2020屆高考英語一輪復(fù)習(xí)精品學(xué)案――重點詞語辨析900例
(蛇皮被用于制作多種樂器。)
get used to: 習(xí)慣于。其后接名詞或動詞-ing形式。例如:
例387:have you got used to the food / living here?
1.accident / incident / event
accident:事故。通常指意外事件,偶發(fā)事件。例如:
例388:twenty people were killed in the railway accident.
例389:it was quite an accident. (這完全是偶然事件。)
incident:事件。尤指與較為重大的事件相比顯得不重要的事件;它還用以表示引起國際爭端或戰(zhàn)爭等的歷史事件。例如:
例390:this is only a common incident.
例391:the lugouqiao incident occurred on july 7, 1937.
event:大事件,大記事;比賽項目。例如:
例392:another earthquake struck indonesia. thousands of journalists were sent to cover the event.
例393:which events have you entered for? (你參加了哪幾項比賽?)
2.ache / pain
ache主要指身體某一部分的“疼痛、酸楚”,常用于復(fù)合名詞,如headache,toothache,stomachache。用作此義時,有時可以與pain換用。例如:
例394:where is the ache / pain?
pain可用于身心兩方面所感受到的痛楚,在指精神方面的痛苦時不能用ache代替。如:
例395:his unkind remarks caused me a great deal of pain. (他不友善的話讓我很傷心。)
例396:her laziness caused pain to her parents. (她的懶散讓她父母很頭痛。)
3.affair / matter / business / thing
affair:事情,事務(wù)。常以復(fù)數(shù)形式出現(xiàn),通常指重大或頭緒較多的事務(wù)。例如:
例397:he is now in charge of foreign affairs. (他現(xiàn)在負責(zé)外交事務(wù)。)
又如:international affairs 國際事務(wù),family affairs家庭事務(wù),class affairs班級事務(wù)。
matter:物質(zhì)(用作不可數(shù)名詞);問題(常指毛病或麻煩事)。例如:
例398:all matter has three states: solid, liquid and gas.
例399:what’s the matter with you?
例400:don’t worry. it is simply a matter of time. (別擔(dān)心,這只是時間問題。)
business:事情。常指正經(jīng)事或閑事。有時說的是指派的工作或商業(yè)買賣。例如:
例401:business before pleasure. (先正事,后娛樂。)
例402:now let’s get down to business. (咱們談?wù)掳伞#?br>例403:he went to shanghai on business.
例404:it’s none of your business. (不關(guān)你的事。)
例405:mind your own business. (少管閑事!)
thing:東西,事情。用復(fù)數(shù)意為“情況,形勢”。例如:
例406:what are those things on the table?
例407:no such thing. (沒那種事。)
例408:things are getting worse and worse. (情況變得越來越糟。)
4.aim / purpose / object
aim:目的,目標。指抱有一種明確的目的,并意味著為之實現(xiàn)而竭盡全力,相當于goal。也可作動詞,意為“對……瞄準, 打算”。例如:
例409:what’s your aim in life?
例410:living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
(生活沒有目標就像航海沒有指南針。)
例411:we aim to complete / aim at completing the project by next month.