1) We must ____ such ideas among ourselves. 2) She ____ her desk before she moved to another school. 3) The sky looks as if it would ____ soon. 4) ____ before I call the police. 5) His face ____ when he read the letter. Key: 1) clear away 2) cleared up 3) clear up 4) Clear off 5) cleared up
◆ close;closely ◇ close, closely这两个词都可以用作副词,close表示“靠近”、“紧紧地”,closely则表示“紧密地”、“严密地”、“密切地”。如:
1) I went closer, and saw clearly a tall man in the moonlight.
2) Come close, I want to tell you something important.
3) The policeman followed the strange man closely.
4) The scientists got closely in touch with the astronauts.
◆ come up; come on; come out
◇ come up常表示位置“上升”;从水中或 土中“冒出”;芽苗等“长出”;“引起注意、被提出”等。如:
The seeds haven’t come up. 种子还没发芽。
Your question came up at the meeting.你的问题在会上被提出来讨论。
◇ come on 常用来催促别人,意为“加油、加快”,也可表示“来临、袭击”。如:
I can feel a headache coming on.我觉得头痛了。
◇ come out常表秘密等“传出、被获悉”,书籍等的“出版”;“结果是”。如:
When will her new book come out﹖ 她的新书什么时候出版?
The answer to the math problem came out wrong. 这道数学题的结果错了。
◆ complete; finish
◇ finish是普通用语,用得比较广泛,可作及物动词或不及物动词,多用来指“完成”一项任务或活动,后面可接名词、代词或-ing,不接不定式。例如:
Have you finished your work﹖ 你的工作完成了吗?
He finished writing the letter last night.这封信他是昨晚完成的。
◇ complete一般用作及物动词,用法较正式,通常用来表示完成某个计划、理想、事业、工程、建筑、书籍及作品等,后面可接名词或代词,不接-ing或不定式。例如:
He’s never completed a project on time.他从未按时完成过计划。
The bridge is not completed yet. 这座桥至今尚未完工。
◇ 表示完成学业、精细的工作、吃完某物及在被动结构中表示“一切都完了;没希望了”等意时,均用finish。例如:
He finished school in 1991.他1991年从学校毕业。
The wood-work is beautifully finished. 这件木器做得很精细。
注意:complete a book的意思是“写完一本书”;finish a book意为“看完一本书”。
◆ common ordinary general 都含“普通的”意思。
◇ common强调“常见的”、“ 不足为奇的”,
如:Colds are common in winter.感冒在冬天很常见。
? ordinary强调“平常的”、“平淡无奇的”,
如:His ordinary supper consists of only bread and milk. 他通常的晚餐不过是面包和牛奶。
◇ general意为“普遍的”、“一般的”,
如:This book is intended for the general reader, not for the specialist.
这本书是为一般读者写的, 不是为专家写的。
? normal指“正常的”、“正规的”、“常态的”,
如:the normal temperature of the human body 人的正常体温
◆ compare…with; compar…to; compared with/to
◇ compare…with意为“把……与……相比”,侧重指两者间的区别。
如:Compare this car with that one, and you will find the differences between them.
把这辆汽车与那辆汽车相比较,你就会发现它们之间的区别。
◇ compare…to…意为“把……比作……”,着重注意两者间的相似点。如:
This song compares our country to a big family.这首歌把我们的国家比作一个大家庭。
◇ compare既可以单独用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作不及物动词时,以compare with…形式出现,表示“与……相比”。如:
Living here can’t compare with living in Shanghai.在这儿生活不能和在上海(生活)相比。
If you compare the two words, you can tell the difference between them.
如果你比较这两个单词,你就会辨别出它们之间的不同。
◇ compared with…和compared to…都可用作状语,意义基本相同,可互换。如:
Compared to/with him, you are lucky.与他相比,你是幸运的。
It was a small town then, compared to/with what it is now. 和现在比起来,那时它还是个小镇。
◆ cover; interview ◇ 两者都可用作动词,意为“采访”,cover的宾语是事情;interview的宾语是人。如: Reporters are then sent to cover the events.然后记者们就被派去采访这些事件。 He interviewed five people in the morning.他上午采访了五个人。