重点词汇讲解

重点词汇讲解

1. survival n. 存在，幸存survivor n.生存者

(1) The survival of the fittest is the law of nature.

适者生存是自然法则。

(2) He is the only survival in the air crash.

他是空难的唯一幸存者。

survive v. 活着，继续存在；比……活得长；从困境中活过来或挺过来

(3) Few survived after the flood.

洪水后生还者很少。

(4) The custom still survives.

这种风俗习惯还保存着。

(5) He survived his wife for many years.

他比她妻子多活好多年。

(6) The house survived the storm.

经过暴风雨的袭击，这所房屋并未倒塌。

2. in addition 加上，又，另外

(1) In addition, I have one more suggestion to make.

另外，我还有个建议要提。

(2) In addition to the tips mentioned above, students should pay attention to one more tip.

除了上面所提到的注意事项，学生们还得注意一点。

(3) an addition to the class 一名班里新加的同学

additional 多余的；额外的

(4) The government is providing an additional 1 million yuan to carry out the experiment.

政府额外提供一百万元进行试验。

3. wipe out扫除，清除掉，购销（债务），消灭，毁灭

(1) We should call on the people to wipe out flies, mice and so on.

我们应该号召人民消灭苍蝇、老鼠等。

(2) It was wiped out from his memory.

这件事从他的记忆中消失了。

【拓展】wipe off dirt擦去灰尘

(3) The rain then falling wiped away all the footprints.

当时正下着雨，把所有的足迹都冲掉了。

4. lay—laid—laid 产；下

(1) This kind of birds lay their eggs in other birds’ nests

这种鸟把自己的蛋下在别的鸟的巢里。

(2) This is the season when fish lay eggs. Therefore fishing is forbidden.

这是个鱼产卵的季节。因而禁止捕鱼。

lay—laid—laid 放；搁，铺设

(3) You should not lay your new suit on the bed

你不该把你的新西装放在床上。

(4) You’d better put the problem aside and think about it later.

你最好把这个问题放一放，过一会儿再思考。

(5) The workers are laying the cable.

工人们在铺设电缆。

lay—laid—laid 摆放

to lay the table 摆放餐具准备用餐

注意：lie—lied—lied—lying 说谎

lie—lay—lain—lying 躺

lay—laid—laid—laying 放置，搁，产卵

5. run 跑

(1) Luis can run as fast as a horse.

刘易斯跑得象马一样快。

run 经营

(2) He is learning how to run a business. 他正在学如何经营事业。

run 开设

(3) The school runs courses for those who want to improve their English.

学校为那些想提高英语的人开设课程。

run 开动，运转

(4) Who can run this machine?谁能开动这台机器？

(5)Who had the machine running the whole night yesterday? 谁让机器昨天开一夜？run 延伸

(6) This road runs as far as the river. 这条路一直通到河。

run 流；淌

running water 自来水

(7) Tears ran down her face after she heard the moving story.

听了那动人的故事，泪水沿着脸流下。

6. be concerned about (for, over)对……关心

(1) We are all concerned about her safety.

我们都很关心她的安全。

(2) She was much concerned over the living conditions of the refugees.

她很关心难民的生活情况。

concerned 形容词，意思是“和……有关”

(3) We shall have to consult the other countries concerned.

我们得和其他有关国家磋商。

(4) This was good news to everyone concerned.

这对每一个有关的人来说都是好消息。

concerning prep. 介词，通常用于比较正式的场合，意思是“关于……”

(5) I wrote to the head of the company concerning a business arrangement.

我就一项业务安排问题写信给该公司经理。

as far as … be concerned 就……而言

(6) As far as I’m concerned, I cannot object to your marriage.

就我个人而言，我不反对你们结婚。

7. figure 数字

(1) Don’t j ust look at the figures. Look at the quality of work, too.

不要只看数字，还要看工作质量。

figure 图形，人物