旧词新意

let

let在教材中的意思为“允许,让”,作动词用。这是我们最熟悉的意思,当然let还有其它的意思。

Let Line AB be equal to Line CD. (let在此句中作动词,let sth. be equal意思为“假设某物等于”。)

Mr. White let his old apartment to a friend last Tuesday. (let在此句中作动词,意思为“出租”。)

light

This is a room with good light. (light用作名词,意思为“光,光线”,是教材中的第一种用法。) It is so light that I can carry it easily. (light用作形容词,意思为“轻的”,是教材中的第二种用法。)

light除了以上的常见用法外,还有下列几种用法。

May I borrow your light? (light用作名词,意思为“火柴,打火机”。)

Since you’re not well, you’d better do some light housework. (li ght用作形容词,意思为“轻松的,使人不疲劳的”。)

My brother bought a bottle of light beer in the shop. (light用作形容词,意思为“低度酒的”。) Wait a moment. I’ll light a candle. (light用作动词,意思为“点燃”。)

mean

mean在教材中的意思为“意思是”,作动词用。这是我们大家都熟悉的意思,除此之外mean 还有其它的意思。

Mary has always been mean with money. (mean在此句中作形容词,意思为“吝啬的,小气的”。)

Today the mean temperature is 10℃in Shanghai. (mean在此句中作形容词,仅用于名词前,意思为“平均的”。)

miss

We’ll miss you very much if you move. 此句中miss用作及物动词,意为“想念,怀念,思念”,这是miss的常用法。miss还有其它用法。如:

①After several misses he finally managed to hit the target. (miss用作名词,意为“失误,失败,击不中,回避”。)

②The offer of a year aboard with all expenses paid seemed too good to miss. (too good to miss意为“很吸引人或很有利而无法拒绝或放弃”。)

③Bob will find out your secret —he doesn’t miss a trick!(not miss a trick意为“非常机警或警觉”。)

mind

Would you mind helping me? 此句中mind用作动词,意为“介意,注意”,这是mind的常用法之一。

He has a mind for science. 此句中mind用作名词,意为“头脑,思维”,这是mind的常用法之二。

mind除了以上用法外,还有其它用法。如:

①Y ou must be out of your mind if you think I’m going to lend you $50! (be out of one’s mind意为“发狂,发疯,精神不正常”。)

②Keep your mind on the job! (keep one’s mind on sth.意为“继续专心于某事物,不因某事物分散注意力”。)

③Her way of speaking put me in mind of her mother. (put sb. in mind of sb. / sth.意为“使某

人想到或想起某人/ 某事物”。)

④—Who’s that letter from?

—Never you mind. (never you mind意为“不关你的事”。)

minute

They only took fifteen minutes to finish that job. 此句中minute用作名词,意为“分钟;片刻;一会儿”。minute还有其它用法,如:

①Y our suggestion will be minuted. (minute用作动词,意为“将某事载入备忘录或会议记录”。)

②Her clothes are always right up to the minute. (up to the minute意为“最新的;时髦的”。)

③The detective studied the fingerprints in the minutest detail. (minute用作形容词,读作/mai’nju:t/,意为“极详细的;准确的”。)

move

She was too tired to move any further. 此句中move用作动词,意为“移动;搬动;迁移;运行”。move还有其它用法,如:

①He sat in the corner, watching my every move. (move用作名词,意为“地点或位置的变动”。)

②It’s getting dark, we’d better make a move. (make a move意为“出发;起程;动身”。)

③The price of eggs moved ahead today.(move ahead 意为“有进展;上涨”。)

present

There were 300 people present at the wedding party.

We presented our English teacher with beautiful flowers.

The cinema will present Perhaps Love on Saturday.

Y ou must present yourself well at an interview.

present 在教材中的意思为“礼物”和“现在,目前”,作名词用。

上面句子中的四个present,第一个作形容词用,意思为“出席”;其余的三个都作动词用,意思分别为“给”、“上演,演出”和“展示”。

第一句可译为“有三百人出席了婚礼”;第二句可译为“我们把漂亮的花送给了英语老师”;第三句可译为“星期六这个电影院将上演《如果?爱》”;第四句可译为“面试的时候你必须很好地展示自己”。

pick

Only the best players were picked to play in this match. 此句中pick用作及物动词,意为“挑选,选择”,这是pick是常用法。pick还有其它用法。如:

①She felt that her parents were picking on her. (pick on sb.意为“挑剔、批评或责怪”。)

②She picked out a pink dress for her daughter. (pick out意为“挑选出”。)

pay

Her parents paid for her to go to America. 此句中pay用作动词,意为“付钱,支付”,这是pay 的常用法之一。

What’s the pay like in your job? 此句中pay用作名词,意为“工资,薪水”,这是pay的常用法之二。

除了以上用法外, pay还有其它用法。如:

①It doesn’t pay to get angry. (pay用作动词,意为“有利,值得”。)

②John has paid off all his debts. (pay off意为“付清,偿清”。)

③I had to pay out $200 to get my car repaired! (pay out 意为“付出巨款”。)

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