
enjoy vt.
1.喜欢，欣赏：Did you enjoy the song? 你喜欢这首歌吗？
2.享受，享有：Women enjoy equal rights with men. 妇女享有同男子平等的权利。

3.玩得快活乐，过得快活：From his remarks , I inferred that he had enjoyed his holiday.从他
的话语中我推断他的假期过得很愉快。

enjoy后可接名词，代词或动名词作宾语，不能接动词不定式作宾语。

如：You seem to enjoy finding fault with my work. 你好像很喜欢我工作上的毛病。

He always enjoys himself making fun of others.他总是喜欢以开别人的玩笑来取乐。

Phrase
enjoy good health 享受着健康
enjoy oneself 过得快乐，玩得开心。