2016高考英語詞匯完型單選秘訣
present [5preznt] adj. 1.(of a person) being in the place talked of or understood 在場的; 出席的 [反]absent
2.existing or in course of action now現(xiàn)在的
n. 1.the time now passing現(xiàn)在;
at present現(xiàn)在; 目前
2.a gift禮物
[辨析]gift, present: 兩者都可作 禮物解, 常可能通用, 但gift 著重于誠意與分量, 一般指上級或同級所贈的禮物, 側(cè)重于送禮人的誠意; present一般指同級或下級所贈的禮物, 口語中用得多.
president [prezid[nt] n. the head of government in many modern states that do not have a king or queen 總統(tǒng)
press [pres] v. to push firmly and steadily against something 壓按
pretend [pri5tend] v. to make oneself appear (to be sth., to be doing sth.), either in play or to deceive others假裝; 裝作:
pretend (to be) + n. /adj. 假裝;
pretend to do sth 假裝做某事;
pretend to be doing sth假裝正在做某事;
pretend that-從句: 假裝
pretty [5priti] adj. (of a woman, a child, or a small fine thing) pleasing or nice to look at, listen to, etc; charming but not beautiful or grand漂亮的; 迷人的; 可愛的; 俊俏的
[同] beautiful
adv. 1.in some degree; rather; quite though not completely相當(dāng); 頗
2.very非常
[辨析] 1.pretty, beautiful, handsome, lovely: 均有 美 的意思, 通常指的重點不同, 各用于不同的對象. beautiful 表示 :美麗時, 是最普遍的用法, 通常指最能產(chǎn)生美感的那種美, 給以人最大的滿足, 是高尚的精神上的美麗, 包含喜悅感的溫柔, 愉快, 愛憐, 優(yōu)美等. 可以用于人, 一般用于女性, 亦可用于物, 如: face, body, flower, view, voice, poem, smell, morning, weather, music 等; pretty通常形容小孩, 青年女子, 或比較細(xì)小的東西, 含有嬌小, 悅?cè)? 精致的美的特色, 它不用于精神上的美或高尚的美, 形容物時有 嬌小玲瓏的意思; handsome 一般指男性美, 有 英俊, 瀟灑的意思; 形容女性時, 通常指 五官端正, 有男人氣質(zhì); lovely通常指能引起贊美贊嘆等感情的人或物, 也可以形容或描寫女人的容貌; beautiful, pretty, lovely 都不用于形容男子的美, 形容男子時, 一般用 handsome, good-looking等. 2.fairly, rather, quite, pretty, very: 這幾個表示程度的副詞從強(qiáng)到弱的順序是very rather/pretty quite fairly. 用法上的區(qū)別在于: ①只有rather一詞能和比較級及too連用, 但有quite better(完全康復(fù)); ②quite 和rather都可用在冠詞前, 也可和動詞連用, pretty, very, fairly 則不能; ③quite, fairly rather, very 可放在a./an后, 但只有當(dāng)名詞前有形容詞時, 才這樣用. ④只有quite一詞能和一些沒有程度差異的詞(如: perfect, impossible, dead, wrong等)連用, 表示completely(完全地) 或absolutely(絕對的)的意思.
prevent [pri5vent] v. 1.to keep something from happening or existing 防止; 預(yù)防