(1)pick (up) (v.+adv.)---- take hold of and lift拾起,捡起
e. g. ① They can’t pick up the small pieces with their fingers.
他们不能用手指拿起小块的东西。
②He picked up his hat and went out.
他拾起帽子就出去了。
further meaning: raise (oneself) after a fall跌倒后起立
take (persons) along with one搭载(人)
e. g. ① She slipped and fell, but quickly picked herself up.
她滑了一下,跌倒了,但很快地站了起来。
② He stopped the car to pick up a young girl.
他停下车来让一位年轻姑娘搭车。 (2)remove v.---- take off or away from the place; take to another place自原来位置拿开,取走,移动
get rid of除去,排除
e. g. ① There a doctor asked him to remove his trousers so that he could examine his legs. 在那里一个医生请他脱下裤子,要给他检查腿。
② He removed the pictures and put them in the drawer.
他把画取下来,放到抽屉里。
③ Doctors advised me to have it removed.
医生们都劝我把它割掉。
④ They’re going to remove into a new building.
他们准备搬进一座新楼。
note:现在“搬家”多用“move”。
e.g. My family has moved to Shanghai.
“move house”搬家(此时house前无冠词)
(3) look down upon (on) (v.+adv.+prep.)----despise; consider oneself superior to; show contempt for轻视,瞧不起,蔑视
e.g.① The boss looked down upon women.
工头瞧不起妇女。
②I wish you wouldn’t look down on (upon) this kind of work. 我希望你不要看不起这项工作。
other phrases: look for寻找
look forward to sth. (doing sth.)盼望
look into向……里面看,浏览,调查
look out当心
look out of朝……外看
look through看透,仔细查看,浏览
(4)support v.----help (sb. or sth.) to go on帮助(某人某物)持续,支持,支援; hold up or keep in
place支持,支撑;provide for维持,瞻养
e.g.① However, he promised to support her.
然而,他答应支持她。
② The boy hurried to support the old woman.
这男孩子赶紧去搀扶老太太。
③ The workers all supported him. 工人们都拥护他。
④ His father could not support him in the old days.
在旧社会他爸爸养活不了他。
(5)secret adj.----(to be) kept from the knowledge or view of others; of which others have no knowledge
防止他人知悉的,他人不知的;秘密的
e.g. Did you have a secret talk last night?
昨晚你们有一次密谈吗?
other examples: a secret letter一封密信
a secret door暗门
also:n.----sth.secret秘密之事
e.g.① In fact, Mr King’s secret was discovered the same evening.
其实,金先生的秘密当天晚上就被发现了。
② We have no secrets from you. 我们对你不保守任何秘密。
重要词组短语
1.in surprise与to one’s surprise的区别
1)in surprise意为“惊奇地”常位于动词之后作状语,表示方式。如:
①John turned around and looked at me in surprise.
约翰转过身来,惊奇地望着我。
②“Afarmer?” said the Frenchman in surprise.
“农夫?”那个法国人惊奇地说道。
2)to one’s surprise或to the surprise of sb.意为“使某人吃惊的是”、“出乎意料地”,常位于句首,作状语,表示行为的结果。类似的结构有:
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