2017屆高考英語重點石成詞匯及語法解析2
智力正常的；身心健全的 a normal child
【參考詞匯】
■normal /ordinary /regular 都含“正常的”、“正規的” 、“普通的”的意思。
normal指“正常的”、“正規的”、“常態的”, 如: the normal temperature of the human body 人的正常體溫。
ordinary強調“平常的”、“平淡無奇的”， 常指人或事物不特殊。 如：his ordinary supper consists of only bread and milk. 他通常的晚餐不過是面包和牛奶。an ordinary day's work 日常工作。
regular 指“有規律的”、“正規的”、“定期的”, 如: he kept regular hours. 他過著有規律的生活。
common強調“常見的”、“ 不足為奇的”， 如：colds are common in winter.感冒在冬天很常見。common knowledge/sense 常識
general意為“普遍的”、“一般的”， 如：this book is intended for the general reader, not for the specialist. 這本書是為一般讀者寫的， 不是為專家寫的。
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▲seldom adv. 不常，很少
the children are seldom ill. 這些孩子很少生病。opportunity seldom knocks twice.機不可失，時不再來。
▲barely adv. 貧乏地;剛剛
they had barely time to catch the plane. 他們差點沒來得及趕上飛機。
the committee had barely entered into the matter when he felt dizzy. 委員會剛開始討論此事,他就感到頭暈了。
he had barely enough money to buy food. 他僅有剛夠買食物的錢。
▲hardly adv. 幾乎不；簡直不
this is hardly the time to discuss such matters. 在現在討論這事根本不合適。
it was so dark that i could hardly see. 天那么黑，我簡直看不見了。
i can hardly ask him directly for more money. 我絕不能直接向他多要錢。
he hardly ever eats meat. 他從來不吃肉。 peter is hardly ever late. 瑪麗幾乎從不遲到。
【習慣用語】 hardly any 幾乎沒有 hardly ever 很少
▲scarcely adv. 不足地，不充分地， 幾乎沒有
there is scarcely enough food. 幾乎沒有足夠的食物。
there was scarcely anything mentioned about that contract. 關于那份合同幾乎什么也沒提到。
…scarcely ….when/before…剛…一...就... (=…hardly…when…= …no sooner…than….)
▲narrowly adv. 僅僅；勉強； 恰好
one car narrowly missed hitting the other one. 一輛車差點兒和另一輛相撞。
the boy narrowly escaped being drowned. 那個男孩差一點被淹死。
▲nearly adv. 幾乎，差不多
the job's nearly finished. 這工作差不多完成了。 she nearly died. 她差點兒死了。
nearly everybody enters for 'the nicest garden competition' each year, but joe wins every time.
幾乎每個人都參加一年一度'最佳花園賽',但喬每次都奪魁。
i looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when i saw a policeman. 我朝下一望看到一個警察時,差上點從梯子上掉下來
▲rarely adv. 難得，很少
she is old and rarely goes out. 她年紀大了，很少外出。