高考英语核心词汇700讲与练 Day 12

高考英语核心词汇700讲与练Day 12 221.dress /dres/ n. 女服，连衣裙；(统指)服装；童装；v. (给…)穿衣

【拓展】

(1) dress up装扮；打扮；穿上盛装；装饰dress (sb.) up as ... (把某人)打扮/装扮成dress oneself/sb. 给自己/某人穿衣(2)be dressed in 穿着……衣服(表状态) get dressed 穿衣服

【例句】①Children often dress up as Superman to draw adults' attention.孩子们经常把自己装扮成超人，以吸引大人的注意力。

②To my surprise，I found my nephew dressed in a girl’s skirt. 令我吃惊的是，我发现我的侄子穿着一条女孩的裙子。

【串记】The lady who is dressed in red dresses up her daughter in a new dress. 穿着红衣服的女士给女儿穿上了盛装。

222.drive /draɪv/ (drove，driven) v. & n.驾驶，开(车)；驾车(旅行)；驱赶/动

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drive off/away驱离；开车离开drive sb. crazy/mad 让某人发疯

【例句】I suggest (that) they (should) not drive too fast. 我建议他们不要开得太快了。

【串记】She drove away without saying a word, which drove me crazy. 她什么都没说就把车开走了，这使得我快发疯了。

223. drop /drɒp/ v. & n. 掉/落下；下降(同fall)；放弃；滴

【拓展】

drop in顺便走访,偶然拜访drop in on sb. 偶然访问某人drop off减少；让…下车；睡着drop out (of) 退出/学

【例句】He dropped off from his bike.他从自行车上跌下来。

【串记】I’d like to drop in on the student who dropped out of school several days ago. 我要走访一下前几天退学的那个学生。

224.dry /draɪ/ a.干的；干燥的；v. (使)变干；弄干

【拓展】

dry off (使)弄干,(使)变干dry up干涸；住口dry with 用…弄干drought n. 干旱；缺乏

【例句】After these dry days, everyone hopes for rain. 干燥的天气之后，人人都希望下雨。

【串记】The plants are as dry as tinder(火绒） after this long drought.植物经过长期干旱之后干枯得如同火

绒一般。

225.duty/'djuːtɪ/ 责任，义务；任务，职责；值班；税【拓展】

do duty for代替……用，充当

in duty bound在义务上(非……不可) off duty下班on duty值班，当班a sense of duty责任感do one’s duty尽本分

【例句】①The sailors employed on this duty are well trained．担任这项任务的水手们都是受过良好训练的。

②It is our duty to obey the laws．遵守法律是我们的义务。

【串记】Everyone should perform his duty whether he is on duty or off duty. 每个人都要尽到职责，无论是上班还是下班期间。

226. eager/'iːgə/ a.渴望的，热切的

【拓展】

be eager to do...渴望做……

be eager for sth. 急于得到……

be eager for sb. to do...希望某人做……be eager that...热切地希望……

[从句常用“(should)do”] eagerness n.渴望；热心eagerly a.渴望的；热切/心的

【例句】①We are eager for him to help us. 我们渴望他帮助我们。

②They are too eager to show off their beautiful garden.他们急于炫耀他们漂亮的花园。

③Both stressed their eagerness to hear from readers and listeners on social networks. 双方都强调他们渴望听到社交网络上的读者和听众的声音。

【串记】

【联想】表达“急切/盼望(做)……”的短语还有：be anxious for/to do...，long for，be greedy for，be hungry for，be dying for/to do...，be thirsty for，be keen on/to do...等。

227. earn /ɜːn/ vt.挣/赚得；赢得

【拓展】

earn/make a living by/from靠……谋生earn one's living谋生

earn one's own living 自食其力

earn money/a fortune 挣钱/大钱

earn sb. praise/a reputation 为某人赢得赞扬/名声earnings n.收入

【例句】①His hard work earned him good money.他工作努力,使他得到一笔可观的钱。

②Since his parents died early, he had to earn his own living when he was a teenager. 因双亲早亡，他十几岁的时候就不得不独自谋生。

③Saving a girl from the river earned him a good reputation.从河里营救了一个女孩为他赢得了好的名声。