18. trouble

　 (1) 麻烦；烦恼；烦心的事 (可数，不可数) It is a pity to give you so much trouble. / Life is full of troubles.

　 (2) 困难；费事 (不可数) have trouble with sth. / have trouble (in) doing sth. (= difficulty)　 Did you have much trouble in finding the post office? / I hope you won't have any trouble with the work.

　 [相关短语]

　 (1) ask for trouble 自寻烦恼；自找麻烦 What made you write such a letter? It was asking for trouble.

　 (2) (be) in trouble 有烦事；有困难；出事；惹麻烦 He never came except when he was in trouble.

　 (3) put sb. to trouble 给某人造成麻烦；增添麻烦 I am sorry for putting you to so much trouble.

　 (4) take trouble to do sth. 费心做某事；费心 It was good of you to take the trouble to help us.

[牛刀小试1] 用所给单词的适当形式填空：(speed，owe，encourage，decide，moment，apologize)

17. stare的用法 vi, vt -- stared, staring 凝视，注视

He stared at the word trying to remember what it meant. 他盯着这个单词，努力想记起它的意思。

[习惯用语] stare one in the face 近在眼前；摆在眼前

▲辨析：gaze；stare；glare这组动词的一般含义是“凝视”。

gaze表示“目不转睛地看”，并含有“惊叹”、“羡慕”或“入迷”的意思。例如：She gazed at the carpet for some time, and then added, "You don't need bookcases at all." 她对地毯凝视了一会儿，然后补充说：“你根本不需要书柜。”

stare 特别表示“睁大眼睛凝视”，并含有“惊奇”、“傲慢” 或“茫然”的意思。例如：The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. 那位贵族对那张空白纸凝视了几秒钟。

glare 表示“凶狠而且带有威胁性的瞪眼睛”的意思。例如：The trapped eagle glared at his captors. 被诱捕到的雄鹰凶狠地瞪着捕获它的人。

[考例][NMET 1999] ____ him and then try to copy what he does.

　　 A. Mind　　 B. Glance at　 C. Stare at　　 D. Watch

[考查目标] stare 等近义词辨别。

[答案与解析]D　 watch意思是“观察”，是长时问关注；而stare at却是“盯着”。含有惊奇、傲慢的感情色彩。

16. speed的用法

▲搭配：

① at a high speed 以很大的速度

② at full / top speed 用全速，开足马力，尽力(快)地；

③ with great / an speed 用全速，开足马力

④ speed up 加速，快点

[考例]We had tried our best but the boss still shouted, " ____!"

　　 A. Speed up　　 　　B. No hurry

　　 C. Wait a minute　　 D. Slow down

[考查目标]本题考查speed及其构成的短语的意思。

[答案与解析]A　 speed up意思是“加速，快点”的意思。

15. serve v.

　 (1) 为……服务／工作 A slave serves his master.

　 (2) 接待(顾客) The shop assistant is serving a customer.

　 (3) 侍候吃饭，端(菜)；供应(饭菜) Lunch is served now.

　 (4) serve as 充任(某职务)作……用 She served as a model for several painters. / This box will serve as / for a seat.

14. role

　 (1) (戏剧中的) 角色Oliver played (acted) the role / part of Hamlet.

　 (2) (现实生活中的) 身份；作用

　 What is your role on the Committee?

(3) play a...role in... = play a...part in在……中扮演……角色或作用The headmaster plays an important role / part in the good running of a school.

13. reason n. 原因；理由

　 (1) + to do sth. You haven't any reason to leave me.

(2) + for sth. / doing People must have a reason for saying such things.

(3) + 从句；从句用why / for which引导 That is the reason why you should leave.

(4) for + reason，为了某种原因He is retiring for reasons of health.

[比较] cause“原因；起因”

　the cause of the fire 火灾的起因(引起某种后果的起因)

　the reason for being late 迟到的理由(做某件事的理由)

12. owe的用法owed, owing

▲ 搭配：

①(常与for连用)欠，欠债I owe you for your help.我感谢你的帮助。(也可以是owe sth.或owe sb. sth) The food cost ￡4 , but I only paid ￡3 so I still owe ￡1. 食品要4英镑，可我只付了3英镑，因此我还欠1英镑。I owe you an apology. 我该向你道歉。

☆ owe sb sth for sth 或 owe sth to sb for sth 为…欠某人…

② 对…负有义务；感恩；感激We owe our parents a lot. 我们十分感激父母。

③(常与to连用)归功于；由于She owes her success to good luck. 她把成功归功于幸运。The young writer owed his success to his teacher's encouragement. 年轻作家把自己的成功归于他老师的鼓励。

[考例][2004湖北] "How much do I ____ you?" "Oh, no," Paul said.

　　 A. Owe　　 B. lend　　 C. give　　 D. offer

[考查目标]考查owe的词义和用法。

[答案与解析]A owe表示“欠”的时候是及物动词，可以接双宾语。

11. moment的用法 n.

① 片刻；瞬间 He will be here in a moment. 他一会儿就来。At the moment I am working. 　此刻我正在工作。

② 时机；机遇；时宜 Choose your moment to visit him. 你选个合适的时机去拜访他。

③ 重要性 a matter of great moment

一件极重要的事情

▲搭配：

① at any moment 随时；在任何时候；马上

② at the last moment 在最后关头

③ at the moment 此刻；(正当)那时

④ every moment 时时刻刻

⑤ for a moment 片刻

⑥ in a moment 一会儿，不久；立即，马上

⑦ the moment(that)... 一……就……

[考例][NMET 2004 II] "Can I? I don't think I can," Racy said with a laugh. "But I do have ____ when things come to me for no reason."

　　 A. events　 B. chances　 　C. feelings　　 D. moments

[考查目标] moment的词义。

[答案与解析] D moment可以指“时刻”，在本句中用了复数，意思是“一些次”。

10. marry

　 (1) vi. 结婚　 He didn't marry until he was fifty.

　 (2) vt. 和……结婚　 Jean is going to marry Hubert.

　 (3) vt. (父母)嫁(女儿) He married his daughter to a businessman.

　 (4) vt. (教士等) 为……主持结婚仪式 We've come to ask if you will marry them.

　 [比较]

　 (1) get married (to sb.) 强调动作

　 His oldest girl got married last month.

　 (2) be married (to sb.) 强调状态

　 How long have you been married?

9. interrupt的用法vt, vi

① 阻断；中断 Don't interrupt me. 别打断我。Traffic in the city was interrupted by a snowstorm. 市内交通被暴风雪所阻断。

② 打岔；插嘴 It is rude to interrupt. 打断别人的话，是不礼貌的。 “Don't interrupt,” he said.“别插话, ”他说。

▲构词：

① interrupter n. 打岔者，打断者

② interruption n. 打岔．打断，使中断的事物

[考例][2005山西模拟] Be quiet! It's rude to ____ people when they are talking.

　　 A. stop　 B. introduce　 C. prevent　　 D. interrupt

[考查目标] interrupt的词义。

[答案与解析]D　 interrupt的意思是“打断；使中断”．

后接指人或指物的各种名词。