2022屆高考英語常見詞及短語辨析
16 attack assail assault charge beset
都含有"攻擊"的意思。
attack 是常用詞, 指"攻擊敵人"或"用言論攻擊他人", 如:
germany began to attack the soviet union in 1941. 德國在1941年開始進攻蘇聯。
assail 指"猛烈連續地攻擊", 如:
the enemy plane assailed our defence position. 敵機不斷猛烈地攻擊我們的陣地。
assault 語氣比 assail強, 指"突然猛烈地進攻", 暗示"武力的直接接觸" (如肉搏等), 也有"暴力"的意思, 如:the enemy assaulted us at dawn. 敵人在黎明時向我進攻。
charge 指"沖擊"或"騎兵的突然攻擊", 如:
the cavalry charged to the front. 騎兵猛烈向前線沖擊。
beset 指"圍攻", 即從各個方向攻擊, 如:
in the swamp we were beset by mosquitoes. 在沼澤地里, 我們受到蚊子的圍攻。
17 at the age of/by the age of at the age of表示“在……歲時”,后面接基數詞,強調某一時刻的情況或動作,用于一般過去時,作時間狀語。例如:
at the age of six,he began to learn english.他六歲的時候開始學英語。
she learned to play the piano at the age often.她十歲的時候學彈鋼琴。
by the age of表示“到……歲的時候”、“在……歲以前”,后面接基數詞,強調到某一時刻為止的結果,用于過去完成時或將來完成時,作時間狀語。例如:
by the age of sixteen,he had learned to drive a car.到十六歲的時候,他已經學會了開小汽車。
you will have learned more than english words by the age of fourteen.
到你十四歲的時候,你將學會多個英語單詞。
18 at the time; at that time; at one time; at a time
at the time通常用于過去時句子中,指某件事情發生的“當時”、“那時”。例如:
many people saw the strange thing happen at the time. 當時,許多人都看到了這件奇怪的事情的發生。
有時,at the time的后面可接“of...”短語。這時,它表示“在(某事態)發生的時候”或“在……的時代”。例如:
were you in san francisco at the time of the big earth quake in 1989﹖
1989年舊金山發生地震時,你在那里嗎?
it happened at the time of king alfred. 事情發生在阿爾弗雷德國王時期。
at that time 則通常指前文明確提到的某個時期、時候。通常其后不帶“of...”短語。例如:
in the 17th century much corn was grown in tibet and sichuan.at that time
(=at the 17th century) the land along the changjiang river was becoming very crowded.
at one time=during a period of time in the past意為“過去有一段時期”,“曾經”。例如:
they used to be good friends at one time. 他們曾經是好朋友。
at a time則意為“一次”,表示一個時間單位。它常與表示數量的詞語連用,表示頻率。例如:
don’t speak all at once.one at a time, please. 不要同時一起說。一次只一個人說。