6. desire vt. 希望得到,[U]渴望,[C]一种强烈的欲望
We all desire happiness and health.
我们都希望得到幸福和健康。
I have long desired to meet you.
我一直渴望见到你们。
The people expressed their desire that the war (should)
come to an end soon.
人们渴望战争早日结束。
Your parents always try their best to satisfy aIl your
desires.
你父母总是尽力满足你所有的愿望。
[词组] have desire for sth. 渴望得到……
sarisfy one's desires 满足某人的欲望/愿望
desire for sth. 渴望得到……
desire to do sth. 渴望做……
desire sb. to do sth. 渴望某人做……
[考点5]discover的用法
▲构词:
① discoverer n. 发现者
② discovery n. 发现.发明的东西
▲辨析:discover;disclose
两者比较一般的含义是“揭示出来”。
discover是通用词,在表示“发现”的时候,它的内涵是
被探索或被揭示物早就客观存在。例如:
Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed,
but so far, the archaeologists have been unable to dis-
cover her identity. 尽管她的年代离现在已经很久远了,
但是她的确很有风姿,然而至今考古学家尚不能探明
她是那尊女神。
disclose 表示把未宣布的事情“透露”出来。例如:
She disclosed that she had been married for a month.
她透露自己已经结婚一个月了。
[考例5][2004北京] I continued playing football at
school and ____ my love for it I joined a private
team coached by my school coach.
A. reconsidered B. rediscovered
C. reformed D. replaced
[考查目标] 本题考查discover派生词的意思。
[答案与解析] B rediscover的意思是“重现,再现”。
[考点7]offer的用法
▲ 搭配:
① offer sb. sth / sth. to sb 向某人提供/提出……
②offer (sb) some money for sth (向某人)出价……购
买……
③ offer to do sth 主动提出干某事
▲辨析:offer,present这两个动词比较一般的含义为
“给”。
offer在现代英语中大致有三层意思:
(1) 把某物拿出来给对方,对方可能接受,也可能拒绝。
(2) 提出某事让对方考虑。
(3) 给某人某物,基本上相当于give的含义。例如:
He offered a few ideas to improve the plan. 他提出了一
些改进这个计划的意见。
present可以表示正式的呈递,在其他的用法中,与of-
fer下面的第三个含义相似。例如:
The servant presented sandwiches to each guest. 仆人把
三明治递给了每一位客人。
[考例7][2004湖南] They've ____ us £150,000
for the house. Shall we take it?
A. provided B. supplied
C. shown D. offered
[考查目标] 本题考查offer与其近义词之间的区别。
[答案与解析] D offer为“(善意的)提供”,从句意可
以看出这一点。
考点8]perform的用法
▲ 构词:performance n. 履行,执行,成绩.性能,表
演,演奏
▲ 搭配:
① put on / give a perform 表演
② perform one's duties 尽责任
[考例8][2005广西模拟] The operations are ____
with different tools.
A. preferred B. performed
C. provided D. practiced
[考查目标] 本题考查perform的词义。
[答案与解析]B perform 除了有“表演”的意思以外,
还有“操作”等别的意思。
15. compare v. 比较,比作
[拓展] comparison n. 比较
[词组] compare...with 把……和……相比较
Compare this with that, and you'll see which is better.
把这个同那个比较一下,你就会知道哪一个更好了。
[链接]compare...to...把……比作……
Life is often compared to a stage.
人生经常被比作舞台。
He compared young people to the rising sun.
他把年轻人比作正在升起的太阳。
compared to / with...(与……相比)用于句首或句未
作状语
Compared to / with many others, you're really a lucky
dog.
与许多其他的人相比,你确实足个幸运儿。
[考点9]contain 的用法
▲ 构词:container n. 容器(箱、盆、罐、壶、桶、坛子),集
装箱
▲ 搭配:
① be contained between / within 含于……间,(夹)在
……之间
② contain oneself 自制
▲ 辨析:contain;include;hold 都含“包含”、“容纳”的
意思。
contain 着重“其中确实包含有,侧重全部”;而include
强调部分内容或范围。例如:
The bottle contains water. 这个瓶子里有水。
Three students went there, including my English teach-
er.
hold 指“能容纳”。例如:
The house holds 20 people. 这房子能住下20人。
[考例9][2005太原模拟] They also ____ the very
worst parts of a society: violent crime, racial discrimi-
nation and poverty.
A. maintain B. obtain
C. contain D. sustain
[考查目标] 本题考查contain的意思。
[答案与解析] C contain的常见意思是“包含”。
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[考点2]common 的用法
▲ 搭配:
① the commons 普通人.老百姓
② out of (the) common 不寻常的,特殊的
③ have nothing in common (with) (与……)没有共同
之处
[考例2][2004辽宁] In the early days of the American.
West, gun fights were not ____ for the water re-
sources, and laws...
A. unlawful B. unacceptable
C. unpopular D. uncommon
[考查目标]本题考查 common 等派生词的用法和词义。
[答案与解析]D uncommon 的意思是“不寻常的,不常
见的”’而 unlawful 的意思是“不违法的”;unacceptable
“不接受的”;unpopular “不受欢迎的”“不普遍的”。
9. Well, that's settled.
8. Nothing can stop me from ...
7. What can you suggest?
6. I'd love to, but ...
5. That's a good idea.
4. Maybe it would be better to ...
3. In my opinion, you should [ had better wait another ten minute.
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