2019屆高考英語常用詞匯辨析
the policeman is searching a thief.那警察正在搜小偷的身。
search for sb./sth.搜尋、尋找某人、某物。如:
they searched for that man everywhere.他們到處尋找那個人。
search…for sb./sth.搜……尋找某人、某物。如:
they searched the woods for a lost child.他們在樹林里搜尋一個丟失的孩子。
insearch of中的search為名詞,意為“尋找;尋求”。如:
they went to australia in search of gold.他們?nèi)グ拇罄麃唽ふ医鹱印?
search; search for; look for search用作及物動詞,后跟“人”時,意為“搜身”;后跟地點名詞時,表示“對某地進(jìn)行搜查”。也可在賓語后加for短語,表示搜查具體目標(biāo)。如: the policemen searched everyone at the party. 警察對參加聚會的每個人都進(jìn)行了搜身。 the enemy searched the mountain for the red army, but they failed. 敵人在山上搜尋紅軍,但沒找到。 search for意為“尋找”,可視為是search...for的省略式,此時search為不及物動詞。如: she searched for her lost cat everywhere,but failed. 她到處尋找走失的貓,但沒找到。 另外,search用作名詞,常構(gòu)成短語:in one’s search for相當(dāng)于in search of, 后者search前不用冠詞或人稱代詞。如: they went out in their search for food.=they went out in search of food.他們外出尋找食物。 look for意為“尋找”,但沒有search for注意力集中,地點名詞不可直接跟在look后作賓語,其前需加介詞。如: what are you looking for on the playground﹖ 你在操場上找什么呢?
set up;set out;set off;set about
set up 建立政權(quán)、組織、國家等。如:
the government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drug abuse.
政府已成立工作組調(diào)查毒品泛濫問題。
set out 出發(fā);動身。如:
they set out for beijing yesterday.他們昨天動身去北京。(此種情況下out可用off替換)。
set out to do sth.開始做某事。如:
she set out to break the world land speed record.她決心打破陸上速度的世界紀(jì)錄。
set off使(地雷、炸彈)等爆炸。如:
do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off.
要格外小心這些煙火,稍有火星就會引起爆炸。
set sb.off doing sth.使某人開始干某事。如:
her imitations always set us off laughing.她模仿別人的動作,每次都把我們逗笑。
set about用于set about sth./doing sth.結(jié)構(gòu)中,表示開始做某事,著手干某事。如:
the new government must set about finding solutions to the country's economic problems.
新政府必須立即找出解決國家經(jīng)濟問題的辦法。