熟词生义练习

练习：将下列句子译成汉语。1．The new theory became widely accepted．2．The brake wouldn\'t act，so there was an accident．3．The President gave an address to the nation over thdradio．4．This ticket will admit three to the film．5．The national flag stands out brightly against the bluesky．6．Do it well if you do it at all ．7．It wasn\'t long before his new car broke down．8．This type of suit doesn\'t agree with your build．9．It chanced that the rain came on when we started out．10．I came out first in this exam．11．I have company this evening．12．The teacher asked the students to read the text inconcert．13．Careless driving cost him his life．14．For businessmen what counted was money．15．Hospitals receive ＄10，000per donor to cover the costs ofthe operating room，doctors，andnurses．

为了能使我们广大考生顺利通过考试，我们将根据《考试说明》的词汇表，按照字母顺序举例解析我们常见常考的熟词生义。

1．about prep．＆adv．------------＝（美）around （熟义：关于）We spent the whole afternoon walking about town．。

2．accept vt．＆vi．②----------I accept that the aircraft has no choice but to crash into the sea．

3．act vi．----------- （熟义：行动）It takes a couple of minutes for the drug to act．

4．add vt．--------------- （熟义：加）“They don\'t know．”he added．

5．address vt．①称呼（熟义：地址，写地址）The president should be addressed as “Mr President．”。

②--------He is going to address the meeting in a minute．

6．admit vt．①--------- ②---------（熟义：承认）The servant opened the door and admitted me（into the house）。The theatre only admits1，000persons．

7．against prep．------------------ （熟义：反对，违背）The picture looks good against the whitewall．he stood against the wall, smiling to me 。

8．agree with -------------------- （熟义：同意）Your story agrees with what I heard．Long plane trips don\'t agree with me．

9．air v．抒发，倾诉，播送（熟义：n．空气）Don\'t air your troubles too often．不要经常发牢骚。

10．at all 真的，确实（熟义：常与not连用，构成not at all：不用谢，一点也不。）This is the first time that I have ever been abroad at all．这真的是我第一次出国。

11．arm n．---------- （熟义：n．手臂）Lay down your arms or we'll fire！

12．attend vt．＆vi．---------- （熟义：出席）If you go out，who'll attend to the baby？

13．back vt．-------- （熟义：n．背）Many of his friends backed his plan．

14．badly adv．-------- （熟义：坏）The boy badly wants a new bike．he was badly hurt.

15．before conj．才；就（熟义：以前）It was a long time before I got to sleep again．I hadn't waited long before he came．我没有等多久，他就来了。

16．break down（计划）失败，坚持不下去［熟义：（机器等）坏了］All our plans broke down．我们所有的计划都破灭了。

17．bring v．引起（熟义：带来）The cries brought the neighbours running．哭声使邻居跑了过来。

18．build n．身材，体型（熟义：v．修建）The football player has a solid build．足球运动员体格健壮。