His dog’s death intensified his loneliness. 狗的去世使他的孤独感更加强烈。
9、blame,condemn,scold,都有“责怪”的意思
blame v.责怪,把……归咎于。
You can't blame anyone in case you fail the exam.万一你考试不及格,你不能怪罪任何人。
condemn v.谴责,判刑,用于比较正式的、严肃的场合。
The president condemned the law as an attack on personal liberty.总统谴责这个法律侵犯人身自由。
scold v.责骂,训斥。
His father scolds him for making all in a mess. 他的父亲训斥他把所有事弄得一团糟。
10、boundary,border,frontier,verge 都有“边界”的意
思 boundary n.边界;界线。多指作为界线的标识物等。
The fence marks the boundary between my land and hers.这道栅栏是我的地和她的地的分界线。
border n.较宽的边缘,边界,多指两国或两地之间的分界处附近的边缘地区、边界地带;也可以
指物体的边缘等。
We crossed the Mexican borders into the USA.我们穿过墨西哥边界进入美国境内。
frontier n.边界,边境,边疆,指靠近边界(boundary)的区域;也可引申为"未开发的领域","(学
术的
)前沿"等。
The American West was still a frontier a century ago.一个世纪以前美国西部还是一片边疆。
She is a biochemist who works on the frontiers of biology.她是从事生物学前沿研究的生化学家。
verge n. (道路、花坛等长着草的)边缘,引申为"某事即将发生之际"。
On the verge of war,she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.战争爆发之际,她几近精神崩溃。
11、conserve,preserve 都有“保护,保存”的意思
conserve v.保存,保藏,保护(强调节约)。
In winter, some people conserve energy by lowing the heat at night.冬天,有些人在夜里通过调小
暖气来节约能源。
preserve v.保护;维持;保养;防止(食物)腐败(强调使不受破坏)。
The government preserves the rights of the individual person.政府保护个人的权利不受侵犯。
12、convert,invert,revert,transform 同形或同意
convert v.转变,皈依,含有"使某人改变观点"的意思。(联系 converse)
He wants to convert to Catholicism.他要皈依天主教。
invert v.使颠倒,使倒转,使反向。常常表示位置、顺序、方向等的颠倒。(联系 inverse)
The baby inverted the cup and spilled her orange juice.婴儿把杯子打翻,弄洒了橙汁。
revert v.归还,恢复原状。指回到原来的状态或情形。(联系 reverse)
John gave his brother a house, and when his brother died, ownership reverted back to John.约翰送
给他的哥哥一所房子,当他的哥哥去世后,房子的所有权重新归于约翰。
transform v.改变,转变,指形状、颜色、大小、性质等的改变。
A little paint will soon transform the old house.刷一点油漆很快就会使这所旧房子大为改观。
13、credible,credulous,plausible,同形或同意
credible a.可信的,可靠的。
That the student told the teacher a credible story that she missed classes because she was sick.那个学
生跟老师讲了实情,她因为病了才没来上课。
credulous a.轻信的,易于相信的。
She was credulous when she listened to the salesman and bought the car for too much money.她很容
4易轻信别人,竟然听信那个销售员的话以高价买了那辆车。