2020屆高考英語一輪復習精品學案――重點詞語辨析900例
例307:he said to me, “i will come here soon.”
speak:講。除講某種語言以外,不用作及物動詞,其后常跟to, with, on, of等引起的短語。例如:
例308:he is speaking at the meeting.
例309:you oughtn’t to have spoken to your uncle like that.
例310:he speaks english well.
talk:談。指兩人或兩人以上的一般交談,一般用作不及物動詞,但在有些習語中作及物動詞用。例如:
例311:what are you talking about?
例312:let’s talk business. (我們談正事吧。)
tell:告訴,區分,判斷,預言。常用作及物動詞。例如:
例313:tell bill the news when you meet him.
例314:tell bill to be there on time.
例315:he can’t tell right from wrong; after all, he’s only a boy of four.
(他不能辨是非,畢竟,他只是個四歲孩子。)
例316:who can tell what will happen tomorrow?
64.scold / blame
scold:責罵,發怒。例如:
例317:she was scolded for being late. (她因遲到挨罵。)
blame:責怪,歸咎。例如:
例318:bad workmen often blame their tools. (拙劣的工人常怪工具不好使。)
例319:he blamed the teacher for his failure. (他把失敗歸咎于老師。)
例320:he blamed his failure on the teacher. (同上)
例321:it’s you rather than i that are to blame for starting the fire.
(引起這場火災,該受責備的是你而不是我。)
65.search / search for
search: 搜查,搜身。它是及物動詞。search for:尋找。相當于be in search of或be in the / one’s search for。例如:
例322:the police are searching the hill (for the robber).
例323:the police are searching the robber (for the necklace).
例324:the police are searching for the robber (in the hill).
例325:the police are in search of / in the search for the robber (in the hill).
66.separate / divide
separate:分開,隔離;把……分離出來,析出;作為形容詞是“單獨的”意思。例如:
例326:britain is separated from france by the english channel.
例327:oxygen can be separated from water. (氧可以從水中析出。)
例328:we need two separate rooms.
divide:分,劃分。指把整體分為若干部分。例如:
例329:i divided the moon cake in half / into two halves.
例330:he divided the cake among the children. (他把這塊蛋糕分給了孩子們。)
被divide分隔的東西在一定的條件下具有統一性,separate分隔的東西沒有統一性。
67.shut / close
shut:關,閂。ㄩT窗等);閉(口、眼、耳等)。close:關(門、窗等);不開放。如:
例331:he shut the door behind him. (他把門閂上。)
例332:better shut your mouth. (= better shut up!) (最好閉嘴。
例333:it’s a pity he shut eyes to his faults. (遺憾的是,他對過失視而不見。)
例334:he closed the door behind him. (他隨手把門關上。)
例335:this road is closed to heavy motor traffic. (此路禁止大卡車通行。)